Navigating Culture | Sharing The Stories of Bold, Brave & Badass Immigrant Women Creating their Dream Life
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -the Navigating Culture podcast shares the stories of Bold, Brave & Badass Immigrant Women as they create their Dream Life despite the Naysayers. This podcast helps immigrants and people from immigrant communities redefine outdated ideas of success and live on their own terms. On this podcast, you'll hear stories and strategies from immigrants who said 'heck no' to blindly following tradition and 'heck yes' to living a life beyond other people's expectations. The, host Anya Cherrice, chats with Bold, Brave, and Badass Immigrant Women who are rejecting society's expectations of how they should live and creating a lifestyle that is so uniquely theirs, they wake up excited everyday. Learn more about Navigating Culture at https://www.navigatingculture.co/podcast
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How This Immigrant Is Taking A Dose Of Her Own Medicine: Season One Finale
November 03, 2021 08:00 - 5 minutes - 3.78 MBHello friends, Listen to this episode to learn what updates are in store for the Navigating Culture podcast. Sneak peak: Anya, the Navigating Culture podcast, host has decide to pause the podcast till next year. Tune in to find out why. Don't forget to share your thoughts, stories, ideas with Anya via instagram at: @navigatingculture or email the team at [email protected] Love you lots!
How Immigrants Can Reframe The Exhausting Narrative of The American Dream
October 13, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBWhat does it mean to make it in The United States of America? So many of us were sold the dream that making it means we need the huge house, the million dollars or the flashiest car. But could ‘making’ it mean something else entirely? Meet Johanna Vizmanos, an immigrant from the Philippines who thought coming to America would be the answer to all the frustrations she felt in her mother country. As a doctor’s kid, her father wanted her to study for a safe and stable profession. But no ma...
How Immigrants Can Move Past The Belief That They Need To Achieve More To Be Worthy
October 06, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBAt 4 years old, Parisa immigrated to the USA from Iran and became the weird girl with the parents who had weird accents. After the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979, her Arizonian community shrouded her in suspicion — she was now also a weird terrorist. Those labels compelled her to push for that ever-moving goal-post of ‘Good Immigrant’ but, as many of us know you can achieve all the features of this title but still not be and feel accepted. She even felt out of place in the Persian community...
Chasing the American Dream & Its Consequences On Our Mental Health
September 29, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBWestern ideals of success, often deeply rooted in capitalism, are often demonstrated as the only goals worth pursuing in colonized countries. In the Caribbean, we show this mentality through the extreme focus on rote memorization, earning all A’s in exams and eventually if you’re good enough, if you’re worthy enough, gaining acceptance into an international university (usually one in Great Britain or the USA). As you can imagine, this extreme focus on winning over the other has mental he...
Breaking Out of Hustle Culture as an Immigrant with Martha Garza
September 22, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBRaise your hand if any of the following resonates with you. 1) You feel like the only way you can accomplish your goals is through working harder and longer than everybody else. 2) You feel that being successful means that you have to just accept working with people who are disrespectful and mean. 3) You feel like you are a disappointment because you worked extremely hard, and your family sacrificed a lot for you. But you're stuck in a career where you don't feel like you'll ever rise throug...
Honoring Your Community’s Cultural Expectations While Finding Ways to Dream Beyond Them with Parween Mander
September 15, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBA common belief held amongst older women in immigrant communities is the expectation for younger women to be the traditional good daughter and daughter-in-law. Parween came face to face with this expectation as a random auntie asked her, “What do you do for work?” Parween told her about her business helping women of color improve their financial literacy. The auntie shook her head and cautioned Parween, saying, “You shouldn't get too busy with that career, because you will not be able to m...
Why it is Okay to Admit When You Need Help
September 08, 2021 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.77 MB“Therapy?” I can hear the echoes of the aunties' judgments now. Though the guilt and shame took me some time to work through, I eventually decided that this was the right decision for me. I have suffered from depression and anxiety since I was young. As both an immigrant and a Millenial, it is no surprise that this is something I am still dealing with. I was able to push through my hesitation and finally make the decision to find a therapist and if you are struggling with your mental health...
Why it is Okay to Admit When You Need Help
September 08, 2021 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.77 MB“Therapy?” I can hear the echoes of the aunties' judgments now. Though the guilt and shame took me some time to work through, I eventually decided that this was the right decision for me. I have suffered from depression and anxiety since I was young. As both an immigrant and a Millenial, it is no surprise that this is something I am still dealing with. I was able to push through my hesitation and finally make the decision to find a therapist and if you are struggling with your mental health...
Finding the Beauty in Resilience, Rest, and Rejection with Alicia M. Richins
September 01, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBFor most of us, there is a tight network of parents, aunties, uncles, and even neighbors who watch our every move, ensuring that we are well behaved, whatever that means. Alicia felt the same pressures growing up. Her parents raised her to be fiercely independent outside of the home. But when her parents spoke, they expected her to follow their every command. And this pressure to be subservient, didn't stop at the perfume she wore or the hobbies she chose, it also extended to her parents’ ...
How To Become a Happy, Peaceful and Successful Person On Your Own Terms with Shinjini Das
August 25, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBWe live in a world that often tells us to dim our light. Especially as immigrants in a new country, we’re often told to keep our heads down and blend in. Shinjini Das was born in India, moved to Malaysia, and finally immigrated to the USA when she was nine. That first move to New Jersey sparked her journey of learning how to trust and accept her ambitious pursuits from her high-level academic wins to her nationally recognized public speaking triumphs. Keeping up with her go-getter personal...
Why I'm Tired of People Telling Me To Be Grateful
August 18, 2021 07:00 - 10 minutes - 7.38 MB“You should be more grateful.” We hear that phrase often from our parents. It’s also a phrase that is echoed and amplified when we move to a new country. That phrase comes back to haunt us with a specific type of energy when we express our desire to dream bigger. Don’t get me wrong - being grateful is important. It helps you love yourself, accept yourself, and feel excited by all the progress you’ve made on your journey. However, using gratitude as a reason to stay where you are when you wa...
Creating Success On Your Own Terms in Corporate with Kim Tran
August 11, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBThe Navigating Culture mission in its essence is about motivating and inspiring you to discover what lights you up and make it a part of your everyday life. No matter what Auntie or anyone else for that matter says. Most of the time, these explorations lead people outside of the confines of their traditional 9-to-5. But what happens to those of us who do explore and soul search but ultimately decide that the corporate world is where we want to be? Kim Tran is the founder of Your Work Inspi...
How to Redefine Success, Acknowledge Your Value, and Heal in an Immigrant Community with Nisha Mody
August 04, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBNisha Mody is not an immigrant, but she grew up surrounded by these brave souls. Her parents immigrated from India to the USA, which taught Nisha from a very young age to internalize the belief of working hard and earning your place by any means necessary. Like many immigrants and children of immigrant parents, Nisha remembers vividly the lectures from both her parents about working one’s finger to the bone in order to make it in this capitalistic society. This is a common mantra held among...
Redefining Success as an Immigrant with Mariana Pena Vargas
July 28, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBMaybe you’ve taken a chance and left your comfortable life to start over in a new country. Maybe you thought, “I'm experienced, I'm established. beginning again should not be that difficult.” Only to realize several months later, you can't seem to figure out where you belong, or what you should be doing in the place you now call home. This is exactly what my guest today, Mariana Pena Vargas, experienced when she emigrated from Mexico to the Netherlands to be with her husband. On top of nav...
How To Love Yourself First and Decide That You’re Worthy
July 21, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes - 9.49 MBWhat would you do if I said, ‘The world doesn’t want you to like yourself.’ Would you nod your head in agreement? Would you roll your eyes and mutter something about getting over it? Or would your reaction depend on the day or what happened to you the week before? If most of your days feel like the world isn’t excited to see you win, I get that. As a Black woman and an immigrant woman, I’ve had more than my fair share of neighbors, classmates, college professors, etcetera wondering out loud ...
How To Question Generational Patterns While Forging Your Own Path with Cassandra Le
July 14, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBFinding your identity is a huge struggle amongst immigrant children. Not only do they have to deal with cultural differences, but they have to navigate the difficult world of acknowledging and breaking generational patterns. Cassandra Le is the first generation daughter of immigrant parents who fled Vietnam as refugees in the 80s. She now resides in Spain after having spent her formative years in the United States. We have a heartfelt and intimate discussion about being brave and forging ...
How To Pursue Your Creative Passions and Create a Full AF Bank Account with Cinthia Jaimes
July 07, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBMany immigrant children grow up with the expectation of landing a job in corporate America. Having faced the struggles of immigrating to a new country and working multiple jobs to keep the family afloat, immigrant parents want their children to live a life of stability, respectability, and acceptance. Shop all available merch including our signature “Not Today, Aunty” sweatshirt! It’s no wonder that many immigrant children feel guilty for rejecting the idea of sitting behind a desk for 8 ...
Taking Control of Immigrant Stereotypes with Akanksha Aurora
June 30, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBImmigrants start at the ground level yet are expected to meet shoulder to shoulder with their peers on every level. That’s why episode 3 of The Navigating Culture Podcast is about taking control of immigrant stereotypes! Shop all available merch including our signature “Not Today, Aunty” sweatshirt! In this episode of The Navigating Culture Podcast, Akanksha Aurora shares the importance of being proud of who you are and how she finds her ability to code switch a privilege, not a disadvant...
Redefining What Success Looks Like To You
June 30, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.78 MBSo often immigrants think that they must get outside approval in order to prove they are becoming successful citizens. No matter how hard they try and the things they accomplish, it never seems like it’ll be good enough. That’s why episode 2 of the Navigating Culture Podcast is about redefining what success looks like to you! Shop all available merch including our signature “Not Today, Aunty” sweatshirt! In this episode of The Navigating Culture Podcast, I’m sharing the importance of taki...
Reinventing your Success and Vision with Hiwote Getenah
June 30, 2021 04:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBWhen someone asks, "What does it mean to be successful?' What do you think? What person jumps to your mind. It's true that when we were younger, we may have had one version of success we aspired to, but as we grow (physically and in other ways) it's okay for this vision to shift and change with you. That’s why episode 1 of the Navigating Culture Podcast is about reinventing your success and your vision! Shop all available merch including our signature “Not Today, Aunty” sweatshirt! In thi...
Welcome to Navigating Culture
June 17, 2021 19:00 - 7 minutes - 5.18 MBNavigating Culture, hosted by Anya Cherrice, helps immigrants and people from immigrant communities redefine archaic ideas of success and live on their own terms (even if Aunty disapproves). An immigrant from Trinidad, Anya understands the pressure immigrants feel from their community, the people in their new homes, and even from themselves to build a life that's impressive to others, even though it may be extremely stifling to them. Anya will be chatting with immigrant trailblazers who a...