Curito Connects

Science of Breath By: Rama

Breathmasters

Body By Breath By: Jill Miller

Andrew Humberman

Embracing Innovation and Change with Charlotte Lin (中文)

hello@curito.co (charlotte lin) — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 03:12:51 +0000

Jenn speaks to Taiwanese bred, global citizen Charlotte Lin Founder and visionary behind CLESIGN a pioneering brand that fuses advanced technology with elegant design to create exceptional yoga and fitness products. From her upbringing in Taiwan to her studies in HK and the UK, Charlotte shares her childhood experience growing up as the middle child, taking the leap of faith to do what she felt called to do and what she has learned along the way. She dives into the ups and downs of starting a business and launching it when COVID started and how she is always looking for way to be innovative in a competitive wellness marketplace! (Recorded on May 27, 2025)

About Charlotte Lin:

Charlotte Lin is the founder and visionary behind CLÉSIGN (KE SIGN - ke sai), a pioneering brand that fuses advanced technology with elegant design to create exceptional yoga and fitness products. With over a decade of experience, Charlotte has transformed her passion for yoga into a global brand known for its innovative, high-performance materials and stylish aesthetics. Her leadership and dedication to quality have positioned CLÉSIGN as a standout in the competitive market, earning a loyal following worldwide.

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From Intangible to Tangible with Momoko Nakamura

hello@curito.co (momoko nakamura) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:30:37 +0000

Jenn speaks to Tokyo bred, global citizen, Kyoto based, Momoko Nakamura (Momo) founder of Kyoto Research Institute. From her young memories of Japanese cookery at home, to her studies in microbiotics and traditional medicinal cooking, food television career in the US, to now returning to her roots in Japan and creating a company that is dedicated to researching, educating and preserving Japanese materials, Momo has been sharing her knowledge with the world, communicating the intangible in tangible ways. She shares with us what she means by intangible to tangible, her passion in the work she is doing, and the ups and downs that she has encountered along the way. (Recorded on March 14, 2025)

About Momoko Nakamura:

Momoko leads Kyoto Research Institute, dedicated to the study of heritage Japanese materials. Her interest in fieldwork across the archipelago is rooted in over 20 years of communicating and educating on cookery culture and the food system. The Institute’s research now extends beyond food, exploring a wide spectrum of the materials that create Japanese living, and shares these learnings in the form of educational programming, products, and publishing.

Episode Resources:

Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing The Uncommon

Maana Retreats

Seeking Identity Through Composing with Shiuan Chang (中文）

hello@curito.co (shiaun chang) — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Taiwanese bred New York based composer Shiuan Chang. Born and raised in Taipei, Shiuan his earliest memories composing music was when he was just 7yrs old, his teachers discovered his talent and encouraged him to study composition and thus he went to the New England Music Conservatory in Boston to continue his education. Though he didn’t obtain a degree there Shiuan has since built a career composing music that has been performed at many renowned concert halls around the world. Shiuan shares with us some of his failures he has encountered, his search for identity and how that influences the music he creates. (Recorded on November 26, 2024)

About Shiuan Chang:

Describe as “spiritual, light and comforting.” by Classic Agenda (FR), Recipient of Asian Cultural Council and Djerassi Foundation, Chang Shiuan’s music has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Suntory Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, Moscow Philharmonic Chamber Hall, Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Hall, Hungary Bartok Hall, Taiwan National Concert Hall, Le Phenix Valenciennes, Grafenegg, Weimar Kunstfest, Geneva Archipel Festival, Royaumont, and more. He has been commissioned by and collaborated with Cloudgate Contemporary Dance Company, Tonkunstler Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra Now, Taiwan Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra Now, Chicago Civic Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Ekmeles Ensemble, Les Métabole, Princeton Singers, TANA Quartet, Atlas Ensemble, Ensemble Multilaterale, Earplay Ensemble, and Ictus Ensemble.

Episode Resources:

Spotify

Miles Davis Autobiography

George Aperghis

Something Like a Autobiography

Bian Zhou Composition

Before Everything Appears

Integrating Your Spiritual Practice in Your Daily Life with Prema Karina Arenas Bonansea

hello@curito.co (prema karina) — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:38:26 +0000

Jenn speaks to Taiwan based Argentinian Yogi Prema Karina Arenas Bonansea. Prema Karina is an international yoga teacher, executive director of Seeds of Joy Yoga Association, a non-profit organization registered in Taiwan and CEO of Karuna Seeds Yoga. She teaches at Teacher Trainings and Advanced Teacher Trainings of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers in Europe and India as well as at Youth fitness & yoga in Taipei. Prema Karina shares how a serious car accident led her on the path of healing through yoga and what yoga has taught and continues to teach her through her own practice. She believes that we can all integrate our spiritual practice into our daily lives and teach others to do the same. (October 8, 2024)

About Prema Karina:

Born in Argentina, South America, Prema Karina loves traveling and learning from different cultures. She holds a degree in Accounting and Administration from the National University of San Luis in Argentina, as well as a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Ming Chuan University. She is an advanced practitioner and instructor of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers in Europe and India. She teaches workshops and trainings for teachers around the world. She is the Executive Director of the Seeds of Joy Yoga Association, a non-profit organization registered in Taiwan, and the CEO of Karuna Seeds Yoga. In 2004, she started her Sanskrit studies and Kirtan practices at the Sivananda School in Spain. She later deepened her studies in Mysore, India. Her main purpose in life is to serve as an instrument to pass on the Yoga teachings she has received. Om Tat Sat.

Episode Resources:

Yoga Your Home Practice Companion

Seeds of Compassion Yoga

How Yoga Works

Divine Life Society

Reginald A. Ray

Spiritual Heart Opening with Arielle Webb

hello@curito.co (arielle webb) — Sun, 3 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to California based, Arielle Webb, a plant medicine facilitator and spiritual/mental health guide. Arielle specializes in guiding people out of their habitual patterns that have them stuck in a life that is unsatisfying and lacking in meaning, or even causing them significant mental and physical health problems. She shares her own journey of working through past traumas, her battle with digestion illnesses, her divorce and discovering her spiritual awakening with plant medicine! (Recorded on August 1, 2024).

About Arielle:

Arielle Webb is an experienced guide and trauma practitioner with a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and over 15 years of experience as a healing facilitator. She helps people get unstuck from their unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through brain and body retraining. Using the powers of myth, depth psychology, somatics, music, dance, and plant medicine, Arielle curates healing experiences that expand awareness, reveal spiritual truths, and integrate them into a meaningful existence. She has overcome abuse, anorexia, infertility, autoimmune disease, and digestive illness and, in addition to her degree, holds certifications as a Keith’s Cacao Practitioner, Transformational Nutrition Coach, Collective Reprocessing Trauma Practitioner, Reiki Practitioner, and Tantra instructor. She is a proud mother of two daughters and a loving servant of Mother Earth. Arielle’s honors her ancestral roots from Mexico and Central America (Maya & Yaqui peoples), the UK (Celtic), Germany, Norway, Greece, France, Spain, and Portugal (Galicians).

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Courage to Cross the Bridges We Build with Pardis Mahdavi

hello@curito.co (pardis mahdavi) — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to current professor of medical anthropology at the University of La Verne and founder of Ehtheon and author of “Book of Queens: The True Story of the Middle Eastern Horsewomen Who Fought the War on Terror”, Pardis Mahdavi. Born in Minnesota to Iranian immigrants, Pardis grew up bridging her Iranian and American immigrant identity in her early diplomacy work at the UN. Her curiosity for cultures, people and being a bridge that connects us together has led her to a career in academics, publishing books and most recently creating a wellness tourism company. Through her own experiences, Pardis shares with us how the courage to cross the bridges we build is essentially the foundation in discovering our inner self and in the process understanding the world we live in! (Recorded on July 16, 2024)

About Pardis:

Pardis Mahdavi, PhD is a professor of medical anthropology and founder of Entheon Journeys. Prior to this role, she served as President at the University of La Verne, Provost and Executive Vice President at the University of Montana, as well as Dean at Arizona State University and the University of Denver after serving in multiple roles at Pomona College. Her research interests include gendered labor, human trafficking, migration, human rights, and public health in the context of changing global and political structures. She has published seven single authored books and two edited volumes in addition to numerous journal and news articles. She is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Young President’s Organization and has been a fellow at the Social Sciences Research Council, the American Council on Learned Societies, Google Ideas, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She serves as a board member for the Lumina Foundation and the Human Trafficking Legal Center.

Episode Resources:

Entheon

Together with Hannah Ritchie & Kait Tomkosky

hello@curito.co (hannah ritchie, kait tomkosky) — Mon, 7 Oct 2024 08:03:02 +0000

Jenn speaks to Colorado based Hannah Ritchie and Kait Tomkosky founders of Together a company whose mission is to help others experience life with more consciousness, particularly those in the music scene through the magic of meditation and ceremonial grade Cacao. Hannah & Kait share their own personal journeys, how they met and how Together was created in 2022 after leading their first cacao ceremony for musicians before they start their concerts! (Recorded on April 23, 2024)

About Hannah & Kait:

Hannah grew up in Richmond, Virginia, while Kait grew up in western Pennsylvania. Hannah and Kait met on their first day of college at West Virginia University and have been inseparable best friends since. While in college, they got into the jam band scene, and music quickly became a huge part of their lives. After moving to Colorado, yoga, meditation, and spirituality also became a huge part of their lives, and they eventually obtained their meditation teacher training certifications through the Shambhavananda School of Yoga.

In an attempt to cultivate a greater sense of inner awareness, intention, and presence while seeing live music, they began drinking cacao as an alternative way to "pre-game" before shows. They became increasingly captivated by the sense that this "spirit" was working behind the scenes to manifest their intentions for the night. Intrigued by this guiding force, they dove into the world of cacao - drinking cacao in their daily lives, completing a month-long cacao immersion, and eventually obtaining their cacao ceremony facilitator certifications through Keith's Cacao. Eventually, they founded their business, together, whose mission is to help others experience life with more consciousness, particularly those in the music scene. Their signature offering is "the conscious pre-game" - a cacao ceremony and meditation circle that's designed to deepen the live music experience by providing space for bands or fans to ground, become centered, and connect with one another on a deeper level before the show.

Episode Resources:

Living in a Mindful Universe

Insight Timer

The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit Deck and Guidebook

Free Meditation with Email Sign-Up

Be Open Minded with Pablo Lorenzo Ten

hello@curito.co (pablo lorenzo ten) — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Spanish chef and restaurant owner of Juju Spanish Gastrobar, Pablo Lorenzo Ten! Pablo shares with us how from dreaming of becoming a movie director to living in Xian, China teaching English to falling in love and moving to Taiwan to then discovering his talent for cooking and opening a restaurant in a foreign city that one should keep an open mind to embrace the opportunities that presents itself as life is full of unexpected surprises! (Recorded on March 12, 2024)

About Pablo:

Born and raised in Tenerife, Spain, Pablo Lorenzo Ten was always hungry and curious about the world. Movies have always been one of his biggest passions which led him to major in media and communications. After graduating he wanted to travel and explore the world so he moved to London and obtained his certification to teach English. With this on hand, it allowed Pablo to work, travel and experience what the world has to offer. In 2010, Pablo decided to relocate to Taiwan where his partner resides and found his true professional calling: cooking. Today Pablo owns and runs JUJU Spanish Gastrobar in Taipei serving authentic Spanish cuisine to share with Taiwan.

Episode Resources:

Thesis

Spiritual Journey with Talida Van Boxstael

hello@curito.co (talida van boxstael) — Mon, 2 Sep 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Romanian bred, Taiwan based Talida Van Boxstael, founder of Light of Ki a palo santo company that empowers seekers to start and deepen their spiritual practice by bringing mystical palo santo to modern spiritual seeker from around the world! Talida breaks down her spiritual journey in correlation with her life chapters and and how it has taught and shaped her and linking the past and present together in the integration of your life now and the business she created. She shares insights on childhood trauma, career path, motherhood, healing modalities, spirituality and energy work! (Recorded on April 17, 2024)

About Talida:

Talida founded Light of Ki, a Palo Santo Spiritual Tools Boutique based in Taiwan. She is passionate about getting spirituality off the pedestal and bringing magic into the mundane. She has lived in 9 countries over the past 20 years with her husband and three kids.

Episode Resources:

A Court of Thorne and Roses

The Secret

Oprah Daily Show

Abraham Hicks Law of Attraction Podcast

A Bit of OptimisonSimon Sinek Podcast

We Can Do Hard Things Podcast

Good Inside Podcast

Tim Ferris Podcast

Defying Convention with Jessica Hwang

hello@curito.co (jessica hwang) — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Taiwanese American Jessica Hwang, a purpose coach and host of Permission to Flow podcast. From her personal experience of leaving corporate America, calling off an engagement, and being completely burnt out, Jessica will share how this led to where she is today offering a space to help other women find their dream life by defying convention to create the life you want. (Recorded on January 25, 2024)

About Jessica:

Jessica Hwang is a Purpose Coach, host of Permission to Flow podcast, and an 800-Hr Dharma Yoga Certified Instructor. Jessica's work as a coach is focused on helping first and second-generation women in corporate pivot to creative careers. She helps her clients reconnect with their dreams and pursue careers filled with creativity, passion, and purpose.

Episode Resources:

Book a free strategy session with Jessica

Dare to Dream Program

Permission to Flow Podcast

YouTube

When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron

Clarity and Connection by Yung Pueblo

The Mastery of Love by don Miguel Ruiz

Bhagavad Gita Pocket Edition

Navigating Expectations with Jenni Tsai (中文）

hello@curito.co (Jenni Tsai) — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to classical trained Taiwanese flutist Jenni Tsai. Born and raised in Taiwan, Jenni began her musical journey at a young age having been a childhood prodigy with her chosen instrument early on to discovering improve and jazz to navigating the professional musician career path. She shares her upbringing in Taiwan, the obstacles musicians face, balancing motherhood, mother daughter relationships and fighting racial stereotypes within the family. (Recorded on February 5, 2024)

About Jenni:

美國新英格蘭音樂院長笛演奏碩士

參與上海JZ爵士音樂節，杭州花朵音樂節，台中爵士音樂節，兩廳院夏日爵士派對。

演出足跡略述：林肯爵士樂上海中心，台北國家兩廳院，波士頓愛樂管弦樂團，新加坡Victoria Hall。

合作音樂家略述 : Jerry Gonzales/Walter Blanding/Laura Fygi/Jeremy MonteiroTina May/Arno Hass 等葛萊美提名或獲獎樂手。

音樂軌跡從台灣到美國到中國，古典到爵士與流行，音樂廳到小酒吧與音樂劇樂池。

2017年於國家演奏廳演出長笛獨奏會"經典不設限"票房告捷

2021於國家演奏廳與爵士長笛家Rit Xu演出台灣國際長笛藝術節之爵對愛笛音樂會

現任東吳大學音樂系兼任教師

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Finding Identity with Tiffany Wang

hello@curito.co (Tiffany Wang) — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Honduras born and raised Taiwanese entrepreneur, Tiffany Wang founder of Herbgens a Taiwanese based company combating plastic straws one reed and grass straw at a time. Tiffany shares how her upbringing shaped her, from her early days in Honduras, Vietnam, Taiwan and the US to how she viewed the world and her place in it to how she threaded her own experience to find her self and identity today. (Recorded on August 22, 2023)

About Tiffany:

Tiffany Wang was born and raised in Honduras where she discovered her love for nature and animals while playing with worms in her backyard during her childhood. After studying Photography and Communication and Design at Parsons in New York, she is now combining her love for nature and designs together to spread awareness about single use plastic and finding solutions on how to reduce it. In the meantime, she is focusing on selling grass and reed straws in Taiwan as the coffee and tea drinking culture in Taiwan is immense and they all mostly use plastic straws for cold drinks! After living in places that do not depend on single use plastic and use leaves instead like Honduras and Vietnam, Tiffany believes that small changes add up and even the replacement of plastic straws is a start. She would also like to create events that bring many ecofriendly brands together in order to build a community that can create awareness together and support each other.

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Find Your Vibration with Joss Jaffe

hello@curito.co (joss jaffe) — Tue, 2 Jul 2024 13:09:32 +0000

Jenn speaks to California musician and Kirtan artist Joss Jaffe. Growing up with a yogi mom, Joss was introduced to the world of yogic philosophy, mantras and meditation at a very young age. In 1998 at the age of 17, Joss traveled to India to study classical India and Nepal music. He shares with us how this experience brought many learnings to him in which he incorporates into his music today to spread around the world because sharing music, particularly kirtan music where the audience joins the format of call in response is a very powerful way to connect with our souls. (Recorded on February 27, 2024)

About Joss:

Joss Jaffe performs as a Vocalist, Tabla player and Multi-Instrumentalist. As a composer and producer he has created innovative albums including Svara Mandala, Echosystem and Dub Mantra to critical acclaim. Joss has collaborated with numerous artists including Grammy Award nominees Jai Uttal, Silvia Nakkach and Dave Stringer as well as Grammy Award winning Reggae artist Mykal Rose of Black Uhuru. No Depression, Vents, Top Shelf, the UK’s Om Magazine, Yoga Journal and other prominent publications.

Episode Resources:

IG / FB / Thesis

Live at Yoshi's Oakland

Live at Sedona Yoga Festival

Performing in Seoul South Korea

Ambient Tabla

Animated Music Video by Maureen Kuo (TW)

Spotify

Healing from Traumas with Darinka Maja

hello@curito.co (Darinka Maja) — Mon, 13 May 2024 16:12:55 +0000

Jenn speaks to Australian based multi-disciplinary practitioner Darinka Maja. Darinka shares with us her personal story working through complex trauma and how her experience led her on the path of healing and how she found her way. From the loss of her mom shortly after her birth, to choosing to leave her dad at the age of 13, learning how to cope with social anxiety and more, Darinka hopes that her journey and offerings can help more people find insights, clarify and direction in their own life. (Recorded on January 22, 2024)

About Darinka:

Darinka - is a multi-disciplinary practitioner offering Vedic Astrology consultations & Wholistic Remedial Massage, aimed to facilitate alignment, harmony & clarity. In 2017, she completed Komilla Sutton's three-year foundation program in Jyotish and some additional advanced courses, and have given lectures at her international Fresh Talents of Jyotish conference. She has been practicing bodywork and massage for over 10 years. Her treatments blend and integrate Remedial, Deep Tissue, Myofascial release, Ka Huna & Lomi Lomi, Craniosacral Therapy and Abdominal Massage. Additionally, she completed 200 hours of yoga teacher training in India and 300 hours of Vedic counselling with Dr. David Frawley. Her offerings are for individuals who are looking to gain greater insight, clarity & direction into their path & purpose in this life.

Episode Resources:

Under a Vedic Sky Podcast

Online Shop

Darinka’s Spotify Music Playlist

Komila Sutton

The Alchemist

Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown

The Greatness of Saturn by Robert Svoboda

Healing Crystal Designs with Ariana Ost

hello@curito.co (ariana ost) — Mon, 6 May 2024 12:28:23 +0000

Jenn speaks to Ariana Ost a jewelry designer, healer and founder of Ariana Ost. Born and raised in NYC, Ariana enjoyed growing up surrounded by museums and traveling with her father. Her love for fashion and design, history and old world atelier ultimately inspired her to get a degree in design from Parsons which led her to work for her father who ran a jewelry business in NYC. In 2009 she lost her mom to cancer and this experience led her on a deep-end healing journey. Ariana shares with us her journey and how she made sense of her grief, she is so passionate about healing the world through fashion forward aesthetics, motherhood, leaving a legacy and how these are elements that drives her to continue to build the business she started with her father in 2016. (Recorded on April 15, 2024)

About Ariana:

Ariana Ost is a design atelier based in New York City created by Ariana Ost and her father in 2016. The mission is to elevate the everyday by creating decorative objects infused with soul, conviction and healing energy. The companies purpose is to fill a whitespace in the wellness market for decor with a contemporary aesthetic and resonance with mindfulness.

Ariana loves working with her Father Jack and her Maltipoo dog named London at their dreamy Flatiron Studio in NYC. In addition to being a female entrepreneur, Ariana is also a wife to her husband Eric and mother to her precious daughter Aurelie, and charming son Julian.

Episode Resources:

The Choice by Edith Eva Eger

Dr Joe Dispenza

Nature's Intelligence with Gabriele Seewald

hello@curito.co (gabriele seewald) — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 04:37:10 +0000

Jenn talks to Austrian born now residing in Taiwan, Gabriele (Gabi) Seewald co-creator of AWOVEN - Journeys that Connect. From Austria to Taiwan and everything in between, Gabi shares with us how an accident during the birth of her daughter in 2010 damaged her nervous system that led her on this decade long healing journey and reconnecting with nature’s intelligence. What she learned during this process, how she embraced the changes and how she has taken this experience into her work and offerings she practices today in Taiwan and globally. (December 15, 2022)

About Gabriele:

Gabriele – short GABI (Taiwanese for coffee) is a ‘Weaver with the Web of Life’, a ‘Collaborator with Humans and Nature’ and one, who brings Light into the Worlds and Hearts through Education, Facilitation, Transformation. Connection, and Collaboration. She co-creates and co-facilitates retreats for self-healing and nature-connection and a founding member of AWOVEN – Journeys that Connect – the vehicle that Gabriele, Leiven and Carol are currently weaving together that will meet people, teams and groups to bring them on journeys that connect us back into our true places and purposes in the highly intelligent, benevolent and caring web of life that we all are part of.

Gabriele was born and raised in Austria and has lived in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei since 2001. She is the mother of three wonderful human beings, the author of Taiwan. The hidden Jewel., published in her German mother tongue in 2018 and she holds a Master of Arts Degree in Intercultural Competencies. She is fluent in spoken Chinese, English and German. She is a permanent resident of Taiwan and a citizen of Earth and a vivid practitioner of Eastern & Western Tai Chi, Flow and Heart-to-Heart Dialogue.

Episode Resources:

Wild Rhythms, Deb Matlock: Sacred Nature Connection

Awoven

Song of Sophia - Living School of Divine Nature, Eliza Maora

School of Sacred Earth Wisdom, Vasama Gaul

Earth: The Art of Peace - Balance over Conflict in Sun Tzu’s The Art of War by Philip Dunn

Learn to Pivot with Duncan Longden

hello@curito.co (Duncan Longden) — Mon, 8 Apr 2024 09:35:19 +0000

Jenn speaks to Taiwan based British photographer Duncan Longden! Originally from Oxfordshire, Duncan has spent his career working in various roles we dive into the challenges that he encountered taking that leap of faith to quit his job in the UK to move to Taiwan, restart a new life out here as a photographer, and the challenges and obstacles he faced in both his professional and personal life and why it is important to seek support and find tools to cultivate a healthy mindset and be able to learn to pivot each time you are faced with challenges. (Recorded on August 17, 2023)

About Duncan:

Duncan is a commercial photographer/videographer from the UK now based and working out of Taiwan. He has spent many years involved in the industry and has great experience having worked with all kinds of clients from individuals all the way through to some of the worlds largest brands. Living in Taiwan enables him great access throughout Asia.

Episode Resources:

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Joe Rogan

Casual Criminalist

Quantum Happiness with Christine Chen (中文)

hello@curito.co (Christine Chen, cc chen) — Mon, 1 Apr 2024 14:43:46 +0000

Jenn speaks to Christine Chien (CC), founder of 10m Souls (千萬靈魂 ). A successful founder of a multimillion dollar real estate firm, CC has since found meaning in touching thousands of souls: people and animals through her recently published book and work she is doing through 10m Souls. She shares her life journey and how liberating oneself from conditional experiences to living in unconditional quantum happiness and how this is what she hopes to empower others to do! (Recorded on May 15, 2023)

About Christine:

Christine Chien is an entrepreneur, author, life coach, and spiritual practitioner. Born and raised in Taipei, she studied abroad in Vancouver and is a graduate of the University of British Columbia. Her recent book, 我活著我的人生嗎, can be found at bookstores throughout Taiwan.

Episode Resources:

The Surrender Experiment

The Untethered Soul

Bhagavad Gita Chinese Translation

Tao Te Ching in Chinese

Gaia

The Bhagavad Gita

Adapt to Changes with Kaitlin Menza

hello@curito.co (kaitlin menza) — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:36:24 +0000

Jenn speaks with American freelance journalist based in Taipei, Kaitlin Menza. From the East Coast of the US living the life of travel, dining, exploring and sharing it as a writer and former editor at Teen Vogue, Glamour, and Seventeen to finding love, getting pregnant, moving to a new country and becoming an expat, Kaitlin shares how she has navigated these major life changes and continues to share all the wonderful things life and the world has to offer through her writing! (Recorded on February 15, 2024)

About Kaitlin:

Kaitlin Menza is an American magazine writer who most often covers culture, style, and women's issues. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, the Guardian, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, The Cut, and many more. Past articles of hers have been nominated for a National Magazine Award, and selected for the Best American Food Writing anthology. In 2022, after over a decade in New York, she moved to Taiwan with her husband, Chef Kevin Rose, and in 2023 they welcomed their first child. She writes about the experience of emigrating in her Substack, Two Paragraphs from Taiwan.

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Lessons from Grief with Colin Hodge

hello@curito.co (colin hodge) — Mon, 4 Mar 2024 16:33:58 +0000

Jenn speaks to entrepreneur & founder of the dating app DOWN, Colin Hodge. Colin is an entrepreneur, startup advisor and investor, he shares with us the lessons learned when experiencing the loss of a loved one. At 19, Colin lost his mom to cancer and from this he has gone on to integrate what he learned into his life pursuits. (Recorded on November 24, 2023)

About Colin:

Colin Hodge is an entrepreneur, startup advisor, and investor. He’s led growth teams and companies totaling over 100m users globally. He currently is co-owner of DOWN, a top 20 dating app in the US with millions in annual revenue. Colin also co-founded the Snowball Community in Taiwan to help regular consumers have an impact on human rights & freedoms in Asia. Also in Taiwan, he was Chief Growth Officer at 17Live, the top live-streaming app, leading data-driven growth initiatives, global expansion, and marketing efforts for millions of users, later launching the app as CEO of the US division. Colin arrived in Asia after selling DOWN that now boasts over 13m users worldwide, which he was lucky enough to re-acquire in 2018. Colin is also a product growth & entrepreneurship speaker, with experience at SXSW, Business Insider's Conference, Glimpse Social Media Conference, and The Colbert Report. He writes about startups & the dating industry, and has plans to launch his debut book.

Episode Resources:

Cindy Gallop

Savage Love Podcast

Pedal to Lead with Elisa Chiu (中文)

hello@curito.co (elisa chiu) — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:36:54 +0000

Jenn speaks to Taiwanese entrepreneur, founder of Anchor Taiwan Elisa Chiu! Anchor Taiwan is a platform focusing on innovation ecosystem building for cross-border collaboration, strategic partnership/marketing/investing and tech scouting. Elisa has over the years like many founders, failed and accomplished in all aspects of her life. We dive into conversing about pedal to lead in which Elisa’s journey to cycling a few years ago gave her a whole new perspective about herself, her work, Taiwan and more. (Recorded on November 13, 2023)

About Elisa:

Elisa Chiu is the founder of Anchor Taiwan, a platform focusing on innovation ecosystem building for cross-border collaboration, strategic partnership/marketing/investing and tech scouting with previous clients/partners/speakers from Google, AWS, Foxconn, MediaTek, NVIDIA, DIGITIMES, Infineon and many more from 15+ countries.

As a dedicated ecosystem builder and partner with leading executives, investors and entrepreneurs, Elisa has a unique vantage point and network around the future of mobility, sustainability, and cross-industry opportunities.

She is a highly sought-after speaker for tech conferences at Stanford University, The Economist, APEC O2O Summit, Arm Tech Symposia and many more. Elisa sits on the Advisory Committee of MIH, an open EV platform initiated by Foxconn, the Strategic Advisory Council of Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and Taiwan-Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Co-operation Council (THEC).Elisa was awarded 40 Under 40 as a Woman in Tech and a Gen.T X Credit Suisse Social Impact Awardee. She is a global citizen (70+ countries), a builder at heart, a student of life, a failed war zone photojournalist and a cyclist.

Episode Resources:

Anchor IG

Dr Maya Angelou “I Am Human”

YouTube

Everything Will Be Alright with DJ Marcus Aurelius

hello@curito.co (DJ Marcus Aurelius) — Mon, 5 Feb 2024 10:45:23 +0000

Jenn speaks to Ohio born, Taiwan based Marcus Aurelius Maurice, aka DJ Marcus Aurelius. From Ohio to Taiwan, DJ Marcus shares with us how his philosophy in life is that “everything will be alright” and what prompted him to have this mindset, it started with a life changing experience backpacking from Cairo to Capetown! Buckle up for some animated storytelling from DJ Marcus as he dives into his young days in Milwaukee, navigating life in Taiwan in the early 2000s, how he started and shaped his career as a DJ in Taiwan and all the fun projects he has created and continues to create today for the DJ industry in Taiwan, Asia and around the world. (Recorded on May 17, 2023)

About Marcus:

Two-time Taiwan Red Bull 3Style finalist and all around party rocker.

All of life is in need of the right rhythm. For more than two decades, DJ Marcus Aurelius has been a curator in search of impeccable music played at the right times to squeeze the most enjoyment out of every event. Whether it is the grimiest dancehall show packed into a sweaty basement, a comfortably mainstream club filled with bottle poppers and fly ladies, or a private event with celebrities and VIPs in suits, Marcus’ mission is to please the masses and hardcore heads, as well as skillfully mix in surprises that people talk about afterwards. DJ Marcus Aurelius’ style is perfectly askew and he thrives to make order out of chaos.

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Follow Your Calling with Roxanne Barcelo

hello@curito.co (Roxanne Barcelo) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:47:44 +0000

Jenn speaks to Filipino American entertainment star Roxanne Barcelo. Born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia, Roxanna moved back to the Philippines when she was 13 and serendipitously started her singing and acting career in the Philippines. Today, she resides in Taiwan with her husband and 2 sweet boys where she shares with us the importance of adapting to the many life transitions one encounters. How her life path has led her from being a successful singer and actress, to seeking her authentic self after her late father passed in 2019 and mom this past January. From soul searching, finding the love of her life, moving countries, self-mastery and pursuing your dreams, are all themes we touch upon. (Recorded on October 26, 2023)

About Roxanne:

Born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia, Roxanne began singing at the age of 8. Growing up, she enjoyed singing Disney, broadway, pop ballads, standards, and soft jazz music. At 10 years old, she won the Regency Singing Competition in Virginia, was 1st runner-up at the Metropop Star Search in the Philippines at 13, and recently came in 2nd runner-up in Tawag Ng Tanghalan in the Philippines. She also finished AB Communication Arts, workshops under the best directors in the Philippines, and has received classical and pop vocal training with Lionel Guico.

Roxanne was a recording artist under Universal Records, releasing tracks such as Perfect Love, Kung Alam Mo Lang, and Answer The Phone. As a participant in the 6th Elements National Singing Songwriting Camp she underwent a myriad of training programs. She also pursued a career acting in television shows, theater musicals and movies. She became a dynamic host for live events, children’s shows, and lifestyle shows. She now lives and works in Taiwan, pursuing her career in acting and in music as a singer and songwriter.

Episode Resources:

Dr Maya Angelou “Still I Rise”

Dr Maya Angelou “Forgiveness Liberates Us”

Life is a Party with Taryn Mitsunaga

hello@curito.co (taryn mistunaga) — Mon, 8 Jan 2024 05:48:59 +0000

Jenn speaks to LA based Japanese American Taryn Mitsunaga founder of Taryn + Co and A Pop of Party a one of a kind event planner that go above and beyond for her clients and during covid started a company to cater to those who wanted a easy solution to their party decorating needs from flowers, balloons, backdrops, table setting and more. Taryn dives into the topic of “self love” and how it has given her an even deeper meaning and intention to how she and her company impact the world. She truly believes that everyone needs to celebrate themselves in all moments and especially when life is challenging and how life is truly a party! We go deep into family feud, generational trauma, dynamic shifting, sacrifices, healing lots of healing and more! (Recorded on May 18, 2023)

About Taryn:

Taryn Mitsunaga was born and raised in the heart of Los Angeles, where building a life she loves is always a priority. Let beaches, bodies of water and mountains to never fail to reset + restore her. She cannot say no to live music + a delicious meal with great company + service. Traveling makes her a better person. She has a big, close family who she adores + spends a lot of time with. And if it’s not a HELL YES, she’ll pass. Since Taryn founded her event planning company, 'Taryn + Co’ 10 years ago, she's mastered the art of not just throwing a party but curating an entire experience for her clients that means something. From aerial dancers serving you champagne as they gracefully descend from the ceiling for a special event, to creating corporate events that people actually enjoy attending, to bringing the essence of Disneyland to life for a little girl turning 4, Taryn delivers no matter what obstacles are in the way. She is one that continues to learn about herself and life through all of it.

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Build Your Tribe with Bao Bao Chen

hello@curito.co (Bao Bao Chen) — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:29:35 +0000

Jenn speaks to Taiwanese producer and Co-Founder of Small Island Big Song, Bao Bao Chen on how to find your tribe or build one! A vivid storyteller and fluent in English and Mandarin, Bao Bao has a social media following of 130K+, and has been invited to speak at TEDx, APAP NYC, Stanford Live, and numerous arts festivals regarding her Small Island Big Song. She shares with us her humble upbringings in Taiwan, how her adventurous soul took her to Mongolia and Australia where she met her husband and business partner Tim and what it took for them to build this company an work with talented musicians from Austronesian islands connecting cultures, stories and songs for the world to hear. (Recorded on June 8, 2023)

About Bao Bao:

Bao Bao Chen is the co-founder and producer of Small Island Big Song. Having produced ’Small Island Big Song’ concert, albums, documentary, as well as curating world tours across 17 countries in Europe, the USA, Asia and Oceania, involving up to 13 artists from 8 Indo-Pacific island nations, BaoBao is one of Taiwan’s most prominent producers of cross-cultural arts projects and an ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) fellow 2023-25.

A vivid storyteller and fluent in English and Mandarin, she has a social media following of 130K+, and has been invited to speak at TEDx, APAP NYC, Stanford Live, and numerous arts festivals.

Episode Resources:

Barcelona Yoga Conference

Recalibrating Life Choices with Kevin Hsueh

hello@curito.co (Kevin Hsueh) — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:00:41 +0000

Jenn speaks to Taiwanese American, Kevin Hsueh founder of Akro Fitness Gym and fellow podcaster of Talks with Kevin! Kevin shares his journey growing up in Taiwan and the US, how he went from corporate American to packing up his bags a decade ago and setting up his gym business in 2016. He is filled with knowledge about the Taiwanese fitness landscape and shares how the industry has grown, what challenges he faced when he started the business and during the pandemic and why he is so passionate about sharing his knowledge and fitness topics in Taiwan. In life it is all about recalibrating your choices and Kevin certainly shares stories in this episode! (Recorded on January 30, 2023)

About Kevin:

Born in the states, moved backed to Taiwan and spend ages 6-18 here, went to University of Washington majoring in finance. After working for Amazon and Microsoft as an FA, decided to pursue an MBA degree in operations (Purdue). Always was interested in sports and fitness, but really got into it right before entering MBA. Started a fitness youtube channel and fb group after graduating, and did it alongside as a hobby while working for Bank of America. In 2014 got an opportunity to work with some industry folks in Taiwan, and decided to try my hand in entrepreneurship, combining my passion and work. 8 years later the rest is history.

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Design with Purpose with Denise de Castro

hello@curito.co (denise de castro) — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Filipina, Manila based Denise de Castro the Principal Architect of Deca Design Collaborative. With a talent and interest in art from a young age, Denise later on went to pursue a degree in architecture from Wellesley College and then a masters from Harvard University school of Architecture. Her degrees then gave her opportunities to practice and built her foundation in the field when she moved back to Manila. Fast forward to today, Denise has devoted her career to designing in projects for others and now an entrepreneur herself having her own design firm! Denise dives into a conversation about design with purpose where she feels strongly about how design can improve and impact our life experiences and why she chose to transition from a designer with a business to an entrepreneur with a design business and everything in between! (March 31, 2023)

About Denise:

Denise de Castro is the Principal Architect of DDC Architectural Studio. She has a Master of Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College. She has worked in design offices in the US and in the Philippines, notably IDEO (San Francisco), CBT Architects (Boston), and Lor Calma Design Associates (Manila). At DDC, she leads a passionate and talented team.

Episode Resources:

Simon Sinek Ted Talk

The Power of Moment

Finding Your Why

Journey through Movement with Robert Tsai

hello@curito.co (Robert Tsai) — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Taiwanese American Robert (Rob) Tsai, founder of DANCE|PREHAB a physical therapy organization that supports local dance community across all age ranges via rehabilitation strength and conditioning, and injury risk education. From an Asian kid growing up in Taiwan, defying cultural expectations by pursuing a dance career to then becoming an entrepreneur starting a business that integrates his love for dance and healing. Rob shares with us how creating and curating spaces for healing and learning from his own personal and professional experience through dance and more has led him to where he is today. (Recorded on February 16, 2023)

About Robert:

Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, Rob received his undergraduate degrees in Communication Theory, Dance Performance, and his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Chapman University In Orange, CA.As a lover of movement, Rob’s entrance into dance began with breakin’ and hip-hop culture while growing up in Taiwan and eventually led to studying classical modern dance techniques. Rob performed professionally in the Los Angeles commercial industry and taught dance for 8 years prior to pursuing a doctorate in physical therapy. Rob is passionate about creating environments and learning opportunities for all movers to explore their physical capabilities. DANCE|PREHAB supports the local dance community across all age ranges from youth, adolescent, collegiate, and adult movers via physical therapy, strength and conditioning, and injury risk reduction education. Rob also seeks to build up the next generation of physical therapists, and serves as a Kinesiological Motion Analysis Lab Assistant Lecturer at Chapman University's Department of Physical Therapy. Outside of the clinic, Rob enjoys rock climbing, backpacking or hiking, and finding new coffee spots to chill at.

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Creating Your Oasis with Delia Leung

hello@curito.co (delia leung) — Mon, 2 Oct 2023 11:34:05 +0000

Jenn speaks to Hong Kong based Dharma Yoga teacher, Delia Leung founder of oneom8 yoga studio. Delia is also a Nike Hong Kong yoga trainer and representative, co-founder of MDFL MVMT, a platform that promotes mindfulness practices in Hong Kong. Delia dives into a conversation about how she chose to leave the finance world and enter the wellness space in Hong Kong, why creating your oasis through breath and movement is vital in navigating the dynamic busy lives we all live in today, how tuning in with your heart space is key to going with the flow in life and what the HK wellness landscape looks like! (Recorded on May 8, 2023)

About Delia:

Delia Leung is a Dharma Yoga teacher, Nike Yoga Trainer/ Representative, creator of Yoga Studio One O Eight HK, and creator of MindfulMovementHK, a mindfulness practice platform in Hong Kong. Coupled with 16 years of extensive practice as a ballerina, she primarily studies and received teacher trainings with Sri Dharma Mittra (1000hrs), Sri Andrei Ram (200hrs), and Dr. Paul Dallaghan (Advanced Pranayama 100hrs).

Delia has been a returning guest teacher in numerous international yoga conferences, Buddhist monasteries and was featured in Yoga Journal and its workshops. She also has led yoga teacher trainings, retreats and workshops worldwide.

Delia gained a BSc Psychology at University College London, and earned her Master of Buddhist Studies degree at The University of HK. Witnessing one’s physical, mental and spiritual transformation is her greatest motivation in her offering and she welcomes everyone to join her on the mat with an open heart and mind.

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Human Connections with Gabriel Ornelas

hello@curito.co (Gabriel Ornelas) — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to LA based Gabriel Ornelas, hospitality industry expert and creator and host of On the Pass Podcast! A collector of interesting people, purveyor of memorable experiences, Gabriel has spent his career working in hospitality, F&B, entertainment and lifestyle industries to help build and produce compelling branding experiences through content, media and partnerships. Gabriel shares his love for community building and how that has shaped him to become the person he is today and the work he does! (Recorded on June 29, 2023)

About Gabriel:

Collector of interesting people. Purveyor of memorable experiences.

Gabriele is a strategist and producer who consults with entrepreneurs, marketers, creators, and brands across hospitality, food and beverage, entertainment, and lifestyle categories. An entrepreneur himself, he has spent his career developing and producing compelling branded experiences through content, media, and partnerships.

His global work experience and unique point of view has positioned him to successfully drive growth, through new business and marketing campaigns for clients that include Faena Group, Sbe, Mercedes-Benz, Perfect Day, Citi, Perrier-Jouët Champagne, Moët Hennessy and Valrhona to name a few.

He is the host, creator and producer of On The Pass, a Top 100 podcast on the Food charts, serving up inspiring conversations with leaders in the food, beverage, hospitality and travel space.

Gabriele graduated from USC’s Marshall School of Business and Universidad International in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Episode Resources:

On The Pass Podcast Website

Your Brain on Love

The Obstacle is the Way

Shedding the Good Girl Archetype with Diana Ng

hello@curito.co (Diana Ng) — Sun, 3 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Singapore-based Diana Ng, founder of The Elemental Practice where she offers somatic therapy and coaching! She offers a synthesis of her personal exploration as a kinesthetic, deeply thinking, feeling and highly sensitive individual. Diana shares her journey about shifting out of the good girl archetype, finding her voice, expression and authentic self. The episode closes with two somatic practices you can try which are part of Diana's toolkit of resources. (Recorded on February 8, 2023)

About Diana:

Diana is the founder of The Elemental Practice, offering body-based practices to help people restore their capacity to live full, authentic lives. She supports people to rebuild safety with their emotions, connection with their body and to assimilate challenging experiences, past or present. Her hope is for people to feel more at ease with their authentic expression, healthy boundaries and their agency to choose the life they desire. Her grounded and compassionate presence is complemented by her training in craniosacral therapy, TRE, Jin Shin Jyutsu, body-oriented coaching and other trauma-informed therapeutic touch modalities. Her decades of training and personal practice in yoga, qigong and meditation also inform the self-care tools which are often offered between sessions.

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Highly Sensitive Person

Creative Essence with Maéva Lhopez

hello@curito.co (Maéva Lhopez) — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to French born spirited nomad, Maéva Lhopez. She is an intuitive artist and creative mentor. We talk about finding your creative essence which is also about finding yourself. Maéva share her journey growing up with parents who had different styles of parenting, leaving the corporate world, being a treasure seeker, artist and what it took for her to find her creative essence and how that is shaping the art and work she does today. (Recorded on January 31, 2023)

About Maéva:

Maéva is an intuitive artist and creative mentor, she often pictures herself as a treasure hunter on a journey to rediscovering beauty, nature and mysteries. With her art work, Maéva shares an invite to deeply reconnect with the self in all its textures and colours, capturing emotions and dreams onto canvas. Her creative mentoring is an open door for to create their own pictures of life and to express what the soul is longing to speak. When she's not painting, sketching or drawing, Maéva is immersed in nature, on the mat or cooking delicious meals, with a smile on her face.

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Transformation with Rhys Thomas

hello@curito.co (Rhys Thomas) — Mon, 7 Aug 2023 01:20:25 +0000

Jenn speaks to Rhys Thomas founder of Rhys Thomas and Co-Founder of Tidy Butt. Rhys is a former Wales pro rugby player turned inspirational speaker and mentor who works on athlete transition, mental health & wellbeing, addiction & recovery, changing perspective and finding purpose! Rhys shares with us his amazing recovering journey from becoming disabled at 29 and how he navigated these physical and emotional challenges, how he overcame this dark period in his life and is now a helping others who face similar challenges in the work he does today. (Recorded on April 20, 2023)

About Rhys:

Rhys Thomas was a professional Welsh rugby player until his career was cut short by a life changing injury at the age of 29. After suffering a heart attack and undergoing a quadruple bypass and multiple operations, Rhys eventually was fitted with a pump that currently helps run his heart (LVAD). From losing his career, identity, relationships, not dealing with his emotions and feelings which led him to alcoholism and many dark places, Rhys went into rehab and sought support in which he has since sobered up and turned his life around sharing his story, breaking stigmas, supporting and mentoring others to maximize their own potential. Today he works with athletes and professionals to work on topics such as addition, athlete transition, confidence building and a healthy routine with complete anonymity and total confidentiality as well as co-founding a mental health charity Tidy Butt. Tidy Butt engages with schools, business and local authorities to try and make positive lasting changes in our community.

Episode Resources:

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Tidy Butt

The Power of Now

The Body Keeps the Score

Pursuit of Happiness with William Lin （中文）

hello@curito.co (william lin, 林蔚林) — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 02:19:38 +0000

Jenn talks to William Lin (林蔚林) founder of Rollor (滾動力) and Gitan Development (吉田建築). Born in Taiwan and educated in the US and Japan, Will talks about how he is self-centered in a way in which he has searched for his happiness along the process. With a degree in architecture that led him to study Japanese in Japan to working in real estate and media to then starting his own company, Rollor in Beijing back in 2009. He explains what the pursuit of happiness 找開心,找幸福,找樂子 means to him and how we can all achieve this. (Recorded on December 9, 2022)

About William:

William Lin is the founder of Rolling Force, director of Genius Life Co, and consultant for many organizations in Taiwan. A graduate with a BA in architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing and a MBA from USC in entertainment media management William currently resides in Taipei with his family and is always seeking new investment opportunities!

Episode Resources:

Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success

Finding Your Essence with Bridget Schaeffers

hello@curito.co (Bridget Schaeffers) — Sun, 9 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn talks to Bridget Schaeffers founder of The Yoga Travel Company based out of New Zealand. Bridget shares how listening to your inner wisdom and finding your essence is what has anchored her through the ups and downs in life, something that she learned during her yoga and soul searching journey in India which eventually led her to start The Yoga Travel Company in 2018. (December 13, 2022)

About Bridget:

Bridget first discovered yoga in 2013 when her inner guide led her on a solo adventure to India. She attended her first yoga class in the spiritual town of Dharamshala, home to the Dalai Lama, an auspicious beginning, for certain. Under the guidance of skillful teachers and the lens of her own devoted curiosity, Bridget’s practice has deepened and evolved. She has studied in both India and New Zealand and is currently completing her advanced 300hr teacher training with The New Zealand Yoga Collective.

In 2018, Bridget combined her 6 years of tourism industry experience with her love for sharing yoga — and the Yoga Travel Co. was born. A true synergy of her passions — yoga, travel, and people. She believes that we’re all connected through the universal power of love and can experience divine moments of truth, healing and transformation through these ancient practices. Living in the sunny Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand with her daughters and husband, Bridget lives and teaches from the heart.

Episode Resources:

Flow with B IG

Radiance Sutra By Lorin Roche

Rumi Oracle By Alana Fairchild

Alan Watts

Enjoy the Journey with Krizia Li

hello@curito.co (krizia li) — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Hong Kong based Krizia Li, founder and CEO of Vermillion Lifestyle, a B2B e-commerce platform in Asian luxury design and arts. Krizia shares her views on how one should enjoy the journey you are on in life and that the outcome is the path. With an BA from Oxford and an MBA from Harvard Business School with a resume experience at Fortune 500 companies, Krizia shares her story about how her experience interning at Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and Haiti in 2008 made her realize the power of social change. As well as her 2012 visit to The Met Costume Institute “Through the Looking Glass” exhibit made her realize how Chinese culture was misinterpreted. These specific experiences really inspired and shaped the foundation of Vermillion Lifestyle when she created it in 2020! (Recorded on December 28, 2022)

About Krizia:

Krizia Li is the Founder, CEO and GM of China for Vermillion Lifestyle. Responsible for injecting and catalyzing synergistic and harmonious ingredients into Vermillion's ongoing narrative, Krizia envisions growth opportunities by fusing bold ideas with extensive industry experience. She has a background in audit at KPMG, investment banking at Merrill Lynch, and strategy consulting at McKinsey & Company, and has worked in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh, across Hospitality, Consumer & Retail and Technology, Media & Telecommunications industries. Most recently, she led Marketing and Omni-Channel teams at DFS Group, Marriott International, and McDonald's Greater China. Krizia holds an MA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics + Economics from the Oxford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is based in Hong Kong.

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FB Linkedin

Wild Women Awakening with Sarah Shannon

hello@curito.co (Sara Shannon) — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 04:15:53 +0000

Jenn speaks to Irish born, Portugal based Sarah Shannon of Wild & Free Retreats. From burnt out corporate law to free spirited yoga, meditation teacher, cacao ceremony facilitator and retreat host, Sarah shares with us how connecting with her inner wild woman, listening to her and living an authentic life has allowed her to find her true self and purpose in this lifetime to then follow her dream and share her journey and teachings with other wild woman around the world! (Recorded on May 1, 2023)

About Sarah:

Sarah Shannon is a yoga and meditation teacher, cacao ceremony facilitator and retreat host. She shares her offerings online and through her retreats Wild & Free, and in the Algarve Portugal.

Sarah believes through yoga and soulful practices and rituals, we can connect to something powerful and beautiful. Our own natural power. The practices that she shares have allowed her to discover who she is and has given her the confidence to let her light shine in this world.

Sarah used to be a corporate lawyer. She spent years studying law and seven years working in Dublin law firms before leaving my career to follow her inner knowing that was telling her something wasn’t right. It was a difficult, well dragged out decision that took a lot of soul searching, journaling, and inner confidence building to make.

Yoga was her guide. Yoga spurred her to go on a self-discovery adventure; to countries across Asia, Buddhist monasteries, Indian ashrams and to sit in silent meditation for ten days in Malaysia. Yoga sparked passion and curiosity within her. Traveling in the East opened up her spiritual pathways and gave her time to get to know herself which she brings to her teachings and retreats.

Episode Resources:

Women Who Run With Wolves

Eat, Pray, Love

Abraham Hicks

Green Yoga Teacher Training

Body Liberations with Jenn Melyan

hello@curito.co (Jenn Melyan) — Mon, 29 May 2023 00:44:44 +0000

Jenn talks to Jenn Melyan founder of A Fat Perspective a platform that shares conversations about bodies of all types an how we portray the term “fat” in our society and culture. Jenn shares her experience on how gaining weight impacted her and why she created A Fat Perspective. From being dumped by her boyfriend to being verbally abused by her own mother about her weight, having no self confidence and tools to learn how to love herself in a fat healthy body. She opens up about her healing process and her journey and why she is so passionate about educating more people about body liberation, debunking fat phobia and more awareness so we can all have a positive approach to diverse bodies and the stigmas. (Recorded on November 15, 2022)

About Jenn:

With a MA in elementary education, Jenn spent 11 years as a founding educator in a Los Angeles charter school. She developed curriculum across all academic disciplines as well as leadership models and social-emotional learning. Jenn then shifted her work from children's transformation to adults' by focusing on executive coaching and body liberation. Educated by E.P.I.C (Executive Performance Institute for Coaching), she trained in transformational 1-1 coaching as well as workshop and meeting facilitation.

Jenn works with both corporations and individuals to achieve seemingly impossible goals. She has been a keynote speaker at conferences and served on panels where the focus is primarily on women's issues. Jenn also coaches individuals on body-image related issues and helping them gain confidence. She is a plus-size model as well and has just recently completed her first, public bikini shoot. She was also featured in media publications such as HuffPost, ShououtLA, and VoyageLA.

Episode Resources:

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body By Roxanne Gay

Spiritual Matrescence with Jessica Kay Lee

hello@curito.co (Jessica Kay Lee) — Sun, 7 May 2023 10:26:42 +0000

Jenn speaks to Jessica Kay Lee, founder of The Lotus Pond (TLP), a mind-body and spiritual wellness consultancy designed for women, mothers and the change-makers of the world. Jessica talks about how motherhood led her on her spiritual awakening path and shares why she is passionate about holding space for other mothers and women. She shares her upbringing, her curiosity for life’s purpose, becoming a mom at a young age, starting a business with her husband and how she rediscovered her self in her motherhood journey. (Recorded on March 10, 2023)

About Jessica:

Jessica is a mother of two boys & a corgi, wife to a doting husband, daughter to supportive parents, proud sister, and blessed friend to amazing souls all around the world! Aside from the various roles she plays in her life, she is a 300H certified meditation coach with a Spiritual Psychology Masters and Maternal Wellbeing Advanced Certification from Columbia University.

Episode Resources:

Spirituality Mind Body Institute

Dr. Aurelie M. Athan

Be Selfish with Sylvia Cardim de Melo

hello@curito.co (Sylvia Cardim de Melo) — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn talks to Brazilian born Lisbon based Sylvia Cardim de Melo founder of Strawberry Studio based in Lisbon, Portugal. Sylvia is a TCK (third cultural kid) born in Sao Paulo, US-educated, European-groomed, Asia tested and now in Lisbon she has embraced her identity fully in the work she does consulting for brands in Europe and Asia. She shares how being a woman, a mother and entrepreneur is not an easy task and role to fulfill and that she has had to learn along the way through the ups and downs how to find that work life balance! (Recorded on October 10, 2022)

About Sylvia:

São Paulo-born, US-educated, European-groomed, and Asia-tested, Sylvia is a global brand strategist fascinated by brands rooted in culture, stories and purpose. Passionate about helping brands become relevant in people’s lives. Sylvia followed her own passion. While working for WPP’s The Partners in Singapore, she took the plunge and traded in her 8-year corporate life in marketing and strategy to start her own business, consulting for brands in Europe and Asia. Today she calls Lisbon home.

Episode Resources:

Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark Mason

How to Make Friends and Influence People By Dale Carnegie

Storytelling with Jamila Robinson

hello@curito.co (Jamila Robinson) — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Jamila Robinson a journalist, editor, academy chair of the World's 50 Best and food influencer! A humble talent who besides for the titles listed earlier is also a classical trained violinist and competitive figure skater! Jamila reflects on her how food is an artform we all participate in and how food has shaped her journalism career over the years. She shares with us why curiosity and storytelling is so important to her and how it keeps her grounded in life, and why she is obsessed with pies! (Recorded on January, 6, 2023)

About Jamila:

Jamila Robinson is an assistant managing editor at Philadelphia Inquirer, where she leads an award-winning team of writers, editors and food critics, and is a regular contributor to Food & Wine magazine.

Among the most influential people in food media, Jamila’s work as journalism chair of the James Beard Awards, and the North American Academy Chair of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, will have lasting impact on the next generation of food writers, chefs, and restaurateurs.

Jamila is a frequently sought speaker, thought leader and contributor to publications and culinary organizations worldwide. She's also an excellent cook, gardener, and competitive adult figure skater. Her love language is pie.

Episode Resources:

Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking: A Cookbook

Justice of the Pies

Wildest Dreams

Secret Breakfast Newsletter

On the Pass

Be Kind with Mai Bach

hello@curito.co (mai bach) — Mon, 3 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Mai Bach, a Vietnamese American, social entrepreneur, activist, vegan chef and co-founder and CEO of Ooh Cha Cha. Mai shares with us how she ended up in Taiwan, started a company with her husband, being a perfectionist, going through depression during the pandemic, being diagnosed with ADHD recently what she learned along the way and why being kind to yourself is important mindset to have! (Recorded on January 6, 2023)

About Mai:

Social entrepreneur, activist, and vegan chef, Mai is co-founder and CEO of B Corporation certified vegan restaurant group Ooh Cha Cha. Ooh Cha Cha's mission is to build sustainable and equitable communities through the simple act of eating. Born and raised in southern California to refugees of the Vietnam war, she graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communications Studies and minor in Global Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Currently based in Taipei, Taiwan, she's passionate about empowering people through knowledge and individual action.

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Creating Home with Melina Shannon-DiPietro

hello@curito.co (Melina Shannon-DiPietro) — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn talks to Melina Shannon-DiPietro, the executive Director of MAD (Danish for ”food”), the nonprofit organization founded by René Redzepi of restaurant noma. MAD inspires and empowers cooks, servers, and eaters to create sustainable change through education programs and publications. An American girl from Albany, New York, Melina spent her life dreaming about food and built her career in the industry, always thinking about where our food comes from, our community and environment. Never thinking she would leave the US, Melina uprooted herself to Copenhagen before the pandemic, pioneered the MAD venture with Chef René and the NOMA team, found love, purpose, home and stayed in Denmark! She shares her amazing journey and how the value of creating a home is important to her and how she defines that. (Recorded on December 8, 2022)

About Melina:

Melina Shannon-DiPietro is Executive Director of MAD (Danish for ”food”), the nonprofit organization founded by René Redzepi of restaurant noma. MAD inspires and empowers cooks, servers, and eaters to create sustainable change through education programs and publications.

Prior to MAD, Melina was a director at Friends of the High Line, the organization that transformed an abandoned elevated rail line into one of New York City's best-loved public parks. She began her work in food as co-founder of the Yale Sustainable Food Program. Building organizations, connecting with nature, and helping people to be their best has been a primary motivation throughout her life.

Melina grew up in Albany, New York, surrounded by a loving and loud Italian-Irish-American family who still asks as they wrap up each meal, “What do we eat next?” She lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Episode Resources:

MAD Feed

MAD Academy

MAD IG

MAD Feed Scholarship

Jillian Lavender

London Meditation Centre

Art of Possibilities: Transforming Professional and Personal Life

Remember Who You are with Leslie Keeler Saglio

hello@curito.co (Curito) — Sun, 5 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Barcelona based, Filipino American, Leslie Keeler Saglio, a TEDx Speaker and Trauma-informed Master Coach who empowers women to unleash their feminine energy and purpose. Leslie shares her journey growing up as a Filipino American in Los Angeles, building a successful career for herself to her best friends death to cancer and near death experience in 2021 and how all of these experiences shaped her finding her true self and the magic she brings into the work she does with women around the world. Just remember who you are! (Recorded on February 7, 2023)

About Leslie:

With expertise spanning nearly two decades, from Hollywood executive to startup co-founder, to living overseas, Leslie understands well what it takes to thrive in a stressful and challenging global environment. She is a TEDx speaker, certified trauma-informed master coach, and founder of the Feminine Power & Purpose Immersion transforming the lives of women to stop playing small so they can make a bigger impact and income with less stress and more flow. She also earned her Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. Leslie has been featured in the U.S. and internationally in numerous media and publications such as Soho House, Virgin, Well+Good, & MindBodyGreen to name a few. A Filipino American, Los Angeles native and London expat, Leslie currently lives in Barcelona with her husband and two children.

Episode Resources:

Pussy: : A Reclamation

Embodied Authenticity with Tara Eden

hello@curito.co (tara eden) — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Canadian born Tara Eden, a Feldenkrais Method professional and ISMETA® Registered Somatic Movement Therapist/Educator based out of Chiang Mai, Thailand about embodied authenticity. From her upbringing in Canada and early years of exposure to dance therapy to living in NYC, Tara shares how wanting to find alignment was the key to her move to Asia. She talks about her discovery of Feldenkrais Method, on setting intentions and being intuitive is important and why she continues to embrace the embodied lifestyle, living the slow life, being true to herself and finding grounded-ness and being able to share this awakening technique with more individuals. (Recorded on January 16, 2023)

About Tara:

After graduating from a 4-year Feldenkrais Method Professional Program and becoming an ISMETA® Registered Somatic Movement Therapist/Educator – and from years practicing Thai Massage, teaching yoga, exploring creative movement and movement therapy and a lifetime of observing people and what drives them – Tara helps people learn how to reconnect to their body, to realize where they are causing themselves unnecessary pain or strain, to discover new healthier self-use, to be empowered to trust and learn from their own embodied experience and to discover a unique inner calm, stillness and knowing that arrives spontaneously in an embodied state change.

Episode Resources:

ISMETA

Elizabeth Gilbert Podcast

Home is Within Us with Muriel Morwitzer

hello@curito.co (Muriel Morwitzer-Bächtold) — Sun, 5 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Muriel (Mumu) Morwitzer-Bächtold an enthusiastic and passionate Movement coach and international educator for art of motion Academy and Anatomy Trains Australia/New Zeeland. She trained to become a professional dancer, however Mumu had to retire early due to injuries. Mumu pulled out all her learnt Pilates tools to rehabilitate herself. Meeting Karin Gurtner, co-founder of art of motion Academy, assisted her in understanding and approach her rehabilitation more individually and holistically. A special life changing moment was when Karin developed Slings Myofascial Training and how to (re)train innate fascial qualities, this opened a whole new understanding of the body’s self-healing capacity and how to train and regain “somatic trust” and “movement courage” again. We delve into her life experiences, specifically the passing of her father and what showing up on the mat and creating a resource-oriented training program taught her, especially on how to recover from emotional and physical adversity! We wrap up the conversation by talking about movement for kids and teenager and how developing somatic trust and kinaesthetic intelligence is so important in the world we live in today. (Recorded on June 10, 2022)

About Muriel:

Muriel Morwitzer, known to most as Mumu, is the Senior Educator and Managing Director of art of motion academy® Australia, a renowned training organization for Contemporary Pilates & Slings Myofascial Training based in Switzerland and Australia, which was founded by Karin Gurtner.

Growing up in the Swiss Alps Mumu enjoyed skiing, snowboarding, hiking, dancing and white water kayaking. Mumu trained in Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Pilates, Choreography and Anatomy for Dancers at the Laban Centre in London. It was here that she discovered her love for Pilates, developed a passion for educating others and honed a focus on preventing injuries in movement-linked professions.

However at times she felt as though her training was lacking something. She now knows that to be the deeper and more contemporary science-based understanding of the body’s interconnectedness, as well as the experience lead embodiment of that knowledge that art of motion and Anatomy Trains has given her.

art of motion’s holistic and contemporary approach to functional exercise and exercise sequencing applied to Pilates and Slings Myofascial Training was refreshing for Mumu, and an inspiring turning point. When she was asked to study under Karin and join the art of motion lecturing team in 2009 she felt very privileged and honoured.

Being a part of the art of motion team kept Mumu in touch with Karin’s findings, one of them being Tom Myers’ Anatomy Trains concept; it will be forever a memorable moment! Being introduced to Tom’s concept and application broadened her personal ‘body reading’ horizon and understanding of whole body interconnectedness dramatically, as well as how to apply it to functional movement. The more she delved into Anatomy Trains, Mumu could see the missing pieces of her ‘puzzle’ coming together and so her approach and her clients results changed for the better and are to this day very rewarding!

Mumu has greatly enjoyed her journey so far and knows there is more to learn for evermore, which is inspiring and exciting to her!

Travelling is in her nature. You can find her teaching and lecturing internationally in Switzerland, Europe, Singapore, Bali, and Australia-wide!

Episode Resources:

Vimeo

Brene Brown Podcast

Jack Kornfield Podcast

Gil Hedley

Carla Steco

Tara Brach

The Body Keeps the Score

The Brain that Changes Itself

Soul Contracts with Johnson Chong

hello@curito.co (johnson chong) — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn talks to Asian American Johnson Chong, the best-selling & award-winning author of Sage Sapien: From Karma to Dharma, TedX Speaker, yoga, meditation teacher and shaman based in Sydney, Australia. In our conversation about soul contracts, Johnson shares with us what it was like growing up in NYC as a gay Asian American immigrant kid, discovering how theater school allowed him to go inwards and work on healing himself which eventually led him on his spiritual journey. (Recorded on November 16, 2022)

About Johnson:

Johnson Chong is the best-selling and award-winning author of Sage Sapien: From Karma to Dharma. He is also a TedX Speaker of ("How to Deal with Toxic Family Relationships”), shaman and the founder of SAGE Shamanic Yoga Retreats & Trainings where he trains aspiring meditation and breathwork teachers. Through the synthesis of the most applicable teachings of yoga, meditation, breathwork, coaching and shamanic healing, his trainings are designed to help people quiet the mind, awaken the heart and free themselves of the roadblocks that keep them from living more authentically and joyfully. He has spoken and led workshops at companies like Unilever, Facebook, Nike, Macquarie, Insight Timer, UBS, UOB and more. Johnson is a native New Yorker, and has lived on 3 continents, currently based in Sydney, Australia.

Johnson’s passion is creating a bridge between ancient wisdom, energy medicine and direct modern application. Clients say that his unique experiences offer a profoundly healing self-discovery experience, followed with very practical and actionable steps to create lasting change.

As a paqo shaman of the Q’ero lineage, a Four Winds Energy Medicine Health Coach, InnerGuidanceTM coach and Reiki Master. In conjunction with his background as a teacher who trains yoga teachers and pilates teachers, he has an expansive knowledge of the physical body and how the psyche can create stagnation on all levels, physical, mental, emotional and energetic.

Episode Resources:

TedX: How to Deal with Toxic Family Relationship

Sages Shamanic Yoga

Alberto Villoldo

SAGE SAPIEN: From Karma to Dharma

Perseverance with Ally Mona

hello@curito.co (ally mona) — Sun, 8 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Allison Mona (Ally) founder of Allymona a health and wellness advocate bringing you years of effective holistic wellness solutions for the whole family! A China expat of 16 years before picking up and moving her family of 6 to Mexico during the pandemic, Ally shares with us the different obstacles she has encountered in life and how through it all her perseverance kept her going. She talks about the entrepreneur life, network marketing, a mom of 4 including an adoptive daughter with a heart condition, postpartum depression, a recent auto immune disease diagnosis, how she recovered, how she balances it all and more! (Recorded on April 27, 2022)

About Ally:

Ally is a mama of four daughters, an adoption advocate, adoring wife, and impact entrepreneur. She spends her days coaching other women along their own journeys from employee to business owner, taking walks with her hubby, studying health and wellness topics, and snuggling her babies.

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LIVE Fireside Chat Family Businesses in Taiwan: Challenges We Face

hello@curito.co (christina huang, john chen, winnie chao) — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 09:13:43 +0000

This episode was recorded from a LIVE fireside chat on “Family Business in Taiwan: Challenges We Face” at a Curito event to showcase the Curito Connects series. Moderated by Jenn, this panel consists of Christina Huang (President of Manloy), John Chen (Vice Chariman and CEO, Gloria Hotel Group), and Winnie Chao (President of Ko Wen Educational Institute). The conversation covered challenges they faced personally and professionally, how they overcame them, what they learned and what advice they would give to others. (Recorded on March 27, 2022)

About the Panelist:

Christina Huang is the President of Manloy she has a background in teaching and arts administration. Her career was primarily in education and cultural institutions, she has since combined her passion for knowledge and visual communication with her leadership and management style at Manloy.

John Chen is the vice chairman and CEO of Gloria Hotel Group. He established Hotel Quote, Hotel Proverbs, other Design Hotels and Gloria Outlets in Taiwan.

Winnie Chao is the CEO of Kumon Education Taiwan, a passionate educator, and dedicated philanthropist. She is happily married with five kids, and resides in Taipei.

Watch the entire episode on Youtube

Trust Your Gut with Elena Liao

hello@curito.co (elena liao) — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Elena Liao, founder of Té Company, a Taiwanese tearoom based out of New York City. A former retail corporate managing big-box apparel retailers with no former background or association with Taiwanese Tea except for her Taiwanese American heritage. Elena talks about how she decided to leave corporate in 2015 and start her tea business with no prior experience at all, what she learned along the way, how she dealt with covid, how to find your niche and what’s to come! (Recorded on March 24, 2022)

About Elena:

Native to the island of Taiwan, Elena grew up in a household where tea is consumed more than water. The local choice is full leaf, handmade, and produced seasonally in small batches. The kettle is on throughout the day and the steepings are free flowing. In Taiwan, this beverage is essential and readily accessible.

Good tea satisfies the palate, great tea transcends the mind. A carefully made and intentionally brewed cup can enlighten and guide the path to self-reflection. When shared communally, it is the glue that facilitates the conversations and strengthens the bond. The spiritual joy of tea drinking should be practiced frequently, casually, and most importantly mindfully. That was the ethos behind Té Company: make teatime more delicious, more intentional, and more accessible.

Elena grew up in Taiwan and moved to America in her early teens. She was a career retailer for a decade before she opened a tearoom in the West Village of New York City. All the teas were sourced directly from generational tea makers of Taiwan. Té Company offers their teas, tea snacks, and accessories via their physical tearoom and an e-commerce website.

Episode Resources:

Spotify

Balloons of Joy with Summer Chou（中文）

hello@curito.co (Summer Chou) — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn talks to Summer Chou, a self taught professional balloon artist based in Taiwan. Summer shares her journey on how she always had a fear of balloons, how she overcame her fear and grew a business out of the joy of balloon art and how much happiness it brings to people, sick, healthy, young and old. How her work in this field has taught her so much about empathy and compassion. Our conversation took a turn where we talk about her coming out journey, receiving acceptance from her family and being a Lesbian in Taiwan. (Recorded on August 30, 2022)

About Summer:

熱情又活潑開朗的氣球頑童Summer 最愛用繽紛的氣球帶給大家歡樂！只要看到大小朋友歡愉的笑顏就是他最開心的一刻。快來一起加入氣球頑童的歡樂行列，一起頑喲！

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Find Your Niche with Allison Warren

hello@curito.co (Allison Warren) — Sun, 4 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Allison Warren, founder, designer of Modernplum a Chicago-based sustainable, linen home decor company that has an eco-conscious mission that she started in 2014! A painter, architect, professor, maker, and designer by trade, Allison is also known as a linen expert in the field! She shares with us her career path and experiences that really allowed her to thrive in becoming an entrepreneur and how living in a 1960s modern glass house in Chicago inspired her to create Modernplum! (Recorded on February 7, 2022)

About Allison:

Allison is an artist, designer, design consultant, and business owner. She was introduced to textiles by her mother, an interior designer, and procurer of beautiful things for the home. Allison went to art school and became a painter in her first career but turned to textile product design after the purchase of a mid-century modern glass house. The home’s open-plan, simple forms, and connections with nature were the catalyst for Modernplum’s formation. Our products and philosophy are a result of all these things -- midcentury modernism, respect for nature, a love of home textiles, and California cool. Allison hopes that you will love her products and that they fill your life with abundance too.

Episode Resources:

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Homecoming with Brenda Lin

hello@curito.co (brenda lin) — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Brenda Lin, a writer, mother, wife, daughter and brand manager of les enphants a second generation Taiwanese children branded family business! From Taiwan to New York, Singapore, Hong Kong and back to Taiwan, Brenda shares her homecoming journey and what it takes to set boundaries, communicate, journal and navigate finding yourself, working for your family business and laying down your roots. (Recorded on January 12, 2022)

About Brenda:

Brenda Lin grew up among the myriad of antique children’s textile that her mother collected. She received her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. Her first book, Wealth Ribbon: Taiwan Bound, America Bound, was a collection of interconnected personal essays on family and cultural identity. Lately, she has been writing about the intersection between text and textiles. Her recent work has appeared in TextilesAsia, Sotheby’s, and TextileXchange. In 2021, she published a touch-and-feel picture book, Hope, that you can wear, inspired by her mother’s textile collection. She lives in Taipei, Taiwan, where she works as a brand manager for a children’s wear company and teaches creative writing to upper school students.

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Self Growth through Divorce with Tilaine Wang (中文)

hello@curito.co (Tilaine Wang) — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:32:21 +0000

Jenn speaks to Tilaine Wang, founder of Aimm Matchmaking based in Taiwan but caters to the global ethnically Chinese market place! Tilaine is a Matchmaking Institute certified matchmaker whose vision is to help singles find the love of their life through in-depth consultation, and client assessment. From her own experience having been previously divorced and now happily married with her business partner, August, Tilaine shares with us her own journey, what she learned in the process about herself and how it led her to starting Aiim back in 2016! (Recorded on March 25, 2022)

About Tilaine:

26歲訂婚、27歲結婚、28歲第一次創業、29歲離婚這一路 Tilaine 離婚又結婚，從亞洲搬到北美又搬回亞洲。豐富的人生經歷及交友圈，讓她下定決定想幫助周圍認真找對象的朋友都可以順利的找到合適的對象。因此創辦了 Aimm 姻緣工程服務，也是全台灣唯一一位擁有國際專業媒人資格認證的服務。

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Keep Going with Katherine Wehler

hello@curito.co (katherine wehler) — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Katherine Wehler, a new paradigm business and soul coach a professional astrologer, human design reader and akashi record guide keeper. From as early as she can remember Katherine has had the natural ability to channel her spirit guides and for awhile choose to ignore them. She speaks to us about how the shooting at her college changed the whole course of her life from being a professional actress to her current business, helping others manifest their highest frequency and purpose in life. The shooting impacted her so deeply that she needed to heal herself from thoughts of taking her own life to channeling her spirit guides and realizing her own purpose and truth. (Recorded on September 16, 2022)

About Katherine:

Katherine Wehler, a new paradigm business and soul coach a professional astrologer, human design reader and akashi record guide keeper. She is deeply passionate about business and life being heaven on earth and helping soul’s manifest this in reality with practical solutions and high frequency energetic alignment. Katherine is committed to guiding light leaders to remember their soul mission and use their unique gifts to share with humanity the power of choosing love over fear. “By transforming ourselves we transform the world”.

Episode Resources:

Katherine Creighton Crook

Soul (Re)Discovery Podcast on Spotify + Apple Podcast

In Spirits Hands

It’s Not Your Money (Tosha Silver)

Energy of Money (Maria Nemeth)

Rich Dad Poor Dad (Robert T. Kiyoaski)

The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)

The Reluctant Messiah (Richard Bach)

Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)

Mindfully Aware with Marta Magdalena

hello@curito.co (Curito) — Mon, 7 Nov 2022 14:25:51 +0000

Jenn speaks to Marta Magdalena, co-founder with her husband John Tattva of Ashtanga Nilayam, Singapore. Marta’s journey took her from Poland, to being a former architect in Berlin running her own ashtanga yoga shala back in 2010 visiting India yearly to now residing in Singapore since 2018. She shares her early encounters with yoga, choices in career path, how meeting her husband was one of the boldest move she has made in her life, what her yoga path continues to teach her even through her entire pregnancy journey! (Recorded on March 22, 2022).

About Marta:

Marta is a dedicated yoga practitioner and teacher granted with Level 2 Authorization from Sharath Jois to teach Astanga Yoga. She has a daily self-practice of asana and meditation and almost 15 years of experience on the mat.

Through her own history of injuries, Marta developed a sense of compassion and understanding towards the students with limited physical abilities. While working with athletes and clients from various sports' backgrounds, she learned how to incorporate the knowledge of human body and anatomy, to provide the students with healthy and personalized practice.

Influenced by the spiritual teachers, among others Thich Nhat Hanh, BKS Iyengar and S.N. Goenka, Marta has been for almost a decade inspiring and motivating her students to change their attitude towards life through the disciplined daily yoga practice. She's also passionate about Ayurveda and constantly studies to understand more about the connection between one's mind, body and soul.

Episode Resources:

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Ashtanga Nilayam IG

Marta's IG

It's Fun to Be Different with Anne van Gessel

hello@curito.co (Anne van Gessel) — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Anne van Gessel, a author and life coach residing in Seattle, about growing up in Asia, discovering her learning challenges at the age of 18, how her love for self development, and curiosity in life allowed her to later thrive in school and her professional career and how she hopes to create a community to raise awareness to those with neural divergent condition and to teach others to be their authentic self. (Recorded on May 2, 2022)

About Anne:

Anne is an author, blog writer, and certified Life Coach. Anne's mission is to help others recognize the highest expression of themselves, break negative patterns, defy stagnation and share in universal self-awareness. Her work empowers people to live an authentic life with a sense of purpose, holistic wellness and joy.

Episode Resources:

Cruz Finds It's Way

Christian Vinceneux

Laughter is Healing with Andy Curtain

hello@curito.co (Andy Curtain) — Sun, 9 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Andy Curtain founder of former Shanghai based Kung Fu Komedy. Having just graduated from law school in Melbourne, Andy decided to leave Australia and move to China to explore the world. He started off finding 9-5 jobs then stumbled upon creating a community with other comedians to share laughter with people living in China. Comedy clubs popped up in major non-Western cities around the world from around 2009. Then in 2010 Andy and his business partners founded the first comedy club in China, Kung Fu Komedy. From the many ups and downs of this journey of building this community Andy shares the many pivotal points that he went through and learned in the process to where he is at today. In short, laughter is healing in the times we live in today! (Recorded on August 10, 2022)

About Andy:

Andy Curtain, moved to Shanghai in 2009 from Melbourne, and lived an insane 10 years there before moving to Hong Kong.

From 2010 to 2017 China’s opening up to the world hit a peak and Shanghai became the most exciting place to live on earth. Until it all came crashing down.

Andy started China’s local comedy scene, launched several comedy clubs, toured the country performing standup in English and Chinese, worked on the online series Mamahuhu, got squashed by the Cultural Bureau, married a Russian Korean, has two kids, and sort of lived to tell the tale.

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Setting Intentions with Freddie Valente Perfeito

hello@curito.co (Frederica Valente Perfeito) — Sun, 2 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Freddie Valente-Perfeito, a yoga teacher based in Madeira, Portugal! A lawyer in her past life, Freddie discovered yoga in 2014 and has not looked back since. She then went on her self-growth journey traveling around Asia teaching yoga in India, Bali, Costa Rica, and Sri Lanka (where we met at Soul & Surf Retreat)! Besides for letting Freddie share her corporate to yoga journey I wanted to add that she has the most amazing Spotify playlist for working out and practicing yoga! So have a listen to it too! (Recorded on January 28, 2022)

About Freddie:

Frederica Valente Perfeito, was born and raised in Madeira Island, a Portuguese Island in the Atlantic Ocean. She always wanted to be a lawyer, but once she began her studies, she felt something was wrong, she didn't know what so she continued studying and then working for almost 8 years as a lawyer until the had an epiphany in a music festival, where she realized she was unhappy, no self-love, no love for her lifestyle.

She decided to practice yoga in Lisbon and quickly something clicked, she quit her law career, left for India and never looked back. Freddie has 500hrs of TTC under her belt and has worked at surf and yoga camps in Portugal, Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, teaches yoga and runs her own retreats now back in Madeira since the pandemic started.

Episode Resources:

You Can Heal Yourself

Think Like a Monk

Inner Engineering

Celeste Pereira

Who Am I with Arnaud Saint Paul

hello@curito.co (Arnaud Saint-Paul) — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Arnaud Saint-Paul founder of Tapuat and GIVE Nation. Arnaud is a conscious technologist, philanthropist, author and visionary and has a life goal of inspiring 1 billion people to open their heart to themselves! Arnaud shares how his curiosity of “Who am I” that started at a young age of 13, ultimately shaped him into who he is today and the journey that led him to develop the companies he has created over the years and his passion for opening more hearts around the world. (Recorded on April 18, 2022)

About Arnaud:

Arnaud, conscious technologist, philanthropist, author, and visionary has been inspiring businesses and individuals around the world for decades by helping them reach their highest potential. He has been awarded for his many outstanding achievements in innovations, technology and methodology. His latest accomplishments are HealThruWords which has inspired more than 50M people with its inspirational positive messages and GIVE Nation, a gamified wallet aiming to unite 1.6B children, helping them become philanthropists and practice sustainable financial literacy.

Ten years ago, Arnaud discovered his life purpose:

Help 1 billion people open their heart to themselves

Using technology as a means to such endeavor, he sets the foundation using his 30 years of research and practice. He creates a highly visual framework: the Heartful Method™. Thanks to its unique visual nature and tools, Arnaud has been able to help hundreds of leaders throughout the world one on one.

This new science proven method helps people and businesses focus on the positive aspects of their lives that will make them happy, successful and abundant and allows them to fulfill their highest potential.

With this revolutionary methodology, he brings together the best of science, spirituality and the science-proven principles of heartfulness to infuse positive energy into people’s lives and inspire them to act, create, and simply lead more fulfilled lives.

His innovations and methodology have changed businesses and people's lives positively.

Episode Resources:

Conversation with God

Who Am I

Silver Lining Between Art and Salsa with Larry Shao

hello@curito.co (Larry Shao) — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 07:26:36 +0000

Jenn speaks to Larry Shao a Taiwanese American who founded Taipei Mambo Project Dance Company and La Salsa Dance School in Taipei in 2007. A US-trained visual artist, Larry moved back to Taiwan to pursue his visual art career but found himself growing his interest in salsa then having to make a decision on which to go full-time with. Larry shares how he transitioned from being a visual artist to becoming a full-time salsa instructor and studio owner in Taiwan and the lessons he learned along the way. Including choosing to move back to Taiwan for his parents, and how as a creative you will also be able to apply your talents to the industry you are in! (Recorded on November 8, 2021)

About Larry:

Larry Shao is a Taiwan-based salsa instructor; he is best known for his methodical teaching style and musical choreographies. Larry teaches weekly classes, promotes events, and hosts international artists' workshops on a regular basis. Larry is the director of La Salsa Taipei Dance School and Taipei Mambo Project Dance Company; he is also the organizer of Formosa Salsa Festival.

Larry is dedicated to the fostering of the salsa and bachata dance culture in Taiwan; he founded La Salsa Taipei in 2007, one of the most prominent salsa and bachata studios in Taiwan. He has cultivated hundreds of social and performance dancers over the years.

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Communicating in Life with Cudjuy Maljugau (中文)

hello@curito.co (Curito) — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:51:34 +0000

Jenn speaks to Cudjuy Malijugau, a Paiwan Aboriginal interior and floral designer who founded Gathering Art Studio based out of Taidong, Taiwan. Cudjuy shares with us some of his more impactful moments in life from returning home to live and work in the “buluo” community, rediscovering his roots, culture, ethnic identity and relationship with nature and it’s surrounding. He talks about Taidong and the Taiwanese aboriginal culture, why it is important to practice communicating in life and to learn to live alongside with nature and how he uses these approaches to designing spaces for his clients. (Recorded on March 8, 2022)

About Cudjuy:

Cudjuy Malijugau is a renowned Paiwan Aboriginal interior and floral designer based out of Taidong, Taiwan, and founder of Gathering Art Studio (出萃生活工作室). With a degree in interior & visual communication design from Chao Yang University, Cudjuy has over 10 years of experience designing spaces across the Eastern Coastline of Taiwan. He brings his ethnic aboriginal roots and modern aesthetics into his designs, with a strong sense of embodying our natural environment into our daily living and event spaces. He believes that we should appreciate and thank our island for all the beauty and resources it gives us and that we can nourish our living spaces using nature’s aesthetics, it is after all an energy exchange!

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Taking the Leap with Laura McEgan

hello@curito.co (Laura McEgan) — Mon, 5 Sep 2022 16:22:32 +0000

Jenn speaks to Laura McEgan, founder of the popular children’s yoga certification school Divine Light Yoga. Laura has over 18 years of experience working with children and young people in both educational and therapeutic settings! Laura shares with us how her passion and determination allowed for her to build the business and life she wanted for herself, of course it didn’t always come easy, one just needs to take the leap! (Recorded on January 13, 2022)

About Laura:

Divine Light Yoga is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School and UK Registered Learning Provider, specializing in Children's Yoga Teacher Trainings across the Globe and online.

Laura McEgan, founder and director of Divine Light Yoga, is an ERYT-500 Hour and a Children's Yoga Teacher Trainer having studied over 1000-Hours of Yoga and 18 years experience of working with children and young people in both educational and therapeutic settings.

Episode Resources:

Non Violent Communications

Innate Creativity with Daniel Hurlin

hello@curito.co (Daniel Hurlin) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Daniel Hurlin, a fashion design director having worked for several luxury brands in Paris, London, Berlin to Antwerp! From an early age, Daniel knew he was gay, and having navigated that identity growing up and as a creative, he shares with us what innate creativity means to him and why it is important to understand this as a creative, working in the creative industry so that you can be grounded as an individual and thrive in your career! (Recorded on February 11, 2022)

About Daniel:

Daniel Hurlin is a design director that has worked in luxury fashion labels for the last 10+ years. He specializes in visuals applied to products, and sees his work as visually curating the brand's narrative. In our current society, a lot of products first reach people in a visual media, so this aspect of design is now crucial for companies. His work has been on numerous runways, collaborations, and commercial collections. From Paris, London, Berlin to Antwerp, he has spent time refining and fine tuning his own work method, striking a balance between commerce and art, well-being and deadlines, and generally questioning industry practices. He studied at Central Saint Martin's in London and Institut Francais de La Mode in Paris.

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Healing from Within with Lydia Chang

hello@curito.co (Lydia Chang) — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 06:53:08 +0000

Jenn speaks to Lydia Chang, founder of Origin Yoga & Wellness, Taiwan Lululemon legacy ambassador, and Wellness Director of Flow Retreat in Hualien, Taiwan. Lydia shares with us how her hyperthyroid diagnosis back in 2020 shocked her, made her feel like a failure as a wellness practitioner and her road to recovery. How she learned to heal from within and why self-love and self-compassion are so important to apply to our daily life. (Recorded on March 14, 2022)

About Lydia:

Lydia came from a yoga family, and she started learning yoga and meditation from her father at the age of 10 years old. In 2016, Lydia took a leap of faith to leave behind her successful career in Canada as a corporate accountant, to start her own wellness retreat center in Taiwan. Since then, she focused on teaching and guiding personal wellness retreats and mindfulness workshops. Lydia has led over 300 group wellness retreats, and her clients include Google, PwC, GSK, Lululemon, and retreat guests from 50+ countries. This year, Lydia is invited to become Wellness Director of Flow Retreat in Hualien, Taiwan. Through Flow Retreat, Lydia is looking forward to expanding her retreat offerings to help more people discover balance in life.

Episode Resources:

Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child

Let Your Inner Light Shine with Teri Ortt

hello@curito.co (Teri Ortt) — Mon, 8 Aug 2022 13:20:15 +0000

Jenn speaks to Teri Ortt, a Los Angeles-based yoga teacher and Ayurveda practitioner and author of Shine Bright Sister: The Real Girlfriend's Guide To Using Yoga and Ayurveda to Access Your Most Radiant Self. Terri talks about marriage, divorce and how her own experience inspired her to write this book, and how the tools she provides in the book are relevant for everyone trying to nurture their inner light to become their most authentic and truthful self. (Recorded on November 5, 2021)

About Teri:

Teri Ortt is an educator, yoga teacher, and Ayurvedic practitioner. Writing connects her to the mystical minutiae of life. She lives in Altadena, California, with Bodhi, her Bernese Mountain Dog, and her two adult children who make intermittent appearances as their busy schedules permit.

Episode Resources:

Shine Bright Sister

Beauty of Lingerie with Irene Lu

hello@curito.co (Irene Lu) — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Irene Lu, founder and creative director of PILLOWBOOK, the first lingerie label to pioneer the modernization of the traditional Chinese lingerie "dudou" with art, culture, and fashion. A Taiwanese American based in Paris, Irene talks about her love for all things silk, her passion for lingerie, the rise in Asian hate which triggered her childhood trauma memories, body positivity, and what it took to create her own brand as a foreigner in Beijing and then again in Paris during covid. (Recorded on March 16, 2022)

About Irene:

Lu specialized in intimate apparel at NY Fashion Institute of Technology. She's been trained at multiple lingerie and beauty brands such as Jean Yu, Oscar de la Renta Intimates, Kiki de Montparnasse and Estee Lauder where she learned the relationship women have with their intimate products. In 2009, she moved to China to work alongside an Oscar winning designer and discover her Asian roots as an American-Taiwanese. After few years, Pillowbook was launched.

In between buying silks and designing silky underthings, Lu continues to freelance as costume designer for film, theater, and commercial events and have dressed celebrities such as Shuqi, Luhan, Yang Liping, Godfrey Gao, Hannah Quinlivan, Jason Isaacs, Fan BingBing and Lin ZhiLing. Idle moments are savored with her 2 year old son, 4-legged mutt and dessert. She currently resides in Paris eating way too many éclairs.

Episode Resources:

Cora Harrington from The Lingerie Addict

Tim Yip

Karolina Laskowska

YANSAI - Gua bao makers in Paris.

MAO Dumpling Bar Paris

Dong Huong Paris

"Know My Name" By Chanel Miller

"Dear Girls" By Ali Wong

"Furiously Happy" By Jenny Lawson

"The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing" by Bessel van der Kolk

From Styling to Ice Cream with Erin O'Keefe

hello@curito.co (Erin O'Keefe) — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Erin O'Keefe from White Plains, New York who is a stylist specializing in magazine editorials and celebrity fashion and most recently proud co-owner of Ice Cream Social the first independent Ice Cream shop out in White Plains that she started with her childhood friend this summer! Erin gives us insights into the styling industry and how Sutton's character in The Bold Type does do justice to a stylist's career path. How deciding to change careers at 40 with a newborn infant and a toddler at home was challenging and how you reconcile with the change of labels on your identity! That at the end of the day all the experiences gained from previous roles in her life have led her to succeed in applying them to the next challenge she encounters and continues to learn from them. (Recorded on August 6, 2021)

About Erin:

Erin O’Keefe is a New York City based stylist specializing in magazine editorials and celebrity fashion. Pulling inspiration from worldwide travel and her time spent living in Shanghai, China and the UK, Erin introduces an artistic narrative into every shoot she styles. She is a fashion director for Cityist.com and has styled editorials for Hong Kong Tattler, L'Officiel, Z!nk Magazine, The Guardian, Cosmo China, Nylon Mexico, Red Collector, 125 Magazine amongst others.

Erin has styled celebrities Carey Mulligan, Morena Baccarin, Ruth Wilson, Amanda Lepore, and Sebastian Stan. Always happy on either side of the camera, Erin has appeared on the Today Show in New York and Off Broadaway in Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage as a style expert.

Her ebullient personality makes each fashion shoot fun, but she is comfortable in high pressure situations and can rally the team to get the job done.

Episode Resources:

Ice Cream Social

Ice Cream Social IG

Follow Your Instincts with Florian Bourquin

hello@curito.co (Florian Bourquin) — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Florian Bourquin, a Swiss pastry chef based in Taiwan and co-founder of Panoramix Project, providing professional pastry coaching service as well as menu creation and catering service. Florian chose to become a pastry chef while still in secondary school would then develop his career under the guidance of the famed Belgium chocolatier Pierre Marcolini rising ranks to becoming the Head Pastry Chef there until an opportunity came where he packed up his bags and moved to Taiwan! He shares with us his ongoing career path, what he has learned and how it became his life. (Recorded on October 11, 2021)

About Florian:

Florian has been making pastries since 2000 and got his degree (CFC confiseur patissier glacier) in 2003. He worked as a head pastry chef in Pierre Marcolini (Brussels) for 10 years and was invited to Taiwan to build up COVA Pasticceria for LVMH group in 2015. In 2016 he created 丰子 Panoramix Project and in 2018 opened PINTAO品饕， his pastry shop in the heart of Shanghai.

Borderless, passionate, and meticulous, he tries to bring his personal style and dynamic in his pastries. Each creation features different layers of textures and flavors with the aim of triggering different stages of emotion.

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Healing from Within with Daphne Chua

hello@curito.co (Daphne Chua) — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn connects and speaks to Daphne Chua for the first time, founder of Somatic Therapy Asia. A native Singaporean, Daphne grew up checking off all the boxes in life. A degree, corporate job, successful until the 2008 financial crisis. From there her spiritual journey began where she found herself living a nomadic life, teaching yoga, falling in love, and a decade later reconnecting with her family, her roots and in the process uncovering her own inner healing journey. (Recorded on September 13, 2021)

About Daphne:

Daphne is a registered yoga therapist, movement educator, bodyworker, and a specialist in somatic therapy. A self-professed geek, she is always exploring underlying principles of the human body and movement patterns as embodied relational beings. Daphne applies principles of kinesiology and natural movement, somatics, neuroscience, and yoga philosophy in her trauma-informed work. Her work aims to hone sensory awareness, cultivate resilience and regain agency so as to fully experience life.

She has helped people of all ages rehabilitate injuries, regain neuro-motor functions, manage chronic pain, and work through trauma. Daphne also facilitates trainings, workshops, and mentorship programs for both individuals and organisations, movement educators, and healthcare professionals.

I have had at different points of my life, been called to give up everything I have, including homes, countries, relationships, identity. The last one being the call to return to Singapore in the wake of my father's passing. My practice in Yoga and Somatic Therapy has been pivotal in helping me navigate my relationship with myself, and how I perceive the world, in moving through some very dark periods of my life dealing with physical ailments isolation, and depression.

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How to Unapologetically Step Into Your Light with Esther Evers

hello@curito.co (Curito) — Sun, 3 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Esther Evers, founder of Soul Radiance, she is a Past Life Regression Therapist, Life Between Lives Regression Therapist, Spiritual Channel and Reiki Master Teacher. In this episode on how to unapologetically step into your light & create a life of passion, freedom & spiritual healing, Esther shares her incredible life journey from a professional actress, wildlife conservationist to a holistic therapist and the powerful transformative healing modalities she shares with the world that help you awaken to your truth, embrace your abundance & soul purpose. (Recorded on December 6, 2021)

About Esther:

Esther is a highly qualified Past Life Regression & Life Between Lives Spiritual Regression Therapist, a certified experienced Reiki Master Teacher, and gifted Spiritual Channel.

Esther facilitates truly transformative and life-changing sessions dedicated to the awakening of your inherent ability to love and heal yourself while nurturing a high vibrational state of empowerment, connection, freedom, and happiness within. Her passion is to help you release any blockages that stand in the way of manifesting the life you really want and to realize your full potential and true magnificence.

Esther has worked with hundreds of clients internationally and offers Past Life Regression Therapy, Life Between Lives Spiritual Regression, Soul Guidance, Soulful Abundance Activation, Inner Child Healing, Reiki Healing sessions at her holistic practice in Bali and online as her clients live all over the world.

Episode Resources:

Many Lives Many Masters By: Brian L Weiss

Ride the Waves with Bay Bay Niu (中文)

hello@curito.co (Bay Bay Niu) — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Taiwan’s first female professional longboard surfer, Bay Bay Niu. Having picked up the sport later in life, she shares how she fell in love with the sport, self-taught herself how to surf, and eventually moved around the island to be near surf points where she has paved way for Taiwanese female surfers and shaped Taiwan’s surfing community - bringing more awareness to the sport on the island and putting Taiwan on the map in the global surfing community. (Recorded on March 7, 2022)

About Bay Bay:

Bay Bay Niu is Taiwan’s first female professional longboard surfer and Taiwan Roxy ambassador. Having picked up the sport later in life at a time when there were no female surfers in Taiwan, Bay Bay is not only a pioneer for female surfers on the island but has also put Taiwan on the map in international surfing competitions. She has competed internationally since 1996, and commentates for the Taiwan Open of Surfing Competition annually. Bay Bay continues to advocate for the sport in Taiwan and teaches in Taidong where she resides with her husband, daughter, dogs and cats!

Episode Resources:

Taiwan Roxy Ambassador

Power of Community with Olivia Cotes-James

hello@curito.co (Olivia James Costes) — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Olivia Cotes-James, the founder of Luüna Naturals a company she founded in 2017 that is a purpose-drive period wellness company, proudly built between Hong Kong and Shanghai by a 100% women-led team. Olivia shares with us how her own negative period experiences led her to host period workshops amongst her peers that later inspired her to create LUÜNA Naturals. (Recorded on April 14, 2022)

About Olivia:

Olivia is the founder and CEO of LUÜNA, a purpose-driven period wellness company, proudly built between Hong Kong and Shanghai by a 100% woman-led team.

LUÜNA creates access to products, technology and educational programs that enhance holistic menstrual health, supporting our community to be healthy, happy and informed, every day of the month.

LUÜNA has challenged industry and societal norms, achieving awards such as the United Nations Empowerment of Women Award at the China Social Impact Awards 2021 and Hong Kong’s Wellness Brand of the Year 2020. As a founder, Olivia has achieved recognition as Forbes 30 Under 30 2021, Generation T Young Leader of Tomorrow 2021 and Hong Kong’s Wellness Entrepreneur of the Year 2021. In March 2022, they launched a first-in-market organic cotton pad with water-soluble wrappers alongside their range of plastic-free tampons and reusable period cup.

Episode Resources:

Olivia's IG

Luna IG

Magical Moments with Celia Cheng

hello@curito.co (Celia Cheng) — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Celia Cheng of Cravings Media a boutique design studio focused on the art of letterpress production, digital consulting, and lifestyle editor based out of Honolulu! Celia shares her viewpoint on how every obstacle or encounter you have in life can be viewed as a magical moment. A designer and card maker, with over two decades of digital media experience, Celia walks us down memory lane connecting the dots and encouraging us to think inwards about what really excites us in life! (Recorded on December 16, 2021)

Correction: In this episode, Celia mentions many letterpress presses are from the 1800’s. Her Vandercook SP-15 is from the 1940's.

About Celia:

Cravings is the culmination of Celia Sin-Tien Cheng’s passions. She loves to work with her hands to capture the immediacy of sensory experience in design. What unifies Celia’s design and work across all media is its high quality, elegant sensibility, and sophistication.

Based in Honolulu, Cravings Media is a boutique design studio that focuses on letterpress production, digital consulting, and lifestyle editorial. Celia is grateful to be living aloha and sharing this magic, wonder, and love through thoughtful designs and handmade printed matter. Her studio/print shop is part of the creative collective, Lana Lane Studios.

Celia has been featured in Crain’s New York Business, Print,"The Design Entrepreneur" by Steven Heller and Lita Talarico, and the Australian Radio National show "RN First Bite." She also appears with her mentor Milton Glaser in the documentary about his life, "Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight." Celia holds a B.A. from Columbia University and an M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts.

Episode Resources:

Inward by Yung Pueblo

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Why Habits Matter with Christina Maningo

hello@curito.co (Christina Maningo) — Sun, 5 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Christina Maningo, founder of MYWELLNESS a health and wellness platform based out of Manila, Philippines where Christina teaches yoga, myofascial, nutrition and coaches individuals to achieve a better mind and body connection. Christina dives into the topic of habits and why building habits in her life journey has really helped her overcome different difficulties and why she encourages her clients to understand the important role habits play in living a healthier, happier, fulfilled life. (Recorded on September 17, 2021)

About Christina:

Christina is a free-spirited California native with a passion for yoga and living a healthy and active lifestyle. A graduate of UC Berkeley in Human Biodynamics and team captain of Berkeley’s NCAA Division I gymnastics team, Christina has been an advocate of health and wellness for as long as she can remember. Post gymnastics, she continued to stay active and has participated in several marathons and ultra marathons from the Great Wall of China to the ethereal trails of Annapurna, Nepal.

She has been learning and teaching yoga, mindfulness and meditation for over 10 years. In recent years, she’s been particularly immersed in the power of the mind/body connection and its importance to overall health and well-being.

The consummate student, she continues to dig deeper into the vast topic of the mind-body connection. This has led her to additional studies in Myofascial Release, Mindfulness, Anatomy and Nutrition. All these areas are directly related to overall health and happiness. Of particular interest to her is the study of fascia, which is bridging the gap between the mind and body. We are just beginning to learn about the direct connection between the health of our fascia and our overall wellbeing.

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Tuning into your Emotions with Annie Au

hello@curito.co (Annie Au) — Sun, 29 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Annie Au, the creator, and founder of Soulful Yin Yoga Method, the only teacher training that specializes in the emotional side of yin yoga and Chinese meridians where she currently teaches online from Sri Lanka! Annie shares with us how a breakup in her early 20s led her to give up her ballet career to find herself and begin her spiritual path to seek happiness. How she grew up as an immigrant in Canada, her respect for her parents, her darkest days, and what led her to create Soulful Yin Yoga Method in hopes of helping others connect to their emotions and intuitions. (Recorded on February 26, 2022)

About Annie:

Creator of the Soulful Yin Yoga Method, the only teacher training that specializes in the emotional side of yin yoga and Chinese meridians. Annie embarked on her spiritual journey over 10 years ago after an apocalyptic breakup which left her crippling in anxiety. Tired of living life in chronic fear & despair, she searched for ways to reclaim her happiness. In the last decade, Annie traveled around the world leading yoga teacher trainings while exploring her own spiritual path.

From studying Taoism and Chinese meridians, Anne has recognized the intrinsic connection between our body and emotions. If our physical health declines, it directly affects our mood and therefore affects how we make choices in life. This finding has propelled Annie to create a course that helps others to connect with their emotions so that they can cultivate balances in life.

Applying the decade of experiences and knowledge Annie has acquired, her signature Soulful Yin Yoga Method is designed to help others become a master of their own emotions so that they can be in tune with their truest selves.

Episode Resources:

Untethered Soul by Michael Singer

When the Bodies Says No by Dr. Gabor Mate

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk

Reclaim Your Power Through Forgiveness with Simone Zhang

hello@curito.co (Simone Zhang) — Sun, 22 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Simone Zhang, a spiritual mentor, intuitive healer, and ascension guide about learning to forgive in order to find closure and how her own journey taught her this lesson. She shares how unlocking and understanding our spiritual self is helpful in our own healing and understanding of our own individual needs. (Recorded on October 6, 2021)

About Simone:

Simone is a spiritual mentor and healer who uses her intuitive gifts and clairvoyant abilities to guide others on their awakening and ascension journeys. She is known for helping others activate and master their own unique spiritual gifts and abilities, and anchor these into practical application to elevate the experience of daily life. Her work encompasses a number of different modalities to help guide clients in the way that best serves them on their path to spiritual growth, self-mastery, and fully embodying their soul mission, purpose, and spiritual potential.

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How to Build Success for Yourself with Edwin Chong

hello@curito.co (edwin chong) — Sun, 15 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Edwin Chong, VP of E-commerce and Digital Marketing at Luxury Brand Partners, a company focused on developing and nurturing prestige, artist-driven beauty brands, with a focus on innovation and a passion for the creative mind. We talk about Edwin’s time in Asia, how the difference in an environment challenged him, and how important it is to find and construct an environment that maximizes your ability to succeed! Fun note about this episode, Edwin goes into fashion, tech, crypto, and NFTs as well. (Recorded on January 2, 2022)

About Edwin:

Edwin has lived most of his life in tech, having spent several years collaborating with brands such as Dior, Bottega Veneta, and Zara as the Head of Digital at luxe creative agency Baron & Baron, in addition to building fintech and e-commerce startups. He currently serves as a VP of Digital in the beauty industry and recently joined several NFT communities, including DeadFellaz and Lazy Lions.

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Don't Wait to Be Perfect with Francesca Chang

hello@curito.co (Francesca Chang) — Mon, 9 May 2022 11:34:06 +0000

Jenn speaks to Francesca Chang, founder of Attorney on a Journey Life Coaching based out of Taiwan. Francesca talks about her decision to quit law only a few months after passing the Bar, being resilient about finding her purpose, and how through many trials and errors she discovered her passion in helping others transition into a career or lifestyle that they dream of. (Recorded on September 8, 2021)

About Francesca:

Francesca is a former attorney, travel blogger, and life coach based in Taipei, Taiwan.

She took the road less traveled and explored many unconventional careers after passing the Bar, including recruiting, marketing, and even travel blogging (Yes, she gets paid to travel!)

She works with both lawyers and non-lawyers who know that there is more to life than just paychecks, status, and prestige. She broke the rules to live life on her own terms and has found her purpose in teaching others how they can do the same.

Episode Resources:

Medium

Build Discipline with Michael Tsai

hello@curito.co (Michael Tsai) — Sun, 1 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Michael Tsai, founder and lead instructor at Wing Chun Connect a martial arts school based in Taipei. Born and raised in California, Mike moved to Taiwan in 2008 to dedicate himself to training full time, creating his school to spread more awareness in Chinese martial arts and how in these last 14 years there has been ups and downs in choosing this path and why he believes so strongly the benefits martial arts practice can have on ones life! (Recorded on January 24, 2022)

About Michael:

Michael is the lead instructor at Wing Chun Connect. Ever since becoming captivated by martial arts movies in his youth, he has always been driven to move more efficiently, fluidly, and artfully. In 2008, he moved to Taipei to dedicate himself to training full time in Wing Chun Kung Fu and Taijiquan with world-class martial artists.

Michael completed his 8-year tutelage under Master Lo Man Kam, Ip Man’s nephew, learning the complete wooden dummy set (木人樁), six and a half point pole (六點半棍), eight slashing knives (八斬刀), and the 3 empty hand forms of the lineage. During this time, Michael concurrently studied the soft and supple art of Taijiquan with Master Wu Rong Hui, gaining a deeper understanding of the internal arts and the teachings of ancient Chinese wisdom. Through his formal training, seasonal research trips to schools in Hong Kong and the USA, as well as the camaraderie and mentorship of a network of respected colleagues in his kung fu family, Michael has developed his unique philosophy of Chinese martial arts into a way of life which integrates traditional wisdom and persistent innovation. He teaches with the vision that although studying martial arts begins with physical cultivation, it is a perfect medium to cultivate the mindset, habits, and heart to be successful at any worthwhile endeavor, leading to a balanced life and well-rounded character.

Episode Resources:

The Art of Learning

Healing Our System with Zara Seligson

hello@curito.co (Zara Seligson) — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Zara Seligson, a certified holistic nutritionist, herbalist, yoga & Ayurveda instructor who specialized in women’s reproductive health and education. Zara shares with us how an adrenal collapse in her early 20s led her to discover different holistic healing modalities that healed her and led her on the path of helping other women through physiological, spiritual and emotional issues. We also talk about the importance of understanding our menstrual cycles, building habits, and being intuitive! (Recorded on February 24, 2022)

About Zara:

Zara Seligson is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Certified Herbalist and Certified Yoga & Ayurveda Instructor who specializes in women's reproductive health and education, Ayurvedic nutrition & lifestyle, Adrenal health & recovery, and therapeutic wellness programs. Her work is based in the beliefs that these principles are for everyone. Zara has studied and is influenced by various nutritional and wellness schools of thought, such as plant-based eating, whole foods, Ayurveda, Yoga, and spiritist healing traditions. She uses these healing tools as a way to create personalized health and self-care programs as well as classes and group courses that address a wide variety of physiological, spiritual, and emotional issues that women face.

Episode Resources:

Women’s Body Women’s Wisdom

Aviva Romm

Christiane Northrup

Balance Your Hormones Balance Your Life

Maya Tiwari

Just Do It with Michael D’Hulst

hello@curito.co (Michael D'Hulst) — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Michael D’Hulst, CEO & Co-Founder of Super League Triathlon, the world’s premier swim-bike-run series, pitching the very best athletes against each other in quick and exciting race formats in fantastic destinations across the globe. Michael gets personal sharing how Luc Van Lierde, the first Belgium to win Ironman World Championship in 1996 inspired him to pick up the sport, race, and pursue a career in this sport. How his path from corporate career track at Volkswagon to entrepreneurial path bringing Challenge Family to Taiwan, starting Bahrain Endurance 13, and now Super League Triathlon. The ups and downs, the resilience, the community, and how to succeed as an entrepreneur, just do it! (Recorded on December 22, 2021)

About Michael:

Super League’s driving force is a triathlete who has vast experience in the sports sector. Michael started his career in the automotive industry before turning his passion into his career, spending a year as a full-time athlete and establishing a long-distance event in Taiwan. He has worked with Chris McCormack at Thanyapura in Thailand and the pair set up Bahrain Endurance 13 as well as Super League Triathlon.

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Never Give Up with Max Huang (中文）

hello@curito.co (Curito) — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Max Huang (黃偉翔), founder of Skill for U a nonprofit organization that focuses on vocational school students and community in Taiwan, to bridge and communicate with society sharing their skills with others. Max shares with us his unconventional Taiwanese educated journey, career path, and lessons he has learned along the way that he wishes to teach the next generation. An inspiration for other vocational school students, Max is going against norms to pioneer a path for a generation of skilled talents in Taiwan to give them a voice, platform, and recognition in society. (Recorded on November 24, 2021)

About Max:

黃偉翔現任非營利組織 Skills for U 執行長、《技職3.0》總編輯、教育廣播電台主持人，行政院青年諮詢委員會委員。核心理念為「Improving our world with the power of skills；用技能與社會對話」，透過技能促進社會永續與共好，盼台灣走向技能大國。曾獲選WorldSkills世界12大技能新創家、《天下雜誌》新世代領袖、KEEP WALKING夢想資助計畫等。2020年獲選第58屆中華民國十大傑出青年。

Episode Resources:

Video

Supporting our Little Heroes with Daria Kozhukar

hello@curito.co (Daria Kozhukar) — Sun, 3 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Daria Kozhukar, founder of Little Heroes a visual learning aid product geared for teachers and parents working with autistic kids as well as an online global special needs platform. Russian born, Daria found herself working a corporate life in China in her 20s married, and starting her young family when her son, Maks at the age of 3 was diagnosed with autism. Having a special needs child empowered Daria to create Little Heroes, advocate for other kids and parents who are looking for tools and communities for support. We talk about what it means to be a special needs parent, how to interact with special needs kids, and why it is important that more awareness is created to support our special needs population around the world! (Recorded August 23, 2021)

About Daria:

I truly believe that life can be exciting, beautiful and simple if we speak with kindness, act out of love and never stop being curious about ourselves and the world around us.

I feel like I’ve been tested a lot in life which has always helped me to expand and discover many more ways of expression.

One of my biggest sources of growth is my son, who is unique, special and absolutely inspiring. Helping him to overcome his challenges changed my life, turned it upside down and pushed me to learn about so many aspects of development, human connection and interaction. It helped me to find my purpose and passion in building an inclusive community, spreading awareness and sharing my knowledge personally and professionally.

Episode Resources:

Canadian Parental Coach

Temple Grandin

The Essence of Travel with Mei Zhang

hello@curito.co (Mei Zhang) — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:43:08 +0000

Jenn speaks to Mei Zhang, founder of WildChina, the inbound luxury travel company in China, HBS graduate, Aspen Institute China Fellow, Conde Nast Travel Expert, author, daughter, wife, and mother! A pioneer in the China travel landscape, Mei shares her most impactful moment that changed her world from a Yunnan girl to an HBS graduate, to returning home to China to start her own business. She talks about how the essence of travel has not changed and why everyone should have the "just do it" mentality because it is never too early or late to start something! (Recorded on November 26, 2021)

About Mei:

Mei is a native of Yunnan province in southwest China. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and worked for McKinsey & Company until she found her true passion in sustainable travel. Mei is an Aspen Institute China Fellow and currently serves as a member of Harvard Business School’s Alumni Board. While serving as a consultant to The Nature Conservancy, Mei witnessed the push and pull between economic development and conservation of both nature and culture in Yunnan. She strongly believed that there was a for-profit solution to this – providing a sophisticated interpretation of Chinese culture and nature through experiential travel.

This revolutionary concept led to the creation of WildChina in 2000.

Together with WildChina CEO Albert Ng, Mei has transformed the company into an award-winning business: National Geographic Adventure’s ‘Best Adventure Travel Company on Earth’. Mei’s expertise has also led her to win a number of personal awards and accolades, including Travel and Leisure’s A-List of Top Travel Advisors, Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Travel Specialist, and Wendy Perrin’s #WOW List of Travel Experts.

Episode Resources:

WildChina Podcast

Advocating for Yourself with Meredith Schweig

hello@curito.co (Meredith Schweig) — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Meredith Schweig, a Harvard PhD, Fulbright Scholar, and assistant professor of ethnomusicology at Emory University. Meredith talks about the field of ethnomusicology, her interest in East Asia which led her to focus her research on Taiwanese popular music and coincidently marry her best friend, Andres a Taiwanese American. She shares the many challenging encounters she has had from a childhood accident that left her with a vision disorder that she has always felt uncomfortable speaking up about, to enduring a long-distance marriage, pregnancy journey, to the loss of her parents right before the pandemic hit. How her fear of flying and learning to develop a strategy has helped her manage the different spheres she encounters in her life. (Recorded on August 5, 2021)

About Meredith:

Meredith Schweig’s research explores twentieth- and twenty-first-century popular musics of East Asia, with a particular emphasis on narrativity, gender, and cultural politics in post-authoritarian Taiwan. She completed her MA and PhD in ethnomusicology at Harvard University, where she also received her BA in Music and East Asian Studies.

An assistant professor of ethnomusicology at Emory, she is currently completing a book about Taiwan's vibrant rap scene. Her second book project refracts questions about vocality, agency, and transmedia storytelling through a study of global pop icon Teresa Teng. She maintains additional research interests in sensory studies, migration studies, disability studies, history of art and architecture, and the museology/musicology nexus.

Episode Resources:

Renegade Rhymes: Rap, Music, Narrative, and Knowledge in Taiwan

Yebba October Sky

大嘻哈時代 The Rappers

Overcoming Trauma with Davina Ho

hello@curito.co (Davina Ho) — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Davina Ho, founder of Inhabit Meditation who has a vision to create silent spaces for stressed out city dwellers in urban environments. Davina works with clients and companies dealing with issues from burnout and stress as well as trauma, sleep issues, depression, and anxiety. She shares with us how when her father passed away over a decade ago, therapy, yoga, and meditation were what helped her heal and process her grief. (Recorded on October 15, 2021)

About Davina:

Thousands of people have listened to Davina's meditations for sleep, anxiety, stress and burnout. She's a certified iRest®️ teacher, a highly effective protocol for overcoming anxiety, stress, PTSD, insomina and other mental health issues. Her meditations are published on Spotify and Apple Music through FireFly Wellness. She is also featured on Jabu Mind, a meditation app for teachers and regularly teaches on Insight Timer.

Davina is a passionate advocate for sustainability and mindful leadership within organisations as well as elevating the consciousness of humanity using the power of self-awareness techniques such as meditation in healing the systemic issues plaguing our society and planet today. She is currently pioneering the use of silent spaces in cities for modern secular contemplative practices through her meditation company INHABIT. She is also the Co-Founder of the mind-body movement practice HASIKO. Prior to that she spent more than ten years in finance. She is currently based in Singapore.

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IG / IG

Finding Your Voice with Lara Veronin

hello@curito.co (Lara Veronin) — Sun, 6 Mar 2022 08:50:01 +0000

Jenn speaks to Taiwanese American singer, songwriter, Lara Veronin about the difficulty of finding stability as a child when she grew up in an environment having moved around a lot. Her memory of finding her tribe when enrolling at Taipei American School where she discovered her voice and blossomed. The sacrifices she made to pursue her career in the entertainment industry. Experiencing discrimination because of her mixed ethnicity as an artist in Asia, and her eating disorder battle which took years for her to heal mentally and physically. (Recorded on September 3, 2021)

About Lara:

Lara Liang Veronin (also known as Liang Xin-Yi) is an established singer-songwriter with over 15 years of experience in the Mandopop industry. Debuting at the age of 17 as the lead vocalist for band Nan Quan Mama, she is also known for the duet “Coral Sea” with Jay Chou. Lara launched her solo career in 2010, releasing music and acting in a few short films and TV dramas. In 2013, Lara transitioned from pop star to indie artist and entrepreneur, founding ‘Meimeiwawa Multimedia’ with sister Esther Veronin. Their company independently released several music and video projects, including the popular track ‘Dida’, which touches on LGBT issues. Much soul-searching and experimentation culminated in the release of the visual album ‘Thousand-Faced Beast’, which accompanied the full-length film “Tomorrow’s Star”, directed by Esther and starring Lara. Since 2021, Lara has exclusively partnered with Newstyle Media Group to release her latest album “Dear You”, a tribute to Mandopop love ballads. Meimeiwawa continues to function as a platform promoting women’s rights and independent art.

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Spotify

The Power of Social Media with Dr. Austin Chiang

hello@curito.co (Dr. Austin Chiang) — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 15:59:57 +0000

Jenn speaks to Dr. Austin Chiang, the Director of Endoscopic Weight Loss Program and Chief Medical Social Media Officer at Jefferson Health and Chief Medical Officer at Medtronics. Dr. Chiang has been a pioneer using his social media presence to push for an awareness of encouraging more doctors and healthcare professionals to utilize social media to impact more people and public health. We talk about finding identity, and how to navigate the social media world we live in today, whether you are providing content or on the receiving end of information. How we should all try to remember the positive benefits of social media when used correctly and how to empower and advocate for others through it. (Recorded on August 13, 2021)

About Dr. Chiang:

Dr. Chiang is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Health (Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals) in Philadelphia, PA, and serves as the Director of the Endoscopic Weight Loss Program, Chief Medical Social Media Officer for the health system, and Chief Medical Officer at Medtronics. He completed his undergraduate studies at Duke University before earning his MD at Columbia University. He stayed for Internal Medicine residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital and completed his GI and bariatric endoscopy fellowships at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He obtained his MPH from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health before completing an advanced endoscopy fellowship at Jefferson.

Passionate about empowering patients with accurate medical information online, he is one of the most influential voices in the field of gastroenterology across multiple social media platforms including Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube with over 500,000 followers and over 130 million views. Dr. Chiang has conducted extensive research in social media and is champion of physician presence on social media and is the Chief Medical Social Media Officer of Jefferson Health and Founding President of the Association for Healthcare Social Media (AHSM, @ahsm_org), the first 501(c)(3) professional society for health professional social media use. He has worked closely with all major national GI societies on social media efforts and was 2018’s Healio Gastroenterology Disruptive Innovator of the Year, The Philadelphia Inquirer’s 2019 Influencers of Healthcare Rookie of the Year, and among 2019 Medscape Top 20 Social Media Physicians, and a 2021 GLAAD Media Award Nominee. He spoke at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2021, and his role in social media has been featured by The New York Times, CNBC, and BBC News.

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Seeing Light from Darkness with Alexander King Chen

hello@curito.co (Alexander King Chen) — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:06:14 +0000

Jenn speaks to fashion designer, award-winning creative director, Alexander King Chen about his journey of realizing how to let go of one's ego to work collaboratively with others and how to integrate his creative visions for the greater good of humanity. Alex shares his insight about the fashion industry, on how he saw light at the end of the dark tunnel he experienced, and why going forward he hopes to create more purposeful projects that can also shed light for others as well. (Recorded on October 7, 2021)

About Alex:

Jetting between London, Paris, NY & TPE, Alex has been in the fashion industry for over 23 years. His label, Alexander King Chen has worked with countless A-List Asian celebrities & crossed over with leading industry brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Asus, Estee Lauder & more. He’s even had his own reality show [Rich and Famous]. 3 years ago, his world collapsed as both his parents passed away. Heartbroken and realizing how toxic his industry is, he’s been on a journey of self-discovery by helping others speak up through his work. Alex has since created 3 outstanding short films that have won a plethora of international awards that have taken the fashion film industry by storm. His films are a delicate blend of art, drama, fashion, music and most importantly [HUMANITARIAN].

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Hu She Guang Designer

800 Song

Inhuman Love Trailer

Hayes Brothers

Beauty from Awareness with Vera Wu (中文)

hello@curito.co (Vera Wu) — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 04:46:28 +0000

Jenn speaks to Vera Wu, founder of Beauty from Awareness. Born and raised in Taiwan, Vera lost her mom to depression as a teenager and her search for the meaning of love and confidence took her on a journey that led her to discover how beauty comes from within, skincare and makeup is a tool to enhance this discovery for individuals. Vera shares with us her own struggles with relationships, how she created Beauty from Awareness and why she is so passionate about helping women of all ages to discover their true self and inner beauty through skincare and our natural facial aesthetics. This episode is in Chinese. (Recorded on September 1, 2021)

About Vera:

Vera Wu is an accomplished makeup artist and skincare therapist, founder of Beauty from Awareness based in Taipei. Vera believes that beauty comes from within not from our external appearances. Our skin is the largest organ on our body and Vera has created a system that helps guide individuals to discover how to care for their mind and skin in order to provide and bring out the best version of themselves. She teaches you how to analyze, massage, and understand how to observe your skin and customizes makeup techniques for each individual in order to create their own unique characteristics bringing a more natural and radiant version of you!

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Kamata

From Awareness to Performance with Aaron Goldman

hello@curito.co (Aaron Goldman) — Mon, 7 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Aaron Goldman, a mental and emotional performance coach based out of Ashland, Oregon, and founder of PLAYfreesport a platform that provides training sessions, seminars, workshops and 1:1 consultations for youth, athletes, coaches, parents, and teams in order to help unlock their full potential in their performance environment. Aaron shares his own athletic career experience, what it took for him to become more aware, the impact it had on him, and why he is passionate about helping athletes excel in their performance on and off the playing field. (Recorded on January 28, 2022)

About Aaron:

Aaron Goldman is a mindset and mental performance coach with over 20 years of experience in youth sport. He received a Master’s degree in Positive Youth Development and Sport Psychology from Boston University, and uses his experiences as an athlete, mentor, coach, and student, his education in counseling, human development, and sport science, and his firm belief in the positive potential of self-aware human existence, to help athletes and coaches at all levels be present and engaged in their moment-to-moment experiences. Some of the main goals of this work are connection with joy, passion, and purpose; the development of opportunity mindsets, and learning to be mindful and intentional in the co-creation of one’s unique path through sports and life.

Aaron works from a “whole-person” viewpoint, emphasizing mindful self-awareness, compassion, fun, and life-skill development in an athlete-centered, collaborative, strengths-based approach to pushing comfort zones and finding excellence and peak performance. His other passions include learning, teaching, reading, writing, his dog, skiing, and Nature in general. He is based in Southern Oregon, surrounded by trees, mountains, rivers, and most importantly his family.

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The Mindful Athlete

The Boys in the Boat

Appreciate Your Parents with Ben Wong

hello@curito.co (Ben Wong) — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 16:50:20 +0000

Jenn speaks to Ben Wong, Head of Open Innovation at Eureka Nova based out of Hong Kong, a leading open innovation platform that empowers technology startups to co-create within the New World Group ecosystem of culture, creativity, and innovation! A fellow Dickinson College alumni, in this episode, Ben talks about growing up as a first-generation Asian immigrant, how sports really shaped him to become the person he is today, how he found his way to the Hong Kong startup ecosystem, and the important role his parents played in his life and why it is so important to be respectful, appreciative and grateful for what our parents have given us. (Recorded on December 27, 2021)

About Ben:

Ben manages and drives the strategy of Eureka Nova, a leading open innovation platform that empowers technology startups to co-create within the New World Group ecosystem of culture, creativity and innovation. Through Eureka Nova’s accelerator programs, open competitions and sandboxes, participating startups work with New World Group’s business units and corporate partners to design innovative technologies that solve real business problems. Ben also co-founded Impact Kommons, the first UN SDG accelerator in APAC focused on accelerating impact with purpose-driven startups.

Prior to Eureka Nova, Ben founded Startup Launchpad, now Asia’s largest I.o.T. startup trade event. He has helped startups raise more than $2 million on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. He is an angel investor and regularly mentors in startup support programs.

He holds positions as a Director and Vice Chairman of the Dongguan-Hong Kong Bay Area Association to drive innovation initiatives between Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. Ben graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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Linkedin

Creating Your Own Narrative with Steffi Lopez Gonzalez

hello@curito.co (Steffi Lopez Gonzalez) — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 23:18:10 +0000

Jenn speaks to Spaniard, Steffi Lopez Gonzalez from Your Life Your Playground a life coach, mentor, speaker, pilates, and yoga instructor currently based out of Hong Kong about letting go of old narratives and meanings we attach to the things that happen in our lives to create an empowered version of ourselves. Steffi shares her own struggles with her insecurities and fear of failure from a young age. How her own mindfulness practice allowed her to recognize the beauty of understanding how to shape our own narratives of our life. She talks about how to detach the idea that we are our mind, feelings, thoughts, and ego and the importance of being curious about what shows up in our minds. (Recorded on August 25, 2021)

About Steffi:

Steffi is a Life Coach, Mentor, Teacher. A Wellness Expert specialized in Mindfulness and Human Transformation. Steffi is a Life Coach and Yoga Teacher. She finished her degree with Cum Laude on her thesis in Communication Science and spent more than eight years working as TV host as well as in the two main national Radio Stations in Spain and as a producer in advertising in The Netherlands. She left the corporate world to create a real impact on people's quality of life. She is the Founder of Your life Your playground. She has done diverse trainings following different lineages among them: Sivananda, India; Vikasa, Thailand; Wild Lotus with Patrick Creelman in Hong Kong. And got her Coaching Award under Global NLP Master Miami, USA. In the last six years she has fully dedicated herself to the wellbeing of others. She teaches yoga, holds coaching consultations, speaks at corporate seminars, runs health and wellness retreats and participates in large wellness events in HK and internationally. She has been guest speaker and run workshops with a large range of international global organizations.

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Unveiling our Traumas with Adam Keen

hello@curito.co (Adam Keen) — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:52:56 +0000

Jenn speaks to Adam Keen founder of Keen on Yoga and Podcast about traumas, philosophy, narratives, and food! Adam talks about his earliest memories of suppressing his emotions, his first encounters with Indian philosophy and yoga, his favorite philosophers, and why he believes it is important to create your own understanding and narrative story. By sharing your suffering you can find meaning in it and that we can all learn from each other in this lifetime. (Recorded on September 8, 2021)

About Adam:

Adam has been practicing Ashtanga yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2004. He is one of few practitioners to have completed the Advanced A (third) series in Mysore, India, under the guidance of Sharathji Jois. In 2012 Adam received level 2 authorization to teach the intermediate series.

He has taught and lived primarily in London, with short stints in Vancouver, Spain, Crete, and India, as well as teaching workshops internationally. Adam’s primary influence on the way he teaches is Mark Darby. Affectionately known to everyone simply as Darby, he taught Adam a way to practice safely and effectively (while keeping with the Mysore Style) that he has been sharing with his students ever since.

Adam is committed to facilitating the individual's experience of yoga, his teaching is approached with a lightness of touch and an open mind. Having practiced daily for over 25 years you come to realize two things; how little you know, and, how there is no one way to do things. It is from this perspective that Adam shares his suggestions with clarity and **humility.

Outside the sphere of yoga, Adam is a continuous student of philosophy as well as having worked previously as a vegetarian chef. A prodigious thinker and writer; when not in the kitchen, you can read his thoughts on social media @adam_keen_ashtanga as well as on the Keen on Yoga Blog.

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The Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Podcast

Building a Growth Mindset with Shantelle Flake

hello@curito.co (Shantelle Flake) — Sun, 9 Jan 2022 12:02:38 +0000

Jenn speaks to Independent Certified OPTAVIA Coach, Shantelle Flake on why failing her AP European History exam in High School led her to quit Varsity Basketball her senior year and taught her the lesson of switching from a set mindset to a growth mindset. A mother of 5, Shantelle shares her struggles with a healthy mindset after giving birth to her first baby. How having a growth mindset has also helped her in her motherhood journey and working with her clients, and her goal of living a healthy life to 100! (Recorded on July 22, 2021)

About Shantelle:

Shantelle Flake has a bachelor's degree from Southern Virginia University. She worked as a fitness instructor for 4 years before becoming COPE certified through the Macdonald Center for Obesity Prevention and Education to help people with their health. As a coach over the last decade, Shantelle has impacted thousands of people by teaching habits that help them succeed with their long-term health. She also is a business coach that trains and mentors other coaches who are working on the same goals. Shantelle enjoys working from home where she and her husband Tyler have 4 boys and a girl.

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Obstacle is the Way

Our Body Can Heal from Anxiety with Donny Mac

hello@curito.co (donny mac) — Mon, 3 Jan 2022 02:01:33 +0000

Jenn speaks to Donny Mac, the founder of Freedive Taiwan, The Freedive Cafe Podcast and Thrivers Podcast. We talk about how mental health is a modern pandemic, that the chemical imbalances in our brain and nervous system trigger our issues, and that through 3 fundamental areas: prioritizing nutrition, physical fitness, and the higher principles in life, which includes the development of your mind and emotions, we can heal from anxiety. (Recorded on July 19, 2021)

About Donny:

Donny Mac is Chief Instructor and owner of Freedive Taiwan. He is the host of the world’s dedicated freediving podcast The Freedive Café, now the largest resource of freediving education on the planet. His interviews with the world’s greatest freediving athletes, coaches, scientists and safety experts, combined with his extensive experience in yoga, meditation, breathwork and physical training inform his deeply attentive instruction in freediving.

His deep knowledge of freediving and training methods have made him much sought out among beginners and competitive athletes alike for expert training.

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Freedive Cafe Podcast

Thrivers Podcast

Watering Seeds of Compassion Steph Bovis

hello@curito.co (Curito) — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 17:01:16 +0000

Jenn speaks to Singapore-based yin yoga, meditation teacher, host, and voice-over artist Steph Bovis. We talk about navigating career changes and how all your experiences at the end of the day sum up to what you do. How accumulating emotions and energy results in an awakening period where some of us go on our eat, pray, love journey to acknowledge and nourish ourselves. Why finding space to work on self-love and self-compassion is key in our growth and being a kinder human being. Steph also walks us through the RAIN meditation technique by Tara Brach where she encourages people to look into this if they find themselves in need of watering those seeds of compassion within.

About Steph:

Stephanie's meditation journey began in 2012 when she joined a community called Satsanga, founded by one of her first yoga and meditation teachers, Amber Sawyer. She completed her Active Meditation Teacher Training in 2015, and has since shared Osho Active Meditations at festivals (Wonderfruit, Garden Beats) and also online through various partnerships. You can expect a nourishing, nurturing journey during her classes. She hopes to offer her students a brief moment of calm in their lives, and will hopefully equip them with the tools so that their practice can continue on. Stephanie also specializes in yin yoga, a slower paced class that focuses on increasing flexibility in the body, as well as providing a gateway to practicing breathwork and meditation. She is currently enrolled in a two year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program led by world renowned meditation teachers, Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. She will graduate in 2023.

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Meditation with Steph on Spotify

Ritual Fit

Meditation Training

RAIN Meditation

Embrace Change with Szuti Tsai (中文）

hello@curito.co (Szuti Tsai) — Sun, 19 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Szuti Tsai a Taiwanese architect, interior designer, and cat lover about embracing change whenever you encounter life challenges, choices, and scenarios. Born and raised in Taiwan, Szuti shares her experience being a foreign student in Amsterdam, adapting to cultural norms, adjusting to her new life there, and when she chose to move back home several years later. What it means to grow from your experiences, how a lot of thoughts and viewpoints we have are based on our personal mindset, and why she believes that following your passion and dreams is what makes life fruitful and fulfilling. This episode is in Chinese. (Recorded on September 3, 2021)

About Szuti:

Taiwanese designer, Szuti Tsai is a Delft University of Technology Master of Architecture graduate having worked at Zwarts & Jansma Architecten in Amsterdam before moving back to Taipei, Taiwan her hometown where she now runs her own design studio, ST design. Her vision is to tell a story in every project she works on focusing on creating meaningful, functional with customized elements and unique details in her designs. Simplificty in form and humbleness in the material is ST design's mission, life is better without complication!

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ST Design Studio

A Cat Thing

IG: ST Design / A Cat Thing

Embracing Your Identity with Reiting Lee

hello@curito.co (Reiting Lee) — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Reiting Lee, founder of the Oriental Hybrid the first of its kind, a Chinese and Arabic platform in which Reiting and her team help guide you and your business needs through the digital world easing cultural barriers. Reiting was born and raised in Taiwan but spent time living in 9 different countries and this talented woman also speaks 15 languages! We talk about racism, embracing identity, and the importance of encouraging creative learning in the Taiwanese education system. (Recorded on July 21, 2021)

About Reiting:

Reiting is a Taiwanese globetrotter specialized in transdisciplinary design, creative digital marketing, and culturally-savvy business development strategy. She has lived in 9 countries across 6 continents. Her experiences include working in the governmental trade council, 5 years in a cross-functional marketing position in private companies, and 8 years in the startup scene.

Thanks to her grandfathers coming from Fujian, Reiting’s close connection with Mainland China began very early by attending peace forums and cross-strait events in Mainland from 2005 to 2011 as a student representative. With the record-breaking approval from the Beijing Municipal Education Commission as an outstanding candidate from Taiwan, she moved to Beijing in 2013 to pursue her studies and graduated with top 1 academic performance in the class. During these years, she deepened her knowledge of Chinese cultural heritage interpretations and Mainland consumer behaviors.

In 2016, she relocated to Germany to begin her career in the fashion industry working with the largest sustainable fashion tradeshow in the world, European circular fashion projects, independent ethical fashion labels, an international influencer marketing platform, and a trend forecasting agency. Apart from her presence with the Green Fashion Tours, which was featured in Berlin Fashion Week and Mexican media, she managed social media campaigns for prestigious fashion brands with the highest performance of 93 Million reach under one campaign.

Reiting's interest in the Middle Eastern culture was sparked by her friends since 2007. In 2018, she moved to Casablanca to direct on a sustainable fashion NGO project in collaboration with local fashion designers and influencers to promote North African craftsmanship and assist brands in improving products for the Asian market. She served as a Digital Marketing Manager in her most recent work connecting celebrities and art events between the UAE and China markets.

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The Circle of Life with Cristina Holopainen

hello@curito.co (Cristina Holopainen) — Mon, 6 Dec 2021 01:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to Cristina Holopainen, co-founder of a modern yoga school and studio, Urban Ashram based in the Philippines and, founder of an award-winning wellness retreat center, Maruia River Retreats in New Zealand. A heartfelt conversation held in this episode where for the first time, Cristina publicly shares her experience with her late daughter, Olivia's diagnosis with edward syndrome at 21 weeks, and how her yoga practice has helped her stay grounded during the many ups and downs in her life journey thus far. (Recorded on August 4, 2021)

About Cristina:

Cristina has been teaching Yoga and managing a yoga school and studios for the last 10 years. She co-founded Urban Ashram Yoga in 2011 and the School of Yoga in the Philippines while managing them remotely from New Zealand since 2017. She was responsible for seamless transition to Urban Ashram’s virtual platform which now provides 40 wellness classes online for Filipinos all over the world. She is the resident yoga teacher, retreat facilitator and General Manager of Maruia River Retreat, New Zealand’s nature and wellbeing destination. She has mentored new teachers and yoga professionals and continues to teach and develop programs for older adults in retirement homes, beginner yoga courses and wellbeing retreats. She was a graduate of the 200-hour YogaWorks teacher training under Joan Hyman in 2011 and has completed her 300-hour program with Annie Carpenter under SmartFLOW in 2021.

Episode Resources:

Maruia River Retreat

Urban Ashram Yoga

IG: Cristina's / Maruia / Urban Ashram Retreat

Digitizing Mental Health Access with James McGann

hello@curito.co (James McGann) — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:04:35 +0000

Jenn speaks to Dublin-based James McGann, co-founder of Frankie Health. Frankie Health is a startup that supports therapists and companies alike in addressing mental health issues and provides therapists and employers a way to address individuals' mental health needs. James shares his own mental struggles, discovering meditation, looking back at how his experiences connected the dots to creating Frankie Health. We talk about why providing mental health care for the modern workforce is so vital in today's society especially with the pandemic, lockdowns, and remote work. Why giving certified therapists a platform to practice their areas of specialty and reach more individuals who need help is essential. That everyone has different mental health experiences, it is a very personal journey and it is not a one shoe fits all solution, there are tools out there and you are not alone! (Recorded on July 31, 2021)

About James:

James loves working for a purpose that he believes in. James ran the commercial side of three different start-ups in California, Europe and Hong Kong before co-founding Frankie. Along that journey, James found a personal passion for meditation and saw that improving mental health would be the why that drives him.

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Yoga Retreat with Geneen Roth at Kripalau

Ashram in Bangalore

Nepal Vipassana Center

Use Kind Words with Icy Liu

hello@curito.co (Icy Liu) — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 16:50:41 +0000

Jenn speaks to Icy Liu, founder of Ungrafted Podcast and Asian Wine Professionals. Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, Icy went off to study at Columbia University in NYC, spent time on wall street, then moved out to France to pursue a career as a wine professional. We talk about misconceptions we may have of others, being more open-minded, body image issues and battling eating disorder in her 20s, breast cancer in her 30s, career changes, and why it is important to be kind to yourself and others by choosing the words you use and giving yourself positive affirmation to create a healthy mindset for yourself to thrive in life. (Recorded on July 19, 2021)

About Icy:

Icy was born and raised in Taipei and moved to NYC for her BS at Columbia University and MS from New York University. She worked in finance before switching to the wine business where she worked in wine retail (Crush Wine and Spirits, Eastside Cellars), wine distribution (Bonhomie Wine Imports), and wine auctions (Acker Merrall). She was the Valedictorian of the International Culinary Institute's Intensive Sommelier Training Program and is a Certified Sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers. She has her WSET Level 3 with Distinction. She also has a Wine MBA with Distinction from the Burgundy School of Business and an Oenology Diploma from the University of Burgundy. She has worked in the vines at Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux in Vosne Romanée and Domaine Chanterêves in Savigny-lès-Beaune. She is the founder of Ungrafted, a podcast about wine, humanity, and the planet as well as Asian Wine Professionals, whose directory and articles are additional resources for diversity and inclusion in the wine trade. She is currently working at Becky Wasserman & Co. in Beaune, France. (Recorded on July 19, 2021)

Episode Resources:

Ungrafted Podcast

Asian Wine Professionals

Becky Wasserman

Black Wine Professionals

Choosing Solo Parenting with Rachel Fearnley

hello@curito.co (Rachel Fearnley) — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:21:20 +0000

Jenn speaks to Rachel Fearnley, co-founder of Pineapple House Bali, The Whole Health Project, and a Manifestation Abundance Coach based out of Bali. We talk about her decision to become a single parent when she found out she was pregnant with her daughter, Yemaja, the importance of finding your community at times of vulnerability. How to embrace changes that approach us in life, and how her business offerings are to support wellness practitioners, coaches, and healers so these individuals can thrive in their own successful business online and offline! (Recorded on August 3, 2021)

About Rachel:

I’m a Yogi, a mumma, a badass serial entrepreneur who’s deeply connected to both the masculine & feminine energies of self. I thrive off of community and deep connection, off of soul-led work and breaking through the barriers of our shadow selves to bring forth the most abundant, prosperous versions of ourselves possible.

Through my years of studying yoga and exploring different spiritual traditions fused with my business knowledge and experience I bring to the table a unique perspective on wealth, abundance, spirituality, and dharma.

I’ve released myself from the veil of lies that you cannot be both spiritual AND wildly abundant, that you cannot be living and working in your dharma AND be wealthy and have deep worldly desires.

And now I am calling you to step forward boldly and courageously into your higher truth so that you too can create grounded & embodied wealth that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.

Episode Resources:

Rachel's Insight Timer

The Whole Health Project

Pineapple House

Finding Resilience with Joan Hyman

hello@curito.co (Joan Hyman) — Mon, 8 Nov 2021 23:00:00 +0000

Jenn speaks to her LA based yoga teacher Joan Hyman, we talk about what keeps her anchored during turbulence, how to build a positive mindset for finding resilience in oneself. As well as how to be adaptable in times of life challenges and our current pandemic where she pivoted from traveling around the world conducting teacher trainings 8 months out of the year to teaching on zoom and creating The School of Yoga, a virtual and in person teacher training program that helps students work towards their 500-Hour Yoga Alliance Certification and enhance their continuing education. (Recorded on July 9, 2021)

About Joan:

Joan Hyman’s grounded teaching style seamlessly supports her students as they emerge from their practice with the rich and bright energy that yoga has to offer. Joan’s teachings come from an organic and intuitive place, as she draws upon the combined studies of Ashtanga and Iyengar yoga as well as Ayurveda and meditation. An authentic modern-day yogi, Joan's love and devotion show up in her practice and throughout her teaching. You will leave her class feeling transformed and deeply aligned.

Joan spent fifteen years as a distinguished YogaWorks Senior Teacher before bringing her expertise to Wanderlust as the Director of Teacher Trainings in 2016. Now, with over twenty years of experience leading retreats, trainings, and international workshops, Joan travels the globe and teaches online, leading her own signature trainings. She has created The School of Yoga, which is a professional education program, helping students and inspiring teachers to work towards their five hundred hours Yoga Alliance Certification. A leader in the yoga community, Joan’s open-hearted approach to teaching yoga keeps both her inner spirit and her students continuously evolving.

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