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She Talks Asia
Sep 22, 20202 min read
Women We Love: Inez Vasquez of @TeamPMSph
While it’s difficult to undo decades of biases that had unconsciously taught children to equate masculinity with strength and femininity...
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She Talks Asia
Sep 16, 20204 min read
Women We Love: Trina Tanlapco of @diycorporatemom and @alittlemontessori
Trina Tanlapco, known to many through her IG handle @diycorporatemom, fell in love with the Montesorri approach when she saw how it...
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She Talks Asia
Sep 16, 20203 min read
Love that transcends: Planning a wedding amid a less-than-ideal circumstance
By Jenille Munoz A friend posed this question to me last night: What has it been like to plan a wedding in the middle of a pandemic? For...
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She Talks Asia
Sep 16, 20202 min read
Tribe Member Spotlight: Graphic Designer & Mental Health Advocate Geli Balcruz
Geli Balcruz is an graphic designer who combines her specialization in psychology and her passion for art o make mental health concepts...
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She Talks Asia
Sep 8, 20202 min read
Women We Love: Corinna Vistan-Takahasi & Lana Vistan of Dusters of Manila
As Winston Churchill once famously said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” With two months left in 2020, we are taking inspiration...
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She Talks Asia
Sep 2, 20202 min read
Life lessons I learned from adult gymnastics
Gymnastics is my favorite sport in the Olympics. The grace, the power, the unimaginable feats. So at the ripe old age of 24, I enrolled...
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She Talks Asia
Sep 2, 20201 min read
Women We Love: Joanne of Wonder Doodles
She Talks Asia is putting the spotlight on Joanne, the amazing artist behind @Wonder_doodles. Joanne is a Chinese American licensed...
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She Talks Asia
Aug 25, 20202 min read
How a Weighted Blanket led to hope and healing
I lost my younger brother to suicide in August 2019. For those who have lost a loved one to suicide, it is extremely isolating and...
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She Talks Asia
Aug 19, 20202 min read
She Talks Asia Tribe Netflix Recommendations
Mara Gollena, Project Manager & Graphic Designer, @esmegollena Mara’s reco: CHEER This series encapsulates the true meaning of grit and...
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She Talks Asia
Jun 2, 20205 min read
I WAS 17
(And all the other times my body didn’t feel mine) When will this body feel mine?, I had constantly wondered growing up. It didn't feel...
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She Talks Asia
May 29, 20206 min read
A Swinging Mind
I almost lost my life in 2018. I was in Japan. As with my every trip to this country, being a favorite destination, I was in high...
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She Talks Asia
Apr 25, 20206 min read
It Always Rains On My Birthday
When I turned 12, I had to be carried from my school bus to the inside of my house — our street was flooded with water up to our waists...
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She Talks Asia
Mar 26, 20203 min read
Counting calories and lost moment
My name is Mara, and I am in the recovery phase of my eating disorder. While gone are the days of obsessively weighing myself in every...
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She Talks Asia
Feb 20, 20202 min read
Grief Is Not Linear
I realized that grieving is not linear. It never is. I learned that memories pop out of nowhere in the quiet moments of the day and...
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She Talks Asia
Sep 30, 20195 min read
24 months later and 4000 miles away from home.
I thought I was in a loving healthy relationship. But one day, the abuse happened. It only happened once but there’s no excuse to justify...
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She Talks Asia
Sep 25, 20194 min read
Survivor to Thriver
According to a study by the Department of Justice, an average of 1 out of 5 girls are victims of sexual abuse and 1 out of 20 are boys....
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She Talks Asia
Aug 31, 20194 min read
Shame On Me (A Mother's Litany of Shame)
About ten years ago, when my son was a small baby, I got an anonymous comment (of course it was anonymous!) on a blog post I had written....
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She Talks Asia
Aug 22, 20197 min read
Coming Out of the Postpartum Depression Closet
26 Dec 2014 I write this with a feather boa around my neck and a glass of champagne in my hand. Ok, that’s not true. I’m in my pyjamas...
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She Talks Asia
Jul 31, 20196 min read
The Times I Was Sexually Harassed, Minus The Glamour.
I spent all night wide-awake, weeping hard. It was not even halfway through reading a report on The New Yorker about a Hollywood...
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She Talks Asia
Jul 25, 20193 min read
The Mirror
I don’t recognise the person I see in the mirror anymore. Each day I look at myself in the mirror and I see someone different....
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