AsianBossGirl

**Disclaimer: This episode contains discussion about drug, alcohol use, sexual abuse, and addiction.**The topic of addiction is rather taboo in Asian culture, so it is often unaddressed and misunderstood. Many people are unaware, uneducated, unprepared, and suffer alone. Research has found that Asian-Americans between 18 and 25 drank heavily although they were considered a “low-risk group” with alcohol abuse, and that 14% of Asian-Americans or Pacific Islanders between 18 to 25 need substance abuse treatment — which is only slightly lower than the 21% average of other ethnic groups.September was National Recovery Month, and we were lucky to have Yvette join us in this conversation. Yvette is a Filipino-American, and certified addiction specialist. Yvette works with AADAP - The Asian American Drug Abuse Program dedicated to serving Asian Pacific Islanders and other under-served communities with substance abuse services throughout Los Angeles County. She’s here with us today to share her personal experience with addiction.This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh.___P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode:- Audible: Visit audible.com/abg or text abg to 500 500.- Aurate: Get 20% off your first order at AurateNewYork.com/abg with code abg.- Betterhelp: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/abg10.- Jinjer Oil: Get 20% off your first order at jinjer.us/abg.- LinkedIn Creator Accelerator: Visit LinkedIn.com/creators to apply today.- Skillshare: Get 1 month free trial of premium membership at skillshare.com/abg.S H O U T OU T !- Give a shoutout on the podcast here.S U B S C R I B E T O U S !- @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook- More about us at asianbossgirl.comE – M A I L U S !- hello@asianbossgirl.comS U P P O R T U S !- merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com- donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

And baby makes 3!We talk a lot about changes and transitions on this podcast. One of the most beautiful, emotional, exciting, unexpected transitions a woman can go through is pregnancy. We are so over the moon for our girl, Helen and the announcement of her & Phil’s first child (due at the end of the year! #babywuwang). Being a mother is something Helen always dreamed of, but along with the joy of knowing she’s expanding her family, comes the emotional & physical journey of bearing a child. From finding out when she was pregnant, accepting her physical transformation, learning how to navigate social situations as the only “pregnant friend”, to thoughts on becoming a mom, join us as Helen opens up and shares her pregnancy journey with us!This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh.___P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode:- Modern Fertility: Get 30% off your Modern Fertility Prenatal Multivitamin starter kit at modernfertility.com/ABG30 - ISSUU: Get a free account or 50% off your premium account at ISSUU.com/podcast with code ABG- Ana Luisa: Get 10% off with code asianbossgirl at shop.analuisa.com/asianbossgirl- BetaBrand: Get 30% when you go to betabrand.com/abg- JustWorks: Find out how JustWorks can help your business at justworks.com - Fast Growing Trees: Get 15% off your order at fastgrowingtrees.com/abg  (valid through 11/30) S H O U T OU T !- Give a shoutout on the podcast here.S U B S C R I B E T O U S !- @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook- More about us at asianbossgirl.comE – M A I L U S !- hello@asianbossgirl.comS U P P O R T U S !- merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com- donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We didn't expect this episode to take such an emotional turn. In Episode 133, we discuss the customs and celebrations associated with the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. In this episode, we dig deeper into the meaning behind the holiday - concepts of gathering, thanksgiving, prayer, and the symbolism of the moon. We spend some time personally reflecting on how we each plan to practice these concepts in the coming year. Join us in this conversation and let us know how you plan to practice these concepts too!This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh.___P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode:- Peloton: Get free classes for 30 days for new members at onepeloton.com/app- Sakara: Get 20% off your first order with code ABG at sakara.com/abg- Ana Luisa: Get 10% off with code asianbossgirl at shop.analuisa.com/asianbossgirl- Osea: Get 10% off with code ABG at oseamalibu.com- Vessi: Get $25 off with code ASIANBOSSGIRL at vessi.com/asianbossgirl- Pill Club: Give $10 donation to bedsider.org for your purchase at thepillclub.com/abgS H O U T OU T !- Give a shoutout on the podcast here.S U B S C R I B E T O U S !- @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook- More about us at asianbossgirl.comE – M A I L U S !- hello@asianbossgirl.comS U P P O R T U S !- merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com- donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is the second-most important holiday after Chinese New Year, dating back 3,000 years when China’s emperor worshipped the moon for bountiful harvests. On this day, it is believed that the moon is at its brightest and fullest size. As we get older, we have grown a genuine interest in these traditions that we used to not think twice about, or even find to be a nuisance. And as we think about the nature of these traditions and celebrations, we start to dig deeper into the root of why we celebrate them and what the deeper meaning or purpose is, especially as we begin to build our own families and think about how we want to celebrate with our children.This year, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 21st. Tune in to how we individually celebrated this festival with our family, and how we plan to celebrate this holiday going forward. How do you plan to celebrate this year? This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh.___P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode:- Boll & Branch: Get 15% off your first set of sheets at bollandbranch.com with code ABG.- First Republic: firstrepublic.com- Girlfriend Collective: Get $25 off $100 or more at girlfriend.com/ABG. - Glamnetic: Get 30% off the first order at glamnetic.com/abg. - Honey: Get Honey for FREE at Join Honey.com/ABG.- ZocDoc: Sign up for the app for free at zocdoc.com/abg.S H O U T O U T !- Give a shoutout on the podcast here.S U B S C R I B E T O U S !- @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook- More about us at asianbossgirl.comE – M A I L U S !- hello@asianbossgirl.comS U P P O R T U S !- merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com- donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let’s be real! The invites for weddings start to pile up as we get older and fill up our social calendars. In our first season, we talked about our fantasies of our dream weddings, but we realized that there’s a perspective that we didn’t talk about...attending a wedding as a guest! Whether the waves of weddings have just begun or you’ve attended a handful the last 10 years, there are a lot of traditions and unspoken things you need to know as a guest. From how much money to gift, do you bring a +1, to things you should expect when attending a wedding.So for this episode, we walk through the tips we learned, the different cultural ceremonies we’ve attended, and share some fun & cringe-worthy stories as wedding guests! This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh.___P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode:- Modern Fertility: Get 30% off your Modern Fertility Prenatal Multivitamin starter kit at modernfertility.com/ABG30 - ISSUU: Get a free account or 50% off your premium account at ISSUU.com/podcast with code ABG- AcornTV: Get your first 30 days free at acorn.tv with code abg- Skillshare: Get 1 month free trial of premium membership at skillshare.com/abg- Blueland: Get 15% off your first order at blueland.com/abg- Betabrand: Get 30% when you go to betabrand.com/abgS H O U T O U T !- Give a shoutout on the podcast here.S U B S C R I B E T O U S !- @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook- More about us at asianbossgirl.comE – M A I L U S !- hello@asianbossgirl.comS U P P O R T U S !- merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com- donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is officially September and we are fast approaching the fall season. Many of us are gearing ourselves back up after those summer months - re-adjusting to more structured schedules, trying to figure out how to better manage our growing to-do lists, and making sure that what needs to get done, gets done!So in today’s episode, we’re going to talk about productivity. Each of us has worked in very different industries, settings, and roles and we want to reflect and share the things we’ve learned along the way.This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh.___P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode:- Skillshare: Get 1 month free trial of Premium Membership at skillshare.com/abg- BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/ABG10- Native: Get 20% off your first purchase with code abg at nativedeo.com/abg- Pill Club: Give $10 donation to bedsider.org for your purchase at thepillclub.com/abg- Peloton: Get free classes for 30 days for new members at onepeloton.com/app- Sakara: Get 20% off your first order with code ABG at sakara.com/abgS H O U T O U T !- Give a shoutout on the podcast here.S U B S C R I B E T O U S !- @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook- More about us at asianbossgirl.comE – M A I L U S !- hello@asianbossgirl.comS U P P O R T U S !- merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com- donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today’s episode, we have one of the original queens of social media. She is a Korean-American entrepreneur, fashion icon, and digital influencer who started off her fashion career as a wardrobe stylist. In December 2011, this serious AsianBossGirl founded "The Chriselle Factor" to chronicle her daily musings and personal style. And she has since grown a powerhouse of a following on social media with close to 5M followers across various channels, to empower and inspire women all over the world.Also known as “Rich Mom” on TikTok, this special guest is Chriselle Lim. She has recently started two companies, BümoParent and BümoWork, a coworking space and virtual classroom that provides education-based childcare and a community for parents who work hard, and parent harder. Chriselle’s goal is to encourage, educate, and inspire all women across the globe through her personal style, runway trends, beauty secrets, and fashion tips and tricks. And if there’s one word to describe Chriselle, we would say “chic.”This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh.___P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode:- Ana Luisa: Get 10% off with code asianbossgirl at shop.analuisa.com/asianbossgirl- Blueland: Get 15% off at blueland.com/abg- First Republic: firstrepublic.com- Glamnetic: Get 30% off the first order at glamnetic.com/abg- Osea: Get 10% off with code ABG at oseamalibu.comS H O U T O U T !- Give a shoutout on the podcast here.S U B S C R I B E T O U S !- @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook- More about us at asianbossgirl.comE – M A I L U S !- hello@asianbossgirl.comS U P P O R T U S !- merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com- donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mel, Janet, and Helen are 90s kids, two of us being 80s babies. And this past year or so, we’ve been seeing a very quick rise of 90s comeback fashion, especially amongst those who were born in the 2000s. It’s been a bit strange to see flares, bell bottoms, spaghetti straps, fanny packs, and bucket hats make a comeback, but we thought it’d be fun to have an episode where we reminisce about the actual 90s and early 2000s trends that we lived through and grew up with! Because who knows? Maybe some of the stuff we talk about in this episode will actually be coming back in the next year or so! If you were a child of the 90s/early 2000s (and even if you weren't), what was your favorite trend?This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh.___P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode:- Girlfriend Collective: Get $25 off $100 or more at girlfriend.com/ABG- Issuu: Get your FREE account or 50% off your premium account with code ABG at issuu.com/podcast- Ritual Vitamin: Get 10% off your first 3 months at ritual.com/ABG- Boll & Branch: Get 15% of your first set of sheets with code abg at bollandbranch.com- Blueland: Get 15% off your first order at blueland.com/ABG- Betabrand: Get 30% off your order at betabrand.com/ABGS H O U T O U T !- Give a shoutout on the podcast here.S U B S C R I B E T O U S !- @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook- More about us at asianbossgirl.comE – M A I L U S !- hello@asianbossgirl.comS U P P O R T U S !- merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com- donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

So a topic that comes up quite frequently in our post-college 20s and 30s, when we’re freshly moved out of our parent's homes, is about the roof over our heads!! Where do you live?? Are you renting? Are you thinking about buying? What are you looking for in a house? What does your dream house look like? These are questions we’ve had to think about ever since entering our ‘adult years’.We are all in pretty different places in our lives, with Janet owning her first condo & having lived here for 4 years, Mel having just upgraded to an apartment with her own room + bathroom (she shared a bathroom for the last 3 years), and Helen just becoming a new homeowner!Listen as we retrace the different places we called home!This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh.___P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode:- AcornTV: Try 30 days for free with code ABG at acorn.tv - Peloton: Try 30 days for free classes at onepeloton.com - Glamnetic: Get 30% off the first order at glamnetic.com/abg - Sakara: Get 20% off your first order at Sakara.com/ABG or enter code ABG at checkout- ABC Bachelor in Paradise: Premieres Monday at 8/7 central on ABG- Zoc Doc: Sign up for the app for free at zocdoc.com/abg S H O U T O U T !- Give a shoutout on the podcast here.S U B S C R I B E T O U S !- @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook- More about us at asianbossgirl.comE – M A I L U S !- hello@asianbossgirl.comS U P P O R T U S !- merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com- donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summer is usually a time when we all get outdoors, gather with friends and family, and generally interact with a lot of people. However, this summer season is a unique one - as we are on “what we hope to be” the tail end of a global pandemic. By now, we hope you all are vaccinated or are on your way to getting vaccinated. I know it may feel as if COVID is no longer a big issue, but variants of COVID are developing and starting to pose a large threat, and the longer we delay getting more people vaccinated, the longer it will take for all of this to pass.Thanks to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services for making this episode happen. Go to vaccines.gov for further vaccine info and find a vaccine near you. Everyone 12 and over is eligible.This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh.___P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode:- Betterhelp: Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/ABG10.- Faherty: Get 20% off your purchase at fahertybrand.com with code ABG.- First Republic: firstrepublic.com.- Honey: Get Honey for FREE at joinhoney.com/ABG.- Skillshare: Get a free trial of Premium Membership at skillshare.com/ABG. - Zola: Get 50% off your save the dates at zola.com/ABG with code SAVE50.  S H O U T O U T !- Give a shoutout on the podcast here.S U B S C R I B E T O U S !- @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook- More about us at asianbossgirl.comE – M A I L U S !- hello@asianbossgirl.comS U P P O R T U S !- merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com- donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices