The Tao of Self Confidence

String Nguyen is a video innovator, named Top Voice on Linkedin and world traveller.  For the last three years, String has been pioneering videos on social media. Recently she was recognised as a “Top Voice” on LinkedIn and nominated for 30 under 30 Forbes Asia. She produced the award-winning Snapchat channel “Women In Tech”, and amassed over 350 Facebook Live Interviews with entrepreneurs and startup founders, like Gary Vaynerchuk, Holly Liu (Kabam) and Hugh Forrest (SXSW). String shares how she is able to create videos with confidence and help others leverage their brands with video.  She also shares her tips and life lessons that you can in your own journey to self confidence.  Check out String's episode to listen to her story. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of String's episode, String's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Sambath Meas was born in Pailin, Cambodia at a time of civil war. Having survived the effects of the Vietnam War, the Khmer Civil War, and the Maoist-inspired Khmer Rouge regime, her parents decided not to stick around for another phase of mass killings. Her family, like thousands of other Khmers, fled to the Cambodian-Thai border in 1979. After being displaced in various refugee camps for two years, Chicago became their new home in 1981. Meas graduated from Loyola University of Chicago with a B.A. in political science and has taken writing classes at Northwestern University. She works in the legal industry for 20 years now. In her spare time, she helps novice writers to get started with their stories. Her current projects include self-help, science fiction, graphic novel, and young adult fantasy books. She writes fiction, focusing on murder mystery, fantasy, and science fiction; and nonfiction, focusing on memoir, biography, and self-improvement. Sambath shares her story about her family's experience from the Khmer Rouge era and what her parents went through.  She also shares what she has done to help her father's PTD from the Khmer Rouge, have a better relationship with parents and live a much happier life. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Sambath's episode, Sambath's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Karencitta is an Award-Winning Actress, Recording Artist and Social Media Viral Sensation reining from Cebu City, Philippines and is now based in Los Angeles, California USA.  She established her hitmaker credentials in November 2017 with her Sinulog Electronic Pop smash hit "Cebuana", which went Top 1 Most Viral Music on Spotify PH on November 27, 2017. Her music video had 1 million views in 24 hours. Karencitta shares what confidence is to her through preparation and how it has helped keep moving forward to live her dream life.  She also shares her tips to help you in your own journey to self confidence. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Karencitta's episode, Karencitta's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Kat Gaskin is a freelance graphic designer turned creative entrepreneur.  Under her personal brand Salty Pineapple she's shown us how to "Be a Pineapple" and recently launched The Content Planner which is the first and only physical planner for your blog and social content, all while beach hopping around the world and building a community of fellow tropical dreamers. Kat shares what it means to be a pineapple and shares how she was able to quit her job to become her own boss and travel to the beaches of the world.  She also shares her tips that you can use in your own journey to self confidence.  Check out her episode to listen to her story. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Kat's episode, Kat's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Cheryl Pierce is a nurse entrepreneur, Founder of Skinworx SF and a certified high performance coach.  She believes confidence is vital in this magical element called happiness. Self-confidence is essential for success in every aspect of our lives that can be developed.  She also believes that with self-confidence, you can accomplish every goal you set for yourself and will help you overcome fears and tackle challenges. Cheryl shares that her journey to finding her true self came in her forties which made her realize that it’s never too late to develop self confidence.  Check out her episode as she shares her story. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Cheryl's episode, Cheryl's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Kanya Sesser is a model, skater and surfer.  Kanya was born in Pak Chong, Thailand without legs. She was abandoned on the front steps of a Buddhist temple when she was only one week old. The monks at the temple took care of her for one year until she was transferred to a Bangkok hospital.  For a few years she lived with an older loving couple that she loved to call her grandparents. It was at the age of 5 that she was finally united with her devoted adoptive parents and destiny brought her to Portland, Oregon. Pushed by her inexhaustible energy and her invincible attitude not to let anything stop her she started at a very young age with skateboarding, surfing, mono skiing, tennis, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair racing, hiking, swimming, break dancing, quad driving and a lot more. After competing in 100, 200 and 400 meter wheelchair racing events at school and at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ she has intensified training to qualify for Team USA for the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in mono skiing.  Listen to Kanya’s episode as she shares her story. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Kanya's episode, Kanya's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Samantha Mariko is a model, blogger and DJ from Orange County, California, currently based in Tokyo, Japan.  After living in California for most of her life, she made the bold decision to move to Tokyo 5 years ago with the intention of starting her modeling career and has been here since.  She is currently a contributor for Cosmopolitan Japan, co-founder of La Fondue Tokyo, and former narrator for NHK World’s Kawaii International. She is Represented by DIVINE Models Japan. Samantha shares how certain moves that she made in her life such as moving to Japan helped her increase her confidence and live life in her own terms.  Check out her episode to listen to her story. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Samantha's episode, Samantha's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Chantal Umali is a Yoga Teacher and Business woman based in the Philippines. She began her yoga practice in late 2011 as an attempt to alleviate her mounting physical ailments. Little did she know that a simple home yoga practice would unravel into a miraculous journey towards weight loss, recovery from depression and a completely different lifestyle altogether. Chantal is a Yoga Alliance certified E-RYT 200 and has been sharing her passion for yoga by leading Beginner-friendly yoga classes since 2014. She lives in Manila with her daughter. Chantal shares how doing something for 21 days straight has helped her believe in herself and her capabilities.  Check out her episode to listen to her story. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Chantal's episode, Chantal's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Bonnie Factor is the Chief Strategist for eCFulfill which is a data science company where they can predict via data science if a product will sell in Amazon.  She has created workshops to educate Filipinos about cross border ecommerce and how it can help them.   The workshops has gained a lot of traction and is now being asked to create a series of workshops for different ecommerce avenues. Bonnie shares what her was like before she confidence and belief in herself.  She explains how the book called The Code of the Extraordinary Mind has helped see life and herself in a more positive light to be the powerhouse mompreneur she is today. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Bonnie's episode, Bonnie's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Joy Regullano is an actress and writer.  She went to double major in Theater/Performance Studies and Southeast Asian Studies at UC Berkeley.  Joy is a graduate of the improv programs at Upright Citizens Brigade, Second City Hollywood, and iO West and currently performs with several sketch and improv teams across town.  TV credits include Supernatural, Raising Hope, 90210 and Castle.  She is also an avid writer and a burgeoning Youtuber with the self-written viral video WHITE FETISH boasting over 1 million views. Joy shares how writing her first play gave her the confidence to pursue what she loves as a career versus what was expected of her.  Tune into her episode to listen to her story. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Joy's episode, Joy's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Tiffany Parra is 22 year old graduating senior from Cal Poly, SLO.  She currently has her own podcast called Work in Progress that highlights up-and-coming creators and the process of how they got started in their own endeavors.  Tiffany also manages and creates content for an Instagram community called @flexwithfood that combines fine cuisine and streetwear. In her free time, she enjoys working out, hiking, and further developing her projects. Tiffany shares how she constantly brings her confidence up by taking action on her passion projects such as her podcast and creating opportunities for herself as a strong independent woman. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Tiffany's episode, Tiffany's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Alex Laughlin an audio producer at BuzzFeed News.  Before that, she was a social media editor at The Washington Post. Outside of work, Alex is on the board of advisors for an upcoming narrative podcast on Asian American identity.  Some of her highlights include making podcast for The Washington Post about mixed race identity, created Pay Up, a Slack community devoted to fostering conversation about the gender wage gap and wrote an article about podcasting that went viral. Alex shares how a series of AHA moments in her life has helped believe in herself more and realized that she can anything she sets her mind to.  Check her episode to listen to her story. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Alex's episode, Alex's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Yi Liu is a US-based Chinese(Mandarin)-English bilingual actress, trained in NYC and has credits in theater, films, documentaries, and contemporary art. The short film Joy Joy Nails, starring Yi Liu,  premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in April of 2017.  She also starred in“Li-Yan, 2016”, directed by world-renowned French artist Philippe Parreno, which was exhibited in Gladstone Gallery in New York, 2016. She also starred in the short film “The Daydreaming Bunny”, which received millions of viewers after it was released, and had a principle role the short film “The Walker” which won Best Short in 2016 Alicante Film Festival. Yi used to follow the crowd and wanted to be liked by everyone.  When started learning to say no to things that don't serve her, that is when she started to stand up for herself and showcased her authentic self versus the Asian woman stereotype. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Yi's episode, Yi's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Dr. Marissa Pei is Consulting Psychologist and Celebrity Host.  She been dubbed and introduced as ‘the Asian Oprah’ to the real Oprah by Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith.  Her my life purpose is to be a Beneficial Presence on the Planet and so her life work is to splatter more hope and happiness around the world as collateral damage.  Dr. Marissa loves speaking, consulting, coaching, retreat-ing, podcast-creating, lecturing, broadcasting, TV commentating, producing, broadcast journaling, news writing, Red-Carpet interviewing, teaching, writing, singing, MCing, moderating, meditating and using every avenue possible to be a channel of Peace and an instrument of Love.  Her most favorite job of all is being a mom. Dr. Marissa shares how she was able to find value within herself from some of her darkest moments to be the powerhouse woman that she is today and helping others see their own value. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Dr. Marissa's episode, Dr. Marissa's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

Jackie Fernandez is a two time Emmy award winning  TV host and content creator.  She is also an Asian American advocate.  She has been in the TV industry for more than a decade and that means she lived in a lot of places.  Anchoring the morning shows in Greensboro, NC and Cleveland, Oh gave Jackie the chance to cover some of the biggest stories those cities had ever seen from Donald Trump’s RNC to the Cavaliers NBA Championship to Maya Angelou’s death. Unbelievable stories she felt privileged to tell.  Along the way, Alice won two Emmys for her work in both hard news coverage and community service. Winning one Emmy is pretty unreal so when she got another one, she gave it to her mom and dad. The even had a little awards ceremony and everything! Jackie shares her views on self confidence and how she started her passion for creating meaningful content for the Asian American community.  She also shares tips that can help you on your journey to self confidence. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Jackie's episode, Jackie's website, resources, gifts and so much more.