Golden Goddess Affirmations

On the Golden Goddess Affirmation Podcast, we invite Asian women to focus on our mental health. In this transformative episode, Trixi hosts mother, professor, and community organizer Kirin Macapugay. Kirin chose "No one can take away my heritage or history. At the same time, it is up to me to discover and embrace that knowledge." from the Golden Goddess Affirmations deck. She explores the signific...

On this week’s Golden Goddess Affirmation Podcast, we invite Alicia DeLeon-Torres to focus on our mental health. Alicia has over 25 years in working with and advocating for the AANHPI community. She chose, “My voice is my own. When I am quiet, it is because I want to be. When I am loud, it is not out of rebellion. My voice is not a reaction to you. It's an expression of me.”   Alicia’s activism in...

On the Golden Goddess Affirmation Podcast, we invite Asian women to focus on our mental health. In this transformative episode, Trixi hosts Babay L. Angles, also known as Bomba Brown. Baby is known for her dancing and community work.  She describes herself as a woman, artist, and educator whose work centers on intergenerational healing, joy, and rest. Babay chose "I love myself to honor the women...

Welcome back to the Golden Goddess Affirmation Podcast, where Asian women focus on our mental health. Kathleen Dang serves the Asian American community through her culture-centric, education-centric community work. She relates it to her affirmation, "I define my roles as a woman, whether that means a mother at home, a CEO, both, neither or more." Kathleen recognizes that these labels add a lot of...

On this episode of the Golden Goddess Affirmation Podcast, we invite Korean filmmaker Cathlyn Choi to focus on our mental health. Cathlyn, “media activist” and founder of the Asian Cultural Media Alliance, considers herself a “perpetual student of life.” Cathlyn chose, “The world keeps changing, creating new possibilities. Therefore I can keep changing and become more than I even thought possible....

On the Golden Goddess Affirmation Podcast, we invite Asian women to focus on our mental health. Dr. Khudejha Ashgar, a researcher and practitioner, works with gender-based violence and violence against children. Khudejha chose to focus on the affirmation "I only preserve traditions that bring joy, not traditions that keep people from it." She acknowledges the shame and silence that often surround...

Welcome to the Golden Goddess Affirmation Podcast, where we invite Asian women to focus on our mental health. Dr. Madeline Ofina, also known as Dr. Maddie, talks with us about Speaking Up Even When Your Voice Shakes and the affirmation, “I am loud because my voice deserves to be heard.” Dr. Maddie is a speaker, community educator, complex trauma survivor, also a clinical psychologist, and consulta...

Welcome to the Golden Goddess Affirmation Podcast, where we invite Asian women to focus on our mental health. San Diego product designer Lillian joins us this episode to talk about “juicing life” and the affirmation, "I do not need to find happiness, I can create happiness all on my own."   Timestamps [00:02:12] Episode Affirmation [00:04:20] On "...tthe American dream life for a female" vs. the A...

2: Eldest Daughter with Rachelle Martinez   Welcome to the 2nd episode of the Golden Goddess AFfirmation Podcast, where we invite Asian women to focus on our mental health. We’re joined by Rachelle Martinez, a higher ed scholar-practitioner and a doctoral student in Leadership Studies.   With her we talk about what it means to embrace the eldest daughter role and center it around the affirmation,...

 Intergenerational Healing vs Intergenerational Trauma w/ Thao   Welcome to the Golden Goddess Affirmation Podcast, where we invite Asian women to focus on our mental health. San Diego muralist Thao French joins us this episode to talk about the affirmation, “I am worth love that heals and rejuvenates me, not love that stunts and threatens me.”   Thao Huynh French is a Vietnamese artist, muralist,...