Heart Open ConversAsians

Send us Fan Mail On the podcast today, I have the pleasure of shining the light on the story of an amazing human being and treasured friend, Deisy Vasquez.  Deisy Vasquez is currently a family therapist working with at-risk youth who have suffered some sword of trauma. Previously, Deisy worked in a school setting, helping families from low-income households. She graduated from John Jay College of...

Send us Fan Mail Joining me on the podcast today is the brilliant and spirited Sandy Kusano. Sandy is a Human Potential Coach and Mental Fitness Trainer. Her life's mission is to amplify the voices of women and girls around the globe with a focus on the mental health needs of the Asian community. She is certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and is trained at Human Potential...

Send us Fan Mail Singapore-born and bred, Emily fell in love with California and moved to San Francisco in 2014 to build her professional experience in fine dining and casual dining establishments. With her undying love for the hustle, a long-term commitment to heritage foods and food culture, and a deep desire to build cultural bridges and to give back, she grasped the opportunity to create somet...

Send us Fan Mail I’m excited to bring to you the 1st ever gentleman and fellow Singaporean on the podcast today! Everyone, meet Jeremy. As a Psychological Astrologer and Purpose Coach, Jeremy supports highly sensitive people, intuitives and empaths to reparent their inner-child wounds so that they can safely and boldly step into their Unique Purpose. His mission is to empower Heart-Led ChangeMaker...

Send us Fan Mail It is with such great honor and anticipation that I bring you our first conversation in Season 2 featuring a sweet, newfound forever friend, Karina Hsieh. Karina is a Poet and Entrepreneur. She studied Psychology at Harvard and worked in Silicon Valley as a "Happiness Engineer" before backpacking solo around the world for 1-1/2 years to cultivate her own self-love and co...

Send us Fan Mail Well, hello friends. Welcome back to the podcast! The Heart Open ConversAsians podcast (formerly Resilient and Rooted) returns with a Season 2 that's promised to continue to deliver heart-open conversations that are true, human, beautiful.  In this trailer episode, host, Lilian comes to you with a warm hello, sharing with you the inspiration behind the name change, the slight...

Send us Fan Mail “It’s not linear and embracing the face that it’s all part of the process; that there is going to be failures, there are going to be very difficult times but the important thing is showing up and going back every day, even if it’s a little bit and it will take care of itself.”  In this episode, I have the pleasure of sharing a divine and lovely conversation with a dear friend I me...

Send us Fan Mail Hi friends. I hope you're dropping into Friday feeling at peace and ease with a sense of joy and hope towards the slower weekend days and hours ahead of us. I came to you with a solo episode today getting personal and conversational as I share with you how I processed some of the emotions and thoughts that came through a couple of occurrences that affected me these past weeks...

Send us Fan Mail This week, I’m joined by the confident, fearless, full of life of an amazing human, Mary Dee. She’s adored and known by many as the Joy Catalyst and she’s also an acclaimed International Keynote Speaker, Mentor & Business Advisor in Leadership and Operational Efficiency, Curator of Madloveology Retreats and co-author of the #1 Bestseller on Amazon, “Asian Women Who Boss Up.” ...

Send us Fan Mail This week, I have the honor and opportunity to connect with Founder & Creator of Davia Bouquet, Sylvia Cheng, a fellow Asian female who uprooted her established life back in Taiwan for a next, new chapter of her life with her husband in the U.S 3 years ago.  Perhaps it was how similar our journey of living abroad was, or how warm and sweet a person Sylvia was, I got lost in th...

Send us Fan Mail “When it comes down to self love and self compassion, you have to keep coming back to forgiveness, and empathy and love and say you know what, you’re doing a good job; remember how far you’ve come.”   Happy Friday, friends. This came a week later but I promise you, you don’t want to miss it! I have the honor to connect and share space with Denise Michelle, a self love expert, a tr...

Send us Fan Mail I took a break from the regular interview format and did a solo, quieter episode this week, sharing some of the overwhelm I've experienced of late and some self-soothing mechanisms and tips that helped held and heal me during those times. I hope this gave you insights, strength and reminder to take care of your one only body, mind and soul. I love you.  Support the show If yo...

Send us Fan Mail “It’s the mind; you have to look inside, almost like explore the inner world, because lots of people don’t, it’s just because it’s dark, it’s unknown, it’s secretive, it’s scary.”  An experienced veteran educator, passionate entrepreneur and International #1 Bestselling Author, Annie Hardock, is your one of a kind human being; her tenacity, strength and courage to overcome life’s...

Send us Fan Mail I have the pleasure of connecting with Jona through our common pursuit and passion for podcasting and connecting with people and I couldn’t be more grateful and honored for this conversation, one that I needed to hear myself, one that wrapped me up in warmth because I could relate, one the encouraged and inspired me to grow, to stay determined but also, be gentle with yourself on...

Send us Fan Mail “They say when we’re feeling nervous or fearful, often time, the flip side of that is excitement, excitement of the new possibilities we’re expanding into and I definitely say, tap into that source of energy that’s inside you; you have it in you.”  What a delightful and encouraging conversation this was, one that was so relatable and one that left me feeling like I could give myse...

Send us Fan Mail Akin to the conversation we had, Juliana is nothing short of a bright, invigorating spark of a human being that I am beyond grateful I got to cross paths with and now call a friend, ally, and cheerleader on this journey of being female and migrants to the country we live in.  Originally from Brazil, Juliana has spent the past 5 years living in 2 vastly different countries, relocat...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the podcast, I decided to take a break from the regular interviews and took a moment to marinate in the encounters and conversations I have had this week with a couple of female coaches and entrepreneurs who are a very similar mission and good as me on this journey to support Asians and females living abroad which left me enlightened, inspired and grateful. I al...

Send us Fan Mail “I’d say you are an individual. Someone else could be doing the same thing as you are but you are you, no one else can have your perspective, so just being able to be you and bring your perspective to your brand and product, that’s how it’s going to make you stand out and then market your brand towards that.”  I has so much fun chatting with Van! I love the idea of inviting to the...

Send us Fan Mail Honest, down to earth, pure, real, are but some of the words that came to my mind to describe this heartfelt conversation with Julianna. Our connection was one that, if not for the both us being open to welcome new connections into our lives by saying yes and being willing to shed our shields, ditch the small talk and connect with hearts open, it would not have had the opportunity...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Friday, friends! Welcome back to another episode and being here with me. You’re in for a special one today! I have the honor to engage in a connected, uplifting conversation with Jas who is an expat currently living and working in Germany. Hearty and wholesome are ways I find myself using to describe this conversation, as we jived about this shared yet unique experience of u...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Friday, friends! I'm coming solo to you this week pouring my heart out (some may call it ranting ;)) about my current state of mind, things I'm excited about this year, my conviction that now is your time to take center-stage to speak your story, and how being responsible puts you in control of the outcome you desire in any situation.  Take care, friends. I love yo...

Send us Fan Mail Hello to your 1st Friday and 1st episode of 2021. I wished I could say that I hope it was a calm and peaceful start but, it has been a heavy week for the world and especially those of us in the U.S. I had planned to come on this week with a different content but I know we we can all use a little extra light and cheer this moment, so I decided to air this conversation I had with th...

Send us Fan Mail Join me and Rachael through our shared experiences and as we dived deep into sharing all things related to fostering better communications with your partner, how to have difficult conversations by starting small and how to maintain healthy boundaries for a healthier, happy relationship this new year.  Here are the takeaways:  The next time you hug, make it good and whole by lettin...

Send us Fan Mail It's Christmas. How surreal. Here you are, the courageous and resilient you, arriving here during a hard, strange year. If there is something I am almost certain we all can use a little more of and can give ourselves a little extra off, it's grace. So I encourage you to consider gifting yourself something that you need, be it just rest, taking a walk in nature, or just g...

Send us Fan Mail Are you going through a challenging season and find yourself feeling stuck? Let this conversation with visual artist Lindsay share with you some valuable advice and tips that sometimes, it can just be as simple as confiding in a trusted friend, saying "I am" and following the little voices inside you. Here are the takeaways:  Sometimes when we are stuck, perhaps all we n...