From the Ashes

About our Guest, Annett Bone: Annett Bone is a living example of what happens when you embrace your passions. This dance artist, creative strategist, yoga teacher, and relationship coach found her true calling after reigniting her love for dance at 43, following a 20+ year hiatus. Now, Annett empowers others to do the same. Through graceful movement and mindful guidance, she helps you bridge the g...

About our Guest, Brandi Andres: Brandi Andres is a dynamic entrepreneur and community builder based in Long Beach, CA. She owns The Wellest and Bar Non, a space dedicated to non-alcoholic beverages, mindful lifestyle goods, and eco-friendly products. Brandi's journey is marked by multiple reinventions and a deep commitment to living authentically and inspiring others to do the same. In our convers...

About our Guest: Emeroy Bernardo is the founder of a digital marketing agency called  Vision Paradox and a professional dancer Los Angeles. He has been dancing since the age of 8 and has been teaching since 2004. He's danced and toured with international companies such as Culture Shock, Antics, and Movin' On Up Productions, performed for the Los Angeles Rose Parade, LA Sparks, LA Clippers, th...

About our Guest, Reed Wasser, Founder of Human Aeon: Reed Wasser is a capoeirista, psychonaut, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience practicing and teaching meditation, movement, breathwork and other techniques for the alignment of consciousness, mind and body. He is a certified Level 2 Wim Hof Instructor and offers workshops on the Wim Hof Method, various breathing techniques, meditat...

About our guest, Lilian Cooper: Colombian-born and New Jersey-raised, this 43-year-old now calls California her home. Being a world traveler and a lover of all things dance, Lili’s world was turned upside down when she made a drastic decision regarding her health in 2015. This decision would alter the course of her career and eventually cause her to do a 180-degree pivot into new realms of health...

About our guest, Ally Vega: Ally Vega is a Filipina American movement coach, choreographer, and performer based in Los Angeles. She has performed alongside artists such as Guy Tang, Bohan Phoenix, Nitemrkt, and Ppop artists Maris Racal, AC Bonifacio, Kim Chiu, and more. Ally has also been featured in digital content on NBC Asian America, Buzzfeed, and Steezy. She is also t...

Welcome to the debut episode of "From the Ashes"! Join me, Valerie Hwang Beck, as I share my journey from an English teacher in Japan to a hip hop cultural ambassador and now a holistic health coach. This solo episode dives into my experiences with depression, self-discovery, and finding my way back to my passion for dance and holistic wellness. I'll discuss overcoming challenges, embracing transf...

  From the Ashes is a podcast about what it really means to rise. Not the polished version, the real one: the kind that asks you to look honestly at your trauma, your conditioning, your relationship to power, your body, your beliefs, and the life you’ve been living on autopilot. It’s about claiming sovereignty over your story, even when that’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done. Hosted by Val...