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Welcome to the very first episode of Spill the Baby Tea!! I’m your host, Helen Wu-Wang, and I am so excited to create a space for all of us to candidly talk about all things motherhood and parenthood. As a first-time mom to an 8-month-old baby boy and a busy working parent, I am here to share with you all what it is really like to juggle both. From breastfeeding and all the ups and downs of that j...

August is coming to a close, so it’s time to sit down and catch up with a Q&A! We asked you all to submit your burning questions to our Discord (join the AsianBossGirl Collective here!) and our Instagram, and found that many of you are curious to know more details about recent changes in our lives. Who has influenced our outlook on love and life in the past year? What’s the latest update on Mel’s...

Hi, it’s Janet! Most of you know that I’m an avid yogi, meditator, plant-based eater and all-around wellness enthusiast. As a 2nd generation Asian American woman, I often find myself experimenting with Western health trends against the context of the Eastern philosophies I was raised with. I’ve shared parts of my wellness journey in various ABG episodes, but there are pieces I have yet to reveal....

Our guest today is SuChin Pak, who is best known for being the first Asian American correspondent at MTV in the early 2000s, and one of the few Asian women we got to see consistently on our TV screens as teenagers. She started as a teen reporter on her local news channel, but didn’t expect to pursue a career in media – there weren’t others like her in the field back then. But thanks to her inspira...

Welcome to K-Dreaming! My name is Mel, and you may know me as one of the co-hosts of the podcast, AsianBossGirl. Through that podcast, you might recognize me as someone who’s a fan of pop culture & media… but if you REALLY know me, you’ll know I’m a huge fan of Korean dramas and K-Pop. In “K-Dreaming”, my hope is to extend that connection out and allow people to float away into this fantasyland. T...

Today, we are celebrating Asian men in pop culture and media: those who made an impact on our lives growing up, and those we now admire for using their platforms to advocate for their community. These men have certainly proved that society’s measure of “hotness” has expanded beyond the notion that Asian men are not appealing, and should continue to expand. We reveal who our first Asian male celebr...

“Everybody knows that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, but why can’t someone teach me how to do my taxes correctly?”  We’ve all wished at some point in life that personal finance was taught in schools with as much emphasis as algebra and biology. Starting your first job and learning how to save, invest, and manage your money can be difficult without the help of an expert.  Vivian Tu...

“Claiming your right to exist without limits includes giving yourself permission to rest.” -@asiansformentalhealth Conversations about mental health are never easy, but particularly for children of immigrants, children of culture, and the diaspora, navigating and prioritizing mental and emotional self-care can seem like an isolating and daunting task.  Our guest today has made it her professional...

On June 24, 2022 the Supreme Court voted to overrule Roe v. Wade, a landmark court case which granted federal protections for the privacy of Americans seeking to terminate a pregnancy. The legality of an abortion is now determined on a state-by-state basis, and already several states have implemented a total ban on abortion.  This issue has been weighing heavily on our hearts for the past two week...

The end of June and the beginning of July marked the middle of the year. We often take time to practice goal setting at the beginning of a year, and actively review and reflect events, actions, and behaviors at the end of a year. But this year, we have decided to do a mid-year check-in. What did we envision going into this year? Is it shaping up as we’d hoped? What’s next? Listen in as we share ab...

Here at ABG, we get A LOT of messages about careers - questions about how to figure out what you want to do, tips on applying for jobs, best practices for interviews, etc. As much as we love sharing our personal experiences, the 3 of us are by no means experts. Cue in Tiffany Siu, who specializes in recruiting and talent acquisition. Tiffany is currently a Senior Recruiter & Program Manager, Early...

Today’s guest is Kristen Kish, an acclaimed chef with a stacked resume. A graduate of Le CordonBleu in Chicago, she earned her first executive chef position at 24. In 2013, Kristen won season 10 of Top Chef, becoming the first contestant to return after elimination and win the whole competition, and the second female winner in the history of the Top Chef franchise. Kristen also openly shares her e...

What do you think Janet's love language is? What is Helen most sensitive to? How could someone add 1% more happiness to Mel's Life? In this episode, we play an online version of the popular card game, “We’re Not Really Strangers” - a game focused on empowering meaningful connections and there are 3 levels of questions and wildcards that help you deepen your existing relationships and create new on...

What is it like being a first-time father - 5 months in, 1 year in, 2 years in? On today’s episode, we have a FULL table in the house!! In honor of Father’s Day coming up on Sunday, the 19th, we wanted to bring three dads onto the podcast to give us the low down on what it’s like to be a new (relatively new) dad. We got David Choi, who is a serial entrepreneur, a musician, a YouTuber, and lately,...

Meg is the co-founder of ADAY, a sustainable capsule clothing brand named by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. She is also one of Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, having started her career with Goldman as an Investment Banker before joining Poshmark as one of their first 50 employees as a Senior Product Manager. She is Oxford educated with an MBA from S...

Work-Life Balance - How do we do it? Are we able to do it? Is it non-existent in our lives? We talked about this topic in Episode 9, but that was in 2017 when our lives looked very different. Five years later, we revisit this topic and share our current work-life balance experiences as entrepreneurs with public-facing personas while managing family relationships, dating, and taking care of ourselv...

As Asian Americans, we are always interested in connecting with and learning about other Asian experiences. Today, we are joined by Phoebe, Elsa, Lauren & Joelle who host their own podcast, Spill the Cha, and are all British Asian women. Join us as they spill the tea on what it's like to be a British Asian woman, including the proper way to make tea! How do you make your tea - leave a comment belo...

In our last episode, the three of us talked about our relationships with our Asian American identity. Today, as we often do on this podcast, we have invited a guest to offer a different perspective on this topic. She is the Senior Creative Director, Head of Voice at Old Navy, a brand often associated with traditional Americana when we were teenagers - I don’t know if anyone else remembers those Ol...

As we evolve as humans, it’s only natural that our identities evolve with us - from growing into new roles (like becoming a mother) to deepening existing ones (like becoming a confident entrepreneur), our identities are ever-changing. Today we’re going to talk about the cultural component of our identities - our relationship with our Asian & Asian-Americanness. We recorded an episode a few years a...

May is a very special month for us here at AsianBossGirl. For one, it is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AAPIHM for short, and it is also Mother’s Day coming up on May 8th! In light of Mother’s Day coming up, and the three of us on this podcast, today’s discussion will be honoring OUR mothers and talking about what it was like for them as immigrant mothers in this country. Whil...

The episode we've all been waiting for! Our girl, Helen, is back on the pod alongside her hubs, Philip, to spill all the details of the day their lives changed forever! Take a ride back with us to when Helen went into labor for the very first time. From the morning of her contractions, to the moment it was time for her to go into "athlete mode" in the delivery room, to when they found out the gend...

ABG is nearing it’s 5th birthday! We’ve been podcasting for almost 5 years now, and working on multiple projects for ABG full time, for 2 years now. To celebrate, we thought it would be fun to interact with our listeners through an "Assumptions" episode. Do we ever fight or argue? Are we able to support ourselves with the income from ABG? Are our work hours more flexible compared to when we had co...

On today’s episode, we have Alyssa Navarro, recently named one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment for her work as an Executive Producer at The Walt Disney Studios, specializing in representation and inclusion strategies. But her list of talents continue well beyond - Alyssa is also an incredible performer - a singer, dancer, and actress. She was a principal vocalist and performer a...

The 30s are a decade where many (obviously not all) but many people experience 2 MAJOR life milestones: marriage and kids. We imagine that each of those events is like a door into a different room - on one side is the before, and after you step inside, you’re in a different room with different life circumstances - maybe kids more than marriage, but still - both are very life altering events. Mel a...

Join us for a conversation with Kay Hsu, the Head of Creative and Design, Partnerships Marketing at Facebook, now known as Meta. Kay is also a 3rd culture kid, having grown up in Canada, Hong Kong, and the U.S. We chat about her unconventional career path, what it was like growing up internationally and cross-culturally, and what it's like to be an Asian woman in leadership at one of the biggest t...