MindBloomYou: Personal Finance for Survivors

Welcome to episode 35 of Mind Bloom ! This week, your host, Marina Gee , is talking about the consequences on her mental health from her social media break, particularly Instagram, which devours a good four hours of your day, from content creating to interacting, just in order to keep your reach and engagement at satisfactory levels.  Our guest today is Serena Sun . Serena is the founder of B...

Welcome to episode 34 of Mind Bloom ! Find Mind Bloom @mindbloomyou : On Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/mindbloomyou On Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/mindbloomyou On Twitter:   https://twitter.com/mindbloomyou On Pinterest:   https://www.pinterest.com/mindbloomyou/ Subscribe to the podcast Mind Bloom wherever you stream your podcasts. Please leave a review in the...

Welcome to episode 33 of Mind Bloom ! Your host, Marina Gee, wishes you a very happy merry holiday season and reflects on her expectations for 2020 at the end of 2019.  Our guest this week is Aviva Jewel . Aviva was a guest in episode 20 and is back again to read from her deck of Angel Cards.  You can find Aviva: On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avivajewel/ Find Mind Bloom @mindbl...

Welcome to episode 32 of Mind Bloom ! Your host, Marina Gee, wishes you a very happy merry holiday season and invites a few fellow podcasters to do the same. Please accompany me in giving a shoutout to Not Before Coffee , SpyHards , In Bed with Nikki , The Walter Years , and Breaking Taboo . Our guest this week is Teresa Rinehart . Teresa is a breast cancer thriver and she was diagnosed and underw...

Welcome to episode 31 of Mind Bloom !   Your host, Marina Gee, will be welcoming the new step towards the end of the coronavirus pandemic, with the introduction of the first round of vaccines. The technology used to develop these vaccines is pretty spectacular, from the biogenetics point of view. The Covid-19 vaccine uses CRISPR technology to introduce the virus' DNA into our own DNA, hence m...

Welcome to episode 30 of Mind Bloom! Believe it or not, Mind Bloom is celebrating six months this week (Dec.10) and I couldn't be more humbled by the listeners ongoing support and grateful for this incredible opportunity to spread tolerance and awareness for mental health and breast cancer 🌟 My guest this week is Geri Maroney. Geri is a breast cancer warrior and survivor and she knows a thing or...

Welcome to episode 29 of Mind Bloom ! This week, your host, Marina Gee, starts gathering ideas for the holidays in times of coronavirus . What are usually your coping mechanisms to deal with holiday anxiety and... will they work this year?  This week's guest is Tara Williamson , founder of Pink Ink Tattoo . Tara is an invasive breast cancer survivor . After a double mastectomy , Tara found he...

Welcome to episode 28 of Mind Bloom! This week, your host, Marina Gee, remembers the good times in her gradma's kitchen, where she learned how to cook and bake, even though she was not supposed to. Listen through, to discover the rest of this story of Feminism and women's empowerment around the kitchen sink. Find Mind Bloom @mindbloomyou : On Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/mindbloomyo...

Hello and welcome to episode 27 of Mind Bloom ! This week, your host, Marina Gee, reflects on the stigma surrounding mental illness, particularly men's mental illness, and suggests the debunking of the limiting beliefs that make us buy into the notion that we're not good at this or that.  These limiting beliefs are not thruthful, they cripple our full potential and serve as excuses for not ex...

Hello and welcome to episode 26 of Mind Bloom ! This week, your host, Marina Gee , is celebrating the projected victory of President-elect Joe Biden and his Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris. After a challenging week, especialy from the viewpoint of mental health , the analysts' projections have finally put an end to a period of intense wait, uncertainty and anxiety. Marina walks you through her...

Hi guys, welcome to episode 25 of Mind Bloom ! This week, your host, Marina Gee , is utilizing these anxiety-ridden times (the Presidential election in the US, as well as follow-up medical exams amidst a pandemic) to take stock and reflect on her goals and expectations vis-a-vis Mind Bloom. After twenty-five episodes , five months of podcasting and a month of October airing two weekly episodes, ex...

Welcome to episode 24 of Mind Bloom . This a bonus episode, to celebrate October Breast Cancer Awareness Month . Marina Gee speaks with Devorah Vester , a lawyer, an activist, a mental health advocate, a sourdough baker, and a board member of Not Putting on a Shirt , the non-profit organization founded by Kim Bowles in the wake of experiencing "flat denial". Not Putting on a Shirt is dedicated to...

Welcome to episode 23 of Mind Bloom ! Marina Gee, your host, is telling you about three very important events taking place over the next eight days. One of them is Election Day , in the United States. Stick around to find out what the other two are. This episode features not one, but two guest speakers: Anne Woodward and Victoria Goldberg , two of the strong voices behind SHARE Cancer Support , Ta...

Welcome to episode 22 of Mind Bloom ! We're releasing two episodes a week in honor of #breastcancerawarenessmonth The guest today is Tammey Grable-Woodford , host of the podcast @yourkillerlife (which you need to include in your podcast rotation). Tammey believes that breast cancer is a " secret not so secret club ." She was diagnosed a bit over five years ago with stage 3b estrogen and progestero...

Hi and welcome to episode 21 of Mind Bloom. We're celebrating October Breast Cancer Awareness Month so join us for another great, informative episode.  Today, I speak with Kate Burns . Kate is the Ambassador for the SoCal Breasties and she is a fierce voice against the stigma surrounding mental illness, as well as racial injustice, disparities in healthcare, and gender inequality. She is pret...

Hi guys, welcome to episode 20 of Mind Bloom , a bonus episode to celebrate October Breast Cancer Awareness Month .  Today's guest is Aviva Jewel . Aviva is a born and raised New Yorker living in the UK who discovered a newfound love for nature and the Welsh moors. Aviva was diagnosed at 34 with DCIS , non-invasive ductal breast cancer, and has since undergone a single mastectomy . Listen thr...

Welcome to episode 19 of Mind Bloom ! Today, your host, Marina Gee is (at long last) celebrating the 1000 th follower on Instagram as well as reflecting on how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) increase vulnerability for psychological symptoms and an unbalanced immune system in women diagnosed and trated for breast cancer, based on a peer-reviewed scientific study published on volume 30 of the...

Welcome to episode 18 (Bonus Episode) of Mind Bloom, in celebration of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month . This Thursday, Marina Gee speaks with Dr. Jen Montes, MD, MPH , with Hunterdon Healthcare in New Jersey. Dr. Montes is a board-certified general surgeon specializing in diseases of the breast and she is going to be telling us everything she knows about LCIS, breast cancer before forty, a...

Welcome to episode 17 of Mind Bloom. And welcome to October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month . In this episode, your host, Marina Gee will walk you through the month's outline: there will be two episodes a week this month, one every Tuesday and a bonus episode every Thursday of October. The reason for this is to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month and bring this disease to the forefront in terms...

Welcome to episode 16 of Mind Bloom . This week, your host, Marina Gee, takes you to her most recent happy place: the world of sourdough baking. Flour, water and a pinch of salt can be meditation catalysts : the musing this time revolves around the meaning of "home," and that luxury item called "stability."  This week's guest is Sammi Reyes . Sammi is a second year college student, motivation...

Hello and welcome to episode 15 of Mind Bloom ! Listen through to learn more on how to deal and manage the throes of an anxiety and panic attack , from the very personal and intimate perspective of your host, Marina Gee. This week's guest is Erin Horn @strongtrueyou . The universe gifted me with the honor and the privilege to meet and interview Erin, and I couldn't be more grateful for this. Happi...

Welcome to episode 14 of Mind Bloom !  This week, your host, Marina Gee is going to share a few of the secrets she considers the most valuable for growing your engagement and following on social media, namely on Instagram, where everyone seems to be holding on to their follows, likes and comments and treating them like they are a highly valuable commodity, one that you can run out of. And can...

Welcome to episode 13 of Mind Bloom ! This week, Marina Gee , your host, shares some touching stories of camraderie in the trenches of the podcasting world. Fellow podcasters come in Marina's rescue bearing time, generosity, and availability to give and to receive. On a more intimate note, Marina tells you about a challenge she faced last week and describes its outcome. Between us, the story ends...

This episode will take you through a personal reflection that Marina Gee embarks on in regards to taking some guilt-free time off from work and responsibilities. Guess what?, the latter will still be there when you're back from your break, but you'll feel stronger and more vibrant because... well, you rested and recharged batteries. This week's guest is Elena Joy Thurston. Elena is an inspirationa...

Hello and welcome to episode 11 of Mind Bloom! This week, your host, Marina Gee reflects on her intermittent relationship with physical exercise and fitness. Even though Marina ends up enjoying her workout session, once at the gym or running in the park, she finds it challenging to keep to a routine that is balanced and sustainable. That's where you come in.   This week, Marina Gee speak...