The Tao of Self-Confidence

Richa Shah Satiya is the founder of Fabulously Desi which provides authentic hand embroidered clutches and potlis.  Being bought up in a diamond merchant’s family, Richa always wanted to learn about diamonds and how to design and make jewellery. She started working when she was 18 and always knew she wanted to do something of her own someday.  After she quit my job, she did my G.I.A in jewellery d...

Vera Mao is a digital marketer as well as a fashion and travel blogger.  Vera Mao has more than 4 years of experience in fashion blogging and has since developed a keen eye for storytelling through styling and photography. She travels to fashion weeks in Asia frequently and has a keen understanding of the social media habits of people in the region, and also keeps her finger on emerging young desi...

Nicole Syjuco is a Makeup Blogger and Youtube Beauty Guru from the Philippines.  Beauty is her passion.  She loves everything beauty and makeup related. Nicole runs a beauty blog which she shares with you her make up techniques and tricks, her make up tutorials, her favorite products, and reviews/swatches of makeup products. Nicole used to lack self confidence because she was different from everyo...

Niña Terol describes herself as a “communicator, connector, and changemaker.” A writer at heart whose over 15-year career has spanned the public and private sectors, including roles in marketing, non-profit consulting, creative enterprise, publishing and media, politics, and corporate communications, she now heads corporate affairs for the Manila office of one of the world’s largest and most trust...

Bianca Valerio is a host and presenter from the Philippines. She has presented for brands such as Hermes, Jimmy Choo, Patek Philippe, Zara, Uniqlo, Samsung, L’Oreal and MAC, among others.  Her versatility ranges from launches, demos, competitions, pageants, workshops, red carpet interviews, live corresponding, to performing arts and more. Besides hosting, Bianca has been also employed as a publish...

Mary Tao is a multi-disciplinary designer living and working in San Francisco.  She is currently at Amazon working on making Alexa a system across devices.  Previously, Mary was at Campaign Monitor helping businesses connect meaningfully with their audience via analytics and insights.  Mary also created #100daysmagicrealism which is an exercise where she drew 100 drawings based on tweets from the...

Priscilla Tsai is the founder of Cocokind which is a certified organic and socially conscious skincare line that is based around virgin coconut oil and plant-based superfoods. Their face and body products are completely chemical-free, preservative-free, and even water-free. Priscilla shares how being honest about her struggles with her audience and clients gave her the confidence boost to be her t...

Christine Perrella is a student, fitness blogger and social media influencer.  For as long as she can remember, Christine loves to share her passions, peeves, and points of view with others around her. Her brand, TheChristineP, has added immense value to her life, and she loves having the chance to share her passions and wonderings with her loyal readers. Christine shares her struggles she had in...

Jocelyn has been guiding, coaching and empowering women since 2013. But like all natural gifts and talents, this service of hers has been present her whole life.  Jocelyn shares her deep wisdom, sharp intuition and passion for authentic living, tantra and higher consciousness through her honest blog/vlogs, intimate workshops and personalized coaching.  She believes the path to spiritual success is...

Grace Gong is an entrepreneur and author of The Last Key To Success.  Her book is about entrepreneurship which includes stories from 21 founders, who were each on the Forbes 30 under 30 list. Each person talks about how they started their companies and what that experience was like for them. Grace is also passionate about tech and entertainment. Grace shares where she lack self confidence and how...

Joan Trinh Pham is an Artist, Modern Palmist and Hospice Palliative Nurse.  She brings her professional experience as a registered nurse specializing in end-of-lifecare to inform her hand reading practice. In this work Joan has observed the powerful and transformative impact of being able to face death, in all its forms, with honesty and openness. She facilitates gentle yet powerfully life-changin...

Lisa Song Sutton, J.D., is a real estate investor and entrepreneur, holding ownership interests in several companies in the real estate, tech, retail and food & beverage industries, including Las Vegas' #1 alcohol-infused cupcake company called Sin City Cupcakes.  Lisa currently writes about entrepreneurship and business. Her work has been seen in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Fast Company and other busi...

Jerrica Escoto has been a spoken word performer for over a decade. She was on the 2010, 2013, and 2015 San Diego Slam Team and a finalist at the 2011 Women of the World Poetry Slam where she ranked 12th in the world that year. Jerrica has used her poetry to mentor youth and facilitate workshops for young women in community schools and juvenile hall. In 2014, she released her first book of poetry w...

Sara Black is one of the country’s leading beauty and fashion photographers. In a male dominated industry, Sara’s feminine touch leaves a distinct mark. She is renowned for her fresh and arresting portraits of women.  Sara has since photographed countless models and celebrities for the country’s top prestigious magazines such as Mega, Meg, Metro, Chalk, Metro Working Mom, Metro Society, Maven, Sta...

Piya Bose is the founder of Girls on the Go Club.  Girls-on-the-Go Travel Club (GOTG) is a travel forum that takes women expedition cruising to Antarctica, go camping in Mongolia, leisurely drives through Europe's charming countryside, photographing the Northern Lights in the Arctic, trekking up to the Everest Base Camp, experiencing reverse magnetism at meteorite craters in Maharashtra, exploring...

Vinita Rashinkar is a health and wellness expert, spa specialist, writer, speaker, spiritual counsellor and healer. She derives satisfaction from helping people find happiness, get healthy and lead a meaningful life. She has studied principles of Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, chanting, chakras, stress management and spiritual counselling under various masters for the past 20 years. She is also the F...

Karen Lao is an IT Developer, a freelance photographer, digital content creator, Dallas Fitness Ambassador, and SWEAT contributor.  She likes to think of herself as a very technical person with a love for aesthetics. She alsos love travel, fitness, food, and coffee. When Karen isn't on a trip, she loves to find beauty in the little things around her at home. Karen used to be shy and quiet.  She wa...

Sarah J. Wong is a Fashion Blogger, a Digital Influencer and a Fashion Design Student at The Chip & Shannon Wilson School of Design at KPU. Sarah lives in Vancouver, Canada. Aside from school, she loves to shop, blog, watch Netflix, and eats chocolate, chicken nuggets and bubble tea all day long. She also has a penchant for all things pink and marbled.  On her blog, Sarah shares anything that insp...

Jenuine Love is an international model.  She specializes in glamour modelling who has traveled the world and been featured in numerous calendars and magazines. Jenuine has an amazing following of almost 2 million on different social media platforms. She is also a stand up comedian and improviser. Jenuine shares about wild lion confidence and how it has helped her to take action to live the life th...

Mariann Yip is a lifestyle blogger and girl boss from New York City.  She shares her experiences about growing up in NYC, see the city and other countries through the lens of her camera, and explore her style and outlook on fashion and women’s style.  Mariann has adopted the ‘I can do anything’ mentality, a walking speed of 50 mph and a love for events, fashion and art.  She also is a proud travel...

Joy Lin is the founder and career coach of Quarter Life Joy.  Her mission is to help others with the choice to take control of the transitions in their professional and personal lives. It is using the momentum of change to continually challenge and design a life on stronger foundations. Working with Joy can give you the habits, tools, and instincts needed for confident decision-making, now and in...

Luisa Zhou is a serial entrepreneur and online educator who teaches people how to turn their knowledge, education, or expertise into a six-figure plus business. She’s worked with hundreds of students, including health and business coaches, designers, copywriters, and consultants, and helped them launch businesses that generate anywhere from 30K to 100K in a matter of months. She has appeared in nu...

Neeta Bhushan is a global educator, advocate of emotional health and mental wellbeing, and women's performance coach.  Her mission mission is to build a global community of progressive thinkers, doers, forward driving movers-and-shakers who are committed to integrating empathy-based solutions in their lives at home, in the office, and beyond. Neeta used to live life by the expectation with others....

Iris Van Kerckhove is the co-host and producer of Feast Meets West podcast where they interview with Asian food industry professionals in both New York City and in Hong Kong.  Food and journalism has been her passions and she has been able to combine both with her hit podcast show checking out the latest Asian food trends. Iris talk about how following her intuition has led her to live a life by d...

Sheila Joy is an intentional lifestyle blogger.  Her blog, In Search of Sheila, is an online community that focuses on purposeful blogging and intentional living.  Her mission is to help passionate women discover their purpose and build a blog with intention. Sheila used to worry about what other people thought of her and was too scared to put herself out there.  When she started to focus on herse...