- 18
- Episodes
- 2020
- First episode
About Obsessed With ABGs
Two Asian/Canadian BFF's obsess over each other's aspirations, boardrooms and goals...across the globe. Join Reina (a career & life coach) and Kimberly (a producer) as they navigate their careers, Asian identity, and personal development. They may not have all the right answers to life, but they want to be your hype women so that YOU can start obsessing over your own ABGs! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Hacushi
- Category
- business · education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 27 Nov 2020
- Latest episode
- 16 Jun 2021
Latest episodes
18 episodes in the feed.
16 Jun 2021
Boardroom of Allies - Pop Culture Edition
Reina and Kimberly ARE BACK - and they revisit their Boardroom of Allies. In past episodes, they spoke about the team that they channel to help them get through life (through inspiration, support, advice). But sometimes, these people don't have to be real. From Britney Spears to Friday Nigh Lights' Tammy Taylor, listen as they list their pop culture and fictional characters that make up their boardroom. ---- Listen to the original Boardroom of Allies: https://tinyurl.com/9855m69k Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | Tim Urban: https://tinyurl.com/2zxc3hbx Shonda Rhimes, "Year Of Yes": https://tinyurl.com/p8ar3arc ---- Find them on... Website: hacushi.com Instagram: @obessedwithabgs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
5 May 2021
The Side Hustle Reality
Love to knit? Have a YouTube channel? On the cusp of freelancing? Reina and Kimberly explore the great, and not-so-great of aspects of having a side hustle and how technology, the pandemic, and hustle culture is affecting society. They also chat about their current and past side hustles and how they are making it work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
14 Apr 2021
Obsessed With: Getting Focused (Productivity Apps)
Reina and Kimberly are OBSESSED with productivity apps and design! How can you make technology work for YOU and what methods work best to stay focus? They've gone through a lot of trial and error (and yes - they're still exploring), but they have found some things along the way that have been life changing. Listen as they list all the best apps that they use to stay focused, organized, and mentally well. --- Focus Apps: iFocus (Pomodoro Timer): https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/ifocus-pomodoro-relax-sounds/id1498438713?mt=12 Flora (Pomodoro Timer): https://flora.appfinca.com/en/ Fabulous: https://www.thefabulous.co/ Budgeting: YNAB (You Need a Budget): https://www.youneedabudget.com/ Keeping Organized: TimeIntersect (Cross Time Zone Scheduler): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/time-intersect-world-time/id998121750 Google Drive (Preferred Cloud Folder): https://www.google.com/drive/ Insight Timer (For Meditation): https://insighttimer.com/ Note Taking: Bullet Journaling: https://bulletjournal.com/ Notion: https://www.notion.so/ iPad Pro Notes: Pencil Planner: https://pencilplanner.app/ Good Notes 5: https://www.goodnotes.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
2 Apr 2021
Friendships vs. Frientimacy
Still in lockdown and Reina and Kimberly are missing their friends. Between work and not being able to go hang out with friends - they talk about how they're trying (or failing) to keep their friendships going. They explore Shasta Nelson's book, "Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness" and the three key pillars: POSITIVITY, VULNERABILITY, CONSISTENCY. --- Buy Shasta Nelson's Book: https://amzn.to/31GmZGu Shasta's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmJyWreER7A --- Find us... Website: http://hacushi.com/ Insta: @obsessedwithabg Twitter: @obsessedwithabg Coach Reina on Insta: @reina.coaching Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
24 Mar 2021
Anti-Asian Hate and The Atlanta Shooting
We took a break from our regular upload schedule due to recent news in Atlanta, Georgia. We're sure many have heard about the mass shooting on March 16, where 8 victims (6 being Asian women) were murdered by a 21-year old white man. He targeted 3 Asian-specific spas across 2 counties. We are both Asian women, who are minorities in Canada and Germany. This story felt personal. This felt like a direct attack on us, targeted and intentional. In this episode, we discuss our thoughts, reactions, and some information on what's been going on outside of the US as the rise of Anti-Asian hate has become widespread. ---- Since most news outlets were awful and failed to call this a hate crime, we’re pointing to other sources so you can learn and feel what’s going on: Karen Chee on Late Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eECOwT1T5M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eECOwT1T5M) Trevor Noah, Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL7dTFnByVs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL7dTFnByVs) The Daily, “A Murderous Rampage in Georgia: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/podcasts/the-daily/asian-american-hate-crime-atlanta-shooting.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/podcasts/the-daily/asian-american-hate-crime-atlanta-shooting.html) Shrrycola’s Poem: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMhqn6Whblx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMhqn6Whblx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) ---- Additional Resources: Project 1907: https://www.project1907.org/ (https://www.project1907.org/) Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/safetytipsenglish/ (https://stopaapihate.org/safetytipsenglish/) Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/ (https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/) ---- Please note the names of those who have passed: Xiaojie Tan Daoyou Feng Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez Paul Andre Michels Soon Chung Park Hyun Grant Suncha Kim Yong Ae Yue Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
10 Mar 2021
Finding Your Next Hobby
How are we filling our days during a lockdown? How are we keeping busy, and what do our hobbies mean to us? The pandemic has forced us to change our habits and schedules. Whether you have more time (or less time), Reina and Kimberly discuss the value and importance of doing something for yourself and indulging in a hobby. Whether it's fitness, baking, games...there's something for you and they want you to find what it is. Warning, Kimberly goes into her love for BTS (again) and Reina shares her disdain for puzzles (warning, they have some THOUGHTS on puzzles). --------- Find us... Website: http://hacushi.com/ Insta: @obsessedwithabg Twitter: @obsessedwithabg Coach Reina on Insta: @reina.coaching Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
3 Mar 2021
Pursuing Your Passion with Renée Suen
Kimberly and Reina return with season 2 - this time with special guest Renée Suen, travel and food writer/photographer! She is a columnist at SingTao's EliteGen (https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=55421902%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&safe_search=1&advanced=1&text=elitegen&view_all=1) magazine, and a regular contributor to Toronto (http://www.reneesuen.com/torontolife) Life, (http://www.reneesuen.com/tolifecom) Chatelaine (https://www.reneesuen.com/chatelaine) and WestJet Magazine (https://www.westjetmagazine.com/bio/renee-s-suen). Her works are featured in The Globe and Mail (http://www.reneesuen.com/globe), Toronto Star Travel (http://www.reneesuen.com/toronto-star), AFAR (http://www.reneesuen.com/afar), enRoute (https://www.reneesuen.com/enroute), CBC Life (https://www.cbc.ca/life/culture/ren%C3%A9e-s-suen-1.5006225), Best Health, (https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=55421902%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&tags=besthealth&view_all=1) NUVO (http://nuvomagazine.com/author/reneesuen), Bon Appétit and Wall Street Journal. They chat about her Asian-Canadian roots, her pivot from pursuing a doctorate in Cardiovascular Sciences (https://www.pubfacts.com/author/Renee+Suen) to becoming a journalist, to her own boardroom of allies - and also how COVID has affected her work. Sometimes life can throw a lot of surprises your way and there's nothing like taking the bull by the horn and seizing the day! Follow her on Twitter at: @rssuen (https://twitter.com/rssuen) ---- Find us... Website: http://hacushi.com/ Insta: @obsessedwithabg Twitter: @obsessedwithabg Coach Reina on Insta: @reina.coaching Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
9 Feb 2021
The Husbands
Reina and Kimberly talk a lot about their boardroom of allies …and who exactly is at the top of their list? Their husbands. In today’s episode, they share the mic with their partners and talk about communication, supporting one’s career, first impressions, and being in a mixed-cultured relationship. Also, the guys do a mean Jim Carrey impression so if anything - check that out! ---- Find us... Website: http://hacushi.com/ Insta: @obsessedwithabg Twitter: @obsessedwithabg Coach Reina on Insta: @reina.coaching Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
27 Jan 2021
What's Your Saboteur?
We're human - and sometimes we inadvertently find ways to self-sabotage. Whether it's within relationships, work, or just getting through life...we have a little voice in our head that can sabotage a good thing. So what are your saboteurs? Reina makes Kimberly take the Saboteurs Assessment from Shirzad Chamine's book "Positive Intelligence"...and well...it kinda leads her into a downward spiral. ---- Resources: Positive Intelligence: https://www.positiveintelligence.com/ Wanna take the saboteur assessment test? https://www.positiveintelligence.com/assessments/ ---- Find us... Website: http://hacushi.com/ Insta: @obsessedwithabg Twitter: @obsessedwithabg Coach Reina on Insta: @reina.coaching Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
20 Jan 2021
Obsessed With: Stationery (Keeping Organized)
Notebooks, paper, and pens - oh my! Reina and Kimberly talk shop on their favourite stationery items. Learn what pens and journals keep them organized and the systems they have in place to tackle 2021. These small steps may make a big difference in your approach towards gratitude, goals...and life. ---- Extra Reading: Buy Atomic Habits By James Clear: https://amzn.to/3meg7tq Buy The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: https://amzn.to/3fCOLMk Article on CEO Hidesaburo Kagiyama: http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~nippon/file/jog480e.pdf Bullet Journal: https://bulletjournal.com/ Our Fave Notebooks: Leuchtturm1917 (A5): https://amzn.to/3wmDg1s Shinola Detroit: https://amzn.to/3u9OzZ8 --- Get Organized! Visit Coach Reina's site to download your 2021 Goal Setting Work Sheets: http://www.reinashishikura.com/free-stuff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
12 Jan 2021
Getting Coached (The Birkman Method)
Kimberly decides to take the plunge and do The Birkman Method, a series of 125 questions that will reveal her needs, interests, and even ideal career. The method/assessment is often done at Fortune 500's and many MBA schools with a certified coach...which Reina is. Listen as she coaches Kimberly through the results and unpacks some interesting tidbits. Also, we're going to be a little more interactive and provide KIMBERLY'S RESULTS. That's right, judge away! Below is KIMBERLY's Birkman Map and FULL PDF of her report (http://hacushi.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/OWABG_KIMBERLY_BIRKMANReport.pdf). Listen and FOLLOW ALONG! Visit the episode page with ALL the details: http://hacushi.com/ep6-getting-coached-the-birkman-method/ --- Visit our site: http://hacushi.com/ Visit us on Insta: @obsessedwithabgs --- Visit Coach Reina on Insta: @reina.coaching Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
30 Dec 2020
Was 2020 a Dumpster Fire of a Year?
Let's reflect— no! Scratch that. Let's be real and talk about all the PROS AND CONS OF 2020. Not grateful? Totally fine. Super grateful? Also fine. Kimberly and Reina talk about all the things they did or didn't do this past year and call 2020 for what it is. However you felt about 2020 - let's also talk about what we hope for in 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
29 Dec 2020
What Do Free Personality Tests Say About You?
Stuck in lockdown with LOTS of time to reflect - Kimberly bombards Reina with every free personality test on the internet. Including Buzzfeed. But from the perspective of self-development and career coaching, Reina leans in and explains why we love these tests so much. Learn which Enneagram they are and which of the 16 Personalities (or MBTI) they fall into (and what these tests reveal about them). Join them and take the tests as well - maybe you'll uncover something about yourself you kept hidden away. --- Want to join them? Here are the tests the take: 16 Personalities - https://www.16personalities.com/ (https://www.16personalities.com/) Enneagram - https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test (https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test) Buzzfeed Quizes: Which K-Drama Should You Watch Next Based On The Cake You Bake? - https://www.buzzfeed.com/latifandikumana/which-k-drama-should-you-watch-next-bake-a-cake-to-8qfpyi2c7a (https://www.buzzfeed.com/latifandikumana/which-k-drama-should-you-watch-next-bake-a-cake-to-8qfpyi2c7a) We'll Tell You How Your Week Will Be Based On Your Asian Food Preferences - https://www.buzzfeed.com/doggydoggydo/pick-some-asian-food-and-well-tell-you-whats-in-s-49qrlrvr47 (https://www.buzzfeed.com/doggydoggydo/pick-some-asian-food-and-well-tell-you-whats-in-s-49qrlrvr47) -- Visit Coach Reina on Insta: @reina.coaching --- Visit our sitet: http://hacushi.com/ Visit us on Insta: @obsessedwithabgs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
21 Dec 2020
When Did You Know You Were Asian?
Coach Reina throws Kimberly a curveball and asks, "When did you know you were Asian?". From food, to teenage angst, to reconciling their Asian identities - our hosts discuss the many ways they realized they were Asian. Listen as they dig into their past and make some poignant connections to how they live now. If you ever struggled with identity or wondered about your place in life, they got a boatload of feels coming your way. ---- Follow on Instagram: @obsessedwithabgs (https://www.instagram.com/obsessedwithabgs/) axHQ3V6Nivzdb9FBHcrT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
14 Dec 2020
The Boardroom of Allies
Who is your "WWJD" person? (For those who didn't have the kitsch rubber bracelets in middle school, you missed out on an era). And by that, we mean - who do you have as your own cheerleaders? Who are in your internal boardroom? Join Kimberly and Reina as they talk about who's in their boardrooms (spoiler alert: there are animated characters and smart cats), interview their coaches and actual allies, and give tips on how YOU can think about your own boardroom of allies too! Kimberly also shares her own pop-culture version of her boardroom and is probably the most excited she's ever been (spoiler: she may go on about BTS for a touch too long and she's sorry she's not sorry). ---- Follow on Instagram: @obsessedwithabgs (https://www.instagram.com/obsessedwithabgs/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
8 Dec 2020
Started From The Bottom...Are We Here? Pivoting Careers.
Did you have a dream that you kept locked away? A secret passion you ignored? Feel like it's too late? Coach Reina encourages you to revisit some of those dreams and aspirations. Listen as she and Kimberly share their personal stories on how they pivoted careers and re-wrote their own narrative. Learn what sparked them to jump to a new profession (and for Reina, a new country!), their key values, and what brings them fulfilment. They may not have all the answers right now, but they're enroute to finding out. --- Some Amazing Books We Reference: White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism, By Robin DiAngelo Everything Is Figureoutable, By Marie Forleo --- Follow on Instagram: @obsessedwithabgs (https://www.instagram.com/obsessedwithabgs/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
30 Nov 2020
WTF are ABGs?
Why did you click? Are you wondering what the hell ABG stands for? Well in this podcast, it stands for Aspirations, Boardrooms, and Goals (or growth...there's debate on the last one). And you can say these two Asian ladies are obsessed with them! On today's episode, life-coach Reina and her fave cheerleader Kimberly, invite you into their club of positivity, support, and motivation. Listen as they discuss friendship, navigate their Asian identity, and TRY to uncover the meaning of success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
27 Nov 2020
Welcome to Obsessed With ABGs!
Welcome to a brand new podcast with an all Asian, all female team! The goal? To get you obsessed with ABGs (Aspirations, Boardrooms, and Goals ...what did you think it meant?). If you're all about empowering others, diving into cultural identity, and simply like listening to REAL girl-talk; listen and subscribe to Obsessed With ABGs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
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