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Welcome to the Fall 2023 edition of the Color of Success Newsletter! We are so happy you decided to be part of our community!

A Note from Our Founder & HOST,

​Dr. Stephanie J. Wong​

This past month, I have had many amazing experiences, and also life circumstances that have been challenging. On a positive note, I will soon be publishing my book, Cancel the Filter: Realities of a Psychologist, Podcaster, and Working Mother of Color! We posted a poll for book covers, and our graphic designer, Peter Stults overwhelmingly won the vote (mock-up below)! We are now accepting waitlist orders for the upcoming launch, HERE! Be one of the first 50 to get an autographed copy and invitation to exclusive launch events! Spots are limited! I look forward to hearing your stories and how you are canceling the filter on perfectly curated images of your life!

A very sad occurrence was the passing of my dear friend and colleague, Priscilla Azcueta. She was our sunshine and changed countless veterans' lives. I was fortunate to record her story of giving and receiving so much love. Even when she battled multiple myeloma, she never lost her optimism. We love you, Priscilla and miss you dearly!

We are very proud to round out Season 5 with some amazing guests, including Fiona Kong, creator of the Home Sweet Homes, Co-parenting Journal and Dr. Deji Ayoade whose American Dream led him to become the first African immigrant to become a nuclear missile operator in the United States Air Force and serve in three U.S. military branches. He details his journey through his new book Underground: A Memoir of Hope, Faith, and the American Dream.

Warning: Additional trailblazers ahead!

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It feels incredible to announce that Season 6 will be premiering on September 11, 2023, with Dr. Judith Joseph, world-renowned psychiatrist and media contributor! Subscribe and set your notifications to learn more about high functioning depression and Borderline Personality Disorder.

“ I've been able to write some books and really create representation for Asian women because we're still seen by our negative stereotypes. We're seen as quiet and submissive and obedient. We're also seen as emotionless, and as robots. So, because of that, we've become easier targets for anti-Asian hate. ​ And we're also least likely to get promoted in leadership roles. There was a report by Catalyst that mentioned Asian women only represented 2.7% in high corporate and leadership roles. That's a very small number and it's declining...I think McKinsey mentioned that it fell down 80%. So, it's the sole reason why I wrote my recent book, The Tao of Self-Confidence. What is it that holds us back? We know we have a lot of cultural trauma, historical trauma, intergenerational trauma. ​ We need to understand all these things so that we can figure out ways to move past it, to heal from it, so we can show up as our best self. And of course, everyone goes through trauma, not just Asian people. We all go through some form of trauma and that trauma can hold us back and take control of our life. But if we can do the opposite, find ways to heal from it, move forward, become our best self, then we become invincible." ​ — Sheena Yap Chan

How Part of Sheena's Quote via Instagram Reel Sparked Vitriol

While social media has many positive sides to it, connecting people across the world, making information accessible, and having a good laugh, social media has its fair share of haters. When we posted this clip on our Instagram, I was not prepared for it to go viral or spark vitriol. Comments included, "Go back to China! Looks like wanting to be a victim is contagious. Those aren't negative qualities; you've just been brainwashed by western liberal ideology." Commenters also began personally attacking Sheena, making false assumptions about her background and intent.

It took me a few weeks to take a breath and recover from the shock of these blatantly negative comments. I responded to some that seemed to want to have a productive conversation, and some truly did engage in this manner. Unfortunately, the comments continue and every day, there are at least a thousand new views. While it would be easy to take down the post, the clip reinforces the notion of why we do this work. Sheena and I also regularly check in on each other, and I've appreciated her mutual support. She is so brave to put herself out there!

​Jeanelleeats: Influencer, Highlighting Filipino & Diverse Food, World Traveler, & My Daughter's Favorite "Bread Person!" "I forget people actually watch my videos. Even though I see the numbers, I'm just in my house all the time, so I forget there's like an outside world. My name is Jeanelle and I have created the Jeanelleeats channel primarily on YouTube, but I'm also on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, and I primarily show a lot of food and travel content from all around the world. ​ But my foundation is definitely in Filipino food. That's where I was born. I was there until I was eight and then came here to the US. My family is still very proud to be Filipino. They actually wanted me to speak Tagalog for as long as I possibly could. And You know Filipino culture is very, very strong in my family and my life, despite me being here in the US for most of my life. So, my whole mission with Jeanelleeats is to show how dynamic Filipino Americans can be through the food. I also show my other interests and other foods around the world because Filipino food actually has so many influences from many different regions.

​Jennie Lok & Michelle Wong Ngo: Becoming Millionaires and Restorative Retreat Developers Requires Addressing Generational Trauma, Dating Back to Ancestor, Genghis Khan In addition to becoming millionaires in their twenties, Jennie Lok & Michelle Ngo have had to address generational trauma, severe mental illness in the family, and embracing transformative experiences at retreats. They strongly encourage everyone to invest in themselves and implement mindset shifts! Jennie details, "My mom was adopted as a child and basically given way and sold for 20, $25 to my grandmother who raised me. And she didn't even know that she was not her mother until she was in her twenties. And I've gone through a lot of healing myself. I have a birthmark, it's a green birthmark on my butt. ​ I'm not sure if anyone else has that that's listening here, but it is saying that I'm a descendant of Genghis Khan. And when I realized that and through a lot of my healing work, I realized that I'm carrying multiple generations. You carry at least seven generations of trauma and you're gonna pass on at least seven generations ahead of you as well. And I realized I was carrying a lot of pain from multiple generations and my mom has that birthmark. ​ Now that I look back, my mom actually was the one to break the curse and free the family. And she found my dad who was born on the same birthday as Guanyin. Then I'm just like, I'm a descendant of Genghis Khan and Guanyin. Genghis Khan, he is known for a lot of forced rape and coercion, and just really expanding out there. ​ And within Asian patriarchy and previous teams that I was on, there was a lot of trauma that I've had and being held or led by patriarchal leaders. And I thought that was the only way. I would remember just coming home crying and questioning myself and realizing like, "Hey, am I a bad person?" And just really not happy. But I thought that was like how life had to be. ​ And I was able to work through some of my mental health through therapists and coaches. I had a lot of visualizations. One of my visualizations was that I was not just in golden handcuffs or golden shackles that people feel like when they work in a toxic environment. I was actually wearing golden armor fighting in the Army. When I was able to break free from that armor and saw myself as an angel, I was not fighting anything. ​ There's no war or battle and we're constantly living in competition. So being able to float back down and be able to share that message with the world and we can come into business and in life through love. We can bring compassion into this world and spread that to everyone, especially in our communities where it's not really commonly talked about."

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