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Building unapologetic confidence in AAPI professionals Through systematic training Jeanny, Founder of BambooMyth.com will outline step by step how to transform overwhelm and burnout to taking ownership of your leadership and career design. Tapping into her experience coaching over 300+ AAPI women and speaking at dozens of Fortune 500 companies, including Amazon, Uber, KPMG, Salesforce, and Cisco, she reveals the strategies needed to overcome ingrained cultural norms that have become a roadbl ...
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S1:E14:The Enemy that Steals Our Confidence and Happiness
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In shame-based cultures, when a parent doesn't like something the child is doing, often times they discipline the kid's behavior but the child herself feels like she is a bad girl. She takes on guilt, embarrasment and feels like she has "failed" her family. Unless this is undone, she will carry all the anxiety of just being "herself" into adulthood…
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Asian women experience shame as little girls. We start feeling not good enough all the way into our career. This habit negatively affects us in all aspects of work and personal relationships. We end up knowing what we want. So we don't ask and get what we want. In this episode Jeanny shares examples from her past in she learned she was not good eno…
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We are trained to unconditionally respect our elders. But this creates problems for us as adults. What if our supervisor is not setting us up for success? Unconditional deference to our boss can result in overworking, anxiety, unfairness, and being stalled in your career. This episode connects the dots on why so many Asians feel this way, and more …
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S1:E11 Overcoming Indecisiveness (Part 3 on Guilt)
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When overthinking causes too much stress and indecisiveness, we need to stop. We were taught to not give others "bad news" but instead to SAVE FACE. These norms in turn make it hard for us to make decisions that make us happy but might have a negative effect on others. We don't want to disappoint others so we make decisions to put up with stress, a…
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Most women have a habit of feeling guilty for saying NO. How is this affecting our careers negatively and more importantly, how to we stop this habit? Here's an actionable first step. Start noticing when you are saying YES when you mean NO. Then give yourself permission to make yourself happy. See full transcipt at AsiansBreakingCeilings.com in Epi…
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S1:E9 Why Do I Feel Guilty A Lot?(Part 1 on Guilt)
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Most women have a habit of feeling guilty for actions that benefit herself. How is this affecting our careers negatively and more importantly, how to we stop this habit? Here's an actionable first step. Start noticing when you are guilting yourself. Once you master this strategy, you'll notice your confidence returning and you start making decision…
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Asian women tend to apologize unnecessarily. This habit negatively affects us in all aspects of work and personal relationships. In this episode Jeanny shares examples from her past in which an apology was warranted. Included in this session is an extra-long affirmation in Part 2 of the Episode for you to gain your confidence back! See full transci…
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S1:E7 No Work-Life Balance (Stop Shoulding Yourself)
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Do you have no time to yourself? The root cause might be your Inner Critic. But how do you even silence this voice, when we've been practicing self-criticism for 30 or 40 years? Here's an actionable first step. Start noticing when you are "shoulding" yourself. Once you master this strategy, you'll notice your confidence returning and you start maki…
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S1:E6 Conflict Avoidance keeps us in "DeNile"
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Asian culture teaches us grit, suffering, resilience and to tolerate A LOT of stress. However, when we live in "De Nile" that our we are tolerating too much abuse and suffering, things don't get better. Many of us suffer from anxiety, burnout, and depression and we don't feel fulfilled in our relationships or work. It is through acknowleding "a**ho…
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We are called the "Model Minority" for being hard-working, loyal and reliable. We put everyone else's needs first. But do you ever feel that the sacrifice is too much? That someone being a people pleaser doesn't benefit us, but actually hurts our careers and our lives? Because the root problem of many over acheivers is the feeling that "I'm not eno…
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Do you struggle with feeling "not enough"? Here's my story on how I finally overcame imposter syndrome and realized I was "approved already." It was the beginning of my transformation from Zero to Hero. Jeanny Chai Bio here *Take the FREE ASSESSMENT My Personal Roadblock to Success [00:00] Teaser [00:45] Episode 4 Inro [01:52] Admitting defeat and …
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A shout out to all the individuals who've been an inspiration for me in creating Asians Breaking Ceilings! Jeanny Chai Bio here [00:00] Trailer [01:25] Encouragement to all - pursue your dream business! [02:37] Thank you Ascend, Anna Mok, Buck Gee, Denise Peck [03:36] Win Chang, OPAL founder at Oracle [04:20] Jane Hyun, Author Breaking the Bamboo C…
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S1: E1 Top 10 Symptoms of the Bamboo Ceiling
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Do you want to know what thousands of AAPI women in corporate America are really experiencing? In this eye-opening episode, Jeanny reveals the Top 10 trends mid-career professionals are experiencing. Spoiler: it's not pretty. Can you relate? You are not alone. We are in this together. Jeanny Chai Bio here *Take the FREE ASSESSMENT My Personal Roadb…
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S1:E2 Origin Story of a People-Pleaser Addict
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So many of us were told by our parents they wanted a boy. Could this be the reason many AAPI women suffer from imposter syndrome and low self-confidence? Is this why we end up being the hard-working, reliable, bad-ass, get sh*t done awesome women but also feel the need to keep proving ourselves? Today Jeanny shares her story so we can look together…
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Who this podcast if for and why you should listen. Multi-cultural female professionals who want to: ignite your confidence overcome imposter syndrome break that career ceiling Learn how to decide, create, and ask for what you want in your career without apology or guilt. Whether you are looking to get promoted, searching for your next perfect role,…
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