The Tao of Self-Confidence Sheena Yap Chan

Irene Nakamura is the founder and CEO of iDepo Reporters and iDepo Hawaii, a full-service, nationally certified court reporting and litigation support company with offices in three states. She has built a nationwide team of more than 1,000 court reporters by offering a personal and professional work environment that values the individual first.  Irene also uses her experiences to empower and provide minority women with resources to launch and grow their businesses. Mentoring women like herself who were taught to be limited to break the cultural mold and become limitless so they can thrive personally and professionally. As an advocate, Irene speaks on diversity, inclusion, and the marginalized population’s well-being, having personally been faced and overcome these challenges herself.  She is also the bestselling author of Asian Women Trailablazers Who BossUp.

Irene shares her story of how she was able to have the confidence and value in herself to start a successful 7-figure business in a male dominated industry.  She also shares her tip that can help you in your own journey to self-confidence.

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Faith Bautista is the founder and CEO of the first Asian owned television network, ChimeTV. She currently serves as the President & CEO of the National Diversity Coalition (NDC), an organization of community organizers, faith-based leaders, nonprofit directors and business owners advocating for the voiceless and working collectively for greater financial equality and empowerment for underserved groups. Faith Bautista advocates in the halls of Congress, in the California legislature, and in front of key federal legislators such as the Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, FHFA, FTC, FCC and SEC and among America’s Fortune 500 corporations, as a major voice for the ethnic minority.  Faith was involved in 2 trillion dollars of mergers and acquisitions of utilities, cable and financial institutions. She often speaks on the panel of FDIC and other agencies on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in the US.  

Faith shares the importance of having confidence in action to create the results you desire.  She also shares the joruney of creating ChimeTV and her purpose to create a positive impact for the Asian American community through media.

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Panney Wei is an award-winning Motivational Speaker and Certified Hypnotherapist, specializing in the power of the mind to reach their potential and empowering people to achieve their personal and professional dreams. She is also the founder of See The Way Consulting.  Her ancestry includes the one of China’s greatest heroes and world leaders who was a member of the Qing dynasty imperial court, General Tso Tsung-tang, immortalized in pop culture by the popular dish, General Tso’s chicken, and her maternal grandfather, Taiwan Senator Albert Liu who served Taiwan for over 30 years. Panney continues their legacy of service to her community as a National Senior Advisor for the National Association of Asian American Professionals in which she launched the national women’s leadership program, Women in NAAAP recognized by Forbes Women, a board member for Kollaboration, empowering artists in the media, a member of the PBS SoCal API Community Council, the organizing committee for the Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience at Sundance, and on the Advisory Board for the National Asian Artist Project led by Tony award winning Baayork Lee.

Panney shares how she is able to live her true purpose to serve the world in a larger capacity by changing her career and create See The Way Consulting.  She also shares her tips that you can use in your own journey to self confidence.

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Amy Wang is the founder of Wayo Ventures, a company that specializes in buying, managing, and selling medical and retail properties, and other essential businesses.  Her background is a rare combination of product leadership at major tech firms, startup advisory and consulting, and also real estate development. She has over 20 years of proven success launching innovative products and leading product and cross-functional teams for Cisco, Adobe, Ingram Micro, Oracle, IBM, HP and Yahoo. Over the last 16 years she has also built her own successful business investing in and managing commercial real estate properties. Amy received her undergraduate business degree from UC Berkeley and an MBA from UCLA.

Amy shares how she was able to the take the leap to leave her successful corporate job to become the confident entrepreneur and trailblazer that she is today.  Check out her episode to listen to her story.

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Julie Tran is a Naturopathic Doctor and Acupuncturist.  She is also the founder of Silicon Valley Natural Health located in San Jose, CA.   Julie was born and raised in San Jose, CA, one week after her parents immigrated from Vietnam.  She is earned her BA in Psychology from University of Redlands, then went on to study Naturopathic medicine and traditional Chinese medicine at the University of Bridgeport, in Bridgeport CT. During her studies and training, she worked with Dr. Peter D’Adamo, ND, author of the New York Times Bestseller, Eat Right for Your Type (The Blood Type Diet) at the world renown D’Adamo Clinic.  Julie is also the international bestselling of Asian Women Trailblazers Who BossUp. 

Julie used to feel like she had to live by the expectations of her culture which made her feel bad about herself.  She shares about the moment she was able to take back her power to be the confident and authentic woman that she is today.  Check out her episode to listen to her story.

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Janan Sarwar is a dynamic entrepreneur, pharmacist, publishing professional, and mother of three lovely girls in Louisville, KY. She is the founder of the company Global Bookshelves International, an independent publishing house focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion in content and voices from around the world. Global Bookshelves International was inspired by her eldest daughter, Leena, and her children’s storytelling podcast Salaam Storytime.  Janan actively serves as a publisher medical content writer, pharmacy career coach, and publisher. She is passionate about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, speaking, writing, and connecting with others on these topics.

Janan shares how changing her perception of herself increased her confidence.  She shared how that led her to become the trailblazer that she is today.  Check out her episode to listen to her story.

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