48 min
Episode 12 - Filipinos Struggle with Toxic Positivity (ft. Geneva Dela Cruz and Emily Cristobal) U.B.E Chats
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- Society & Culture
Filipinos are known for their good hospitality and accommodating personalities- but if you are one (a Filipino that is), you know “accomodation” and “resilience” is a common trait, even detrimentally so. When we picture a Filipino we are described to be the most resilient and optimistic people in the world which paints this vivid image that Filipinos can undergo any struggle that is put in front of them. It can be traced back to colonialiism like most things. Being a colonialized people through the generations has woven this “maladaptive coping mechanism” into our DNA. Afterall, our ancestors figured “it is what it is” and that we “might as well make the most of it. (Source: Kollective Hustle, How Toxic Positivity became a Filipino trait and Why it Sets Us Up for Failure.) This is a podcast collab episode with two co-host from our podcast back in the pandemic called, Uncovering POV. Mental Health is one thing that brings us together and we have in common. Today on the podcast we are here to talk about our own experiences of Toxic Positivity within our Filipino community. _______________________________________________________________________________________
Hosts: Chachie Abara
Special Guests: Emily Cristobal, and Geneva Dela Cruz
Editor: Chachie Abara _______________________________________________________________________________________
CONNECT WITH US
Follow us on @uncoveringpov and listening to our former podcast episodes together
Shoutouts: @kaeo.studios for letting us come in!
Email: ubechats@gmail.com If you would like to
follow Emily -- Follow her at @em.cris and listen to her podcast on Hawai'i News Now called Repairing Earth.
If you would like to follow Geneva -- Follow her at geneva.dc!
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ube-chats/message
Filipinos are known for their good hospitality and accommodating personalities- but if you are one (a Filipino that is), you know “accomodation” and “resilience” is a common trait, even detrimentally so. When we picture a Filipino we are described to be the most resilient and optimistic people in the world which paints this vivid image that Filipinos can undergo any struggle that is put in front of them. It can be traced back to colonialiism like most things. Being a colonialized people through the generations has woven this “maladaptive coping mechanism” into our DNA. Afterall, our ancestors figured “it is what it is” and that we “might as well make the most of it. (Source: Kollective Hustle, How Toxic Positivity became a Filipino trait and Why it Sets Us Up for Failure.) This is a podcast collab episode with two co-host from our podcast back in the pandemic called, Uncovering POV. Mental Health is one thing that brings us together and we have in common. Today on the podcast we are here to talk about our own experiences of Toxic Positivity within our Filipino community. _______________________________________________________________________________________
Hosts: Chachie Abara
Special Guests: Emily Cristobal, and Geneva Dela Cruz
Editor: Chachie Abara _______________________________________________________________________________________
CONNECT WITH US
Follow us on @uncoveringpov and listening to our former podcast episodes together
Shoutouts: @kaeo.studios for letting us come in!
Email: ubechats@gmail.com If you would like to
follow Emily -- Follow her at @em.cris and listen to her podcast on Hawai'i News Now called Repairing Earth.
If you would like to follow Geneva -- Follow her at geneva.dc!
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ube-chats/message
48 min