Kapwa Kulture Podcast

Jun 28 2024

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The Kapwa Kulture Podcast is a weekly show where we talk about how mental health and wellbeing can be viewed through different aspects of the Filipinx-American culture. As a training psychologist and Doctoral Intern for the APA Accredited Internship in Health Services Psychology at California State University, Northridge, I am working alongside University Counseling Services to explore how the unique experiences of Filipinx identifying folks interact with their passions for wellbeing and learn more about how we can take steps toward moving forward in our mental health journeys. This podcast is for people from all cultural backgrounds wanting to experience connection by listening to and learning about how the Filipinx culture can highlight the beauty of shared similarities and differences. Follow us on @kapwakulturepod and @csun_counselingservices for more details and updates!

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Season Finale: Balance, Relationships, and Being Human

Jun 28 2024 8 mins

It's a bittersweet Friday because it's our final episode for this season! Join Jemima Ruth as she shares more about herself as a Filipina, a clinician, and recaps Kapwa Kulture Podcast season 1! Jemima Ruth also responds to the questions that she typically asks guests regarding her best advice around mental health! Follow us on Instagram at @kapwakulturepod and @csun_counselingserv

Education, Resilience, and Mental Health Sisters

Jun 21 2024 29 mins

We have a pair of sisters on the pod this week! Join Carissa Caiyco and Cyril So as they share more about their mental health pursuits as an upcoming LMFT and LPCC! We chat about how mental health was talked about in our families and specifically how education and resilience are such core aspects of the Filipino culture. Later, both sisters say more about how taking care of yoursel

Multi-Ethnic Families and Healing our Inner Child

Jun 14 2024 35 mins

This week, we have Gabriella Cuaderes, LCSW on the pod and she and Jemima Ruth talk about different perspectives on having a mixed-ethnic identity and coming from a large, multiculturally rich family based on Gabriella's own lived experiences. Later, Gabriella and Jemima Ruth discuss more about EMDR, trauma work, and how both parents and children can engage in inner child work with

It's Funny, but Also It's Not?

Jun 07 2024 47 mins

This week, Maria Cristina Castro and Jemima Ruth talk about the helpful and harmful ways humor and positivity can be used within the Filipinx culture as a response to coping through life's experiences. Cristina talks about her journey of helping her family become more open about understanding mental health experiences. Later, Cristina and Ruth also discuss some tips for mental heal

Setting Boundaries and Supporting Others with Mental Health Struggles

May 31 2024 35 mins

This week, Dr. Gemariah Valencia Williams and Jemima Ruth talk about how to care for family, friends, or loved ones struggling with their own mental health issues. We discuss how to respectfully set boundaries, acknowledge cultural norms, and be more open with conversations about different types and levels of support and care. Gem and Jemima Ruth later share about the concept of be

Colorism, Pretty Privilege, and Filipinx Beauty

May 24 2024 39 mins

This week, Dr. Samantha Benavidez-Walsh joins us to talk about her research on colorism and the narratives that her Filipinx participants have shared about their experiences. Jemima Ruth and Sam discuss "pretty privilege" and the hurtful impact and assumptions made about one's self and character simply based on one's looks and skin tones. Afterwards, we start the conversation aroun

Community, Hospitality, and Utang Na Loob

May 17 2024 58 mins

We’re talking about some core Filipinx values this week with Dr. Lesther Papa! Join us as Lesther shares more about his recent experiences of community while visiting the Philippines and three different tiers of Filipinx hospitality. Lesther and Ruth also talk about ‘utang na loob’ and how this value can be viewed from the lens of gratitude rather than relational indebtedness

Intergenerational Communication and Pakikiramdam

May 10 2024 41 mins

This week, we're joined by Roanne de Guia-Samuels! She is a licensed psychotherapist who is here to share more about her own research passions relevant to intergenerational communication and how attunement or pakikiramdam, plays a role in communication for Filipinx folks. Throughout the episode, Roanne and Jemima Ruth talk about how therapy can be also be playful and healing within

Wellbeing isn't Just Western

May 03 2024 59 mins

In this week's episode, we have our first guest! We're joined by Dr. Cherry Ordonez who is a postdoctoral fellow in mental health tech. Cherry and Jemima Ruth dive into exploring each other's Filipinx identities and how it relates to their understanding of wellbeing. Cherry shares some information on different mental health career paths and how their Filipinx experiences have influ

What is Kapwa Kulture?

Apr 26 2024 6 mins

Welcome to our first and shortest solo episode here on the Kapwa Kulture Podcast. To kick us off, Jemima Ruth sets the frame for the next few weeks by sharing a bit more about what the word Kapwa means and how we can understand ourselves in light of others through cultural experiences. Afterwards, we look at three ways in which we can make the most of our listening experiences and