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Yuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesHonoring the Fragility of Life with Jimin HanHonoring the Fragility of Life with Jimin HanToday Yuliana is joined by Jimin Han, the author of the novel, A Small Revolution. Born in Seoul, Korea, Jimin grew up in the United States, eventually attending Cornell University and earning an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Her writing can be found in a number of publications, and A Small Revolution, her first novel, has appeared on many ‘Best Fiction’ and ‘Must Reads’ lists. Jimin currently teaches at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College and Pace University, and today she takes us on the journey of how the pass...2023-07-2033 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesWelcome to the Phoenix Tales PodcastWelcome to the Phoenix Tales PodcastShow Notes: Welcome to the premier podcast episode of Phoenix Tales, a show about women overcoming challenges in their lives, and, like the Phoenix, being reborn with their lives reimagined. Joining our host, Yuliana Kim-Grant, this week is Ginger McKnight-Chavers, author of In the Heart of Texas. A graduate of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and Harvard Law School, Ginger was a practicing lawyer when challenges in her personal life inspired her to pursue another course, resulting in her own Phoenix Tale which she shares with listeners here tod...2023-07-0630 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesExpressing the Fullness of Who You Are with Kim ThaiExpressing the Fullness of Who You Are with Kim ThaiJoining our host, Yuliana Kim-Grant, this week is Kim Thai, an Emmy-award-winning producer, writer, activist, and mindfulness teacher. She is the founder of GaneshSpace, a community organization dedicated to creating spaces to dismantle internalized oppression and explore identity through the lens of intersectionality. Kim shares her Phoenix Tale today of how she rediscovered herself after her divorce.Kim begins the conversation by sharing the event that redirected the course of her life: her divorce. She talks about experiencing heartbreak and turning to yoga at the...2023-06-1533 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesLove, Pain, Grief, and Learning How to Overcome with Cat PartheniadesLove, Pain, Grief, and Learning How to Overcome with Cat PartheniadesOn this week's episode, Yuliana welcomes Catherine ‘Cat’ Partheniades to the show to talk about the moment she found out she was adopted. She was 30 when this happened, and shortly after this discovery, both of her adoptive parents passed away. Today she chats with Yuliana about reckoning with her parents’ lies, experiencing resentment, and her intense periods of drinking to repress the emotions she didn’t know how to deal with or even want to deal with. It was only upon finding her biological family that she foun...2023-06-0130 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesFinding Peace and Purpose in a Journey through Healing with Dana HellerFinding Peace and Purpose in a Journey through Healing with Dana HellerHolistic self-care specialist Dana Heller joins Yuliana today to share her inspiring story with listeners. From the life changing doctor’s visit where she found out she had a brain tumour, to her experiences going through multiple surgeries, Dana has come out the other side to help others going through what she did and helping them to feel empowered and healthy once again.The conversation begins with Dana talking about the event that changed the course of her life - finding out she ha...2023-05-2529 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesThriving After Illness with Dr. Susan LovelleThriving After Illness with Dr. Susan LovelleFunctional medicine practitioner, Dr. Susan Lovelle, joins Yuliana today for a truly fascinating conversation. Currently the Founder and CEO of Premiere Wellness, Dr. Susan spent 14 years as a professional ballet dancer after which she became a physician specializing in plastic surgery. In her current role with Premiere Wellness, she is thrilled to now be supporting women to heal from the inside out. In this week’s episode, she shares her tale of how she made life changes and regained control of her health after landing in the hospital multiple times, an...2023-05-1133 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesEmbracing and Preserving Democratic Values with Tzveta RaynovaEmbracing and Preserving Democratic Values with Tzveta RaynovaThis week, Yuliana is joined by Tzveta Raynova, a media executive in New York City and former international student from Bulgaria, who shares her journey of overcoming the difficulties of obtaining a student visa in the US, especially after the events of September 11th. Tzveta highlights the complexities of immigration policies and the difficulties faced by foreign students, and recounts how, despite these challenges, she was able to succeed and become a proud US citizen who is fiercely committed to democracy.In this thought-provoking conversation, she and...2023-04-2733 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesLifting Yourself Up and Starting All Over Again with Hourig MesserlianLifting Yourself Up and Starting All Over Again with Hourig MesserlianOn the show today, Hourig Messerlian, Senior Director of IT Business at Computing and Information Services - The City University of New York, joins Yuliana to tell her remarkable and truly inspiring story of how she got to where she is today. Starting with how she fled a country ravaged by Civil War, crossing continents and countries, facing many life altering changes along the way, Hourig now finds herself living an incredibly successful life far from the rubble of a country destroyed by war. She goes f...2023-04-1333 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesLife Lessons Learned through Immense Loss with Judy GlassmanLife Lessons Learned through Immense Loss with Judy GlassmanHow does the death of a parent redirect the course of one’s life? Judy Glassman joins Yuliana on today’s episode as she recounts the painful experience of losing her mother to brain cancer, the joy of finding yoga, and transitioning into a new career at a later age for a meaningful life.Judy begins the conversation by describing the challenging event that reshaped her life - losing her mother to brain cancer rapidly and having to bear that weight solely. She goes on to discu...2023-03-3036 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesRising Above Life’s Challenges to Follow a New Passion with Kathy CaseyRising Above Life’s Challenges to Follow a New Passion with Kathy CaseyKathy Casey sits down with Yuliana today to share her own phoenix tale of how she reinvented herself and followed her passion after losing a part of herself to her divorce and forced retirement. Both of these life events naturally had significant impacts upon Kathy and the path her life was following, Through courage and compassion, Kathy overcame these obstacles and today shares how this has fueled her to become the woman she is today.Kathy begins the conversation by talking about he...2023-03-1630 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesStarting Life Over with Ellen GreenbergStarting Life Over with Ellen GreenbergToday’s guest is Ellen Greenberg. a designer and the owner and director of Quick Culture, a global, art tour and cultural travel company. Among her other roles, Ellen has also been an instructor at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, has guest lectured at UCLA, holds Docent Program certificates at both The Getty Center and LACMA, and is the author of Inside Chocolate, a pictorial art book. In this moving episode, she shares her phoenix tale of how she realized she was meant to be more than just a wife an...2023-03-0225 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesGuided by Something Greater than Yourself with Rhonda PowellGuided by Something Greater than Yourself with Rhonda PowellIn this episode of Phoenix Tales, Yuliana has the pleasure of interviewing Rhonda Powell, a leading attorney in the media landscape who has faced not one but two health crises that nearly took her life. As you will hear today, through these challenges Rhonda has emerged with a deeper focus on what is truly important in her life and she continues to be an inspiration to all.Rhonda shares her story of a condition called placenta accreta and the severe hemorrhaging she faced after giving birth...2023-02-1634 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesEmerging from Challenges with Courage and Resilience with Roni JacksonEmerging from Challenges with Courage and Resilience with Roni JacksonRoni Jackson, Co-Founder of Red Flag Mania, joins Yuliana today to share her inspiring phoenix tale. Roni identifies and expands upon two inflection points in her life that altered her trajectory considerably. The first, losing her mother at a young age, and the second, being forced to give up her long time career, both had significant impacts upon her life, helping to shape her and become the resilient and courageous phoenix she is today.Roni begins by discussing these events that redirected the course of...2023-02-0230 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesRevisiting... Overcoming Feelings of Abandonment with Ji YoungToday on the show, Yuliana is joined by Ji Young, the founder of the Tide Film Festival. An attorney turned non-profit executive, producer, writer, speaker and facilitator, Ji is the Founder of DreamMaker DreamDoer DreamSupporter, inc, - 3D, and is the creator, producer and host of the web series ‘Not Your Average’ for KoreanAmericanstory.org. as well as the founder, co-creator, former co-producer and current advisor to ‘$6.99 Per Pound’ podcast. At the age of 3, Ji was adopted from Korea by an Italian and Irish-American family, grew up in upstate New York, and today shares the story of her adoption, the batt...2023-01-1233 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesFinding Your Own Healing with Gabriella BarnstoneToday, Yuliana introduces Gabriella Barnstone, a certified yoga therapist, and together they talk about the pivotal moment that redirected the course of Gabriella’s life. For her, it was her father’s mental illness and eventual suicide that changed everything. As she says, everything in her life was leading up to that moment of the untimely death by suicide of her parent. She reflects on these heart-breaking moments and opens up about her family history of mental illness. She also shares her story of dealing with trauma and accepting the fact that healing is a lifelong process.Next...2022-11-1726 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesGrowing Through Pivotal Moments with Helen DellheimThis week on the Phoenix Tales podcast, Yuliana welcomes Helen Dellheim, a former attorney of law and currently a real estate executive. After going through the untimely death of her mother, nothing was ever the same for Helen. Although tragic, this event turned out to be a pivotal turning point in her life, giving her the courage to make dramatic changes and grow through these pivotal moments on both a professional and personal level.Helen talks about the disastrous effects that parental death can have on an individual. She recounts her experience of feeling grief while being...2022-11-0326 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesOvercoming Addiction and Embracing Healthy Healing with Penni FeinerOn today’s episode, Yuliana welcomes Penni Feiner to the podcast to talk about her brother’s entry into inpatient drug rehab, why it forced her to confront her own cocaine addiction, how she has managed to stay 25 years sober, and why yoga and mindfulness helped save her. As a lifelong feminist, executive director, and yoga enthusiast, Feiner has come a long way way since that young girl who stumbled in to free basing all those years ago. It wasn’t until after her brother, who also suffered from addiction, reached out for help and joined an inpatient rehab program t...2022-10-2030 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesLoretta Turner on Her Journey from Code Switching to CommunityToday Yuliana welcomes nonprofit executive and leadership development coach, Loretta Turner, to the Phoenix Tales podcast to chat about the importance of community, code switching, and embracing authenticity. As a young black girl growing up on the East Coast, Turner felt like she almost had to live a double life: one that felt true and family-centric and another filled with fear, caution, and stereotypes. It wasn’t until she was much older that she actually reconciled with her identity and truly became Loretta.Both Yuliana and Loretta go on to acknowledge that this was no small feat, noti...2022-10-0627 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesTurning Trauma into Power with Maryam BanikarimOn this episode of the Phoenix Tales podcast, we get to hear another inspiring story from yet another courageous Phoenix. Joining Yuliana today is Maryam Banikarim, a Purpose-Driven Marketer and Co-Founder of NYCNext. Maryam takes us through her seminal moments in life, from surviving the revolution of 1979 in Iran and moving across the globe to having to deal with her father’s death at a young age and then taking on a new role in the family dynamics. Maryam shares some vital moments that shaped her and made her who she is today – a courageous survivor. But Marya...2022-09-2236 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesChanging Lives through the Power of Storytelling with Kate TellersJoining Yuliana today is Kate Tellers, a staff member of The Moth and a co-author of How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling. Kate shares her phoenix tale today of how she lost her mother at the young age of 28 and how this shaped her life. She shares how lessons she learned from her mom set her on the path to storytelling and how these lessons continue to echo even today.Kate recounts how her life experienced a redirection following the death of her mother, and also about her final moment with her...2022-09-0830 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesCelebrating the Creativity and Happiness Within with Berny SerrãoYuliana welcomes Berny Serrão, the c0-owner of Paraiso Escondido, an eco-friendly sanctuary in Portugal. Berny shares her courageous tale, one filled with the ups and downs of being a nomad her entire life, seemingly not belonging anywhere. She also recounts feeling like an outsider before searching within to create her happiness and how she extends that warmth and love to her guests and others.Growing up amidst civil wars, Berny has always lived the nomad life. She talks about having to start a new life in Portugal with her husband after settling in Asia, as w...2022-07-2830 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesMaking a Shift in Life with Geri TopferJoining Yuliana today is Geri Topfer, the founder and president of Kula For Karma and co-founder of BeStill. Geri shares her phoenix tale involving her sobriety and how she gained strength to look inwards into her life and not just observe as an outsider. Geri recounts the feeling of being armored in her marriage due to past abandonment issues, and also how becoming sober propelled her to not just take control of her life, but also help others do the same.Geri begins the conversation by sharing how an addiction redirected the course of her life. She...2022-07-1428 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesLove, Pain, Grief, and Learning How to Overcome with Cat PartheniadesOn this week's episode, Yuliana welcomes Catherine ‘Cat’ Partheniades to the show to talk about the moment she found out she was adopted. She was 30 when this happened, and shortly after this discovery, both of her adoptive parents passed away. Today she chats with Yuliana about reckoning with her parents’ lies, experiencing resentment, and her intense periods of drinking to repress the emotions she didn’t know how to deal with or even want to deal with. It was only upon finding her biological family that she found solace in her identity and her parents’ decision to withhold information from her.2022-06-3030 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesExperiencing the Different Sides of Humanity with Therese MurphyTherese Murphy joins Yuiliana on the show today to share her courageous phoenix tale. Therese worked as a former nonprofit development manager and found herself unemployed during COVID. She recounts how this propelled her to get a job as the hostess at a restaurant where she was faced with the duality of human nature and how her experiences taught her valuable lessons that continue to impact her life.Therese begins by sharing the event that redirected the course of her life - losing her job during COVID. She shares her experience working in nonprofit development and the...2022-06-1632 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesCareer Crises and Finding Yourself Again with Natalie WilsonYuliana welcomes opera singer and teacher Natalie Wilson to today’s Phoenix Tales episode to discuss Natalie’s decision to abandon her opera career and how this choice, coupled with a divorce not too long after, marked a rather poignant moment for her. Having felt that she’d wasted decades of her life embarking on a career path that she no longer desired, Natalie notes that she suffered from an identity crisis after tying her self worth into her career for so long. Not until she met her friend Cat did she start to find herself again, and together they wen...2022-06-0229 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesFinding the Power Within with Laura HillThis week, Yuliana is joined by guest Laura Hill, who opens up the episode to talk about the moment she decided to leave her husband after 30 years of marriage. Having met when she was 19 and he was 10 years her senior, Laura had to mature at a young age, eventually realizing that she had a lot of growing to do, and that this needed to take place outside of her marriage. Since then, she’s learned about the importance of therapy and how to allow herself to feel joy. Laura goes on to talk about how beneficial therapy has b...2022-05-1929 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesGina Vild on the Power of Love and ResilienceThis week on Phoenix Tales, Yuliana welcomes author, speaker, and former Associate Dean and Chief Communications Officer, Harvard Medical School, Gina Vild to the podcast. Gina talks today about losing her mother, her father’s stroke, and her own subsequent divorce, noting that her parents’ deaths played large roles in her decision to get a divorce. These events revealed to her that life is simply too short to live unhappily, and only after her divorce did she learn the power of meditation, which she says has since totally changed her life. Gina goes on to remember the moment...2022-05-0531 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesBreaking Bonds and Making Strides with Sharon SimpsonSharon Simpson joins Yuliana today to talk about her work in the art industry and what it was like growing up in Belfast during the war. She opens up the conversation by talking about a tough time she went through when her husband’s new job forced her to move away from hers. She notes that she felt worse, not because she lost an income, but because she lost her community. Sharon goes on to talk about her experience working in the art industry and the round-a-bout way she found her role at the Museum of Natural History.Sh...2022-04-2833 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesRedefining ‘Impossible’ through Life Experiences with Leehe SegalThis week on Phoenix Tales, Yuliana talks to Leehe Segal, a jewelry designer and the owner of Bleecker and Prince. In their conversation, Leehe delves into her experiences in the Israeli army, what it was like delivering her second child at home, and moving to Singapore. She starts today’s conversation by recounting her decision to have an at-home birth - delivering a baby under COVID protocols would mean that she would potentially need to give birth alone, and that wasn’t an option. Leehe then proceeds to talk about another time when she was posed with a rath...2022-04-2130 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesGiulia Pline on What it Means to Heal Physically and EmotionallyOn this week’s episode of Phoenix Tales, Giulia Pline joins Yuliana today to discuss the skiing accident that changed her life mentally, physically, and emotionally. An ex dancer turned yoga instructor, Giulia feels that the accident taught her to appreciate her body and its resilience. After breaking her arm, collarbone, six ribs, puncturing her lung, and lacerating a liver in the accident, she underwent an intense healing process emotionally and physically, which she describes here today.Giulia highlights the fact that she had to reckon with her emotions far more than she anticipated considering she lacked the...2022-04-1430 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesPersevering through Trauma, Loss, and Grief with Ann ShinDocumentary filmmaker and author Ann Shin joins Yuliana on the podcast this week. Ann’s documentary My Enemy, My Brother was shortlisted for a 2016 Academy Award and nominated for an Emmy. Her previous documentary, The Defector: Escape from North Korea, won 7 awards including Best Documentary and Best Documentary Director at the 2014 Canadian Screen Academy Awards, a SXSW Interactive Award, and a Canadian Digi Award. In addition to these accomplishments, her book The Family China won the Anne Green Award and was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Poetry Prize. In today’s conversation, Ann shares the details of how her moth...2022-04-0731 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesRising from a Challenging Childhood to a Journey of Healing with Kelly FifeOn this episode of Phoenix Tales, Yuliana welcomes Kelly Fife, a psychologist in the public school system who hopes to help children who grow up with troubling family situations. She opens the episode by describing the moment her father suggested that she attend her first Al-Anon meeting. Growing up with parents who abused alcohol, she notes that the chaotic nature of her household led her to strive for constant perfection. She recalls that, as a child, she always knew that something wasn’t right, and it took her quite a while to mourn the loss of a normal childhood. Curre...2022-03-3132 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesNavigating Grief and Identity Crises with Pam ReeceOn this week’s episode of Phoenix Tales, Yuliana welcomes Pam Reece to the show to talk about the moment when her father lost his job, his subsequent battle with Alzheimer’s disease, and how those events shaped her outlook on life. A former yoga instructor who now offers her many skills to help women in corporate America achieve success, Reece opens today’s conversation by describing the length of her father’s career and the identity crisis that took place when that career was suddenly taken from him. She learned that professions aren’t always stable, as she once believe...2022-03-2430 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesSurviving and Thriving as an Immigrant in America with Paola GarciaYuliana welcomes New York City lawyer, Paola Garcia, to the podcast today. After running away from her sheltered life and home in Mexico at the age of 18, Paola was forced to reckon with her status as a Mexican immigrant in the U.S. and American culture at large. She recalls the shock she experienced when coming to the U.S. after growing up in the rather strict Mexican class system, and details how the anti-immigration sentiments in the U.S. exhaust her so much that it almost makes her want to abandon New York City for home. Paol...2022-03-1728 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesFinding Balance and Resilience While Caring for a Parent’s Mental Health with Rahshaana GreenRashanna Green joins Yuliana today as the pair discuss Green’s mother and her life-altering battle with late onset Schizophrenia. A Dartmouth graduate turned nonprofit executive and forest yoga lineage guardian, Rashanna details the moment she decided to institutionalize her mother, how that choice impacted her own psyche, and the stigma surrounding mental health in the black community.Green begins the conversation by describing her childhood growing up in an unsafe and impoverished neighborhood. It was difficult to discern whether her mother’s fears and behaviors were a rational product of their surroundings or a mental disorder. She...2022-03-1031 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesCourageously Pursuing Happiness with Dawn SkorczewskiJoining Yuliana today is Dawn Skorczewski, a former professor of English at Brandeis University. Dawn is now a tutor and lecturer at Amsterdam University College (AUC), where she is also the coordinator of languages, co-coordinator of Academic Writing Skills and co-coordinator of the AUC Writing Center. In today’s conversation, she recounts her story of working hard to become a professor at Brandeis, the impact the toxic work environment there had upon her personal and professional life, and how she has successfully responded to it all.Dawn begins by sharing her professional journey as a professor and ho...2022-03-0331 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesNo Colon, Still Rollin' with Rebecca BabcockJoining Yuliana today is Rebecca Babcock, CPC, ELI-MP, CLDS. A career and executive leadership coach, Rebecca has an advanced degree in Human and Organizational Development and Group Dynamics from Vanderbilt University and over 20 years experience as a Sales and Marketing Executive at global blue chip companies and tech startups including Conde Nast (VOGUE, GQ, LUCKY and Glamour), eBay, Taboola and Shutterstock. Her phoenix tale, which she shares here today, revolves around her battle with an autoimmune disease from her teenage years on, and how she has persevered and thrived despite the significant impact this illness has had upon her...2022-02-2430 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesFinding A Write Way to Journey through Grief with Maryanne O’HaraAuthor, grieving mother, quotidian philosopher and optimist, Maryanne O’Hara, joins Yuliana on the podcast today. A remarkably accomplished individual, Maryanne has earned her MFA from Emerson College, taught creative writing at both Enerson and Clark University, and has written short stories, the novel CASCADE, and the memoir LITTLE MATCHES. She has also suffered the loss of her beloved daughter, Caitlin, to cystic fibrosis, and today she shares with us her phoenix tale of dealing with this tragic loss, and how she coped with her grief by writing about grief itself.Maryanne begins by describing the event th...2022-02-1732 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesFinding The Strength to Survive Cancer and Help Others with Michelle LeppThis week’s very special guest is Michelle Lepp, a fully accredited NASM personal trainer and 500 hour yoga instructor with an emphasis in yoga therapeutics whose passion is helping others improve their physical and mental health. Michelle is also a cancer survivor, and today she shares her inspiring phoenix tale of how she was faced with her cancer diagnosis just weeks into her marriage, was unwilling to go down with her illness, and ultimately found the strength to become the powerful mother and yoga therapist she is today.Michelle starts the conversation with the story of her ca...2022-02-1029 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesSurviving Trauma and Fueling Yourself to Help Others with Gina de la ChesnayeThis week's episode of Phoenix Tales contains descriptions and discussion of sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised.In today’s episode, Yuliana is joined by Gina de la Chesnaye, who shares her phoenix tale of surviving parental sexual abuse to become a humanitarian worker with traumatized communities. In her work, Gina draws on her own painful past to teach these communities how not only to survive their traumas but to thrive beyond the boundaries set by their experiences. She is founder and director of The Nachan Project, an NGO that brings mindfulness-based practices to the wo...2022-02-0330 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesStarting Life Over with Ellen GreenbergToday’s guest is Ellen Greenberg. a designer and the owner and director of Quick Culture, a global, art tour and cultural travel company. Among her other roles, Ellen has also been an instructor at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, has guest lectured at UCLA, holds Docent Program certificates at both The Getty Center and LACMA, and is the author of Inside Chocolate, a pictorial art book. In this moving episode, she shares her phoenix tale of how she realized she was meant to be more than just a wife and a mother, and how that became a ca...2022-01-2725 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesMoving Beyond Surviving to Thriving with Yolanda ColonYolanda Colon, an executive in the finance industry, joins Yuliana today to share the tragic story of the stillborn death of her son and also how she found the strength and courage to take back her life after the brutal end of her 24-year marriage. Her story is one of courage and self-awareness which, as you will hear, has made her the phoenix that she is today.Yolanda begins by sharing the events that redirected the course of her life - grieving her stillborn son and experiencing a divorce. She then delves into the events that surrounded...2022-01-2029 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesApproaching Your Fears with Courage and Stretching Yourself with Christina ChiuWhat does it take to nurse a child with special needs? Author, shoemaker, and health advocate Christina Chiu knows just what it takes as her son was born with a rare syndrome. She joins Yuliana today to share her inspiring phoenix tale on how she takes on the challenges that come her way and how she continues to do what it takes to give her son the best life possible.Christina starts the conversation by discussing the event that reshaped her life — mothering her son who was born with a rare medical condition. She talks about how sh...2022-01-1328 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesRising Above Life’s Challenges to Follow a New Passion with Kathy CaseyKathy Casey sits down with Yuliana today to share her own phoenix tale of how she reinvented herself and followed her passion after losing a part of herself to her divorce and forced retirement. Both of these life events naturally had significant impacts upon Kathy and the path her life was following, Through courage and compassion, Kathy overcame these obstacles and today shares how this has fueled her to become the woman she is today.Kathy begins the conversation by talking about her divorce as one of the events that reshaped her life, from meeting her ex-husband...2022-01-0630 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesBecoming a Vessel of Compassion and Understanding with Sari VelarJoining Yuliana today is Sari Velar, a yoga teacher and yoga therapist, to share her incredible phoenix tale. Over 20 years ago, Sari turned to yoga as an alternative therapy after a life-threatening cancer diagnosis and a subsequent battle with an eating disorder and addiction. These days, Sari facilitates classes at local cancer and mental health treatment centers, hospitals, and with Warrior Flow TV, whose Foundation she also works at as the Director of Training and Education. As you will hear today, Sari credits the struggles she has worked through in her life with shaping her to become the remarkable...2021-12-3033 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesEmerging from Challenges with Courage and Resilience with Roni JacksonRoni Jackson, Co-Founder of Red Flag Mania, joins Yuliana today to share her inspiring phoenix tale. Roni identifies and expands upon two inflection points in her life that altered her trajectory considerably. The first, losing her mother at a young age, and the second, being forced to give up her long time career, both had significant impacts upon her life, helping to shape her and become the resilient and courageous phoenix she is today.Toni begins by discussing these events that redirected the course of her life, describing the loneliness and isolation she felt growing up in...2021-12-2330 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesThriving After Illness with Dr. Susan LovelleFunctional medicine practitioner, Dr. Susan Lovelle, joins Yuliana today for a truly fascinating conversation. Currently the Founder and CEO of Premiere Wellness, Dr. Susan spent 14 years as a professional ballet dancer after which she became a physician specializing in plastic surgery. In her current role with Premiere Wellness, she is thrilled to now be supporting women to heal from the inside out. In this week’s episode, she shares her tale of how she made life changes and regained control of her health after landing in the hospital multiple times, and how these events propelled her into finding a ne...2021-12-1633 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesDeveloping a Life-long Devotion to Nurturing Others with Dr. Karen LeeChiropractor, cookbook author, food blogger and healthy living proponent, Dr. Karen Lee, joins Yuiliana today to share her story of how she navigated being a child immigrant in a new country and having to take on the responsibility of caring for her brothers at a young age. This caring nature, developed over the years, helped form Dr. Karen’s love of caring for people which manifested itself through the work to which she has devoted her life.Dr. Karen begins the conversation by delving into the event that redirected the course of her life - immigrating as a...2021-12-0929 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesHaving the Courage to Make a Life-Altering Sacrifice with Coco CohenJoining Yuliana this week is Coco Cohen, a leading fitness professional based in New York. Coco tells her courageous story of giving up her daughter for adoption to give her daughter the wonderful life that she, herself, was unable to provide. As any mother would testify, this has to be the most painful sacrifice a parent could make, and today, Coco reveals how she made this supremely difficult decision out of love and selflessness – a decision not for herself but for her child.She begins the conversation by recounting the event that redirected the course of her li...2021-12-0228 min
Just Interesting PeopleYuliana Kim-Grant: immigration, racism & depressionYuliana was born in South Korea but grew up in the United States as her parents decided to move there when she was a child in the hopes to live a better life. She takes us on a journey from South Korea to LA through Philadelphia and more. Passionate about books, she built her career around writing as a screenwriter and eventually decided to become an author. To this date, Yuliana published 2 books including A Shred of Hope.
In her twenties, Yuliana met the man who would later become her husband and father of her son. A black man. She o...2021-12-011h 58Yuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesStepping Out of the Shadow of Tragedy with Liz BaileyLosing a parent has a devastating effect, and losing the parent to suicide can bring compounding grief and anger. On the show today, Liz Bailey, a solicitor living in London, joins Yuliana to discuss losing her father to suicide and how the work she put into dealing with it gave her the courage to step outside the shadow cast by this tragedy and forge a solid path to an inspiring llife filled with purpose.The conversation begins with Liz describing the event that reshaped her life - the tragic death of her father to suicide - as...2021-11-2530 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesCreating a Happy and Purposeful Life with Meta WagnerJoining Yuliana on the show this week is Meta Wagner, the author of What's Your Creative Type: Harness the Power of Your Artistic Personality, and an instructor of creative and communications writing at Emerson College. In addition to her writing and teaching careers, Meta has held executive positions in the marketing and public relations fields, receiving multiple awards from professional organizations for her work. In today’s episode, Meta recounts her tale of losing her mother as a teen and how that shaped her into creating the happy and purposeful life she desired.She starts by describing th...2021-11-1830 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesLife Lessons Learned through Immense Loss with Judy GlassmanHow does the death of a parent redirect the course of one’s life? Judy Glassman joins Yuliana on today’s episode as she recounts the painful experience of losing her mother to brain cancer, the joy of finding yoga, and transitioning into a new career at a later age for a meaningful life.Judy begins the conversation by describing the challenging event that reshaped her life - losing her mother to brain cancer rapidly and having to bear that weight solely. She goes on to discuss how she coped by compartmentalizing and finding time to remind herse...2021-11-1136 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesForging Your Own Path to Happiness with Carly HunterOn the show this week, Yuliana is joined by Carly Hunter to share her inspiring phoenix tale. Carly is a passionate yoga practitioner specifically in Ashtanga Yoga and a private yoga instructor in New York City. Today she shares her story of how she left her career in advertising and found yoga, which to her surprise came with power dynamics she had seen in her previous career. She also relates how she summoned up the courage to leave that particular yoga studio and build a practice of her own.Carly begins by describing the event that changed...2021-11-0433 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesFinding Peace and Purpose in a Journey through Healing with Dana HellerHolistic self-care specialist Dana Heller joins Yuliana today to share her inspiring story with listeners. From the life changing doctor’s visit where she found out she had a brain tumor, to her experiences going through multiple surgeries, Dana has come out the other side to help others going through what she did and helping them to feel empowered and healthy once again.The conversation begins with Dana talking about the event that changed the course of her life - finding out she had a pituitary tumor. She goes on to describe her experience after the first su...2021-10-2829 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesLeaving Law for the Spiritual Awakening of Yoga with Yanti AmosYanti Amos joins Yuliana today to share her story of how she navigated the events that redirected her life. An experienced international lawyer, Yanti was propelled by a series of events to leave her law career behind and venture to New York City where she founded Earth YogaNYC, which she and her husband, Richard, then sold in 2019. Among her many other accomplishments, Yanti is also a polo player, karate black belt, an E 66th store Ambassador for Lululemon, and is currently focused on working with Richard on building his international Shotokan Karate Organization.Yanti begins the conversation...2021-10-2133 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesExpressing the Fullness of Who You Are with Kim ThaiJoining our host, Yuliana Kim-Grant, this week is Kim Thai, an Emmy-award-winning producer, writer, activist, and mindfulness teacher. She is the founder of GaneshSpace, a community organization dedicated to creating spaces to dismantle internalized oppression and explore identity through the lens of intersectionality. Kim shares her Phoenix Tale today of how she rediscovered herself after her divorce.Kim begins the conversation by sharing the event that redirected the course of her life: her divorce. She talks about experiencing heartbreak and turning to yoga at the time and how this event set her on a path of discovering...2021-10-1433 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesForging a New Path to Pursue Your Passion with Wati GrossmanToday Yuliana is joined by Wati Grossman, a fashion designer who gave up a law career to pursue her passion and love for fashion, and who now has over 30 years experience as a fashion professional in New York and San Francisco. In addition to her own design pursuits, Wati provides mentoring and consulting to fashion-related start-ups, garment designers and manufacturers in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area, and is also a passionate supporter of the visual arts. The conversation begins with Wati delving into the event that redirected the course of her life...2021-10-0733 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesOvercoming Feelings of Abandonment with Ji YoungToday on the show, Yuliana is joined by Ji Young, the founder of the Tide Film Festival. An attorney turned non-profit executive, producer, writer, speaker and facilitator, Ji is the Founder of DreamMaker DreamDoer DreamSupporter, inc, - 3D, and is the creator, producer and host of the web series ‘Not Your Average’ for KoreanAmericanstory.org. as well as the founder, co-creator, former co-producer and current advisor to ‘$6.99 Per Pound’ podcast. At the age of 3, Ji was adopted from Korea by an Italian and Irish-American family, grew up in upstate New York, and today shares the story of her adoption, the batt...2021-09-3033 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesHonoring the Fragility of Life with Jimin HanToday Yuliana is joined by Jimin Han, the author of the novel, A Small Revolution. Born in Seoul, Korea, Jimin grew up in the United States, eventually attending Cornell University and earning an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Her writing can be found in a number of publications, and A Small Revolution, her first novel, has appeared on many ‘Best Fiction’ and ‘Must Reads’ lists. Jimin currently teaches at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College and Pace University, and today she takes us on the journey of how the passing of her mother left her heartbroken but still gave her...2021-09-2333 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesLifting Yourself Up and Starting All Over Again with Hourig MesserlianOn the show today, Hourig Messerlian, Senior Director of IT Business at Computing and Information Services - The City University of New York, joins Yuliana to tell her remarkable and truly inspiring story of how she got to where she is today. Starting with how she fled a country ravaged by Civil War, crossing continents and countries, facing many life altering changes along the way, Hourig now finds herself living an incredibly successful life far from the rubble of a country destroyed by war. She goes far beyond simply surviving, and proves herself to be one who thrives wherever l...2021-09-1633 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesFinding Your Own Path with Carolyn WatersToday's guest, Carolyn Waters, recounts the big moment of crisis when she realized the career she had spent 20 years building may not have been the life she was meant to live. In spite of her fears of leaving an established career behind and the fear she may never find her path, on this episode, you’ll hear the outcome of how this one step into the unknown, ended with her finding a surprising new career and life, both of which may have been what was intended for her all along.Carolyn tells Yuliana about leaving her longstanding ca...2021-09-0931 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesOvercoming Challenges to Pursue Your Passion with Nancy Castle DonahueJoining Yuliana today is Nancy Castle Donahue, a model who rose to the top of her field in the 70’s and 80’s, becoming one of the most successful fashion models of her time. During her reign in the fashion arena, Donahue’s face was on the cover of virtually every fashion magazine in the world, and she also led several significant cosmetic campaigns for brands like Helena Rubenstein, Avon and Clairol. She has now devoted herself to fitness with certifications that include National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and American Council on Exercise (ACE) Certified Personal Trainer, 200 hr. Registered Yoga Te...2021-09-0226 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesLearning Lessons for Life Through the Tragedy of Death with Patricia RuizThis week, Yuliana is joined by Patricia Ruiz, the owner of three Pilates Studios in New York City called Moving Strength. A lifetime dancer, Patricia has performed and toured with some of New York City's most renowned dance companies, has choreographed Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and continues to judge dance competitions throughout the country. She is also certified as a Personal Trainer through the American Council of Exercise (ACE), and holds certifications in Pilates, Power Plate, Yoga, Resist-a-Ball and Healthy Moms Perinatal training. In today’s episode, she discusses her journey from Manhattan, Kansas to Manhattan, New York, and her...2021-08-2633 minYuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesHeeding the Calling to Serve with Dana SlampJoining Yuliana on the podcast today is Dana Slamp, founder and director of Prema Yoga Institute. Having started teaching Yoga in 2005, Dana is currently a therapeutics educator and teacher trainer who consults on wellness programs for clinics, doctor's offices, condominiums, and corporations, is a member of IAYT, and teaches clients on an individual basis in New York City. In today’s episode, she discusses her upbringing as a preacher’s kid, the event that redirected the course of her life, and her transition into the Yoga profession. Dana begins the interview by talking about the chall...2021-08-1926 min
Yuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesLiving a Regret-Free Life with Erica MatherJoining Yuliana today is Erica Mather, author of Your Body, Your Best Friend. Hand-selected by Ana Forrest to become a lineage-holder (called “a Guardian”) in the Forrest Yoga system, Erica is also the founder of ‘The Adore Your Body Transformational Program’, a 7-step system for getting a handle on body image challenges, as well as ‘The Yoga Clinic of NYC’. In today’s episode, Erica shares with listeners the story of how losing her dad at a young age propelled her into making certain life decisions and taking responsibilities for herself.
She begins by delving into the tragic event of...2021-08-1227 min
Yuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesNavigating Post Traumatic Growth with Eden GrimaldiEden Grimaldi, founder and owner of PR and branding company, MediaCraft, joins Yuliana on the show today to take listeners on the journey of the most challenging year in her life and to demonstrate how she became unstoppable after facing those challenges. Her fearlessness, resolve and optimism, despite going through a traumatic period, is so inspiring and today she speaks about how her post traumatic growth involved developing these very qualities.
Eden begins the conversation by describing the events that led up to her cancer diagnosis - dying parents, a hellacious divorce, and an economic crash. She...2021-08-0525 min
Yuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesOvercoming an Eating Disorder in the Fitness Industry with Amanda Murdock Global Head of Content at FitxrToday’s episode of Phoenix Tales comes with a trigger warning, as we will be discussing eating disorders. Host Yuliana Kim-Grant speaks with Amanda Murdock, the Senior Director of Fitness for the Daily Burn. Amanda shares her candid story about struggling with an eating disorder while working in the wellness industry, what prompted her to finally seek help, and how this experience ultimately made her stronger and more resilient. Amanda opens up about her long road to recovery, the connection between mental illness and eating disorders, as well as the common trigger of needing to feel in control when li...2021-07-2929 min
Yuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesWhen ‘Life Threatening’ Becomes ‘Life Altering’ with Mary CerdeirasMary Cerdeiras is Yuliana’s very special guest on the podcast today. Faced with a diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2009, Mary decided to complement the traditional Western treatment she was receiving with alternative treatments, a decision which would ultimately shape her life from that moment forward. Today, we are all so very privileged to listen in as she shares her inspirational tale of courage, commitment, and renewal.
Mary begins by recounting that challenging moment in her life, describing what her life was like at that time, and reviewing both the conventional and alternative treatments which she rece...2021-07-2225 min
Yuliana Kim-Grant's Phoenix TalesGinger McKnight-Chavers' Phoenix TaleWelcome to the premier podcast episode of Phoenix Tales, a show about women overcoming challenges in their lives, and, like the Phoenix, being reborn with their lives reimagined. Joining our host, Yuliana Kim-Grant, this week is Ginger McKnight-Chavers, author of In the Heart of Texas. A graduate of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and Harvard Law School, Ginger was a practicing lawyer when challenges in her personal life inspired her to pursue another course, resulting in her own Phoenix Tale which she shares with listeners here today.
Ginger begins the conversation by describing those challenges which sh...2021-07-1530 min
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