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It's like it was just yesterday you were asking your mom for a ride to the mall, and now you're sitting in your room wondering what you did with your birth certificate and if you should purchase Turbo Tax... Welcome to the growing pains of adulthood. Remember when you were younger and thought people in their 20s and 30s had their sh*t together, and now you're finally here and realize you were completely wrong. Stuck, jaded, confused, we've been there too! Welcome to The Growing Pains Project Podcast - the community who knows exactly what you're going through. Join James Chuatoco and Yochabel Loyola in navigating the choppy waters of this thing called life, where they talk about actionable strategies in personal development, mental health, wellness, career, and personal finance. Listen in on our journey to be just a little bit smarter and a little bit better than we were yesterday.
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And that’s a wrap!! This is the end of “Season 1” of the Growing Pains Project. Thank you all so much for listening, supporting, and cheering us on. This has been our very first podcast, and we have enjoyed every step of the way with you all so far. Now onto big things as we focus on ourselves, our families, our careers, and our health - as you all should be too! We can’t wait to connect with you again whenever Season 2 comes, and we see where we’re at by that time. Life is full of ...
Life is full of surprises, twists, and turns. You never know what’s around the corner, and it can be confusing. We have the honor of interviewing our first guest, Camille Requiestas. Camille is a TV new anchor, turned meditation and life coach! She has a vast journalism experience as a Texas news anchor and reporting on CNN Philippines. Now she is taking control of her own life with her own businesses, packing up and moving across the world, and taking on new roles.Her unique journey is ...
Spending or saving? Which one are you doing? Why is it important to save money anyway? We talk about the safety net that an emergency fund offers you, the ability to reach your goals, and why creating good saving habits now is important. The traditional savings account with the ATM is a thing of the past. Learn how to stop losing money through inflation by using High-Yield Savings accounts. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Let’s talk about therapy. Historically, there has always been a stigma around “therapy” and mental “illness”. But times are changing, and the spotlight on mental “health” is finally shining. We all face challenges in our lives, and some of us are affected more than others, mentally. Whether that be the way we’re wired, the way we’re raised, our life circumstances, or actual medical conditions predisposing us to mental health problems. You are not alone. You, me, and a million differ...
We’re supposed to prioritize the important things in our lives. But what if EVERYTHING seems important? How do we place what’s important at the top? It’s easy to get lost in the craziness of life and adulthood. But sometimes all you need is to take a step back.We show you a couple tools that you can use to identify what’s important, urgent, and neither of the two and how to tackle these things every day. What’s important to you? How are you going to make those things that are important a prio...
"Show me a successful individual and I'll show you someone who had a real positive influence in his or her life. I don't care what you do for a living - if you do it well I'm sure there was someone cheering you on or showing the way. A mentor." -Denzel WashingtonThe only way we can get through life is with each other. Sometimes we forget to ask for help, or we’re embarrassed to. Mentors are powerful in helping us grow into the people we want to become. Each person you meet could be the n...
Single.. Married.. Filing Jointly.. 401(k)? Roth IRA? What are all these terms?! Have you ever wished that there was just a glossary of financial key terms for everything you come across in life? We don’t learn this stuff in school. Here is our list of Financial Key Terms that you wish you knew when you needed it. By now, we probably know a little bit more, but there’s always more to learn. And that’s the beauty (and the growing pains) of life. There’s a million and one key terms ou...
Friends? In Adulthood? How do I do that? Making friends isn't as easy in adulthood as it was on the playground. There's no playing at recess or trying to enroll in all the same college classes as your best friends. It's different for us, and that's okay. We have our best friends in life, our proximity friends, people that add value to our lives, and some that don't. Life is an ebb and flow of relationships, and we are just figuring out the best way to make the most of meaningful con...
When is the last time you actually thought about who you are? In the craziness of life, work, and responsibilities, we lose sight of who we are sometimes. The answer to what you should be doing in life or how to handle a situation is sometimes as easy as just reflecting on yourself and how you fit into the world around you. Personality tests have been used time and time again to help individuals identify themselves and learn their own strengths. Not only can we learn about ourselves, but abou...
We are on FIRE! How do you handle money? How do you define how you live your life? What are you living towards or working towards? There’s working to live and living to work. How will you live your life?What is the FIRE Movement? FIRE: Financial Independence, Retire Early - a concept birthed by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez in their book, Your Money or Your Life. The FIRE Movement has gained a lot of traction with millennials in recent years, and James uses this movement as a foundation for h...
Are you working to live? Or are you living to simply work? We often get lost in “the grind” of things, of our careers, of our responsibilities. We become distracted by money or the prospects of career advancement and success. We equate work success to life success.Life is about more than work. How are you going to create a life for yourself where you do the things that you value most about life and work to make those values a reality? We used to dream big when we were kids, and then we got di...
Burnout - whether it’s in your career, school, or whatever is - you’re bound to feel it at some point. According to a Forbes article based on a nationwide study, 4.5 million Americans left their jobs in November 2021 alone.Healthcare workers - like ourselves - during the COVID-19 pandemic have faced immense burnout that has led to 47% of them saying they plan to leave their current jobs within the next 2-3 years.Repeated stressors, demanding work environments, unsupportive companies, and high...
Why are habits important? To get to where we want to be, it starts with doing the smallest things every day, and doing them consistently. Habits turn into behaviors, and behaviors turn into a part of who you are.We take a deep dive into Atomic Habits, by James Clear, which emphasizes a lifestyle of habits that foster the type of life you want to live. Take the actionable steps to making positive habits, cutting out negative habits, and making your goals more reachable by making your habits ea...
“In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” -Benjamin FranklinWe all have to work! That’s a fact of life, which means we all have to find a job at some point. Whether that’s your first job, a career change, a move to a different company or to a different role. With that comes endless applications, rejections, “post-grad depression”, and eventually acceptance.Navigating the job search can be stressful. We’ve been there, and we will continue to go through it over and over again ...
The Mountain of Debt... How do we face a mountain that seems so high? How did we get here in the first place? An investment in yourself and your future sometimes means a big financial investment as well. But how do we navigate through this mountain of debt from student loans?Making the right decisions for your future can be hard. Listen as we talk about the difference between Federal Student Loans and Private Student Loans and what that means for your future. Interest rates, refinancing,...
How do you define health in your life? Is it through weight? The scale? The mirror? How heavy you can lift or how many miles you can run? There’s fad diets and get-fit-quick programs, but ultimately, how are you going to live a long, sustainably healthy life? We find ourselves quickly trying to fit into the social norms. When actually, what is most important is our health, our well-being. Do it for you - not for anyone else. We do it so that we can travel the world when we’re still 70. W...
Change. Growth. Growing Pains. Podcast hosts James Chuatoco and Yochabel Loyola dive into the meaning of growing pains, and the different types that we experience throughout life. Post-grad depression, family changes, the end of a relationship, the start of a new job.Every change comes with growth. And life is full of constant transitions from one state of being to another - one circumstance to another. Change is what makes life – life. We define the different phases of transitions, referenci...
Growing Pains.. We all experience them. In childhood, it was just a little thing. Now, it’s learning how to deal with this thing called “adulting”. Welcome! Podcast hosts James Chuatoco and Yochabel Loyola talk about their journey through the Growing Pains of adulthood and what this podcast is going to be all about. It's for listeners just like you who are going through the same exact things that we've been through. You are not alone! All of us are just learning in this journey of life throug...
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