Episode 310: Valuing Yourself & Loving What You Do with Adrienne Borlongan, co-founder of Wanderlust Creamery

We’re getting so close to summer, we can almost taste it! And speaking of tasting, this week’s guest is an expert at wanderlust flavors. We interview Adrienne Borlongan, co-founder of Wanderlust Creamery, an artisanal ice cream shop in Los Angeles. She creates all of the flavors, just opened their sixth store location and still has time to be a boss mama to her 3 littles. We talk about why delegation is one of the biggest lessons she learned since opening her business, and all the help that goes into running her successful family business. This interview is fun, insightful and leave you craving a sweet treat. And don’t worry if you’re not local to L.A. - the shop ships nationwide!

More about Adrienne: Adrienne Borlongan is the Creative partner & Co-founder of Wanderlust Creamery.

The Granddaughter of a flavor chemist from magnolia ice cream, Adrienne developed her palate & understanding of flavor theory while working as a mixologist, crafting multiple cocktail programs for SBE hospitality.

Adrienne has a unique passion to globalize palates through unique yet familiar ice cream flavors. She is a mama to three babies all under the age of three. She and her husband own and operate Wanderlust Creamery’s six locations and a weekly pop up at Smorgasburg in Los Angeles, California.

Episode 303: Empowerment, Support and Strength: Learning about Community Resources with Jessika Ahlberg of My Safe Harbor

Shining a spotlight on community resources is something we love, and today’s episode features one of our favorite organizations. This week we interview Jessika Ahlberg, program director at My Safe Harbor in Anaheim, California. This organization focuses on empowering mothers and strengthening families through education programs and community get togethers, and the success rate of program graduates is awe-inspiring. These are mothers who want to learn, work hard and support themselves and their families in ways that might not be possible without the resources provided by My Safe Harbor. We are honored to be able to donate to this wonderful group so that they may continue to support local moms who need encouragement in their lives and with their families. To learn more about this group and how you can help, listen to the rest of this episode and visit MySafeHarbor.org.

Before the episode, Bricia is talking about her new cookbook and the full on photoshoot production thats happening at her house! She also talks about last weekend, where the entire Lopez family got together at the park for a carne asada cookout for the book (and we taught you the right way to secure tables at the park LOL) and she also talks about her son’s freak accident.

A lesson from this episode

“You can’t be a good mother without mothering yourself first.”

Pick or tip of the week

Paulina’s pick is The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. She’s read it multiple times before and Bricia suggests even reading it once a year. Paulina goal is to pass the book around to everyone in the restaurant staff because she feels it always has new lessons to provide, no matter how many times you read it.

Bricia’s tip is from their life coach, Victor Pierantoni. He gave her a tip on how to take visulization to the next level. You visualize it from three points of view and read it every night. Check out their tips below and let us know if it works for you!

How to Visualize Your Goals into Reality

1. Write it in your goal down in a journal as if it’s happening.

   example: You want 5 kids.

2. Visualize someone talking to you about your goal and write it down as it someone is talking to you about it.

   example: “Omg Bricia, I can’t believe you have 5 kids!”

3. Visualize and write it down as if two people talking about it together.

   Example: “Wow, did you see Bricia has 5 kids?! How does she do it?”

   “She’s such a great mom! Her kids are great and so well behaved.”

Links

Learn more about My Safe Harbor on their website. You can also follow them on Instagram @my.safe.harbor and like their page on Facebook.

Episode 228: Celebrating the Beauty of Womanhood at Every Stage with Super Mamacitas Yarel Ramos & Jessica Molina of Wait, Hold Up Podcast

Hello March! This week we're kicking off Women's History Month & International Women's Day with two special super mamacitas - Yarel Ramos & Jessica Molina, full time journalists and co-hosts of Wait, Hold Up podcast. They spoke on why they are passionate about learning & sharing stories of the local community on their podcast, the difficulties of making & keeping friendships as adults, and how they're helping each other grow in their spiritual journeys. Do you remember your life pre-kids? We miss sleeping in until 7:30AM like Jess!

More about Wait, Hold Up! Podcast: This podcast is for everyone who is out there trying to live their best lives, but need some support, encouragement, and most importantly, dope girlfriends. Jess and Yarel are here to hash out their own real life moments as well as get into those 'wait, hold up!' moments with our guests! Each episode offers something new, whether we're diving into topics around career, spirituality, personal development, wellness, or so much more. We want our listeners to walk away from this podcast feeling validated, supported, and like they can take on the world. 

More about Jessica Molina & Yarel Ramos: By trade, Jessica is a journalist and digital content producer and Yarel is a journalist and news anchor for Univision. On the pod, they're friends who are both obsessed with figuring out ways to live their best lives, stressing if mercury is in retrograde (again!), fighting for justice, and learning as much as possible from their guests. They grew up on different coasts – Jessica in NJ & NY and Yarel in LA, so while these two Latinas may have a lot in common, they definitely see the world in unique ways.This podcast is for everyone who is out there trying to live their best lives, but need some support, encouragement, and most importantly, dope girlfriends. Jess and Yarel are here to hash out their own real life moments as well as get into those 'wait, hold up!' moments with our guests! Each episode offers something new, whether we're diving into topics around career, spirituality, personal development, wellness, or so much more. We want our listeners to walk away from this podcast feeling validated, supported, and like they can take on the world. 

Pick or Tip of the Week

Paulina’s pick is for her four-eyed friends. 🤓She struggles to clean her glasses regularly, but her brother Fernando shared the how good the Up & Up pre-moistened lens wipes from Target are! They clean your glasses really well, are inexpensive, and super easy to throw in your bag or pocket to use throughout the day.

Bricia has a crazy pick and a bunch of tips this week. Her pick is those towel warmers that you see at the nail salon (suggested by Sean Bartholomew, a holistic body healer who will be on the show very soon). Bricia and Eduardo put herbal packs in there to keep them warm to put on you back, legs, arms, etc. You can also put your eye mask in there! Disclosure for the herbal packs - if you’re pregnant like Bricia, you don’t want to use them all the time because the detox your body and when you’re growing a new life, you’ll want to get rid of a lot in your body.

Another tip shared with her by Sean Bartholomew - she shouldn’t massage her feet and ankles (which is counterintuitive because that’s what hurts the most as your pregnancy goes on) during pregnancy because it releases tension in the womb that can cause harm to the baby.

Bricia also has an extra tip for changing your sleep pattern since Daylight Savings is approaching on Sunday morning, 3/8 (spring forward, fall back). She suggests changing your alarm a little earlier three days prior to the time change on Sunday - 15 minutes earlier on Thursday, 30 minutes on Friday, 45 minutes on Saturday and then you’re ready to lose an hour of sleep on Sunday. Disclosure - Bricia isn’t a doctor 🤣 but this is what works for her, and Paulina will try it too!

Links

Follow @waitholduppod @yarel_ramos and @heyjessmolina on Instagram.

Listen to Wait, Hold Up! on iTunes now.