150: "Sharing my story is not just me learning about myself, but it's for those struggling with their identity to learn from, too." Philippines trip reflections with Gretchen "TSUKI" Puddicombe

The Filipino American Woman Project

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150: "Sharing my story is not just me learning about myself, but it's for those struggling with their identity to learn from, too." Philippines trip reflections with Gretchen "TSUKI" Puddicombe

TFAW Project

Dec 16, 2022

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150: "Sharing my story is not just me learning about myself, but it's for those struggling with their identity to learn from, too." Philippines trip reflections with Gretchen "TSUKI" Puddicombe

By popular demand from our BUYUSBOBA.COM supporters, Gretchen "TSUKI" Puddicombe returns to the show for a second interview! She shares how she's started cooking Filipino food, how successfully living your life as a brown person can be a form of protest, her first visit to the Philippines (when she was in middle school), what it was like meeting her birth mother for the first time, more about her birth story, advice to future parents looking to adopt, her exciting holiday plans, and much more!

This conversation is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hK9f9QCoDKA
For the unedited version: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jenandnani/tfawp-e150-jen-nani-unfiltered-instagram-live-ft-tsuki

Connect with Tsuki https://www.instagram.com/cowgirl_ninja/

December Events

Join us for our LAST BOOK CLUB OF THE YEAR on Friday, December 16th @ 5:30 (PST) / 6:30 PM (MST) / 7:30 PM(CST) / 8:30pm (EST) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/p/1504387
Join our FREE Vision Board event on Tuesday, December 27th @ 6 PM (PST) / 7 PM (MST) / 8 PM (CST) / 9 PM (EST)! Simply email us to RSVP at jen@tfawproject.com and nani@tfawproject.com or text us at (415) 484-8329

Past TFAW Project Episodes with Tsuki

138: "I'm so high on being Pinay." Outdoor adventures, adoptee raised in Vermont, and returning to the motherland with Gretchen "TSUKI" Puddicombe https://tfawproject.com/episode/138
149: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." December festivities and exciting events with Jen, Nani and Tsuki https://tfawproject.com/episode/149

Past Tsismis w/ Jen & Nani Episodes with Tsuki

033: [TJN Exclusive] "Why does everything have to be about race? ... Because it is." Pre & Post-Interview with Gretchen "TSUKI" Puddicombe https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jenandnani/033-tjn-exclusive-why-everything-race-because
TFAWP E149 - Jen and Nani Unfiltered on Instagram Live - Ft. Tsuki https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jenandnani/tfawp-e149-jen-nani-unfiltered-instagram-live-ft-tsuki
TFAWP E150 - Jen and Nani Unfiltered on Instagram Live - Ft. Tsuki https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jenandnani/tfawp-e150-jen-nani-unfiltered-instagram-live-ft-tsuki

Past Facebook Live Interviews with Adoptees

Allie Moreno https://www.facebook.com/thefilipinoamericanwoman/videos/1886106198324269/
Melanie Azcuna https://www.facebook.com/thefilipinoamericanwoman/videos/1959430844325137/

Resources

It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn https://markwolynn.com/it-didnt-start-with-you/

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