Pilipinx in Wellness

How Vulnerability Helps Filipino Men Heal with Daniel Bilog, Jason Bueno, and Mike Sagun

In our second episode of Season 6, we talk with Bay Area based, Clinical Certified Hypnotherapist & Transformational NLP Practitioner, Daniel Bilog, Orange County based Psychotherapist, Jason Bueno, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico based, Creator of Shift Men's Retreats & Co-Founder of Meld Men, Mike Sagun for AANHPI and Mental Health Awareness Month. Content disclaimer: Please exercise discretion as we discuss trauma, sexual abuse, divorce, depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. If you need a breather— take a break or pause the episode before continuing further or check the show notes on our Youtube Channel for our chapter timestamps to skip sections that may be triggering. We have resources in our Instagram highlights and through our partners, Therapinay, where you will hopefully find what you need to aid you on your healing journey. Daniel Bilog is a Filipino-American facilitator and founder of DiscoverBeing. He guides men and communities in emotional awareness, embodiment, and decolonial healing through grounded, relational work. Jason Bueno is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with ten years of experience based in Southern California helping individuals, couples, and families. He offers compassionate, collaborative therapy focused on healing, growth, and authenticity. Mike Sagun is Somatic Experiencing Practitioner helping men reconnect to their bodies, process emotions, and heal from burnout, stress, and disconnection through grounded, body-first work. Contact Daniel Bilog: Instagram: @discoverbeing Website: https://discoverbeing.org/ [https://discoverbeing.org/] Contact Jason Bueno, LMFT: Oakwood Family Institute (website): https://www.oakwoodtreatment.com/ [https://www.oakwoodtreatment.com/] Proverbs Counseling Services (website): http://proverbscounselingservices.com/ [http://proverbscounselingservices.com/] Contact Mike Sagun: Instagram: @mike.sagun Website: https://mikesagun.com/ [https://mikesagun.com/] The Practice: https://www.mikesagun.com/thepractice/ [https://www.mikesagun.com/thepractice/] MELD Men: https://meld.community/ [https://meld.community/] Episode Resources: The Unshakable Man Program https://unshakableman.thinkific.com/courses/program/ [https://unshakableman.thinkific.com/courses/program/] Melinda & Kevin Lasit: Lasit Performing Arts https://www.lasit.com/ [https://www.lasit.com/] FOLLOW US: 🎙️ Linktr.ee [http://Linktr.ee]: https://linktr.ee/pilipinxinwellness [https://linktr.ee/pilipinxinwellness] 🫶 Donate to support Pilipinx in Wellness: Patreon: / membership Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/pilipinxinwellness [https://ko-fi.com/pilipinxinwellness] Inquiries: contactus@pilipinxinwellness.com [contactus@pilipinxinwellness.com] Credits: Our Video Editor is Harmonie T. Tangonan-Kwan (IG: ‪@harmoniousone‬). Our Creative Lead is Ritchie (IG: @ritchramirezart). Our Co-hosts are MarKing (IG: @artistry_in_life) and Cheryl Samson Ramirez (IG: @angelspointyoga), Co-Founder and Producer.

Louisiana Filipineuxs: Healing Historical Fragmentation with A.J. Haynes, Rhonda Lee Richoux, and Isa Tablan

In our initial audio only episode of Season 6, we talk with members of the Bayou Barkada, A.J. Haynes, Musician & Reproductive Justice Advocate, Rhonda Lee Richoux, Freelance Writer & Historian, and Isa Tablan, queer multidisciplinary artist & storyteller from the Deep South, Louisiana. A.J. Haynes is a Grammy award winning interdisciplinary enchantress from the Deep South and leader of the acclaimed soul power band Seratones. Her work spans performance, songwriting, and immersive storytelling, rooted in the belief that art is collective community care. As a reproductive justice advocate, she engages sound and ancestral technologies to affirm the body as a sacred site of liberation and pleasure. With a voice both powerful and tender, A.J. plays in the liminal spaces of Black diasporic sound—soul, rock & roll, disco, gospel, folk, and found-soundscapes—conjuring spellbinding experiences that are uniquely her own. Rhonda Lee Richoux is a freelance writer and amateur historian who writes about her Filipino American family in Louisiana. She gives immersive history walks through her old neighborhood in New Orleans, and makes herself available to educators, students and various media outlets to share the history. She traces her first Filipino American ancestry to Felipe Madriaga of Ilocos Norte, who settled in Louisiana with his Irish bride in 1849. Isa Tablan (she/they) is a queer Filipino-American multidisciplinary artist and storyteller raised on the outskirts of New Orleans. Her work spans narrative writing, photography, filmmaking, and blogging, and is shaped by the South’s rich oral storytelling traditions—rooted in place, memory, and lived experience. Grounded in intergenerational narratives and a deep respect for the power of language, Isa explores themes of belonging, community, embodiment, mental health, and reconnection. Through her storytelling, she seeks not only to document, but to heal—inviting audiences to reflect on histories interrupted by displacement and to honor lived experiences across generations. Contact A.J. Haynes: Instagram: @luyahealing Substack: https://ajhaynes.substack.com/ [https://ajhaynes.substack.com/] Contact Rhonda Lee Richoux: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rainbow.zen/ [https://www.facebook.com/rainbow.zen/] Filipino-Americans in Louisiana Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/filamlouisiana/ [https://www.facebook.com/filamlouisiana/] Contact Isa Tablan: Instagram: @isabelatablan Substack: https://aspiringhuman.substack.com/ [https://aspiringhuman.substack.com/] Bayou Barkada Instagram: @bayoubarkada FOLLOW US: 🎙️ Linktr.ee [http://Linktr.ee]: https://linktr.ee/pilipinxinwellness [https://linktr.ee/pilipinxinwellness] 🫶 Donate to support Pilipinx in Wellness: Patreon: / membership Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/pilipinxinwellness [https://ko-fi.com/pilipinxinwellness] Inquiries: contactus@pilipinxinwellness.com [contactus@pilipinxinwellness.com] Credits: Our Video Editor is Harmonie T. Tangonan-Kwan (IG: ‪@harmoniousone‬). Our Creative Lead is Ritchie (IG: @ritchramirezart). Our Producer, Host and Co-Founder is Cheryl Samson Ramirez (IG: @angelspointyoga).

Womb Care: Tending & Nurturance with Princess Manuel, LCSW & Jeanie Smith

In our final episode of Season 5, Episode 10, we talk with Founder & Somatic Womb Alchemist of Luya Healing and Herbs, Princess Manuel, and our first guest from Dharawal Country, Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia, Shamanic Womb & Energy Healing Practitioner, Jeanie Smith for Women's History Month. Princess Manuel, LCSW is a holistic healing arts practitioner and martial artist blending herbalism, Ablon Hilot manual therapy, somatic womb alchemy, spiritual life coaching, and shamanic practices. Jeanie Smith is a Womb & Energy Healing Practitioner, born of Filipina/Irish immigrant parents in Australia. Through ceremonial bodywork and soulful nurturance, she offers heart-led care to her local community on Dharawal Country – tending to womb spaces throughout all seasons and cycles of life. Contact Princess Manuel: E-mail: info@luyahealing.com [info@luyahealing.com] Instagram: @luyahealing Luya Healing website: https://www.luyahealing.com [https://www.luyahealing.com] Contact Jeanie Smith: E-mail: jeanie@anakandancestress.com [jeanie@anakandancestress.com] Instagram: @anakandancestress Jeanie's Linktr.ee [http://Linktr.ee]: https://www.linktr.ee/anakandancestress [https://www.linktr.ee/anakandancestress] Episode Resources: Naomi Amaya Love https://naomilove.org [https://naomilove.org] Instagram: @livinglifeasceremony Soul Fire Farm https://www.soulfirefarm.org [https://www.soulfirefarm.org] Instagram: @soulfirefarm Sacred Vibes Apothecary & Botanica https://www.sacredvibeshealing.com [https://www.sacredvibeshealing.com] Instagram: @sacredvibesapothecary Herbalaria https://herbalaria.com [https://herbalaria.com] Instagram: @iamherbalaria Sacred Woman - Queen Afua https://www.queenafua.com/sacred-woman [https://www.queenafua.com/sacred-woman] Instagram: @sacredwomanprogram Sockie Laya Smith, Somatic Womb Alchemist Instagram: @sockielayasmith Chrysalis Kali Collective https://www.chrysaliskali.com [https://www.chrysaliskali.com] Instagram: @chrysaliskali Ka Virgil Mayor Apostol Instagram: @virgilmapostol FOLLOW US: 🎙️ Linktr.ee [http://Linktr.ee]: https://linktr.ee/pilipinxinwellness [https://linktr.ee/pilipinxinwellness] 🫶 Donate to support Pilipinx in Wellness: Patreon: / membership Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/pilipinxinwellness [https://ko-fi.com/pilipinxinwellness] Inquiries: contactus@pilipinxinwellness.com [contactus@pilipinxinwellness.com] Credits: Our Video Editor is Harmonie T. Tangonan-Kwan (IG: ‪@harmoniousone‬). Our Creative Lead is Ritchie (IG: @ritchramirezart). Our Producer and Co-Founder is Cheryl Samson Ramirez (IG: @angelspointyoga). Our host is Sheena Katz (IG: @sheenakatz).

What's Kapwa in French? with France Stohner

In Season 5, Episode 9, we talk with Executive Director for Centre Kapwa and Canada Co-Lead for Therapin*y, France Stohner. France Stohner is a mental health counselor and community organizer with a background rooted in anti-oppressive and social justice frameworks. She holds a Masters in Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Spirituality from the University of Ottawa and Saint-Paul. As Executive Director of Centre Kapwa, she leads initiatives supporting Filipino/a/x youth and families through art, movement, and conversations. France is also on the Advisory Council for Kabangka Canada and coordinates Super Inday Art, a program for incarcerated women in the Philippines. Passionate about youth mental health, she has worked in post-secondary education, campus sexual violence prevention, and intercultural dialogue. France is certified in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Cornell University and has a rich background in urban development, philanthropy, and community health. Follow France Stohner: Instagram: @francestohner Episode Resources: Centre Kapwa https://www.centrekapwa.org/ [https://www.centrekapwa.org/] Instagram: @centrekapwa Therapinxy Canada https://therapinay.com/chapter-canada [https://therapinay.com/chapter-canada] Black Healing Centre (BHC) https://www.blackhealingcentre.com/ [https://www.blackhealingcentre.com/] Le Centre Binetna https://centrebinetna.ca/ [https://centrebinetna.ca/] Wanda Gabriel https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/wanda-gabriel [https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/wanda-gabriel] Laro Therapy https://larotherapy.ca/ [https://larotherapy.ca/] Kabangka https://www.kabangka.org/ [https://www.kabangka.org/] Pinoys on Parliament https://www.kabangka.org/pinoysonparliament [https://www.kabangka.org/pinoysonparliament] Kamustahan flyer on IG https://www.instagram.com/p/DJmXJW_u4dv/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/p/DJmXJW_u4dv/?hl=en] FOLLOW US: 🎙️ Linktr.ee [http://Linktr.ee]: https://linktr.ee/pilipinxinwellness [https://linktr.ee/pilipinxinwellness] 🫶 Donate to support Pilipinx in Wellness: Patreon: / membership Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/pilipinxinwellness [https://ko-fi.com/pilipinxinwellness] Inquiries: contactus@pilipinxinwellness.com [contactus@pilipinxinwellness.com] Credits: Our Video Editor is Harmonie T. Tangonan-Kwan (IG: ‪@harmoniousone‬). Our Creative Lead is Ritchie (IG: @ritchramirezart). Our Producer and Co-Founder is Cheryl Samson Ramirez (IG: @angelspointyoga). Our Co-hosts are Sheena Katz (IG: @sheenakatz) and MarKing (IG: @artistry_in_life)

Hilot Binabaylan with Rev. Rolando G. Comon/Apu Adman

In Season 5, Episode 8, we talk with Master Trainer of Hilot Binabaylan and Program Director of the Hilot Academy of Binabaylan, Rev. Rolando G. Comon, D.D.Min., IFS, IFM, also known as Apu Adman. "I am the Founder and Chief Priest/Punong Binabaylan of Templong Anituhan ng Luntiang Aghama that manifest the desire of Babaylan Tamblot who fought for Spiritual Liberation of our Nation against Spanish Colonization since 1620 and the Katipunero on 1899. I am the Program Director of Hilot Academy of Binabaylan that preserves the Cultural and Spiritual Aspect of Hilot which is our Indigenous Filipino Medicine. I am also the Order Head of the Interfaith Order of Peace Weaver of the Correllian Nativist Church of Wicca that is based at Danville, Illinois, USA." Follow Apu Adman Instagram: @rgcomon Facebook: hilotacademyofbinabaylan E-mail: apuadman@luntiangaghama.org [apuadman@luntiangaghama.org] Websites: Hilot Academy of Binabaylan https://www.hilotacademy.com [https://www.hilotacademy.com] Luntiang Aghama Natural Divine Art Shrine of Healing, Inc. https://landasnglahi.com/ [https://landasnglahi.com/] Templong Anituhan https://anituhan.org/ [https://anituhan.org/] Filipino Magick https://buymeacoffee.com/filipinomagick [https://buymeacoffee.com/filipinomagick] Episode Resources: Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care | https://pitahc.gov.ph/ [https://pitahc.gov.ph/] Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (THESDA) | https://www.tesda.gov.ph/ [https://www.tesda.gov.ph/] Verma Zapanta | Instagram: @hilotwithverma Hilot Ebisu, Japan | Instagram: @ebisudehilot Julay | Instagram: @sacred.spirit.ink [http://sacred.spirit.ink] Maria Haswell | Instagram: @mariahaswell Kapwa Wellness | https://www.kapwawellness.com/ [https://www.kapwawellness.com/] | Instagram: @kapwawellness La'akea Healing and Spiritual Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i | https://www.laakeahealingcenter.com/ [https://www.laakeahealingcenter.com/] | Instagram: @laakeahealing FOLLOW US: 🎙️ Linktr.ee [http://Linktr.ee]: https://linktr.ee/pilipinxinwellness [https://linktr.ee/pilipinxinwellness] 🫶 Donate to support Pilipinx in Wellness: Patreon: / membership Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/pilipinxinwellness [https://ko-fi.com/pilipinxinwellness] Inquiries: pilipinxinwellness@gmail.com [pilipinxinwellness@gmail.com] Credits: Our Video Editor is Harmonie T. Tangonan-Kwan (IG: ‪@harmoniousone‬). Our Creative Lead is Ritchie (IG: @ritchramirezart). Our Producer and Co-Founder is Cheryl Samson Ramirez (IG: @angelspointyoga). Our Co-hosts are Sheena Katz (IG: @sheenakatz) and MarKing (IG: @artistry_in_life)