When the translation just doesn't work

How creative work can be a way to release your inner stories | podcast ep.13 🎙️

Expose yourself to new places, new hobbies, new situations. The things that you think you're "wasting your time" in can be the door or even the road for you to get to learn more about yourself and the world. As I've been delving into my other interests and trying to find ways to connect everything that exists around me, I'm learning more about myself and how I can make the most out of my strengths, and I hope this podcast episode can help you to do the same. --- I hope you can find the segments we go through to ignite some sort of softness, playfulness, hopefulness, and kindness in our lives. Timestamps: 0:00 growth is like a staircase 1:56 intro and new lighting! 4:15 brewing some of my own roasted coffee beans 4:57 on musical adaptations and Death Note 7:09 new hand grinder (feat. KINU) 8:18 going to World of Coffee 2026 in San Diego! 9:01 more on the grinder lol  9:26 back to talking about World of Coffee lol  10:21 how watching live performances can change you 11:37 learning from people in different industries 13:12 what I’ve learned from modeling, photography, beauty and acting 17:34 not all professionals are created equal for you 18:15 my new obsession and life lesson from Glass Heart 22:11 how creative work can be a way to release your inner stories  23:28 hobbies are amazing! they can change your life! 24:28 spring is allergy season but also a time of creative abundance --- See you all next week! Listen to my podcast 🎤 RSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2500904.rss Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/half-bloom/id1814881168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4G80fRB2kH3OtJzdrkboOJ Find me on other socials ^^ Instagram: [www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee](http://www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee) Substack: https://nadiaxcoffee.substack.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nadiaxcoffee And also, here's the link to subscribe to my newsletter! https://nadiaxcoffee.beehiiv.com/ for happiness, always Sincerely, Nadia

Why appearance is actually so important (probably not in the way you're thinking)

Appearance is much more important than we think, but not in the way you probably are thinking. Knowing how to portray yourself on the outside can change not only the opportunities you receive, but it can be a method to alter your own mindset, to trick yourself into thinking or acting in a way that will lead you to your goals and dreams. 💭 This week’s questions: - How are you guys working on opening your mind to different opinions? - Have you ever done a personal color and personal body style analysis? - Have you had freeze dried instant coffee before? - What have you been working on for yourself? And also, here's the link to subscribe to my newsletter! https://nadiaxcoffee.beehiiv.com/ --- I hope you can find the segments we go through to ignite some sort of softness, playfulness, hopefulness, and kindness in our lives. Timestamps: 0:00 find your style 1:55 intro and new hair (again) 3:16 we gain more fears the older we get  3:38 why I'm doing experimentation work after my cafe 4:04 personal color and personal style analysis  4:33 brewing freeze dried coffee (feat. Saturnbird) 10:03 using color to hype me up 10:50 what is personal color? 13:45 what is personal style and body analysis and why are they important? 15:38 reviewing the taste of the coffee 19:17 why it's important to change and/or understand your external appearance too age brings more solidification and formation (esp. personality) 22:17 why it's hard to deal with different/disagreeing thoughts and opinions (feat. Adam Grant's Think Again) 22:51 on networking (Korea vs. America) 30:19 some people I've been admiring for their changed comebacks 32:25 conclusion (fun topics here!) --- See you all next week! Listen to my podcast 🎤 RSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2500904.rss Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/half-bloom/id1814881168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4G80fRB2kH3OtJzdrkboOJ Find me on other socials ^^ Instagram: [www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee](http://www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee) Substack: https://nadiaxcoffee.substack.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nadiaxcoffee for happiness, always Sincerely, Nadia Find me on other socials ^^ Instagram: [www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee](http://www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee) Substack: https://nadiaxcoffee.substack.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nadiaxcoffee And also, here's the link to subscribe to my newsletter! https://nadiaxcoffee.beehiiv.com/ for happiness, always Sincerely, Nadia

How we can change ourselves (ft. coffee tips, altering our personalities)

Is your room messy? Then maybe you’re a genius. I think I had a lot of random coffee tips I’ve been wanting to spill onto you guys, so I hope the tips help in your coffee journey! Also, the more I realize how difficult it can be to change ourselves, I also notice how easy it can be to just position ourselves to have no choice but to change not only our external, but also our mindsets. And I hope to continue to share the ways in which I have been changing my environment to do just that. To become the anime girl I’ve aspired to become. 💭 This week’s questions: * Do you have a go-to coffee recipe? * What do you notice solidifying and forming in your life? And also, here's the link to subscribe to my newsletter! https://nadiaxcoffee.beehiiv.com/ [https://nadiaxcoffee.beehiiv.com/] I hope you can find the segments we go through to ignite some sort of softness, playfulness, hopefulness, and kindness in our lives. Timestamps: 0:00 people with messy rooms 1:30 intro and new hair cut 2:08 brewing coffee 3:01 coffee tip #1 - vacuum seal your coffee before flying on the plane 3:36 coffee tip #2 - water in different areas will affect your coffee 4:00 coffee tip #3 - try a lot of recipes and once you find one you like, use it as a standard base 5:33 brewing the coffee - Colombia Purple Fruit Sebastian Ramirez Pink Bourbon 72+ hrs CM 6:04 explaining coffee as more than just flavor notes 9:14 my coffee recipe style for pour over 9:36 talking about how things that are obvious to me may not be for others 10:22 coffee tip #4 - make sure the filter sticks closely to the dripper (no air in between the filter and the dripper) 12:40 how I can’t multitask and that’s why I didn’t brew pour overs in my first videos 15:18 age brings more solidification and formation (esp. personality) 18:26 a mixture of trends and individuality 21:46 example of connecting individual skills to elevate the whole 24:01 how personalities don’t change as easily, so you have to change your environment to change 28:10 don’t hide yourself 31:37 conclusion See you all next week! for happiness, always Sincerely, Nadia Listen to my podcast 🎤 RSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2500904.rss [https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2500904.rss] Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/half-bloom/id1814881168 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/half-bloom/id1814881168] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4G80fRB2kH3OtJzdrkboOJ [https://open.spotify.com/show/4G80fRB2kH3OtJzdrkboOJ] Find me on other socials ^^ Instagram: [www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee](http://www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee) Substack: https://nadiaxcoffee.substack.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nadiaxcoffee And also, here's the link to subscribe to my newsletter! https://nadiaxcoffee.beehiiv.com/ for happiness, always Sincerely, Nadia

What do we do when two worlds collide?

When different worlds come together, it's often more shocking and uncomfortable than welcoming. And having interests in a variety of things, and building upon those passions is never a bad thing, for each topic, each field will teach us something new about the world and eventually about ourselves. Today, I talked in great detail about the anime I watched while sick, the coffee hand drip method that has a bit of a history in general and for myself, and more on languages as explained by some musings I wrote in some college magazines years ago. ☕ Today’s coffee: Floating Colors - one of my favorite blends I created (the fall blend) that combines the nuttiness of Costa Rica and the ever so slight floral aspects of Ethiopian coffee brewed with the flannel cloth. 💭 This week’s questions: - What do you watch when you're sick? - What's something you hold dear to you that you know that because you've learned about it has changed your life? (The way language as for me) And also, here's the link to subscribe to my newsletter! https://nadiaxcoffee.beehiiv.com/ _____________________ I hope you can find the segments we go through to ignite some sort of softness, playfulness, hopefulness, and kindness in our lives. Timestamps: 0:00 intro 1:19 brewing coffee (feat. flannel cloth drip method) for myself 4:03 talking about this hand drip method 7:18 what we need when starting a cafe 8:40 all the animes I watched these two weeks  17:59 finding local spots to travel to 18:20 reflections and motivations stemming from the drama (connections, reading)  19:41 why languages expand your world  20:22 readings from the two magazines (Mugshot, DoubleSpeak) 30:47 how to combine languages and coffee?? _____________________ See you all next week! for happiness, always Sincerely, Nadia Listen to my podcast 🎤 RSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2500904.rss Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/half-bloom/id1814881168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4G80fRB2kH3OtJzdrkboOJ Find me on other socials ^^ Instagram: www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee Substack: https://nadiaxcoffee.substack.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nadiaxcoffee Find me on other socials ^^ Instagram: [www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee](http://www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee) Substack: https://nadiaxcoffee.substack.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nadiaxcoffee And also, here's the link to subscribe to my newsletter! https://nadiaxcoffee.beehiiv.com/ for happiness, always Sincerely, Nadia

When the translation just doesn't work

Connection and peace—sometimes that's what I think that's all we're searching for daily. In this episode of Half Bloom, I’m coming back in a more casual, unedited way—just me on my veranda, brewing coffee, and letting my thoughts land where they land. I share a bit of closing my cafe, maybe not the full personal story, but the real shift underneath it—how I never wanted coffee to feel like competition, and how I’m trying to return to coffee as connection. Then we go deeper into the season I’m in right now: * What does it look like to rebuild your mind after living in survival mode? * Why do I feel both obsessed with languages and afraid of them? * And why can’t “learning more words” fix the fact that everyone still speaks their own emotional language? I've been obsessed with the new Netflix K-drama Can This Love Be Translated?, so to relay my thoughts regarding it, I wrote a journal entry and read it to you on this episode on the fear + love of translation, and reflect on how language, identity, and relationships are way more tangled than we think. And because I needed something concrete to hold onto, I share the one thing I’m choosing again: reading—how books saved me as a kid, and how they’re saving me again now. (Including a quick takeaway from Be Your Future Self.) ☕ Today’s coffee: Come to Rest “Oh Rosie” blend—strawberry-forward when hot, rose tea as it cools. The perfect amount of intensity, balanced and comforting. 💭 This week’s questions: * Where in your life do you feel like you’re stuck “translating” yourself to be understood? * What would peace look like for you this year—like, practically? * What’s one struggle you’ve had while learning a language? If you’re in a reset season too, I hope this episode feels like a soft place to sit—and a reminder that it's necessary to alter and rewire our brains again And also, here's the link to subscribe to my newsletter! https://nadiaxcoffee.beehiiv.com/ _____________________ I hope you can find the segments we go through to ignite some sort of softness, playfulness, hopefulness, and kindness in our lives. Timestamps: 0:00 intro 0:59 after closing down my cafe 2:49 let's brew some coffee (feat. come to rest) 5:57 going to cafes--should I do cafe tours? 6:50 learning about myself and finding peace 9:01 back to the coffee flavor notes real quick 9:30 talking about "can this love be translated?" and my deep thoughts on languages and communication 13:21 reading my journal entry post on my thoughts of the drama (on substack so feel free to follow along: https://nadiaxcoffee.substack.com/p/fear-of-languages-of-translation) 18:20 reflections and motivations stemming from the drama (connections, reading)  19:56 story on how books saved my life  23:43 books I'm reading (be your future self now, breast and eggs, sekai kara neko ga kieta nara) and the life lessons I've gotten from them 31:41 ending thoughts and questions for you _____________________ See you all next week! Listen to my podcast 🎤 RSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2500904.rss Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/half-bloom/id1814881168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4G80fRB2kH3OtJzdrkboOJ Find me on other socials ^^ Instagram: [www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee](http://www.instagram.com/nadiaxcoffee) Substack: https://nadiaxcoffee.substack.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nadiaxcoffee And also, here's the link to subscribe to my newsletter! https://nadiaxcoffee.beehiiv.com/ for happiness, always Sincerely, Nadia