Kapwa Kulture Podcast
The Kapwa Kulture Podcast is a weekly show where we talk about how mental health and wellbeing can be viewed through different aspects of the Filipinx-American culture. As a training psychologist and Doctoral Intern for the APA Accredited Internship in Health Services Psychology at California State University, Northridge, I am working alongside University Counseling Services to explore how the unique experiences of Filipinx identifying folks interact with their passions for wellbeing and learn more about how we can take steps toward moving forward in our mental health journeys. This podcast is for people from all cultural backgrounds wanting to experience connection by listening to and learning about how the Filipinx culture can highlight the beauty of shared similarities and differences. Follow us on @kapwakulturepod and @csun_counselingservices for more details and updates!
Episodes
11 episodes
Season Finale: Balance, Relationships, and Being Human
It's a bittersweet Friday because it's our final episode for this season! Join Jemima Ruth as she shares more about herself as a Filipina, a clinician, and recaps Kapwa Kulture Podcast season 1! Jemima Ruth also responds to the questions that s...
Education, Resilience, and Mental Health Sisters
We have a pair of sisters on the pod this week! Join Carissa Caiyco and Cyril So as they share more about their mental health pursuits as an upcoming LMFT and LPCC! We chat about how mental health was talked about in our families and specifical...
Multi-Ethnic Families and Healing our Inner Child
This week, we have Gabriella Cuaderes, LCSW on the pod and she and Jemima Ruth talk about different perspectives on having a mixed-ethnic identity and coming from a large, multiculturally rich family based on Gabriella's own lived experien...
It's Funny, but Also It's Not?
This week, Maria Cristina Castro and Jemima Ruth talk about the helpful and harmful ways humor and positivity can be used within the Filipinx culture as a response to coping through life's experiences. Cristina talks about her journey of helpin...
Setting Boundaries and Supporting Others with Mental Health Struggles
This week, Dr. Gemariah Valencia Williams and Jemima Ruth talk about how to care for family, friends, or loved ones struggling with their own mental health issues. We discuss how to respectfully set boundaries, acknowledge cultural norms, and b...
Colorism, Pretty Privilege, and Filipinx Beauty
This week, Dr. Samantha Benavidez-Walsh joins us to talk about her research on colorism and the narratives that her Filipinx participants have shared about their experiences. Jemima Ruth and Sam discuss "pretty privilege" and the hurtful impact...
Community, Hospitality, and Utang Na Loob
We’re talking about some core Filipinx values this week with Dr. Lesther Papa! Join us as Lesther shares more about his recent experiences of community while visiting the Philippines and three different tiers of Filipinx hospitality. Lesther an...
Intergenerational Communication and Pakikiramdam
This week, we're joined by Roanne de Guia-Samuels! She is a licensed psychotherapist who is here to share more about her own research passions relevant to intergenerational communication and how attunement or pakikiramdam, plays a role...
Wellbeing isn't Just Western
In this week's episode, we have our first guest! We're joined by Dr. Cherry Ordonez who is a postdoctoral fellow in mental health tech. Cherry and Jemima Ruth dive into exploring each other's Filipinx identities and how it relates to their unde...
What is Kapwa Kulture?
Welcome to our first and shortest solo episode here on the Kapwa Kulture Podcast. To kick us off, Jemima Ruth sets the frame for the next few weeks by sharing a bit more about what the word Kapwa means and how we can understand ourselv...
Coming Soon: Kapwa Kulture Podcast with Jemima Ruth Bagcus
Welcome to the Kapwa Kulture Podcast! My name is Jemima Ruth Bagcus and I am a Doctoral Intern working with California State University, Northridge University Counseling Services' APA Accredited Internship in Health Services Psychology. As a Fi...