Continuing our Sister Advice Q&A series! It's been so much fun doing this being able to answer your questions because it makes us feel closer to all of you! Be sure to check out our IG stories to stay up to date for when we accept questions for these episodes. This week, we answer your questions about friendships, the good, the bad, and the toxic. What does it mean to be a good friend? How do you heal after a broken friendship and betrayal? Listen in! Follow us here! Christine -...

During a time where we are constantly surrounded by social media and watching everyone's highlight reels, it’s hard not to feel FOMO or jealousy for what everyone else is doing. Feelings of envy can be all consuming which can also lead to feelings of inadequacy and depression. So how do we combat this jealousy? Are we truly jealous of what others have or is there a deeper message behind this emotion? If so, how do we use these triggers as self growth and find maturity to be genuinely happy...

This week we play the "We're Not Really Strangers" game to really put our 10+ year friendship to the test! We dig deeper with questions like "What was your first impression of me," "Am I intimidating to others," "Are you more afraid of failure or success," "Why do you think we met?" If you're interested in getting this game to play with your friends, we highly highly recommend it! You can get it here https://www.werenotreallystrangers.com/ p.s. This episode was pre-recorded in early...

In light of current events that have been happening all around the world right now with Black Lives Matter, we wanted to share some self reflections, as raw as they are. Like many of you, we’ve been listening, educating ourselves, and reflecting about the deeply rooted injustices towards our black and brown brothers and sisters. We believe this must end and we are learning how to do our part to be strong allies and to fight for anti-racism. From checking our own privileges, sharing how we’ve...

Our incredible friend, Shelly Kim, joins us this week to talk about her journey of how she turned her hobby and love of hand lettering into a full blown business! She shares what she's learned about taking that first step to start your own dream business. As bosses of all our own businesses, we talk about the feelings of uncertainty, the mental fortitude you battle within yourself, the unexpected work that comes from running your own business, and tips that we've learned and are still...

Welcome to our new podcast series Sister Advice! In an effort to better connect with you guys, we wanted to have more conversations with you. Once a month we will be collecting questions on our Instagram (@perfectly.imperfect.podcast) for the specific theme that month and answer YOUR questions! This month, in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month, we answered your questions around the theme of "identity." So much of who we are is through our...

As we kickstart this month of APAHM + mental health awareness, we wanted to share our experiences with mental health. Christine updates on her progress with depression and shares how to really be there for the people you love who are struggling with depression and other mental health conditions. Always remember, you're never alone. When you're ready, sharing your thoughts and feelings can help immensely to release and heal. The more that we're all willing to talk about the challenges we're...

The A's to all your dating Q's! This week, we answer your guys' most asked dating, relationship, and love questions from IG! Like any good girlfriends, we probe into each other's dating stories: from the good to the horribly bad to the absolutely hilarious. Dating can be rough, so come laugh with us! If you're going through a rough time right now, please feel free to reach out to us via email or DM, we're here for you #pipfam 3 Christine - Instagram: @xoxochristinechen; Twitter:...

Loneliness is an aching inside of us, a longing for understanding, acceptance, and comfort. It’s a feeling that happens to all of us and more often than not, can happen even in a crowded room. So why is loneliness always portrayed as the person who is the odd one out? What can fill that emptiness we feel? This week, we dive into the first time we felt loneliness (pre-Covid times). We discuss the ways that we’ve learned to cope with it, the mechanisms to help us get out of it, and how to...

Growing up, we were constantly trying to find that balance between who society tells us to be and who we think we should be…but at the end of the day, who are we really? This week, we have on our beautiful friend Rowena Tsai who dives deep into understanding herself and her calling through lots of trials and tribulations. It’s easy to ignore your feelings and keep grinding towards a life you think you want, but when you hone in on your inner voice, you’ll realize that your purpose and mission...

During this very overwhelming time, we wanted to record a special episode of Perfectly Imperfect to offer some emotional support for everything that has been going on in the world. 2020 has been… a LOT and has really forced us to come to terms with a lot of social ugliness that we've gotten used to or overlooked in our own lives. What can we really take away from all this and how do we manage our anxiety during these trying times? We get honest about how we’re dealing with the pandemic and...

We're BACK!! Starting off 2020 with a bit of a cleansing as we talk about how we learned about when is it the right time to let go of something or to push through? It's easy to let fear get in the way and create doubt in your mind about all the things that could go wrong, but how do you channel that energy into having the courage to go out of your comfort zone and really move onto your next chapter? Listen in to our first episode of Season 4! To get your own Perfectly Imperfect Journals,...

AND WE'RE BACK with part 2 of our Off the Mic Live event. This week we're featuring the second panel "Create + Innovate" with Christine, Minji, and Helen! We share actionable tips and breakthrough experiences we had in order to make your dreams into reality. Join us as Mel + Janet from ABG moderate this panel! To get your own Perfectly Imperfect Journals, download free weekly journal prompts and sign up for our newsletter, please visit: https://xoxo-perfectly-imperfect.myshopify.com/ Follow...

SURPRISE!! We have a super special bonus episode from our first ever live event called Off the Mic that happened in LA of October this year. It features our first panel called Lost in Transition where Melody Cheng + Janet Wang (ABG podcast) and Regina talk about their experiences of feeling lost or stuck throughout their careers + life transitions as Christine + Minji (First of all podcast) moderate.  We're sure many of you can relate to that feeling and hope this helps ground you as you...

As we reflect on season 3, we can’t help but feel so thankful for each and every single one of you who joined us on our journey this year. A year ago, we were both lost, finding our footing, wanting to start something but letting our doubts and fears get in the way. There was so much growth that has happened in our lives and in our friendship this season that led to Christine starting her own life coaching business, Regina starting her own clothing line, and us joining forces with...

From making videos in his apartment in Ohio to having one of the most popular shows on Buzzfeed, Steven Lim has done it all. After giving up his “stable” career in engineering to pursue the entertainment industry, he found himself in the spotlight living the LA dream he had spent years wishing for. He started to pave the way for Asian American representation and creating content that brought joy to others. Though he seemingly got everything he had hoped for, it didn’t take long for him to...

Growing up is hard enough as it is. Growing up as a star in the spotlight and constantly being judged on who you can or can't be, what you should wear, what you said or didn't say... it's suffocating. This week, our little sister Megan Lee joins us to share her story in the entertainment industry. Ever since she was a little girl, Megan knew she wanted to be an entertainer. She loved dancing, signing, acting, and saw the beauty in being able to positively influence others through performance...

The crossover episode we’ve all been waiting for!! Janet from Asian Boss Girl and Minji from First of All join us this week to talk about all the times they’ve had to hit the restart button. From changing industries to bad break ups to moving cities, everyone has had to start over. How do you know when it’s time to take a risk and pursue a different path without feeling you’re falling behind? Transitions take a lot of self reflection and self motivation that more often than not leads to self...

Triggers. We all have them and yet most times we're unaware of them. They have a way of creeping up on us, catching us off guard, and evoking the strongest emotions in us ranging from intense sadness to deep rooted anger. When left unaddressed, they wreak havoc in not only our lives but the lives of everyone around us as well #triggerstrigger So how do we find our triggers? Where do we even start? How do we learn to let go of something that has dictated our feels for so long? This week, we...

Women are catty. Women get jealous of each other. Women hate other women. These were narratives that were written for us before we even had the chance to decide for ourselves - it’s no surprise when we constantly feel pitted against one another. But what if it didn’t have to be that way? This week we talk about the importance of women supporting women. In a world where we are taught that if another women succeeds, we have failed, how do we change our perception of what female empowerment...

It’s completely natural for us to seek external validation. As young children, we sought our parents approval, teachers approval, friends approval. We were always waiting for someone else to tell us we were right, or cool, or pretty and that is how we started to view our self worth and gained our self understanding, from other people telling us what was good or bad.  Approval from others makes us feel good about ourselves, but how long does it really last? Will that bring us actual...

Our 20's can be a super confusing and frustrating time. It's no wonder that 80% of us go through a quarter life crisis where we're trying to make sense of things. Where are we going? Are we moving fast enough? Which path is the "right" path? Am I making the "right" decisions to get to where I want/should be at in 5, 10 years? This week we bring on our amazing, extremely talented, and super punny girlfriend, Jenn Le who is currently going through her quarter life crisis. We go through the...

There has always been a clear distinction in which men and women handle their feelings. For women, it’s okay to openly cry and talk about their feelings but for men, they are taught to suppress any emotion that isn’t anger or happiness. This stark contrast in gender expectations causes a whole lotta pain and assumptions on both sides and ends with us never truly understanding one another. This week, Christine’s brother Michael and fiancé Jack join in on the conversation about feelings. What...

You’ve been good friends up until this point. They’ve been there for you…kind of…they’ve got your back…kind of…they've...wait..things are starting to not add up. Toxic friendships usually fly under the radar, it creeps up on you, the manipulation increases, and soon you lose sight of what’s true or false. Are we truly friends? Do real friends treat each other that way? And why do I feel mentally and emotionally exhausted from this friendship?! This week, we dive into the signs and red flags...

The movies make love seem easy, an instant connection between the pair, a slight disagreement in the middle, but in the end, a happily ever after. From a very young age, we are taught to chase love. It allows us to have a partner in life, to have the family we've always dreamed of, and to feel accepted for everything we are. But what happens when we want all of those things, but are ultimately afraid to love? This week, we dive into how society has often romanticized love and make it seem so...