The Pete Wong Podcast

05/08/2024

Honored and excited to be kicking off this year's The Start (RE-Start) Your Business Summit 2024, May 14-17!⁣

👩‍💼 I'll be sharing my "Pivot Point" story and teaching about embracing our vulnerability in unknown situations in my presentation: Turn the Doorknob - Taking Chances When We Don't Know the Outcome on Tuesday May 14 11:00am-12:00pm (CST)

🔹 Have you ever faced a Pivot Point? When you know SOMETHING had to change?

🔹 Are you ready to start a business, but wonder what steps to take?⁣⁣

🔹 Do you have a business idea in mind? ⁣⁣⁣

Let Leading Entrepreneurs pour the tips, training, and advice on what is working in business now into you!

👉Get your FREE ticket here: https://start-restart-your-business-summit-2024.now.site

If you've been having thoughts about making a pivotal change in your career, or simply possibly seeking more fulfillment in your everyday, this virtual summit might be just what you've been looking for!

Let's go!!! 👊🧠🔥🩷

03/26/2024

A bit late as the first session is this Thursday but if you or if you know of anyone who identifies as an Asian man, please share this with them!

I was part of the cohort last year and loved it and will be participating once again. A Call to Men is an incredible organization. Met some amazing men who we've stayed in contact with, as well as those locally in town, we have continued to develop our relationships.

It's free to join and meet virtually on Thursday evenings!

To register: https://www.acalltomen.org/events/a-call-to-asian-men/

01/18/2024

"I had to let go of what I thought I wanted to be, in order to realize who I could be."

Keep moving. 🔥🤍👊🏽🙏🏾

09/26/2023

A bit behind in sharing this article written by my friend, brother, and multifaceted entrepreneur Daniel Adam Costello

What an honor it is to be noticed among a group of other 'amazing' individuals.

If you'd like to follow Dan's content: Zenstello

Thanks Dan for your kind words and honesty. 🙏🏾💜

This is a list of short stories of what I consider to be amazing people. They live in ordinary society and yet they still shine bright. It's my pleasure to tell you about them. Some are more comfortable with this than...

08/30/2023

'The Permission to Grieve' event hosted by H.O.P.E. Project MN was fantastic!

It was so wonderful to be in a safe space where black and brown men could share our truths with one another. Wherever we're at in life, wherever we've been, we shared our perspectives, pointers, advices, or just listened.

Thanks to everyone who showed up sharing the gifts of you! Thanks to my amazing friend Vanessa Jenkins for the invite and for Christmas and the team for the incredible work you all do on the daily! Btw just down the road they were simultaneously hosting space for girls and women to meet too.🔥 💯 💜 Thanks to Anchored In Wellness Chicago LLC
for the work and all you are. Keep at it my friend! CHICAGO!! 😏😚

One take away I'll share as best as I can remember...

Growth is like the potting of plants. 🪴🌱 Sometimes we may find ourselves needing to repot, find a bigger one, add more water, more sun, less, or redo the soil, dirt.

Our lives is subjective to another's. What works for one person, may not work for another. The secret in the sauce is to find ways of respecting and honoring that. 🙏🏾

03/24/2023

Wow! We've reached 200 followers! Thank you for your continued support. We could not have done it without each of you.
🙏🤗🎉

More episodes coming up!!

01/13/2023

My mentor .black.12 used to say to me, The hardest conversation to have sometimes is the one with yourselves.

When I began my self-care/self-healing practice, though I didn't know that was what was happening at the time, the practice of sitting made much impact on me.

In mindfulness, it's helpful to first recognize the thought, then eventually allow it to pass on by. 🕊️
Can you sit and allow these thoughts and feelings to rise? You don't need to know what to do with the thoughts, just sit with them, but just as you are able to be present with them, can you allow them to go?

Orpheus was right, when we sit as uncomfortable it might be, you'll begin to notice things 'rising to the surface.'

I'm blessed to have been graced this lesson, and excited to be able to share it with others now too. If you struggle with this, that's okay, keep practicing, and remain open to what rises to the surface.
💯💜🙏🏾✨🔥

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12/20/2022

I found Dr. Jenny Wang of Asians for Mental Health by chance on Instagram a while back. Given the recent conversations, I've been having more of and being an advocate and leader in encouraging more conversations around mental health, well-being, and mindfulness, I'm doing my best to learn from and support her work.

I came across this podcast she posted yesterday and thought there were a lot of good tips and advice about mental health, specifically during the holidays for all of us.

How interesting, because just a few days ago, after sitting on it, I finally ordered her book, "Permission to Come Home." Love how that works out sometimes, looking forward to diving into it!

Check it out!

In case you want to skip right to it, Dr. Jenny Wang enters at 15:00.

Take care all! REPRESENT!!!

Welcome to another "beta" episode of the brand new show "Shoes Off Inside with MKT"! Once again, May, Kelly and Tamlyn dive into several hot topics including...

10/29/2022

Sometime last year we took a group of high school students to for a campus tour. I remember enjoying that day, so much that I kind of wished I could go back in time and be enrolled there. I loved the atmosphere and support from the different faculty and students I noticed there, and the cool campus center, but I had to come back to the present reality and get on the bus with everyone else. 🚌😔..
Next Tuesday, I'll be returning to campus, this time speaking to the Asian American Fitness & Wellness group. I'm pumped and look forward to this opportunity. And you know I'm going to find a spot to chill and imagine that I am a college student once again, eating a burrito 🌯🥤📚and sipping on a smoothie haha. 😏😝

Thank you MSU and everyone responsible for bringing me in! Let's go!!! 🙏🏾🧠💜💫

10/25/2022

One of my absolute favorite things to do is to sit and think about what my workshop is going to entail. Writing, visualizing, pacing, or doing nothing all. 🧠💡..
Sometimes it comes super easy, other times not so much, and I get this gut feeling that I fear everything. I fear it won't make as much impact as I hope, that I'm not going to have enough to share, that my ideas are super jumbled and too much for the participants to take in...
But today, as I sat with it, with a cup of honey, lemon, in tea turning on some music...I let it come out. I type it all that I'm feeling. The music, the moments of sound and silence carry me. And before I know it I am moved...
I know that it's going to be amazing, it's going to make an impact, because I am accepting that I'm not the one doing the work, I'm just the vessel to carry it out, and this is my gift to share to the world, my way to be of service to others...
Have to admit, get a little giddy, when I start crying thinking about what's going to be shared. 😽😭😏Cause I can't wait for others to feel safe to feel it too. Here's to all of you practicing trust, keep at it. ..
Let's go!!! ✨🙏🏾💚

10/17/2022

"What is the lie you tell yourself everyday? What version of yourself do you allow others to see?"..
Was excited to hear
speak and share diving deep on ways we can relate more with our audiences, but pretty much with everyone. Make sure to check out his podcast too! 🥞🗣️🤣..
I'm loving being part of Speaker Academy. Keep on and on. ..

10/10/2022

"Do not search outside of you, fulfillment is found within."..
Thanks for the reminder. 🙏🏾💫..

10/05/2022

flow state describes a feeling where, under the right conditions, you become fully immersed in whatever you are doing...
Keep it flowing. Keep it going. 💯🔥..

09/28/2022

Recently I did an emotional scene for a movie. By that I mean, I had to cry. It was the first time for me. Upon reflecting on that process, it made me realize some things: Do we allow ourselves to feel our emotions? How do we get to practice feeling these emotions? And are these ways healthy? Ep 31 Tapping into Our Emotions 🗣️🎙️..
link in bio or listen on and wherever podcasts can be found...

09/21/2022

This was the spot...
Before I facilitate, I always take time to setup the room in such a way I believe going in, will make the participants feel pumped and excited! I never know but I've learned to trust my intuition and instincts...
As I moved the large white board I noticed the quote on the wall by James Baldwin and the painting next to it. This leadership summit was about creating and building community constellations and my workshop in particular was about building community through the importance of first recognizing our history and experiences, then taking the necessary steps to better our mental and physical health because of it. Can it feel uncomfortable at times yes, is it worth it? Yes. ..
I'm grateful for all those who participated. You all made this what it was to each and every soul present. Thank you for providing me the opportunity to share my practice as only I know I can. Let's keep on building. 🙏🏾💙🧠🌟..

08/15/2022

Life is full of holding onto and letting go...
Remember to lift your head towards the sun. 🌞
Thanks for the reminder. ✨💚🙏🏾..

08/09/2022

Last night had the joy and pleasure to reconnect on Clubhouse with some of the most important guys in my life Orpheus Black, Henry Rodriguez, and Thomas Rodriguez this time on the subject of Mastery: Love, Lifestyle, and Legacy. Take a listen. 🎧🙏🏾
https://www.clubhouse.com/room/MRy231E3?utm_medium=ch_room_xer&utm_campaign=L1tWxFKUGEy2gWCWHGhifQ-317101
Replay is up now.

08/04/2022

Training as a martial artist, fighter, warrior, reminds me there is always something that could be worked on...
The question is do you want to work on it?..
Whether it's something new to you, or something you've done a million times, or something that feels familiar but haven't quite connect with it. Keep working on it. One day you might just surprise yourself.
👊🏽🙏🏾🔥💯💜..

07/29/2022

When traveling it can be difficult to find moments to do the things that are important to you. Especially when the schedule is setup in such a way that there leaves barely any time for it. Sometimes I went to bed earlier, sometimes I woke up earlier, or sometimes I used whatever time we had before we were onto our next destination, even if there was a break in between the day. It doesn't always have to be about time and how much time you spend, it's about priority...
My practice is not just anything anymore, and it's not only a lifestyle. It is what I choose to include in my life. For all the reasons it was when it first began...maybe, but also for all the new reasons it has become. ..
If it's important to you, choose to make time for it. No matter what.
Comes down to priorities...what's yours?..

06/14/2022

Felt this topic was important to talk about, would love to get your thoughts on it too.

The Pete Wong Podcast Ep 30 - 'Projecting Our Anger' Available on YouTube, Spotify, and wherever you can find podcasts. Like, Subscribe, and Follow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVNpfjvww2U

06/09/2022

For many years I thought eating healthier was too hard and too much work, but during the pandemic I forced myself with the support and help of friends, family, and researching on my own I decided to practice more what to shop for at the groceries, what meals to make, and what foods I grew up thinking was okay to eat might not be necessary for me anymore...
Now that I have chosen a lifestyle choosing to eat more nutritious foods over processed or unnatural ones it can be hard when to decide to eat the foods that I liked growing up. One key anchor or tip that helps me is, "Listening to my body." I am very mindful of what I'm putting in my body and how that relates to my staying active. I like experimenting with different ingredients and meals to see how my body responds to it. y body somehow knows and reminds me, "yep or no we need this or don't."..
The other day, .0 and I saw a Dairy Queen (DQ!)🍦 And a few weeks before I brought up it has been years since I had a Blizzard. This, we decided to treat ourselves to a small treat, that fulfill our childhood nostalgia. 🤗 The key is to find balance. Sometimes we need to feed not just what nourishes our bodies but also nourishes our mind and soul too. We need to have the discipline enough to not let those foods we once ate without thinking consume us. Just because we grew up eating it, maybe because we had to or it's what our love ones said that was good for us...but we need to be more conscious and do the research, maybe it's not. We just have to be the ones now to choose when or when not to!..
And yes! It was lovely! Got my Blizzaaaad going with the M&M one once again. Bottom line, "TREAT YO SELF!" In all the ways. ❤️🙏🏾🧠😍..

06/02/2022

Q: What is your wish for the United States?..
A: That it learns how to prioritize the strengths and opportunities of working as a community or as a collective versus individualization thinking. And although I am not as optimistic as I once was when I was younger, my wish is that this country learns to value all races, cultures, communities, people - but I also know "now" as an adult, there are centuries of built up hatred, trauma, that before my time existed...and what we experience everyday and witness as the bi-product of that. Can it change? I still hope so...
Ubuntu is a Nguni Bantu term meaning "humanity". It is sometimes translated as "I am because we are" (also "I am because you are") or "humanity towards others" in Zulu, umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu). In Xhosa, the latter term is used, but is often meant in a more philosophical sense to mean "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity...
Noble - Portraits of Asian Americans by uses the genre of portraiture – a genre often used to affirm and record one’s place in history – as a tool with which to interrogate this historical invisibilization and marginalization of Asian Americans. The series serves as a platform for this community to be seen and heard on their own terms, issuing a challenge to systems of xenophobia, anti-immigration rhetoric, and racial violence that loom large today...
Thank you ❤️📷
Thank you for sharing this pic. Thank you and the entire team behind Noble.🙏🏾..

05/20/2022

Many of you asked for it. Ask and you shall receive! If you missed the PowertoFly talk, 'Mindful Practices For Your Employees To Become Their Best Selves in the Workplace & Beyond ' the replay is now up!

Some of the topics of conversation we touched upon were:

1) Self-Care is it Selfish?
2) Stress in Workplace, What Can We Do?
3) Radical Vulnerability in Workspaces
4) What Kind of Life Do I Want to Live?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf9PL-BDmXE&t=12s

Thank you for your support and please if you would like to have further discussions on these topics or related to it, leave a comment.

Sign up for our next summit for free here: https://bit.ly/PTFSummit Now that we’ve all seen the inside of each other’s home offices on Zoom (and maybe even s...

05/19/2022

Tonight's the night. My wonderful sister photo exhibit Noble - Portraits of Asian Americans opens ..
Thursday May 19, 2022 7-9pm CT..
Go show some love 📸 💜
Exhibit goes from May 19-June 1..

05/16/2022

I think one of the greater lessons was to learn how sometimes in life we may not have the answer, we may not know what to do next, we might even be filled with all sorts of emotions and various thoughts. But despite this, we continue to feel encouraged by the practice of being still. Being able to "just sit" is so much more valuable then I think many of us give credit to. ..
Lately, I've been feeling challenged by the concept of time. As we get older how it feels like it moves very fast. Maybe it was the pandemic, maybe it was the shifting to a newer world post what we experienced because of the pandemic, or maybe things are as they are for no particular reason. ..
Perhaps no answer is required, no outcome is necessary. Hehe I'm not sure, but I'm going to work on not giving myself a hard time about it and to just sit. ..
🤔🙏🏾♥️✨

05/04/2022

Now that we’ve all seen the inside of each other’s home offices (and maybe even supported each other through pandemic meltdowns?), our work selves and personal selves are more integrated than ever. In this talk I'll explain the role of mindfulness in regulating workplace stress, creating a safe space for vulnerability, and practices that support workplace health and wellness. 🧡🧠🙏🏾..
Mindful Practices For Your Employees To Become Their Best Selves in the Workplace & Beyond
Tuesday May 10, 2022 at 10:30 AM ET or 9:30 AM CT...
Share with your colleagues or use this as training for your teams.
FREE to attend!..
Use the LINK IN BIO to register! ◀️..
Diversity Reboot: Celebrating Global Asian and Pacific Islander Identities May 9-12..

04/29/2022

Join me as I explain the role of mindfulness in regulating workplace stress, creating a safe space for vulnerability, and practices that support workplace health and wellness. Let's go!!!

Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 at 9:30 AM Central
Power to Fly Diversity Reboot Series 2022 - Celebrating Global Asian And Pacific Islander Identities! May 9-12th

It's virtual and FREE to attend!
Use my special presenter's link: https://bit.ly/3OKd5Lw

Diversity Reboot attracts a diverse audience that is over 90% women and majority BIPOC, with most attendees being mid to senior professionals. We'll be hearing from top leaders in tech, business, DEI, wellness, childcare, media, politics, and finance as we strategize our personal and professional plans. The audience for this summit will include individuals from across the globe.

04/28/2022

Attended a terrific book tour event this weekend for family friend ❤️🙏🏾✊🏽📖..
Just seen him on The Breakfast Club a day before and have begun My Grandmother's Hands. Always been inspiring but even more so today as I dive deeper into understanding how racialized and intergenerational trauma effects us all, and the mind body connection we need to pay attention to, protect, and keep sacred through our practices. ..
Check out his latest The Quaking of America. Don't forget as he put it, "Build something!" ..
Thanks to 💛 always.
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04/12/2022

Become fond of this word, 'neuroplasticity' pronounced neuro•plas•tic•i•ty, ever heard it?..
Lots of ways it's defined but keep it simple our brains can be rewired. Indeed. Our brains can be rewired, especially when it comes to learning something new or having new experiences. Might feel uncomfortable at first but hang in there it might be exactly what you needed...
Excited to share my self care mind body practice and dig into some of the science behind it! Let's go!! 🙏🏾💚👊🏽..
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