Kerwin Go | Brave to Be Me

This special episode features the stories of LifeCrafters Pilar Baltazar, Flora Belinario, Divine Gil Reyes, and Van Robles.  They share about their LifeCraft experience and where they are now.  This was recorded during the LifeCraft Homecoming event held in July 2021 which celebrated the first year anniversary of LifeCraft. Pilar Maria Baltazar, or Pilar is the Service Delivery Head for Finance Shared Services, Investment Operations, and Data Analytics Reporting CoE of MBPS.  She took LifeCraft when she was sent by her organization to the LifeCraft course offered under the Advanced Learning Academy of the Australian New Zealand Chamber of Commerce. Flora Belinario, is a Fisheries Technologist by profession and currently working as Senior Manager of an international non-profit organization dedicated to conserving coastal ecosystems and initiating innovations to support marine biodiversity conservation. Flora took the LifeCraft course as part of her master's program at the Asian Institute of Management. Divine Gil Reyes or Divine is an advertising and digital marketing professional who is the Chief Creative Officer and owner of Perkcomm, Inc. She is also an award-winning book author.  Divine took the first-ever public run of the LifeCraft course. Van McLean Robles or Van is an International Protect and Prepare Programme Officer at the British Embassy to the Philippines.  Van took the LifeCraft course, which he helped to organize also under the Advanced Learning Academy of the Australian New Zealand Chamber of Commerce. This episode was hosted by fellow LifeCrafter alumni Jannille Obnial.  Jannille is an experienced Human Resources Facilitator and a strong community and social services professional with a degree in nursing.

This episode is a special one as Coach Cindy and Futurist Jose have an interesting chat with Nadine Lustre.   A singer, songwriter, actress, editor, photographer, and even a creative director, Nadine is a woman who has taught herself to wear many hats, and prides herself for being very hands on with all of her projects.  Listen to this episode as Nadine shares her advocacies and her creative process.   Nadine started in 2009 with the music group Pop Girls, she has tirelessly been working on her career to bring it to the level that it is today. Branching into film, it was clear she was, and still is, a woman of many talents, as her lead role in the film Diary Ng Panget allowed the world to see exactly what she’s capable of.  

This episode features a very special guest as Coach Karen Cindy and Futurist Jose have an insightful discussion with Kerwin Go on how to bravely follow ones passions and being unapologetically true to one’s self. Kerwin who is the Head Chef of two award-winning restaurants talks about how he pursued his passion for cooking and how his restaurants are dealing with the pandemic. He also recounts how he got into his other passion which is fitness and bodybuilding.  Finally, he shares how he became comfortable in being gay given his traditional family background and thriving in the kitchen and in bodybuilding, which traditionally are known for its high machismo culture.

This is a special episode as Coach Karen Cindy and Futurist Jose welcome Paulina (Pau) Isaac as the CEO (Chief Engagement Officer) of the LifeCraft Community. Pau is one of the kindest and most generous souls we've met.  She shares her experience in undergoing the LifeCraft course and describes how it impacted her life.  She then talks about her future plans for growing the LifeCraft Community even more.  

For this episode, Coach Karen Cindy and Futurist Jose have an insightful discussion about leadership with Lorraine Pablo-Ugale.   Lorraine shares her leadership journey from an individual contributor in a consulting company in Manila to becoming a global IT leader at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland. In her current role, she leads multiple global teams and provides overall management and oversight of global systems while assisting the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the WHO in strategic and operational matters. Lorraine talks about the challenges posed by the pandemic and handling diverse international teams at the same time.  She recounts her personal journey as a leader and the biggest obstacles she had to overcome.  She also talks about living in Switzerland and gives advice to people who wish to pursue a life and career abroad.

For this episode, Coach Karen Cindy and Futurist Jose have an insightful chat with Mitch Genato.  Mitch is a visionary leader, strategist, communicator and crisis manager.  He is currently the Group CEO of Romlas Health Group and Chief Strategist of ConGen Management Pte. Ltd.  He is also active in the social sphere, mentoring social enterprises  and building community health programs with Gawad Kalinga. Mitch is a  champion of social inclusion, constantly re-imagining a health system that will work for the common good. Mitch talks about how he has 'reimagined, rebuilt, and reinvented' himself while staying true to himself and his values.  

It's a great episode as Coach Karen Cindy and Futurist Jose have an engaging chat with Divine Gil Reyes.  Divine is a partner at Perkcomm, Inc., a creative communications agency. She is also an award-winning children’s book author, a happy wife and mother of two amazing teens, and paw-rent of two little dogs. Divine is an incurable optimist who wants to make the world a better place for children. She shares her thoughts on doing multi-passionate work, on taking the LifeCraft course, and how to keep one's optimism in the midst of the pandemic.

For this episode, Coach Karen Cindy and Futurist Jose have a no holds barred conversation with Coach Franco Rulloda, an MMA coach and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt.  He shares how fell in love with the sport and the lessons he learned along the way.  He also touches on his other passions as content creator, food and travel writer, marketing executive, and a self-defense and human rights advocate.  This conversation is about 'no labels' and not allowing oneself to be defined by just one thing.

For this episode, Coach Karen Cindy and Futurist Jose have an insightful discussion with Michelle Barretto. Michelle is the CEO and Founder of Vitamin B, a brand strategy and strategic design consultancy firm. She shares her thoughts on how purpose can play in the success of a brand, how design-thinking and connecting with people can help overcome challenges wrought by the pandemic, and how one can build one’s own company with authenticity.

For this episode, Futurist Jose and Coach Karen Cindy have a chat with Moi Francisco. Moi has been doing Energy work for almost 26 years. With her unique, healing modalities she has helped hundreds of individuals raise their consciousness, shift their minsets, and release their limiting beliefs. As a gift to our LifeCraft community, Moi shared a recording of her sound healing. Click here to access: https://soundcloud.com/heaps-1/remote-sound-healing