Our mission
your story matters, and you are not alone.
Thrive Spice is a podcast and digital media platform centered on the Asian American mental health experience while navigating career, family, identity and social empowerment. Join host Vanessa Tsang Shiliwala as she invites diverse business and political leaders, entrepreneurs, activists, and creators to share their real stories and practical advice on how they found their "Thrive Spice" - the joy that comes from finally owning our identity, power, and worth.
Our mission is to provide a safe space to share and promote a more inclusive world that centers intersectional communities, including women of color, AAPI, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Join us as we unpack some feelings and spill the tea: from sharing what real self-care and boundaries look like for us as we create social, political, and economic change; how we're healing from hate crimes, intergenerational trauma, and racism; and what we're doing to break glass ceilings, reclaim our stories and redefine what true happiness and success look like - for ourselves, and for the next generation.
Vanessa Tsang Shiliwala (she/her) is an award-winning AAPI leader and the Founder of Thrive Spice, a podcast and digital media platform centered on the Asian American mental health experience while navigating career, family, identity and social empowerment. Vanessa is an NYU Communications & Journalism graduate with 15 years of business experience at Fortune 500 companies and tech start-ups. As the daughter of immigrant entrepreneurs, queer and trans ally, and mother of multi-racial children, she understands the complexity and importance of intersectional mental health within BIPOC, AAPI, women and LGBTQ+ identities - at work, home, and everywhere in between.
Speaking Engagements & Mental Health Masterclass workshops
Vanessa lives and works in New York and is available for speaking engagements, mental health workshops and panels, and corporate events on diversity, equity and inclusion. Learn more and read reviews and testimonials here.
Press Mentions:
Featured on Apple Podcasts' homepage for AAPI Heritage Month in May 2022 in the "Collective Bravery” category
Harvard University | Listed as a resource for Women’s Health and Wellness
National Association for Mental Illness (NAMI) | Listed as a resource for AAPI Mental Health
BetterHelp | Recommended as a top anxiety podcast to relieve stress and anxiety
LDL Magazine - Thriving As Your Authentic Self with Vanessa Shiliwala
Culturally Competent Mental Health Resources for People of Color - On Your Feet Foundation
Speaking Chinglish in Milwaukee: How Heritage Languages Shape the AAPI Experience
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