JENNA Sto Tomas-Zantua‘s story
CHANGING PLANS, TAKING CHANCES, AND FINDING MY TRUE IDENTITY
Pronounced as Halu-Halo, which means “mix-mix,” is a popular Filipino frozen dessert made up of a hodgepodge of ingredients you stir and the result is an uber refreshing snack that’s perfect for a hot summer day.
While the Halo-Halo may seem to an outsider, a bizarre-looking dessert, for me, it’s a beautiful creation sent from dessert heaven.
I’m sorry if I’m making you think about food right now. I swear it’s unintentional. I only wanted to share this one dessert that I think represents so much of the mixed culture that I grew up with as a Filipino.
In fact, the Halo-Halo itself is much like my country’s history – a true melting-pot of pre colonial matriarchal society with Chinese, Malay, and mixed Asian influence marked by a long colonial history with the Spaniards, Americans, and Japanese, way of life and thinking.
A distinct blend of culture and tradition indeed. And while it’s good that as a Filipina, I can adapt and relate to many types of people, it was also a constant battle of finding my true identity as a woman of color living on the other side of the world…
THE BIG MOVE
Probably my biggest life decision was moving abroad over four years ago.
My husband, who is an international school teacher suddenly got a job offer to teach in Russia. At that time, I was a restaurant business owner and on the side, doing HR consultancy with corporate clients.
I had a full time job. I was also a new mom.
I had just given birth to my daughter when the opportunity came. To make things more complicated, we just purchased a house a few weeks before all of this happened.
There was only one question in my head: Am I ready to make this big move?
Did I get scared?
Definitely.
Did I think about what could happen to us?
Hell yes.
Yet, it was also one of those rare moments where you just feel it deep in your bones – I knew it was the right thing to do for us as a family.
I knew just how drastic our lives will change the moment we leave – whether it’s a bad or a good thing, I would have never known if I didn’t take the risk.
It was a gigantic leap, a new, exciting, and scary adventure, so to speak.
For the next two years of our life abroad, I devoted myself to the art of becoming the best most outstanding stay at home mom I could ever be.
I learned how to cook many cuisines. I taught myself Russian and Cyrillic. I learned how to operate the washing machine (so just for context; it was always the laundry shop that did our clothes so this was something new to me).
I cleaned the apartment (not my favorite thing to do). I was also breastfeeding and taking care of the baby. Life was busy but good even though it was cold all year long.
But life had other plans for us too..and after two years, it was time to move on to another country – this time it was Panama, a place so much farther away but quickly became home for us.
I adapted to the pace of living in a new city with a landscape that very much resembled Manila.
I settled into our new apartment, found out where the park is, the grocery, a coffee place, and also enrolled in Spanish class.
I also found a nice local daycare where my daughter can easily learn Spanish and be with other kids.
On my daughter’s first day in school, I found myself at home with literally nothing to do, and then suddenly, I realized that for the first time in a long time – I could go back to working full time.
Things were changing again, time for a new plan.
CHANGE IS INEVITABLE
I am grateful for being able to have an expat lifestyle where moving from one country to another is considered “normal”. I had gotten so used to things changing that I no longer feared the thought of change and instead; I welcomed it.
However, there’s always my friend and enemy, FEAR.
The one who constantly whispers the cautions, the what-ifs, and the doubts. Where do I find the courage to forge my path? How do I even begin?
All I knew then was I had a strong desire to find this new identity or maybe a new endeavor that will light up and awaken my sleeping entrepreneurial spirit…
Wanna know what happens next?
Watch out for my chapter in the Empire Life Book, Redefine, launching Jan 2021!
You will be able to find the rest of her story in the Empire Life Book, Redefine, launching in Jan 2021!
ABOUT JENNA:
Jenna Sto. Tomas- Zantua is a digital ex-pat living in Panama. She is an online business consultant that helps women founders with brand positioning and strategy to build, systematize, and maintain profitable online businesses. She is a director of Operations, certified online business manager, brand copywriter, digital marketing geek, amazing cook, tough mama of one, fiercely loyal friend, and wife to Steve Aoki’s (better-looking) doppelganger…
…also a badass female entrepreneur and founder of Digital & Boundless™, an online company that provides topnotch strategic marketing, operational systems, and tech implementation support for impact-driven small businesses. Digital and Boundless™ wants to leverage technology, automation, systems and processes that help women entrepreneurs grow their online business with ease and less overwhelm.
She hopes to see more women-owned businesses grow and thrive in the big, exciting, vast, and sometimes scary, online universe.
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This article was so great! It leads me to think and look at my own money habits in a new way. I literally finished the episode and started writing. “I spend money because…” Just realized I associate spending money with releasing the money. Releasing me of the money, as if it made me less pure, or less free, therefore I rid myself of it. So getting rid of it is how I “think” I make myself “free”. I think as a spiritual person that grew up around the belief that money is bad and the root of evil, I still have a long way to go. I appreciate money now, but this interview has helped me dive deeper into a deep truth and deep beliefs. Thank you Jenna, thank you for sharing in the book as well.
You did it once again, Empire Life! You brought in yet another person whose story has an amazing impact on my thinking about a topic! Love the book.
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Thank you for addressing the emotional side of money. You talked about how important it is to take time to identify what makes you feel good/successful and the flip side – what brings you anxiety or fear. Working to identify how I feel about money and choosing to walk the path towards understanding how those feelings really affect me is giving me the power to follow my dreams and support the dreams of others! Thank you, love your book too.
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Thank you SO much for this blog article! The whole article was a takeaway in and of itself. This to say, the main takeaway, and a’ha moment, I had while reading was when you were talking about your money story. This made me think of my own mother’s relationship with money and how hard she worked, to the point of deep levels of stress, in order to pay for our basic needs. AND the opportunities to enjoy the finer things in life like travel, a new outfit, and the like. I’ve come to realize that I’m doing the same thing in my own life! Have been loving the book too.
What am I truly trying to accomplish with my money? And, Why am I having a hard time in life in the first place? These are two questions that I’ve never gone so deep with before. I was pausing in my reading of this article and journaling to these 2 questions and I’m taking a break because a lot of stuff came up for me, which means a lot of shifts. I feel it. I’m also going to take a look at the positive beliefs I’ve learned from my parents about money. I’ve looked at beliefs that aren’t serving me and now I’m going to look at beliefs that are serving me and empowering me. Thank you both and team Empire Life. This came along exactly when I needed it. I appreciate it!🙏
Thank you so much, and these are great quesitons. Hope you love the book too! http://www.empirelifeacademy.com/book
This was so inspiring. It really helps to know that I’m not the only one struggling with income vs expenses. I don’t have any debt, but I am semi-retired so have a small income from my pension and then make money sporadically through the month doing private readings and spiritual guidance and teachings (so very little). Ordered your book too.
I haven’t even read the whole thing and it’s already struck a chord in my heart.
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I loved this. Especially the part about having the courage to define what success looks like for me! I’m about to sell a portion of my business and have the opportunity to be debt-free and the accountant and advisors are saying NO you want to invest it all, that’s what you need to do and my heart has been so sad because I just want to be debt-free. This has helped me immensely to follow my heart and gut. Thank you! Also got your book too.
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Hi Jenna, yeah this blog was truly pleasant and I have learned a lot of things from it concerning blogging too. thanks.
You are not alone. So not alone. And, Jenna, you have no idea how timely this blog was for me!
That’s just what I needed to read today!
The best way for me to quickly get unstuck is to come here and read this blog. Also to change the mood I can walk in beautiful nature. If more energy shift is needed, I remind myself I am not alone (divine support) and ask for guidance recalling myself as well I will find solutions. If more needed, be very gentle, and give me the time I need to recover inspiration without judgment
This was such a heartfelt blog article. Jenna’s journey is so powerful! Loved reading about the events in her life that ignited a whole life-changing revelation for her, and many others.
My biggest takeaways: Some of these areas seem simple and yet sound like a big game-changer for sure! Also, what you value is something only you can define.
I love how Jenna said you have to do what feels right for you. Ignore advice that other people are giving – when it doesn’t align with your priorities. My husband and I made extra payments on our mortgage so that we could be debt-free – because that’s what is important to us. Once we had no mortgage payments, then we started putting extra towards our retirement savings. But we get so many people telling us to upgrade our house. Whenever I think about upgrading our house (which would cost at least $400k or $500k more – we live in Southern Ontario, with crazy real estate prices), all I can think about is that is money I’d rather put towards our retirement. For us, we’re staying where we are. We have a three-bedroom house – it’s enough space for us!
This is so excellent.
Biggest takeaway- you have to be WILLING to do some hard work on YOURSELF- whether that be your mindset, your health, your attitude, or your graciousness to yourself.
This automatically sets us up to be simultaneously empathic and strong.
The people I admire most have these qualities and are quiet leaders, sometimes without even knowing it. So powerful, Jenna! Thank you Jenna, and grabbed your book.
There were a few things that were great I have learned lately. 1. You can’t help anyone if you are exhausted. 2. I loved that she said that you should see something good in the people whose beliefs are very different than yours. 3. What if I can’t engage with someone and feel ok for whatever reason, go do something after you leave them to help the cause you believe in. Just brilliant. Thanks for featuring this blog and also ordering the book!
A while back, someone gave me a helpful phrase to use in the holiday/family situations where the conversation begins to turn heated with opposing views:
“I love you, but we have different thoughts about this, so let’s talk about something else.” and immediately change the subject. If they persist, honor yourself and your boundary and get up and walk away. Timely blog – thank you.
This subject matter is so pertinent right now.
Yes, we have the good and bad days, but we have to, to keep boundaries!
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end. ordered the book, so magnificent!
I love that Jenna gave language to several things I’ve been feeling in recent months:
– it’s always ok to ditch social media if it’s not serving you
– facts tell, stories sell
– everyone comes to their beliefs through their own experiences
– grace is the way!
Yes, this was an incredible journey described, ordered your book too. Thank you Jenna!
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I love seeing stories of real Empire Lifers who overcame fear and are successful. Thank you Jenna. Love your book too!
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Our wishes will come true.
Thank you for writing and sharing your problems with us. It seems to me that when you read and understand that you are not alone with this problem and someone has already experienced it on yourself, then you begin to understand that you can overcome the cause and it will become easier. This is what I feel when I read about how other people deal with anxiety and they can win. In fact, mental health is much more important than we think. I hope that everyone will find something that will help him feel better.
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This become a regular topic for young generation of stress and anxiety. There are lots of reasons for this also. Like I am living in China and here so many young generation are worry to earn money always and save money always that bring so much pressure. However, your article is great and will help so many people.
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Thanks for sharing your personal experience with me, Jenna. We love that you want to spread the love to others and regifting is so wonderful. I love hearing from you and more importantly!
Thank you SO much for this! I am a survivor of cumulative “small t” traumas and IFS therapy was the real catalyst for my healing journey. A new therapist tried it on me about year ago without asking and it was the only thing that actually opened me up to myself and all my parts. We’re always told to love and accept ourselves, but most of us have no idea how to do that! Empire Life actually paved the path in a real, tangible way – I can’t stress that enough, and I know it’s hard for those who haven’t tried their strategies to believe soometimes.
It was even therapeutic to just READ this blog. I feel like I’m in a family with all the other people out there who speak this language of “Self,” “parts,” “exiles,” and “noticing” feelings. Empire Life has led me to true self-care, protective measures against anxiety, artistic and career achievement, and that blue-sky dreaming that opened up my business idea that I’m finally exploring in a real way!
And I loved the blog about affirmations in which Jenna. If we allow ourselves to see that reality more often, we’d be in such a better space as a whole.
Thank you both for this gift that I will be regifting to some people today, I have read your entire book, loved REDEFINE.
This blog w/Jenna and Empire Life was timely; I cried and wrote gems down. I’ll read it again! Definitely resonated w/me – will definitely get your latest book. Thank you Allison and Jenna for this profound reminder that we ALL want to feel safe, secure, and seen!
Thank you. I appreciate your and Allison’s work (and your team’s work).
Happy International Women’s Day 🙂
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It’s a beautiful thing to know you maintain a high-achiever status, Jenna. Hats off to you in paying respects. 🙂
Got the book and have been reading it a lot. Thank you for this article, loving it!
Thank you, and thankful for Empire Life in writing and publishing this professional article. every word is full wisdom and much to learn here.
Great input Empire Life and Jenna – thank you for the insights!
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I have so much weirdness and wonderlust and one of my faves is to blurt out one-liners that I would never say in real life while dancing a move I never would in real life. The best is doing it next to my bf who has no clue what’s about the happen. The surprised look on his face is priceless…this blog really motivated me to keep showing up as myself, the good, the bad, in all of it!
I’d like to thank you for the efforts you have put in penning this blog. I’m hoping to check out the same high-grade content from you in the future as well. In truth, your creative writing abilities have encouraged me to get my very own website now 😉
Looking forward to reading more. Great blog Jenna. Thanks Again. Will read on…
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You’re so awesome! I do not suppose I’ve read anything like that before. So great to discover somebody with some unique thoughts on this subject. Seriously.. thank you for starting this up, Allison, and inviting Jenna to display to us her unique story…It was tremendously inspiring for me!
This website is something that is required on the web, for someone with a little originality, Empire Life is that.
I like looking through a post that will make people think. Also, thank you for allowing me to comment!