Project Double Take

For International Women's Month, my mama. a women's and children's rights advocate, talks about how her day-to-day experiences has deepened her understanding of women and gender. She shares the many ways the people in her life have boxed her in certain roles, and how today she chooses to challenge those roles and biases. Feel free to send us your own double takes on Instagram @projectdoubletake

When it comes to love, the line between your own mental health problems and your relationship can get really blurry. We asked you on instagram what the hardest part about dealing with mental health in dating and relationships is for you. My person and I weigh in on your answers and share our own experience in how we've learned to cope together and support one another. Send us your double takes and voice messages on Instagram @projectdoubletake! 

Monica was a member of two different religions before she took refuge in the Christianity faith and became a devout Christian, eventually even serving as a leader in her church. But after some difficult life experiences, she's come to realize that she doesn't agree with certain Christian teachings about mental health, and love for self and others—teachings that don't make her feel safe to be the person she wants become, which is simply herself. She shares her beautiful story on the show. 

Share your thoughts and double takes with us! You can DM us on Instagram @projectdoubletake or message Project Double Take on Facebook 

In this episode, I reflect on the year that was. I've come to realize that so much growth can already come from re-evaluating the existing parts of ourselves and shedding them off. So I'm sharing some of the things that I'm leaving behind in 2020 and what I'm replacing them with to become better.

Send us a DM on Instagram @projectdoubletake and let us know what topics you'd like to do a double take on!

Just wanted to let you know that if you're feeling sad or lonely this holiday season, you are not alone--Dinadamayan ko kayo :) Feel free to DM us your double takes on Intsagram @projectdoubletake for any questions, topic suggestions, or just curious thoughts you might want to share. 

We do a double take on the "bad bitch" stereotype in this episode where we confront the baddest bitch I know, Ms. Leila. She talks about dealing with insecurities and how we can step into our power to be our own hype person. Feel free to DM us your questions on Instagram @projectdoubletake on any topic at all and we'll answer them on mailbag episodes on the show. Keep doing a double take!

It's that time of year where we revisit our passion projects in the back burner, and we either take them out to keep or put them back in. In this episode, we ask Anj Angeles how we can overcome self-doubt to be able to put yourself out there and build something of your own.

Anj shares how, despite very unideal circumstances, she built her studio @herlightstudios with only what she had at homeand started offering brand shoots as a one-woman team (even being her own model!). She talks about how she forwards her advocacies of women empowerment and self-love through her photography.

People keep telling me not to forget to be kind to myself and take care of myself, but it's easier said than done. But how can I get anything done if I'm kind to myself? On this week's episode, I confront myself about the toxic ways I motivate myself to be productive. I'd love to hear your take on this! You can send a DM to @projectdoubletake on Instagram or shoot us an email at projdoubletake@gmail.com

TW: Themes about suicidal thoughts and self-harm

People with mental illness are often judged and misunderstood so easily by their behavior.  On the show, Bea (not me hehe) clarifies common misconceptions about mental health and how her mental illness has affected the dynamic of her relationship with people - from school, to love, and to family. 

On the second episode on this mini series on mental health, I confront a few of my very close friends clinically diagnosed with mental illnesses as someone who has self-diagnosed herself with anxiety. They talk about their diagnosis stories, getting treatment and handling their mental illnesses, and how their loved ones have adapted to it. 

TW: Suicide as a concept and self-harm

UPD PsycServ:

bit.ly/PsycServRC

facebook.com/updpsycserv

psycserv.upd@up.edu.ph

National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) Crisis Hotline:

0917 899 USAP (8727)

7 989 USAP (8727)

NCMH E-KONSULTASYON:

bit.ly/ncmhkonsulta

Thomasian Mental Health Responders:

tinyurl.com/TMHR-COVID19

facebook.com/ThomasianMHResponders

0917 152 1817

Ateneo Bulatao Center for Psychological Services:

tinyurl.com/BuCenterOnline

facebook.com/BulataoCenter

To open this short series on mental health, I talk about my anxiety and the mental habits I've had to let go of. Sometimes the things we make up in our heads can be so believable, but we have to remember that our thoughts are not facts, that your mind is yours and you have power over it. What do you do to cope? Let me know by sending a DM to @projectdoubletake on instagram and, with you're permission, I'd like to share it with the community so we can all have options in how we can choose to live

Pls leave your patriarchal standards to the mf left thank you !

It blows my mind really how much we see our bodies through the male gaze without even noticing it. How many times have we tried to present ourselves & make choices on our bodies based on what the patriarchy deem attractive and respectable? How many times have we been scandalized by our own nakedness & by other women's body choices?

Feel absolutely free to share your take by sending a dm on instagram @doubletake.podcast or send an email to doubletakewithbea@gmail.com

TW: Themes about eating disorders and sexual harassment

"Everyone is coming out of quarantine either fit or fat. There is no in between."

We do a double take on body image with my friend, Cheas, and I as two women who have a very different relationship with our bodies. In light of all the women coming forward with their stories about sexual harassment sparked by the murder of Fabel Pineda, we also share our own experiences with harassment on the show.  Feel free to subscribe to the podcast and share your thoughts with me by sending an email to doubletakewithbea@gmail.com or send a DM to @beacabi on Instagram.

Confronted my class bias this week and while it was a bit uncomfortable for me to share what I shared on this episode, I hope it can encourage you to examine your own classist tendencies because like me, I didn't know I had them until now. Here's to learning and unlearning!

For more information about the Anti-Terror Law, petitions, email protests, and donation drives: 

junkterrorbill.carrd.co

Send me your thoughts and if you'd like to, let me know what topics you want us to talk about honestly on the show:

doubletakewithbea@gmail.com

In celebration of pride month, we do a double take on my freshly unearthed prejudices around gender (that I didn't even know I had) and I talk about with my good friend Jacques who joins us to share how he came to understand himself better through his sogie as well as the fears, challenges and discrimination he's had to face.

On this episode, we talk to Reylynne about how we can defend our rights through policy reform, why the government is so determined to pass unconstitutional laws such as the Anti-Terror Bill, and what strategies to take when the government doesn't want to listen.

Welcome to the first episode of Double Take! We open the podcast with an honest conversation about my fears and assumptions around speaking up and activism with one of my bravest friends.