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THE CITY CONFESSIONS

In City Confessions, host and Native New Yorker Mariann Yip leads an ongoing discussion with real people living in the city to share and laugh about their highs and most importantly their lows.

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Ep 67: Sana Akhand – Ceo and CoFounder of Jet Black Social Club – Motivation to Create an Inclusive Network – Journey and Experience as an Entrepreneur

by mariann.yip@gmail.com August 18, 2020

This episode features Sana Akhand, CEO and CoFounder of Jet Black Social Club, which is an all inclusive social club whose main mission is to create a safe place for people from all different backgrounds to feel welcome. Sana talks about her relationship with New York City and how she transitioned from working for companies to traveling for a year to now starting her own business. She explains her love for entrepreneurship and how her travels and desire for community sparked her idea to start Jet Black Social Club. Launched in April of this year, she is optimistic about its future and is looking forward to getting more members to join the online community as well as opening a club house in New York City in 2021. If you would like to join Jet Black Social Club, feel free to check out their membership options on their website and be sure to follow Jet Black Social Club on Instagram and follow Sana on Instragram too! If you have any questions or feedback regarding this episode, you can email thecityconfessions@gmail.com.

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Ep 66: Gabby Shacknai – New York based Journalist and Editor – Complexities of Working as a Freelancer- Her Writing Approach and Pitching Style – Struggles with Setting High Expectations for Herself

by mariann.yip@gmail.com August 10, 2020

Season 4 of The City Confessions kicks off with our first guest featuring Gabby Shacknai, a New York-based journalist and editor who covers beauty and wellness, food and travel, and lifestyle. Her work has appeared in Fortune, ELLE, Travel + Leisure, Air Mail, Departures, and Women’s Health, among other outlets. Gabby talks about how she discovered her love for storytelling and journalism at an early age and how her journey to pursuing her dream job has led her to now become a freelance writer. She also talks about the complexities and realities of freelancing and how she is trying to make a name for herself as a writer and editor through her pitches and relationships. Gabby also opens up about the struggles with setting high expectations for herself and her fear of never feeling satisfied or completely happy, at least in a professional setting. As a highly ambitious individual, Gabby is inspiring and will surely motivate you all to do more and be more! Feel free to follow Gabby on Instagram and be sure to also check out her latest articles on her website. If you have any questions or feedback regarding this episode, you can email thecityconfessions@gmail.com.

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Ep 65: Back for Season 4 – Life Updates on Anxiety, Loss, Grief – Confession Regarding Mental Health, Self Care and Therapy

by mariann.yip@gmail.com August 3, 2020

The City Confessions is back for season 4! After taking a much needed break, your host Mariann Yip is back with a solo episode. In this episode, I spend the first portion recapping what I’ve been through and how I’m feeling as July was a difficult month for me. I open up about my anxiety, my friend’s passing and how I have been handling and dealing with the loss and grief. I also talk about my passions and values including mental health, self care and therapy and reveal two confessions relating to those topics. I close out the episode with excitement as I am gearing up to interviewing guests for the next episodes. If you would love to be a guest on this episode or have any feedback/ questions regarding this podcast, feel free to email thecityconfessions@gmail.com. Feel free to also support this podcast by following the Instagram account!

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JULY 2020 GOALS

by mariann.yip@gmail.com July 1, 2020

Hello July! I’m actually so happy that we have overcame the first 6 months of 2020 because if I’m going to be real with ya’ll, I wasn’t sure that we were going to make it. I am still very aware that we are in a pandemic, but I definitely feel better knowing that NYC in particular is doing a great job in maintaining our progress with flattening the curve and keeping our numbers low in terms of COVID cases.

As always, I write monthly goals as it helps for me to not only reassess the past month but also be more mindful of what I hope to achieve in the next 30 days. As I revisit my June goals, I can still remember exactly where my mind was at during that time. I simply wanted to go with the flow and make the most of what I can. I didn’t exactly have a gathering with my friends in the way I had imagined, but I have seen a few friends here and there and that has been refreshing. I was also able to see my family for the first time in three months for Father’s Day and I thoroughly enjoyed that.

I have successfully been repurposing my travel content on social media and I am happy to know that they are still relevant, which takes the pressure off to create new content. I also just released my last episode of season three of my podcast, The City Confessions, so if you have a moment, feel free to have a listen to my solo episode detailing my experience with anxiety and how I deal with it on a daily basis. And my last goal was to reorganize my apartment but as we all know, decorating is a process so I know that that will carry onto July.

And speaking of July, here are my main priorities for this month:

Spend more time outdoors: This is a given but I feel like July is the height of summer and I want to be outside as much as possible. I want to make it a priority to be on the beach and feel the sand as much as I can and be grounded with nature. I am going to be in Long Island for the Fourth of July weekend so I think it’ll be a great start to being by the beach and spending time at the pool.
Do a weekend getaway with the girls: I’ve been meaning to do a weekend getaway with my friends and we have been talking about it recently so I definitely want to get this in the books and make it happen! I miss them so much and I also think it’ll be a great opportunity to satisfy my travel bug at the same time.
See more of my friends: Since quarantine, I think I have seen 3 of my friends but now that things are opening up in NYC, I want to see more of my friends. Summer should be enjoyed with people that you love so I will be trying my best to reconnect with friends in person.
Go to the city more: I am a city girl but since this whole pandemic, I have only been to the Lower East Side to visit my family.I haven’t ventured beyond that area and I want to visit neighborhoods that I love including West Village, Flatiron, Central Park and Bryant Park. I feel more comfortable now taking the train than I did before so I want to slowly ease back into exploring NYC (while of course wearing a mask and practicing social distancing!).

I have a feeling that July will be a good month and will be a month for relaxation and happiness. The main theme for the next 30 days for me will be good vibes and good company. What are your main goals for July?!

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Ep 64: Mariann Yip -Solo Episode Closing out Season 3- Current Life Updates- Dealing with Anxiety – Advocating for Mental Health

by mariann.yip@gmail.com June 29, 2020

This week’s episode closes out the third season of The City Confessions and is a solo one from yours truly, Mariann Yip. I start out the episode with my current life updates as I recap what’s going on in the world including the global pandemic/ COVID and the Black Lives Matter movement. I also open up about my experience with anxiety and recall my first encounter with it when I was a child in school. I still struggle with anxiety until this day and I’ve been met with different forms including social anxiety and sleep anxiety. This episode is raw, pretty much unedited and is a ranting session of all my emotions, feelings and thoughts in one unapologetic recording. Feel free to connect with me on Instagram and email thecityconfessions@gmail.com should you have any feedback or comments regarding this episode. The City Confessions will return for season 4 in August so stay tuned for that!

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Ep 63: Asha Tarry – Mental Health Advocate, Psychotherapist, Certified Life Coach – Managing Grief With Murder of George Floyd- Dealing with Anxiety and News – Supporting BLM at Home

by mariann.yip@gmail.com June 22, 2020

Today’s episode feature Asha Tarry, an author, an award-winning community mental health advocate, psychotherapist, and certified life coach. As a treating provider, Asha has 20 years of experience providing evaluations, diagnoses, treatment, and life-enhancing skills to children, adults, families, and couples. A significant portion of Ms. Tarry’s work has been conducted in marginalized communities with survivors of intergenerational trauma, as well as with professionals in search of a fulfilling life. The goal of Asha’s work is to enlighten, educate, and create safe spaces for everyone, from children to the elderly to live more emotionally empowered and mentally resilient.

Given what’s currently happening in the world in regards to George Floyd’s murder and the Black Lives Matter movement, this episode tackles the difficult topics surrounding the injustice that many Black people face in the United States. Asha gives her insight on how people can manage their grief about George Floyd and the systemic treatment of people of color, how people can manage their anxiety during the current news cycle, and what people can do to support the BLM movement at home. We also talk about anxiety, compassion, the misconceptions with therapy and the importance of self care and mental health. You can connect with Asha on Instagram, book a session with her on her website, and be sure to preorder her upcoming book, Adulting as a Millennial: A Guide to Everything Your Parents Didn’t Teach You. If you have any questions regarding this episode, feel free to email thecityconfessions@gmail.com.

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Ep 62: Jennifer Jeng- Public Relations and Influencer RelationsManager of Glow Recipe- Misconceptions about working in PR- Dealing with Quarantine

by mariann.yip@gmail.com June 15, 2020

Today’s episode features native New Yorker Jennifer Jeng, who is currently the Public Relations and Influencer Relations Manager of Glow Recipe. She walks us through her background working in the beauty industry and how she landed her current job at Glow Recipe. As a PR specialist, she clarifies some misconceptions people have about the PR industry as a whole and how being bold and ambitious as a woman can be misinterpreted as coming off as being too strong or too off putting. She gives advice on how to foster genuine relationships and the importance of authenticity when it comes to building a strong network. We also talk about the global pandemic and Jennifer explains how she’s handling working from home and how’s she staying productive. You can connect with Jenn on Instagram and if you have any questions regarding this episode, email thecityconfessions@gmail.com.

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