Culture Talks with Inga Rimkeviciute

Inga Rimkeviciute is serial entrepreneur, professional pivoter, wellness hacker, and energy dealer. She's a multilingual, multi-passionate woman with a squir...

Inga Rimkeviciute is serial entrepreneur, professional pivoter, wellness hacker, and energy dealer. She’s a multilingual, multi-passionate woman with a squirrel brain functionality.. Inga's experiences have ranged from server and nanny, to massage therapist, to 18 wheeler driver and owner operator, to "Chicago Fashion Weeks" project manager.

This vast range of life & career transitions have lead her back to Lithuania where she now teaches Nirvana fitness and nutritional therapy. She is the Founder of "Me time" (Laikas sau) women's community and "Grow ON" podcast host. The Grow On podcast is a platform where FUN is encouraged, mistakes are accepted, and where everything is figureoutable.

Inga is inspiring women to master their inter-personal growth game through learning and developing new habits to start living their BIG dream. She is obsessed with sharing healthy hair growth tips & routines along with wellness hacks. Always encouraging the L'et's Grow on" mentality.

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Culture Talks with Olga Maria

Olga Maria also known as Liberating Mella is a bicultural Chicago native, creative, author, kombucha master brewer, maker, POC wellness advocate and overall ...

Olga Maria also known as Liberating Mella is a bicultural Chicago native, creative, author, kombucha master brewer, maker, POC wellness advocate and overall conscious explorer. She has created and curated art and wellness based content, ranging from art shows, workshops to products. 

  • Author of “Damaged Goods – Learning, Growing, and Letting go” a book that explores a young Woman’s coming of age story and the challenges she goes through as she moves from hopeless to the master of her destiny. 

  • Liberating Mella is her personal brand. It celebrates transforming moments that were meant to hurt into what allows her to thrive. 

  • She is the founder of  “ConsciousXplorer” a wellness shop that cultivates creative, conscious, healthy living and makes fresh, handmade products to nourish the body and lift the spirit.

Currently Olga Maria serves as the Communications & Operations Specialist for the Health and Wellness department of Chicago Public Schools focused on creating marketing and communications that engage underserved communities, providing access to social services, healthcare and nutrition. 

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Culture Talks with Nisha Jalmi

Nisha Jalmi, MS (she/her) currently resides in Oakland, California and works as a Vocational Rehab Counselor. Nisha is an intercountry, transracial adoptee f...

Nisha Jalmi, MS (she/her) currently resides in Oakland, California and works as a Vocational Rehab Counselor. Nisha is an intercountry, transracial adoptee from Goa, India. In 2009, she embarked on an international search to reunite with her birth mother. A few years later, her journey back home was featured in the documentary, YOU FOLLOW: a search for one's past .

After the nationwide tour of YOU FOLLOW, Nisha became a public speaker, group facilitator, adoptee advocate, and published writer for PACT: An Adoption Alliance. She continues to share her personal evolution and work by other adoptees at TheAdopteediary.com.

Nisha later realized how her experience of family separation intersected with animal rights, which has led her to live a Plant-based/Vegan lifestyle to combat not only animal cruelty, but also, racism, the current climate crisis and food injustices. Nisha’s passion for adventures and education sparked her commitment to invest in traveling the world with dear friends or alone on the open road. With the current travel restrictions, she has made time to listen and heal without distractions. Nisha values The Universe, herSELF, Mother Nature, personal growth, and new experiences.

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The Adoptee Diary
YOU FOLLOW: a search for one's past

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Culture Talks with Arlette Lanae Willis

Arlette Lanae Willis aka "Beautiful Promise" across her social media platforms. Is a wife of almost 40 years and a mom of three adults & 2 grandchildren. She...

Arlette Lanae Willis aka “Beautiful Promise” across her social media platforms. Is a wife of almost 40 years and a mom of three adults & 2 grandchildren. She currently resides in Tucson, AZ where she is fortunate enough to be doing what she loves for a living. Singing, Writing, and Coaching have meshed together into one beautiful tapestry of life purpose.

Arlette is passionate about Body, Soul, and Spirit transformation and helps people get unstuck & see their reason for occupying space on this earth. Arlette is also a published Author of a book called, #Chapter55​. In this book, she takes excerpts from her journals and combines them into riveting and thought provoking inspirations, prayers, quotes, and conversations with God.

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Culture Talks with zoë vickers

zoë is an empyrean whom enjoys long walks on the beach and when she returns to her blanket, something classic happens that connects her to nature. One may sa...

zoë is an empyrean whom enjoys long walks on the beach and when she returns to her blanket, something classic happens that connects her to nature. One may say that this serendipitous odyssey is most known in fantasies, yet she embodies this reality today. zoë vickers gives you a glimpse of her journey as a vintagephile & creative development powerhouse.

Born in the Midwest (between Ohio {Columbus & Toledo} + Chicago, Illinois), her childhood reflected mainly on art & style with her fondest memories including vintage + thrift shopping. On a typical Saturday, zoe would find myself venturing out to Sally’s (a colloquial term for the Salvation Army) to find hidden gems as it pertains to fashion, found objects, books, shoes, records etc. At this point, her love for style was born.

zoë’s inspiration came from her granny, Rachel Lee Cox, and the enchantment of constantly creating, educating, and refining; helped her to develop a style and aesthetic that is truly, her own. When one sees photos of zoe’s work or attends her events, you will see a strong interest in not only, her personal style, but the essence of her community now and one’s within her coterie. The early start of zoë’s career led to a road assisting style shoots for the likes of Wiz Khalifa, The Cool Kids and others to styling Samuel L. Jackson for Ebony Magazine.

Her eventful journey all started from the long walks on the beach as an empyrean. As a freelance creative, zoë has cultivated extensive experience in vintage fashion styling, visual campaign management, art direction, brand image development, style archival services & event styling. Her work has been featured in publication titans from WWD, ELLE, CRWN, Lucky, and InStyle Magazine. The client roster includes Opening Ceremony, Samuel L Jackson, Vera Wang, Band of Outsiders, Wiz Khalifa, The Cool Kids, Essie Canada, Michael Bastian, HBO, Sophie Theallet, Harlem's Fashion Row and Yigal Azrouel.

Currently, zoë is focused more on her personal collective, vintagephiles. In order to be a vintagephile, one must denote fondness & flawlessly execute all things vintage. This multidisciplinary platform is being polished further to be able to share these stories globally. vPh provides the opportunity to collaborate and provide an outlet for vintage curators/collectors, particularly people of colour, as a way to cultivate culture & share the true definition of curated nostalgia.™

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Culture Talks with Crystal J. Ocegueda

Crystal J. Ocegueda is a local Chicago artist, passionate about all things art. She draws inspiration from her emotions, which drive the colors she uses, the...

Crystal J. Ocegueda is a local Chicago artist, passionate about all things art. She draws inspiration from her emotions, which drive the colors she uses, the shapes her hands develop, and the clarity of the object she creates. The fundamentals driving her vision comes partly from the creative side of her corporate retail experience, from working in apparel product development for most of her career.

Crystal’s experience in textile print design is expressed and translated through the beautiful and vibrant art she creates. These last ten years have propelled her to a whole new world of technical skills and design. There is so much gratitude for the constraints that have come through her experience in the world of corporate retail as it continues to drive creativity and artistic freedom in her work.

In this conversation, Crystal shares her multi-cultural views, philosophies, artistic flare, and love for life. She walks us through the life transitions and experiences that have allowed her to express herself so freely. Take a little dive into Crystal's mind through this uplifting conversation!

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Culture Talks with Sharmila Ray

Sharmila is a director in documentary, music video, and web series. She has worked as an assistant In television for ABC, NBC, HBO and Showtime. While gather...

Sharmila is a director in documentary, music video, and web series. She has worked as an assistant In television for ABC, NBC, HBO and Showtime. While gathering experience, Sharmila has created numerous passion projects and collaborated with other Independent filmmakers to support their visions.

In 2014, Sharmila completed the documentary You Follow: A Search for One’s Past. This reconnection adventure story was well received by the adoptee community and gained attention at the La Femme and India International festivals. Other accolades include Bunch Magazine’s 100 Creatives Issue, a feature in The Reel Woman Instagram page. In 2019 she was featured in Voyage LA. This year Shar has been added to the Film Fatales roster and also completed “Devotee”, her first dramatic narrative short.

Besides filmmaking, travel has been a huge inspiration for Sharmila to expanded her worldview. She has spent extended periods of time in India and Spain. In 2018 she spent two months decompressing from LA by traveling around Europe. In 2019 she split a month in Cambodia sightseeing and then to the Philippines to participate in a Medical Mission. Yoga and meditation is also an important part of Sharmila’s daily life.

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Say What Foo Films
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Short Film:
You Follow: A Search For One’s Past
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Culture Talks with Michele Consigli Foster

Michele was born in New York City and moved to Colorado because of her Fathers business at a very young age. Her entire life has been about corporate relocat...

Michele was born in New York City and moved to Colorado because of her Fathers business at a very young age. Her entire life has been about corporate relocations and has moved 11 times through her own career. She spent majority of her career in the Health Industry, going to Johnson & Johnson straight out of college. They were hiring women in the work force outside of administrative roles and believed athletes would be a “fit” into their culture. She was a downhill ski racer and became 1 out 6 of women to be hired by that company.

Her career took off due to her desire to be successful. The company trained her and kept her accountable throughout her time there. She evolved through her transitions as she was guided and advised by Executive Business Coaches that encouraged and reminded of her strong abilities to succeed.

Michele has always believed in herself and has made a career out of uplifting and believing in others. She strongly believes that you teach what you have been shown, through your experiences. Her career has now spanned over 4 decades of basic principles that still and will always rule the way we achieve success. Define what that means to you, make an agreement with yourself that you are worth it and never take anything personally. You are the Creator of your reality. With that said, CS introduces you to the beautiful Michele Consigli Foster.

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Culture Talks with Daisy De La Cruz-Alonzo

This week, Rebecca dives deep in conversation with the beautiful Daisy De La Cruz-Alonzo out of Chicago, IL. Celebrating a relationship that has evolved and ...

This week, Rebecca Muñoz dives deep in conversation with the beautiful Daisy De La Cruz-Alonzo, founder of Sana*Mente Health , out of Chicago, IL. Celebrating a relationship that has evolved and flourished over the past 18 years. They have managed to stay in touch through Rebecca's several moves and Daisy's transitions through marriage, children, and entrepreneurship.

Stay tuned, as we discuss how adapting through life's changes and transitions, leads to massive amounts of growth and transformation. She talks about her experiences through divorce, remarriage, career shifts, a miscarriage, and numerous events that have elevated her life in more ways than one. We dive into the importance of trusting the process and embracing all the life lessons that are meant to shift our perspective.

Her shifts and transitions have allowed her to journey through a path of discovery that has aligned her with a higher purpose. Daisy is now a Certified Integrative Health Coach and a Licensed Financial Professional. Together with her husband, Ozzie, work with families to co-create and achieve financial goals, partnership + peace of mind. Take the time to join us as we explore her journey through this powerful and impactful conversation. Enjoy!

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Culture Talks with Asta Malciute

Through the years, Rebecca Muñoz has had opportunities to meet many vibrant and diverse souls that have impacted her life. Asta Malciute and Rebecca met 4 ye...

Through the years, Rebecca Muñoz has had opportunities to meet many vibrant and diverse souls that have impacted her life. Asta Malciute and Rebecca met 4 years ago at a personal development event in Las Vegas, while living in completely different cities. It's amazing how the stars align and how the Universe connects you to people that need to be a part of your life through every phase of your life.

Whether in a specific season or for the rest of your life; there's a relevance in the connections that seems to shift your perspective on life. Asta is one of the many souls that continues to pour so much value and love into Rebecca and the rest of this world. It's an honor to have her as our special guest as we kick off this series of Cultured Society "Culture Talks". Please join us as we discuss life experiences and philosophies through the lens of this amazing and beautiful soul.

More about Asta:
Asta is a soul, deeply passionate about empowering other women to see just how gifted and beautiful they are while holding their hands as they take those very first steps out of fear into their power. You could also call her a transformational mentor, who loves to encourage women to live their most authentic lives. Asta does this through private coaching, group workshops, women's circles, speaking, writing, and Inner Circle Mastermind.

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