Dimensions of Care with Isidora Torres
From Kapwa Konversations by Kapwa Yoga LLC
February 8, 2025 · 42 min · Season 2 · Episode 3
About this episode
Isidora Torres discusses the Dimensions of Care, focusing on family dynamics, cultural identity, and self-care for caretakers.
On this episode of the podcast we have Isidora Torres , author of Working with Feelings , to discuss the topic of Dimensions of Care. As a daughter of Filipino immigrants, Isidora greatly emphasizes understanding family dynamics and how they inform generational patterns. She has published work on her exploration as a Filipino-American within American culture and the impact of acculturation on identity. As a People Operations and Culture expert, Isidora has developed a genuine interest in the intersection of emotion and work, expanding on her findings about the cultural and emotional landscape of the workplace in her book, Working With Feelings: Caring For Your Employees Through Cultural Humility and Emotional Fluency. She previously held People Operations roles at various startups and advocates for developing soft skills. She holds a Masters Degree in Counseling from Northwestern University. Listen as we cover a range of topics from: What it’s like to show up as Filipinos in the Human Resource/People field Remembering our Babaylan history, and what it means to hold the healer/caretaker role How do we take care of ourselves as caretakers so we don’t burn out If this…
People in this episode
Guest: Isidora Torres
Topics covered
- Dimensions of Care
- family dynamics
- generational patterns
- acculturation
- emotional landscape of the workplace
- self-care for caretakers
Keywords
- Dimensions of Care
- Isidora Torres
- family dynamics
- acculturation
- emotional fluency
- self-care
- Filipino-American
- People Operations
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Kapwa Yoga LLC
Books & works: Working with Feelings
Places: Filipino, American
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