Small Talk! With Alec Cuenca - Motivation & Mindset Podcast

The Price of Following Your Passion with Prax Yap | Episode 354

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Prax Yap shares the story behind her viral video with 15 million views about her son and their yaya.

The episode begins with host Alec Cuenca introducing guest Prax Yap, highlighting her positive energy and background in content creation. Prax explains her viral TikTok video, 'Uuwi Si Yaya Era,' which garnered 15 million views by capturing a candid moment with her son Marcos discussing their yaya leaving. She reveals that the video's success came from authentic, simple family interactions, contrasting with her earlier scripted content. Prax discusses her long-term content creation journey with her husband, emphasizing that they created content for years without an audience because they enjoyed it. She introduces the concept of ikigai, explaining it as something you enjoy doing that others value and pay for, which she learned through conversations with her children. Prax details her parenting approach, including communicating with her sons Marcos and Titus using full sentences and sign language from infancy to foster better understanding. She shares her corporate background, working in sales and as an expatriate in Thailand and Cambodia, before resigning at the peak of her career. Prax describes her mini-retirement in Bali, Indonesia, where she and her husband lived for almost a year, initially enjoying freedom but eventually feeling unfulfilled. This led her to explore various activities like blogging, video production, and online selling to find purpose. The episode concludes with Prax reflecting on the importance of creating value and finding fulfillment beyond material success, tying it back to her content creation and family life.

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