Epitome Anatomy: Evolution

New season, first episode! Wish reflects on personal evolution and the transitions in life, particularly focusing on the past year and the changes that have occurred. She discusses her recent international move, the challenges and joys of adapting to a new environment, and the psychological aspects of embracing change versus evolution. The conversation also touches on the importance of creativity and compassion in the face of global uncertainty and fear.

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Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (00:00.566)
That... pause! Sagrada's meowing in the background it's okay, baby

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (00:12.052)
So we're back. It is a struggle to always restart this, I honestly found, but now we're rekindling our connection. So let us reflect on the past year, not fully dwelling anymore, but reconnecting it to this year so far. These marks in life generate a common pattern of constant progress, for better or worse, whether through our environment,

or how we nurture ourselves inwardly. Plus, some updates and rants, perhaps? Let's catch up to spark this new season! Welcome to Human Thesaurus Presents Epitome Anatomy My name is Wish and I talk about something

somehow to dissect a word or phrases relevant from my life to yours. Ready for the epitome of evolution? Let's go! Our keyword is evolution. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary online, evolution has many angles but

Let's focus on its essence surrounding unfolding and growth. Evolution is a process of change in a certain direction. Moreover, it is a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state. The earliest known use of the noun evolution was in 1616.

The word evolution was borrowed from the New Latin ēvolūtiō which means unfolding of a curve in geometry or emergence from an enclosing structure or historical development. This word evolved from New Latin which was a derivative from a medieval Latin meaning unfolding of a tail.

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (02:36.51)
Lapse of time, which references another Latin, ēvolū-, a variant stem of ēvolvere, which means to roll out or away and wind or unroll. That in itself is such an evolution, isn't it?

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (02:58.062)
First of all, I hope that you're doing great. I wonder how is your 2026 so far? It's good for me to unbundle a little bit of 2025 since I didn't do any New Year's special, but I'm gonna keep it short and simple. I think 2025 for me is a transitional stage of my next chapter in life. From finishing up

four and a half years of trying to get pregnant and going through IVF and all of its upsides and downsides for me, I think it really pushed me to a quest to figure out what I wanted to do next. To be honest with you, I'm still figuring that out, but it's getting easier for me to see the...

evolution or change in my life so far coming from one kind of a life job to another. This new frontier from 2025 is I think the biggest theme for me coming from last year's chaos and the new kind of world order if you may and

everything that's been happening around us and inwardly outwardly society politics religion everything everything last year was a little bit unhinged not the word unhinged like how everybody's using it again we're using this as a human etymology as a human thesaurus kind of a thing the context of unhinged for me last year is that

A lot of the things that we knew, a lot of the things that are stable, a lot of the things that we're banking on to be the best state of things around us were all unbundled, unclenched, undone. In so many different ways, again, this is not just political, it's more societal, it's more psychological or mental for all of us. I think there's really an upheaval.

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (05:17.582)
happening and that comes for this year. Of course when December comes there's always hope for the new year. It's like new year, new me, which I really really dislike so much. It's just I feel like yes it's a good bookmark for us to reflect and get motivated for the times ahead but that does not mean that

things will just change or evolve that fast. It doesn't happen that way. Sometimes it does, yes, with life, but not just for the New Year's itself. But 2026, transitioning to 2025, my theme was being grateful. Being grateful, regardless of all the pauses and the stop-synagos in my life, I am grateful that I am

able to move forward that I am able to decide that I have choices and I never I will never ever take that for granted oh my gosh I'm kind of teary-eyed saying this I am truthfully grateful because as the world crumbles my heart is building my soul my psyche has been building up

year by year, day by day, second by second, my embodiment of my own self has been building up regardless. I'm going now to the next topic of my life because I should update you what's up because I had a longer pause.

in terms of I thought I'll be back first week of February for this podcast, but in between my seasons now, I took a little bit more time to record again and to keep this going every fortnight. It's just there a massive, massive change that happened the past few weeks because last December this started actually six, seven, eight, eight months.

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (07:38.208)
almost eight months ago about a thorough planning of logistics, et cetera. And now may I tell you that I've moved to London. I've moved to London with my husband and my two cats. It was a long journey because we have to move out of the house, pack everything up, the logistics of...

all of it and it's always like a massive hassle. I always take it as an adventure because logistics is something that I get excited about. Logistics is something that I can control. I think I love it so much. I just had epiphany right now. I think I love logistics because I know I could be in control of everything. I can do the things and the process that I needed to do is with me. So

everything the box stops with me when it comes to planning and I love that and I love the nitty-gritty of the details etc planning for that I love it even with the stress of it I love that because I thrive in that portion of life yes so it's it's such a great move when my husband asked me what if I'm open to be moving to before he finished that sentence I already said yes

Definitely me and the cats are packed for you. Let's go. It's really something that I never expected for us to move to Europe. But I know it was in the cards, but I never thought that it's really going to happen. It's like at the back of my head. It's like, okay, if it does happen, then it's fantastic. So yes, I'm in London right now. I'm really loving the weather. It's funny because I think I startle locals.

whenever I don't complain about the super gray, super wet, super cold weather. I really don't mind it because I think I don't mind it. Number one, we're in the city so there's no snow. There's no harsh winds. So it's still mild in a way comparing if probably we're going to be in the countryside so probably I will be the same as Lucas.

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (09:59.938)
this never-ending darkness and greenness so yes and also i can't complain because i embrace i really do embrace this place there are so many things in here that probably if you've been here for a long time probably or if you live here or sorry if you were born here probably you don't see as

This is the beautiful part when you're a newbie or when you move to a new place because you see it in a different lens. There may be a honeymoon period or not. It doesn't matter. It's just an exciting moment or an exciting part in terms of moving somewhere. I run hot so I love being in the cold. I don't like sweating. I love layering because there's more fashion involved.

effortlessly when it comes to layering. So I'm loving this weather, I'm loving wearing boots again, wearing leather and suede again. And also I love the home where we're at and being close to everything historical. Also the museums that I love, you know, I'm obsessed about V &A and then they now have V &A storefront in the East.

East of London where they opened up like an Ikea looking museum where you can really be close to some of their archive items that they can't put in V &A and also like the access to theater place on West End. I love West End. I always try to watch something and now I'm kind of overwhelmed because there is so many things that I wanted to watch. I'm already booked up.

in the next few months what I'm going to watch and I'm sure I will add some more there. yeah, it's just there's so many things for me to do. Ever since we came here until now, even my husband noticed I'm always outside, I'm always doing something and also I'm busy inside the house organizing our new home, yes.

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (12:15.916)
I always have lot of chores and errands, especially, you know, you're in Europe. We came from Asia where we can get help. Like someone could help me clean the house regularly, not just on my own or someone's ironing because I don't like ironing, but now I have to do it again. So I have to fill up my time with a lot of chores and errands and I love all of them.

also avoiding more online shopping versus going out and buying them myself unless they're really really heavy. Every time I move, there's a certain reinvention that I partake at because it's always exciting for me. I take this opportunity because I know how fortunate I am that I am able to do these things. This goes back to the evolution narrative. I believe that evolution is different

versus the word change. This is I think more psychological in terms of how I see it. For me, evolution is less threatening for people because you're like you're just going to transform or reinvent or improve or eliminate things in your life. So you evolve into something, you grow. So this is the part of it versus change.

When you say change to a lot of people, a lot of people become pensive, become a little bit... it has a certain connotation that's a little bit more threatening. When you say change, there's a lot of fear involved because sometimes, you know, why can't you change? So immediately your psyche will involve that, what? I'm just gonna flip? You know, it's just that fast? So there's a little bit of a stigma but...

So far with all of my life experiences, this is how I see these things that there's a difference when it comes to the context of the word itself. The soul of the words, these words, evolution versus change, they're kind of, they're same same but different when it comes to the tone of it. So in practical terms, they're kind of different for me the way I carefully use change or evolution. These

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (14:32.8)
change and these evolution in my life, I always welcome because it's an opportunity. Like if you have an opportunity to evolve, that's a privilege already in itself because that means you have your agency. You can use your agency to choose. That's extremely a special gift coming from this. Not everybody can do this. A lot of people would ask me this.

How do you accept change? How can you evolve just effortlessly? I suppose it's not really effortless. There's always an effort when it comes to your conscious evolution or even subconscious change. The big thing about this is giving myself grace that I could do this, that I need to do this.

because if not, I'm gonna get bored. So there's still a self-reflection happening that's still within the realms of my control when it comes to evolution and change in life. Not everybody can. Again, not everybody has the agency to do this. But even if you don't, we constantly move forward, whether you like it or not, we constantly move forward for the better or for worse.

But how are you going to make it better or make it palatable for yourself when you're doing something good for yourself that will also reflect outwardly? I necessarily just welcome change. It's not just accepting it. It's just welcoming reinvention, welcoming circumstances in life and finding out where it's going to lead me to.

I think it's always been like this for me even if I didn't know anything better. Well, I don't know everything now but I still have a lot to learn especially in this type of a town called London. There are so many things. There are so many... I don't know anything. As soon as I enter one museum here, it just reminds me how small of a person I am. Historically speaking, there are so many things to learn.

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (16:54.776)
there's still so much and why do I care about history? it's because looking back and reflecting back from there then you can see the evolution, the change, the good things, the bad things coming from there versus now or there are some things that never really changed there are some things that evolved too much that it's too much so there are so many things of that and I'm in the center of that when it comes to fearing

the change in you. I have a different take in terms of the fear that is riding into your evolution or the change of something in your life. I tend to conquer my fear as much as I can because I'm extremely curious of what's that conclusion, like what's next. If I don't

do this, then I'm not gonna find out what happens post fear. All of the things that I've done in my life, there's always fear in there. What if I'm not good enough? What if I fuck it up? What if I fail? What if people hate me? Like there are so many of that all throughout my life, but I don't let them take over me. I was like, okay, then fuck that shit. I will, I will do it.

I will do it for the sake of me finding an answer why I wanted to do it in the first place even though it's very scary. I'm that curious to do things. But of course, I'm being realistic too. It's also a choice. It's also having your own agency because there are some things that I fear, that I am fearful for and I can't do anything much. For example, swimming in an open ocean.

it's something that there's no reward for me knowing if I swim in an open sea that you know, this is cool like I don't mind just being on a boat fishing but I don't need to swim there so yes everything is objective everything is not perfect and that's part of the entire journey altogether

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (19:20.578)
Probably a very beefy first episode of my fifth season which I am grateful for and I hope you will still come back and listen and subscribe or even also I needed to understand as well like how do you conquer your own fears? What is your

major evolution that you remember or what's going on with you? Do you have any upheavals at the moment or are you in the current state of reinventing yourself? Like how do you view change versus evolution? Is it the same to you? Are they different or is this is my story giving you a different angle altogether? Please share them with me. I would love to hear all of your thoughts.

Until next time, ciao! Epitome Anatomy is created and produced by me and Jeremiah Ronquillo. All rights reserved via Wishblizz Media.

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (20:46.838)
So this is an impromptu extra recording that I'm making while editing my first episode. The past few days has had a lot of chaos and war. And yes, I'm aware there are lots of wars happening apart from this and even before this, but I'm just

seeing the mood that everybody's feeling and expressing or even not expressing or let's say reflecting on and there are lots of fear and uncertainty in the world. A lot of us feel helpless not doing anything. Be as it may, it is shallow to say that I will still

continue to do my podcast, not because I wanted to escape, but it's because the world still needs to go on. We have to be creative and we have to use our platforms in many different ways. I am not going political here, but it's really more of whatever we can do in our everyday lives in the littlest way we know how. We shall do it. We shall do it.

in a spirit of humanity. As simple as being kind out there with a lot of people with probably hidden anxieties and depression about what's happening around us. I think that is more than enough for you to feel that you're contributing to the society. We cannot allow evil. We cannot allow bad things to go on. We as humans have always been resilient, but at the same time,

We have to keep on being compassionate, thoughtful, and creative. Creativity is a resistance. Resistance to giving in to things that we don't agree about. Everything seems to be on the wrong footing, or every single part of humanity, morality, and ethics is being challenged so much right now.

Wish Ronquillo Peacocke (23:10.508)
more than ever before because of all of our access to information. So please hold your ground with humanity and what you believe in. I'm not preaching here. I am just letting you know that it is something that needs to be spoken about. In my litmus way, I will continue doing my podcasts. I'm talking about humanity, but it's really more of continuing.

what I've started, create the space where we can still talk about morals and beliefs and something we're entitled to even do, speak our minds.