Historically, jewelry was worn as adornment, a signifier of rank or status, a form of protection or a talisman. The same purposes hold true today and for whatever reason, a Tita would have an excuse to buy jewelry - be it for investment, self-love, to celebrate a milestone or as a reward.

In this episode of Tita Project Podcast, we support your worthy endeavor of self-love and long range wealth building and have called upon two of the country's best jewelers, Kristine Dee and Paul Syjuco to help us become mindful, more discerning and thoughtful about our purchases.

They answer all your burning questions about jewelry - Diamond vs Gold? Italian vs Saudi Gold? How to clean and store jewelry? - with a little bit of history, economics and trivia thrown in. As always, it's a spark joy episode in the figurative and literal sense. Keep that  ...