Your brain is a precious instrument that is super hardworking but often gets overlooked when it comes to self-care! In this solo ep, Crystal shares her take on how to maximise your smarts including:

• developing relentless curiosity
• how to push yourself
• the importance of reading
• good thinking prompts
• daily brain exercise and the best apps for your mind
• supplements
• good habits for brain care
  
  

Some resources mentioned: Search "Dual N Back" on your phone's app store for brain training

The Way App for meditation ⁠https://www.thewayapp.com/⁠

The Hoffman Process retreat for personal growth ⁠https://hoffmanprocess.com.au/⁠

Joining us this week is Angel Killian, a career coach and senior leader, who is passionate about helping people make big and bold life and career transitions so they can really flourish in their lives.

Angel Killian is a senior leader in the consulting world, working with Fortune 500 companies and C-suite leaders to build inclusive organisations and helping hundreds of women make successful career moves and grow with her proven framework.

An active contributor on Linkedin and two-time “Linkedin Top Voice” for Gender Equity and Company Cultures, Angel has also been recognised for her thought leadership in creating awareness for inclusive workplaces and career empowerment among today’s new business leaders.

Check out Angel’s work at her website:

⁠https://www.careerinfocus.co/⁠

I'm so delighted to have a personal hero of mine on the podcast this week! Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management and productivity books, including the new Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters, along with Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours.

Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at ⁠LauraVanderkam.com

Crystal & Greg are fresh from coming out of a retreat with Zen master Henry Shukman, and in this episode they talk about their reflections on the importance of taking a break to reconnect to themselves, the power of non-doing, and the wisdom that Henry shared at the retreat.

They also share about Go energy vs Flow energy, how to embrace all aspects of your being, and practical tips on how to come home to yourself.

Filmed live in the middle of their roadtrip from a motel in New Mexico and with no edits!

Returning this week is the ever popular Volker Krohn, my OG mentor, and Director of personal growth retreat the Hoffman Process for Asia-Pacific!

In Volker's last Episode 6 on the podcast, he spoke about what it means to do “Inner Work”, and now he takes questions from our community about parenting, healing from intergenerational conditioning, forgiveness and having better boundaries.

If you’re interested in checking out the Hoffman Process, please check out https://www.hoffmanprocess.com.au/

Volker has a team which covers Singapore, Australia and the Asia-Pacific and you can always book a free consult at this website. This is not sponsored, I am sharing this as a resource that has been truly life-changing for myself and so many hundreds of my clients and friends.

Resources:

https://www.hoffmanprocess.com.au/

Join us for a candid conversation with my friend Yvon Bock, an "ordinary" stay-at-home mother who unlocked her full potential and built a hundred-million-dollar global business. Yvon is the Founder and CEO of Hegen, an award-winning baby bottle brand that is the leading bottle brand in global markets

Yvon’s entrepreneurial achievements have earned her numerous accolades, including the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year Class of 2024, EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 (Consumer Products & Overall Singapore Winner), Fortune Times Asia's Women Empowerment Award 2021 and the Stevie Awards for Women in Business 2020.

In this episode, a death-defying moment propelled her into action, inspiring her to pursue a greater purpose: empowering 100 million mums worldwide with her brand, Hegen. Now, relying on her breastfeeding experience and expertise as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant as well as her innovative spirit, she shares a message of hope, urging us all to embrace the extraordinary within ourselves.

Through the voice of a daughter, sister, wife, mother, and visionary entrepreneur, Yvon embodies the essence of human potential and the transformative power of intention.

Order ExtraOrdinary by Yvon Bock on www.yvonbock.com or find it at all major bookstores in Singapore and on Amazon.

Follow Yvon on Instagram and Linkedin @yvonbock

Calling all therapy-curious people! This week Greg and I share our own personal stories and experiences with therapy, and talk about the differences between a mentor, coach, counsellor and therapist. I pepper my clinical psychologist and psychology academic husband Greg with your burning questions and he gamely tries to answer them. Hope you enjoy this one!

Christine is a powerhouse and one of the most positive and charismatic superconnectors I know. She is also an unapologetically feminine force in the world of leadership, and one of the friends I trust to give me her candid, unfiltered feedback always!

Her diverse career spans roles at McCann Erickson in Tokyo, Nike across four continents, and leadership in Marketing & Communications at Temasek Trust—the philanthropic arm of Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, Temasek Holdings.

A true global nomad, Christine was raised in Philippines with a Filipina mother and a French and Swiss father. She speaks six languages, has called four continents and seven cities home, traversing close to 80 countries and currently resides in Singapore, with her husband and four children.

She is a a dedicated social entrepreneur, driven by a passion for philanthropy, community building, climate and gender-lens investing, and has founded two impactful NGOs, Women on a Mission and HER Planet Earth, using the power of expeditionary travel to support vulnerable women.

These organisations raise awareness about critical issues disproportionately affecting women such as violence, economic crisis and climate change. Through the education and entrepreneurship initiatives, climate resilience programs, agriculture and wildlife conservation efforts that we fund, she aims to empower women across Asia and Africa.

Christine's links

⁠https://www.christineamourlevar.com/⁠

⁠https://www.herplanetearth.com/⁠

⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-amour-levar007/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/christineamourlevar/⁠