Dr Brenda Alegre shares her story of a happy childhood in the Philippines where she felt loved and supported as she evolved into her true self: a transgender woman. She worked hard at school, had lots of friends, felt loved by her family and admired many super heroes, including Wonder Woman who was her favourite. She faced negativity and discrimination at times as an adult, but this just made her stronger and inspired her to work harder to be successful and make a difference in the world. Brenda...
Oct 25, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Beatrice Lee’s gift of intuition was opened to her from her childhood. Intuitive at an early age, she was able to foretell the future of friends and family using this “sixth sense” of hers. This gift never left her; and growing up she had a strong desire and curiosity towards metaphysics. Now a certified meta-physician and hypnotherapist, Beatrice left her high-ranking corporate role and realised her dream of helping others in The Golden Space Malaysia. Beatrice shares her story with us and help...
Oct 18, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Mui Thomas has a rare skin disorder called Harlequin Ichthyosis. It causes her skin to be red and flaky and she must be very careful when it comes to her body temperature control. She was adopted by her parents as a baby in Hong Kong and they have strong family bonds which they talk about in their webpage ‘The Girl Behind the Face’. Growing up with a visible difference was not easy for Mui. She was bullied when she was in high school and this took a toll on her emotional wellbeing and caused a g...
Oct 11, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Tracey Osborne is the driving force behind the empowerment blog, 'Daring Woman'. As a thriver of abuse, sexual assault and a lifetime of self-loathing, Tracey created 'Daring Woman' to help others know they aren’t alone…and to be a place for women to find and share their voice. Tracey is unstoppable and is a role model for others. Tracey's husband passed away recently and she has been dealing with grief and the loss of the love of her life. She discusses her life and how she has healed from a nu...
Oct 04, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Eleanor Coleman is a financial coach and the Principal Partner and Founder of The Financial Empowerment Group. She aims to help women and the LGBTQ community to understand and master their finances through planning and education. Drawing on her 13 years of experience working for international banks in Hong Kong, Eleanor delivers regular seminars and workshops including the popular series "A Man is Not a Plan". She uses her expertise to help people define and achieve their dreams, take control of...
Sep 27, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Bertha Chan had a difficult childhood and always felt like she did not fit in and was often excluded. She had a Tiger Mum who was always telling her that she needed to be thin and pretty to be able to find a rich husband. Bertha's mum placed her on diet pills at the age of 12. Unfortunately, Bertha ended up being hospitalised with an eating disorder in her early 20s and this was a turning point in her life. Bertha wanted to find a way that she could be happier and could embrace her curves. She j...
Sep 20, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Vishal is my ex-student who suffered from mental health issues as a teen and I tried my best to support him. He was diagnosed as Bipolar at the age of 25. He talks to us about his mental health journey and explains how he was very pessimistic and lacked motivation for many years. He also suffered from anorexia as a teen and he shares how he faced this diagnosis. Vishal’s mental health went downhill at university and he found himself feeling suicidal. He could not overcome the shame he felt which...
Sep 13, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Sara Tang is a sexuality educator, pleasure coach and creator/host of the ‘Better in Bed’ podcast. She shares frank, informative and educational information about pornography and the impact that it is having on today’s society. Sara shares her knowledge and wisdom on many aspects of porn from the prevalence of its use, to the impact on relationships and the way that it influences the social constructs of what constitutes good sex. Sara discusses porn dependence and the possible impact on a perso...
Sep 06, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Minal Mahtani is the founder of ‘OCD & Anxiety Support’ in Hong Kong. Minal used to suffer from a physical illness and this took a toll on her mental health. She began to explore services that could support her and she discovered that mental health care in Hong Kong was very limited and costly. So, she decided to leave teaching and trained as a cognitive behavioural therapist. Minal also experienced anxiety after facing three deaths in her family. She has a family member who has suffered fro...
Aug 30, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Lucy Chan works for The Golden Space Malaysia as the Learning and Development Director. Lucy believes that the connection with one's heart can change one’s own attitudes, beliefs and create success. Lucy realised that she had psychic abilities when she was very young. As a young adult she was working in banking and suffered from depression. She had relationship difficulties and called off her wedding just three months before the event. Finally, Lucy decided it was time to seek help. This is when...
Aug 23, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Dr Katherine Dale is a naturopath who wants to lift the stigma and the taboos surrounding talking about menstruation and women’s health. She is committed to empowering women and encouraging self-awareness and body knowledge. We discuss many topics including periods, ovarian cancer, period pants, masturbation and fertility. Dr Katherine shares her wisdom on all aspects of women’s sexual health. She explains periods in detail and the way that women’s cycles vary. We learn about the history of mens...
Aug 16, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Dr Louis-Adrien Ollu is an osteopath and is also studying in a new method in France with a focus on epigenetics, neuroscience, psycho-genealogy and behavioural science. We have a fascinating conversation about masculinity and the social constructs associated with notions of gender. We discuss the Yin and Yang of masculinity and how traits are often both innate and learned in childhood. Louis shares some of the misconceptions associated with masculinity and we look at toxic masculinity and the ef...
Aug 09, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Dr Hannah Sugarman is a psychologist from the U.K. working in Hong Kong. Mental health issues are on the rise and Hong Kong is no exception. Hannah shares her wisdom on a range of topics including mental health triggers and mindfulness practices. Hannah discusses the stigma surrounding mental health and how we can begin to overcome many myths and misconceptions. We discuss mental health first aid with a focus on suicide and how we can help others and ourselves. There are many resources available...
Aug 02, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Michelle Harris is an empath and healer who combines all her skills to help people reach their potential in all areas of their life. In her company ‘Michelle Harris International' she combines healing, empowerment and spirituality to help others connect to their inner self and enable them to express their uniqueness in the world. Through mindfulness, meditation and different healing methods; including her own healing system called Draco Dragon healing symbols system, past life, inner child and c...
Jul 26, 2019•41 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Candace Castro has been a seeker all her life, looking for a way to live a life of joy, purpose and love. Her childhood conditioning deeply affected the way she viewed herself. She struggled with crippling negative self-talk and had a yearning to belong. This negativity impacted the kind of life choices she made which, often caused her great distress and suffering. She has been self-employed for most of her life and knows what it means to be both independent as well as dependent, having become a...
Jul 19, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Lexi is a teenager with OCD, anxiety, mood disorder and depression. She shares her story of how she coped with her mental health issues during her school years and the challenges that she faced along the way. Lexi talks about her OCD obsessions and compulsions and the impact that these fears and rituals had on her life. Lexi could not go to school for many months as her washing compulsions became so hard to manage and the stress of trying to hide her OCD from others wore her down. She talks abou...
Jul 12, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Sylvia Tsui is an Energetic Transformation Life Coach who encourages us to love ourselves more in our quest for happiness. She used to work long hours and felt really stressed from time to time. Finally, she fell ill and was in the hospital. After that she decided to leave the corporate world and help real life people meet their goals. Sylvia learned about how energy and our mind works, and she studied with spiritual masters. She is now an energy healing practitioner and encourages people to med...
Jul 05, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Teressa Siu is a health advocate on and off camera. She helps people be healthy and happy through holistic and sustainable resources. One of her most passionate subjects is how food matters to health. She appears in media interviews advocating for food as medicine based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda and Western nutrition principles. Along with being an acclaimed journalist, Teressa has a vast array of qualifications as a Wellness Coach, Soul Link Practitioner and an Integrative Heal...
Jun 28, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Maitreyi Karanth grew up in India and had a wonderful childhood until the age of nine when her father passed away from a heart attack at home. Her mother was blind and had never worked so her family struggled to make ends meet. After Maitreyi's father passed away, her mother, who was a very determined and independent woman, found a job in a local bank. Losing her father at a young age made Maitreyi become a very responsible and trustworthy child but she always felt cheated by life by not having ...
Jun 21, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Ziggy Makant is a young mum and fitness trainer who has combined her love of babies and fitness to create a new niche in Hong Kong working with pre and post-natal mothers as a coach helping them with their fitness, nutrition and well-being. Ziggy opens up about her struggles with post-natal depression and how she was able to overcome this significant obstacle. Ziggy also shares her experience with breastfeeding and weaning her child. None of this was easy for the young 23-year-old mother. One of...
Jun 14, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Neelam Harjarni was working in the corporate world and she was facing stress and work pressure that was taking a toll on her body and mind. She decided to move into the well-being space and created her own company Inspire Yoga. Neelam mission is to teach an authentic and holistic framework to ease the stress of Hong Kong lifestyles, to bring balance to both body and mind. She has created her own niche in Hong Kong developing bespoke personal yoga programs for individuals, families and corporate ...
Jun 07, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Temmy Maclean and her 63-year-old mother were caught in the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand. This is the first time that Temmy has shared her story publicly. Temmy talks about the fear she felt and how she came to terms with the fact that she was going to die. She and 64 other people were stranded on Bamboo Island after being caught in the Tsunami during a day trip to Phi Phi Island. She and her mother went into self-preservation mode whilst being in a heightened state of sheer terror. Temmy explains t...
May 31, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Susanne Schutz is a Chinese Metaphysics consultant who specialises in Feng Shui, auspicious date selection and Chinese astrology. Susanne has trained with a Grand Master and practices in Asia, Dubai and Moscow. She explains the difference between contemporary Feng Shui and classical Feng Shui and gives us an insight into the rich history of the practice. Susanne explains how Feng Shui, auspicious date selection and astrology are all intrinsically linked, and she delves deeper into each of the pr...
May 24, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Carmen Yau is a storyteller at the Jockey Club Storytelling Hub where she shares her story of being sex call worker. Carmen was born with Spinal Muscular Atrophy and is now an advocate for people with disabilities, particularly when it comes to sexuality and embracing diversity. Carmen has a Psychology degree, yet she found it very hard to get a job because of her disability. Luckily, she found a job at the sex call centre where people would share their intimate stories and personal secrets with...
May 17, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Dating and Relationships Coach Valentina Tudose talks to us about open relationships and polyamory. We explore the boundaries and rules that can make open relationships work and some of the challenges that people in open relationships may face. Valentina explains all the wonderful benefits of being in an open relationship and how our attitudes towards sex are linked to our values. She shares her personal experience being in a 10-year open relationship with her long-term partner who sadly passed ...
May 10, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Kate Bridle is a polysomnographer, more commonly known as a sleep specialist. She talks to us about all aspects of sleeping well. Kate shares her knowledge on sleep hygiene, chronic insomnia and habits that can help us to sleep better. We discuss many things that impact our sleep such as diet, exercise, light, alcohol and many more factors. It is important that we have an anchor time that we wake up at each day if we want to develop good sleeping habits. Teenagers should not stay up cramming at ...
May 03, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Our guest has been single for seven years and she has been dating on Tinder for quite a while now. She started a very amusing and entertaining blog called ‘Bumbling Tinder’ where she talks about the highs and lows of her online dating experiences. We discuss the swiping culture in today’s fast paced world and how many people are looking for instant gratification, yet some are looking for something more meaningful. She reminds us how superficial the Tinder app can be however; some people do find ...
Apr 26, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Debbie Mannas grew up in Bangalore, India and moved to Hong Kong in 1991. Her love of music began early in life and she has been singing from a very young age. Her deep interest in human behaviour helps her to write meaningful songs in many different styles and genres. She performs often and her singing touches the hearts of many. Debbie and I talk about her work in Human Resources in the corporate world and how she balances work, motherhood and music. Debbie is a mentor to women through the Wom...
Apr 19, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Allie Rooke discovered the benefits of clean cosmetics and living a clean lifestyle when she was going through her fertility journey. She found a natural fertility clinic in Australia and that was the turning point in her journey to become a mother and she re-evaluated how she was living her life and the products that she was using. Allie explains how mainstream cosmetics can disrupt the endocrine system on our bodies and the effects that this can have on our health and wellbeing. She began with...
Apr 12, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Paula Miquelis is the organiser of the Green is the New Black Conscious Festival in Hong Kong. We discuss many sustainable living topics. We explore issues such as climate change, plastic use, zero waste, veganism and mindful eating. Paula shares some of the highlights of the Green is the New Black Festival including the conscious brands featured in the Market Place and the Talks where industry experts encourage us to live more consciously. Paula talks about best practices that corporations can ...
Apr 05, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 84
