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Regina (Guthrie) Faridnia is an Integrative Health Practitioner and Brainspotting trainer specializing in Native populations. She has a Psychotherapy practice under my LCSW and an Integrative Wellness Practice/Spa.

I'm super excited to release episode 66 of the BeeNow podcast. In this chat, I sat down with an old friend, Maggie Sass, PhD. Aside from being a great conversationalist and friend, Maggie is an EQ research strategy lead at TalentSmart EQ. After 10+ years after graduate school, we decided to reconnect. In this episode, Maggie shares her story and we explore topics related to EQ and self-awareness, and learning to listen to the voices that help. enjoyyy More about MaggieMaggie Sass, Ph.D., is an innovative, research-driven design thinker, organizational psychologist, solution architect, consultant, and executive coach working at the convergence of data, emotional intelligence, and leadership development. She is a self-described harmony-seeking challenger who strives to shatter the status quo while staying open to possibilities with a healthy sense of realism. Clients and colleagues characterize her as a dot connector, a silo buster, and a natural mentor who democratizes the process of culture change.As an EQ research strategy lead at TalentSmart EQ, Maggie draws upon her rich academic background and breadth of experience in assessment and evaluation to translate research into practical, scalable solutions for clients. She has trained and coached executive leaders and their teams worldwide in engineering, education, finance, healthcare, technology, and government and bridged diverse leadership topics, including EI, conflict resolution, communication, change competency, influence, coaching skills, and neuroleadership.

Britni Warner, PhD is the Head of Talent Development and Engagement at Sony. We went to graduate school together and after 10+ years we decided to reconnect. In this episode, Britni and I explore topics related to EQ and self-awareness and how to create magic moments at work.

Hanling Peng is a mental health counselor in Chengdu. Her work is devoted to arouse motivation in her patients to reflect and accept where they come from and who they really are. It's a hard and romatic work, like accompanying a friend to go to an unknown land in the dark, and only at the end when the sunlight breaks into heart, one can really feel that the journey was all worth it.Hanling shares how she got started as a therapist, the importance of listening, and the dangers of avoiding negative emotions. Avoidance removes youfrom the real world,Listening means assumingyou don't know.

Ms. Tingting Chen is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Registered Art Therapist. She grew up in Shanghai and has lived in Hong Kong and United States for over 10 years. She is currently setting up her own private practice in Shanghai. Tingting has been providing mental health counseling and art therapy services to children, adolescents, and adults. Her experience as a counselor in an inpatient psychiatric unit in the States has helped her to see human resilience even during the most challenging times. Tingting enjoys working with people to help them discover the beauty of imperfection.In this episode, we explore her journey with home and art therapy.

BeeNow podcast, Episode 60In this episode, Kitty, known as being happy and outgoing, shares her mental health journey and evolution in China. Her battles with panic attacks started as drowning in deep waters to then building a ship and helping others build theirs (metaphorically). At first, reacting to bodily symptoms then responding to the root cause.

Currently, the show is 10minute episodes with creatives and mental health professionals, covering 3 topics: 1. Alone time2. Doing hard things3. Misunderstandings

BeeNow podcast, Episode 58Ju Chen (Juju) is a former business owner and investor. In pursuit of greater meaning in her life, she dove into the work of emotional wholeness and healing. She wants to see people fully alive in their relationships while being healthy inside. She is now the founder of Puzzle Love to promote healthy self & healthy relationships. In this episode, we examine what it means to be busy, asking, "why the rush?" We look at what it means to slow down, the value of discipline, and also some ways to quiet the inner critic.

BeeNow podcast, Episode 57In this episode, Ree and I share stories from our time in Wan Zhou (万州). We tell the story of our cab driver who had to re-adjust his hopes for his children's future because of a policy change. And the story of a sweet old lady who runs a coffee shop with her daughter and how the policy change actually benefited them. The stories reveal the human heart and how economic development affects people in different ways.

BeeNow podcast, Episode 56"A bunch of tickets took me around Europe, a wanderlust heart showed me around the East and West coast of America, a foodie mouth brings me to Chengdu, a camera leads me to Chengdu’s streets and alleys, my blog shares all kinds of thoughts and stuff, my small little kitchen hosts interesting people from different places. My name is Amiee, nice to meet you~"In this episode, Amiee shares her journey as an outsider, not knowing much, to finding a sense of home in Chengdu. She talks about her connection with street photography and her process of waiting and observing. We also discuss finding happiness in the mundane, how to get through when feeling blue, quality me-time, homie time, and the value of learning by doing.What is dilly dallying you ask? Dilly dallying is aimlessly wandering and wasting time. For example, "I hate when people accuse me of lollygagging when I’m quite clearly dilly-dallying." Sometimes you got to dilly-dally to get something done.