Close and Personal

EP 07: What a year. This episode is on lessons I learned in 2020 and how it played a crucial part in creating my goals for the New Year. 2020 has brought us a whole lot of overwhelming feelings and confusion, but also a quality time for us to sit and reflect on our own lives. 

Farewell 2020 - You taught us some valuable lessons, but you will not be missed. 

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Enjoy this episode and see y'all on Season 2, chat soon! :) 

EP 06: This week's episode is all about body positivity - how to be confident in your own body, my own insecurities and tips on how I overcame them overtime.  

I'll be discussing about health and fitness tips, building a positive mindset towards your own body, and most importantly being comfortable in your own skin no matter how it looks! 

You can check out the podcast on Spotify, Apple podcast, Google Podcast, and many more. Also, follow me on @closeandpersonal_podcast for weekly updates on episodes. 

EP 05: Today's episode is a chitchat episode!

On this episode, Clara shares her past heartaches and how she was able to move on to focus on herself again. It's tough to "self-love", when you are in the mindset of missing someone and constantly reflecting back on the relationship. But, it's so important to put yourself first and wait for the time to heal you.

If you're listening to this and currently going through a breakup, I hope you can learn from my mistakes and feel even just a tiny bit better.

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EP 04: What do I want to do after I graduate? Everyone seem to have it all figured out except me? 

All these questions and doubts come into our heads as we decide on what we are going to do once we graduate. This episode is for those who need advice on how to find your next move after grad and the best way to prepare for it during the time being.

Your Host, Clara opens up about her experiences as she navigated through her last year at University of Toronto and the struggles she went through as she transitioned from her career in marketing to tech sales. Overall, She is in her early 20s too - and life is hard lol. 

We all know the struggle. Going from student to being an "Adult", it's a shock in all one.  Hope this episode inspires and motivates you to find your next move after undergrad with more confidence and preparation in place. 

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EP 03: Now that we are operating 100% at home, building your personal brand seems a bit harder than ever. But, personal brand is so crucial and in fact possible to build in a work or online setting if you incorporate the right actions to it.  How you describe yourself to others through your skills, experience, and attitude can really develop how others perceive you overall. In the case of recruitment, personal brand is even more prominent and with the right actions - you can get the result that you want! With that note, Clara's journey with building her personal brand mostly stems at her current full time job that she started recently after graduating from University of Toronto. On this episode, Clara and her guest discuss on their experiences with personal branding at work, on LinkedIn, and some tips that they implemented as they were recruiting exactly a year ago.  Hope you enjoy this episode! 

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EP 02: What defines a healthy friendship? How do you maintain those quality friends in your life despite being apart for a very long time, living in a different city/country? 

Clara and her childhood bestfriend Nicole, gets real on the values of a healthy friendship, maintaining those long distance friendship, and foreseeing the future together for the many more years to come in their friendship. The "Out of sight, Out of Mind" quote can go - because putting the effort, time, and energy to your friendship is what makes strong ones even stronger. 

Here is a little prompt for you and your best friends to talk about after this episode: "Where do you see us in 10 years and What can I improve for our friendship moving forward?" 

Hope you enjoy the episode! Follow the close and personal podcast instagram @closeandpersonal_podcast 

EP 01: First episode is a solo episode! Have you recently started your full-time, internship, or went back to school at home? With the recent norm of working  and studying from home, it is important for us to create balance and healthy habits to navigate through the overwhelming environment of being productive "at home". On this episode, I will be going through 4 tips on creating balance working from home. Your sis got you! 

Also as promised on the episode, here is the link to the HBS article "That Discomfort You're Feeling is grief" - https://hbr.org/2020/03/that-discomfort-youre-feeling-is-grief

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Chat soon!