In this episode, we dive deep into the common challenge of anxiety and provide you with a practical toolkit for navigating life's challenges such as social situations and getting put on the spot in a work meeting.  Join us as we explore expert strategies, mindfulness techniques, and real-life stories from Greg’s therapy and Crystal’s coaching clients to help you not just manage but thrive in the face of anxiety. 

Whether you're dealing with work-related stress, social pressures, or everyday worries, this guide will empower you to break free from the grip of anxiety and reclaim your inner peace. Don't miss this essential episode for anyone seeking practical solutions to live a more balanced and anxiety-free life.

As busy people, it is so necessary to carve out time away from the noise to do our own deep work and healing. In this episode, we talk about the 3 essential kinds of retreats we make time for every year, and show you how to DIY your own strategy retreat, goalset, share our rituals and recommendations for optimising your wellness, mindset and success!

To find out about our retreats and events, go to  https://www.deep-human.com/events

Resources:
Personal Growth Retreats:
Hoffman Process - https://www.hoffmanprocess.com.au/
Enneagram offered by Hoffman Process - https://www.hoffmanprocess.com.au/understanding-the-enneagram/
Esalen Institute - https://www.esalen.org
1440 Multiversity - https://www.1440.org/

Mindfulness Retreats:
https://www.spiritrock.org/residential-retreats

Wellness Retreats:
Kamalaya Health Spa - https://kamalaya.com/
Como Shambhala Estate - https://www.comohotels.com/bali/como-shambhala-estate
Six Senses Ibiza -  https://www.sixsenses.com/en/resorts/ibiza/wellness-spa/retreats

So you’ve experienced one of Life’s Hard Knocks, and you’re feeling stuck, depleted and devoid of your usual mojo. You’re not alone. In this episode we talk about how to get your life together when this happens. Dr. Greg Lim-Lange and Crystal come in with their handy 5 Aspects of Resilience model and share practical tips and real life stories and advice from listeners in this power packed episode that may just change your life. Keep going dear ones!

Resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA-PkSnAvfw&t=4s

Also watch our Episode 3 - The Big Self-Love Episode to learn to love yourself better!

Nobody has been a bigger influence in my personal growth journey than today’s guest, my OG mentor, Volker Krohn, Director of personal growth retreat the Hoffman Process for Asia-Pacific. 

In this packed episode, Volker helps us understand what it means to do “Inner Work”, how to overcome self-destructive patterns, how to express ourselves and hold others accountable, and what it looks like to lead a more conscious life. 

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/

It's that time of the year where you're invited to all these work events and so many people have written in to share that they feel anxious thinking of the prospect of making work-appropriate conversation or small talk. In this episode, Crystal & Dr. Greg Lim-Lange share their top advice on connecting better with others with Logos, Ethos and Pathos (Logic, Credibility and Emotions) and some handy tips on how to be more memorable and interesting.

Key tips:

1.  Everyone is focused on themselves more than they are focused on you so you may think you look nervous but most people don't notice
2.  Be interested to be interesting - read more and be able to have opinions on diverse topics
3.  Use metaphors and visual language
4.  Tell stories about the interesting problems you and your team solved recently
5.  Ask evocative questions - What has been the highlight of this week? What personal passion project are you working on?
6.  Ask for specific easy to give advice - What's your recommendation for places to eat around your workplace - What advice would you wish you had when you were starting out in this industry?
7.  Reference / brand yourself in relation to your 3 highest values

Let us know your feedback!

My dear friend Rachel Lim, co-founder of Love, Bonito, and founder of personal growth community RachReflects, joins the pod to spill her secrets about

- Her specific morning routine

- How she set up her day for success

- Philosophies for productivity

- How she prays and connects to spirituality

- Dealing with mom guilt

- How she built a super powerful and supportive network of friends

To connect with Rachel find her on instagram at ms_rach and www.rachreflects.com

Show Notes:

More reading about the Pareto 80:20 Principle 

https://markmanson.net/80-20-your-life

Eisenhower Matrix

https://jamesclear.com/eisenhower-box

What does "Self-Love" really mean? What is the difference between Self-love and self-care? What if we get "soft" and lose our edge? When do I know when to give myself tough love, and when do I need to go easy and give myself soft love? Dr. Greg and I answer all your questions on this profound topic this week!

How do you deal with office gossip or passive-aggressive behaviour at work? It's one of the most popular AMA questions we get - and this week Crystal has Dr. Gregor Lim-Lange, clinical psychologist and also best husband ever, on her podcast to help her answer this question. We share some of our best advice and strategies to deal with annoying situations at work, and when to say enough is enough!

All my supplements

Lypospheric Liposomal supplements - I take C, B and Magnesium

https://www.livonlabs.com/products/vitamin-c/
 Gingko Biloba

Hair supplements - Nutrafol  https://www.amazon.sg/Nutrafol-Supplements-Clinically-Dermatologist-Recommended/dp/B0B4T5N2H4 Nourkrin  https://nourkrin.com.sg/inclinic/

Probiotics - K sisters https://www.ksisters.sg/pages/bnr17-probiotics Seed https://seed.com/

Fave Meditation teachers 

Fave mindfulness app which is a timer and has my fave teachers - https://insighttimer.com/
Rick Hanson - https://www.rickhanson.net/online-courses/guided-meditation-practices/

Tara Brach - https://www.youtube.com/user/tarabrach

Kristin Neff (Self-compassion meditations) -  https://self-compassion.org/category/exercises/#guided-meditations

Jack Kornfield - https://jackkornfield.com/category/meditations/

Jon Kabat-Zinn - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WnZisfYMsE

Crystal Lim-Lange Self-compassion meditation -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA-PkSnAvfw

Fave podcasts

RachReflects

Diary of a CEO

Tim Ferriss

Esther Perel (on relationship)

Ramit Sethi (on money)

Andrew Huberman