Full Timers Club

We are so excited to announce a new segment on Full Timers club with our new resident doctor, titled Riff with Dr Biff.

Dr Laura Biffin (MBBS, GDFM, B.Pharm, SCHP) is the definition of a Full Timer. Mother to 3 beautiful children, doting wife, daughter and friend, Laura has embarked on the terrifying but very rewarding journey of starting something of her own. Late last month, Laura opened her first GP practice in Singapore, River Valley Doctors.

Our segments with Laura will cover everything you can possibly think of, but today, we discuss why she started her own practice and what are the issues and challenges many modern day women face today. This includes fatigue, weight gain, irritability and lack of focus.

You are not going to want to miss this one! Enjoy!

Ellie & Bec x

For more info on Dr Laura Biffin's GP practice, please click here: https://rivervalleydoctors.com.sg/

We’re back for part two of our first interview with Beata Justkowiak, ex-athlete, Psychologist and Life Coach.

If you tuned into the first episode, we left on Ellie getting a little emotional with some confronting conversations. This episode you’ll hear what struck a chord and what has triggered her feelings, including the impact COVID had on family, work and personal lives.

Beata also covers her experience with men and therapy - including why they come and see her and what motivates them to seek help, which she attributes to a strong relationship with their partners.

All in all, this episode is all about how to develop the right strategies to work on you, that work for you, and help you navigate the madness, delight and reality of being a Full Timer in a demanding, uncertain and constantly changing world.

We're really excited to introduce our first episode with Full Timer Beata Justkowiak, Ex-athlete, Psychologist and Life Coach.

As a mental wellness advocate, she takes life with its ups and downs, and mixes psychology with life coaching, making it practical for her clients to improve their daily lives.

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Beata from Energising Goals to chat about the difference between life coaching, therapy, counselling, psychology and everything that sits between.

Both of us have had experiences with therapy which is why we know you are going to love this episode.

She had us nodding along when she said Full Timers were grappling with purpose during COVID, post-COVID we’re busy and anxious and barely coping, and she foresees an attention-deficit-like pandemic hitting us soon. For some, all three of these are hitting us at once.

She gave so many practical tips that we can all start to implement from today, ways to increase our “coping mechanisms”, building a bank of tools and resources to build our resilience, and giving us permission to be kinder and more tolerant to ourselves.

It was such a big episode, we ended up pausing halfway to gather our own thoughts and feelings. But not to worry, we’ll be launching Part 2 of our chat with Beata very soon.

We hope you enjoy!

And if you want to reach out to Beata for a free 15-min consultation, click here: https://www.energisinggoals.com/

Gym memberships, pilates, trainers, facials, bio hacking, 7-step skincare regimes - we’re constantly finding ways to optimise our physical health and appearance, yet we seldom give the same amount of investment and time to our mental health. We wait until we’re in the midst of a storm, or struggling, before we seek out therapy or coaching.

But what if we took a more proactive approach to our mental health, building up our repertoire of coping tools so that we are more resilient and better equipped to deal with situations when they arise?

We’ll explore our own experiences with therapy, and where it’s had the most impact for us.

This has to be one of our favourite episodes. We discuss what is the Value of Time - a concept we all think about but rarely break down.

How do we measure the value of our time? Are we spending it wisely? How do we build quality over quantity when time is poor? And does it mean something different for men and women?

It's a bit longer than previous episodes but there's just too much to cover, including: 

⚖️ A Woman’s Value vs. A Man’s Value: How society places different expectations on time for men and women—career, relationships, aging, and beyond.

💃🏼 Carving Out Time for Ourselves: In a world that constantly demands more, how do we ensure we invest in quality time?

🚗 Taking a trip down memory lane: Reminiscing about the "good old days" and our youth are a part of getting older. 

💡 ChatGPT as the greatest Life Hack: From getting words onto paper, to streamlining daily tasks - we've got some good hacks for how AI can actually give us more time back.

So settle in, and we hope you enjoy!

How many times a day do you find yourself comparing your cooking skills, parenting, careers, marriage, wrinkles, handbags and everything else in between with others? If you don't, well, you're only 10% of the female population.

Over 90% of women say they compare themselves, their success (or lack of it) with others. Women are also more likely to compare what they don't have versus what they do have - leading to a feeling of inadequacy, discrepancy or failure.

This is despite the fact that we all know social media is a series of highlight reels, and we never truly know what is going on behind closed doors. So, we're advocating for more transparency and authenticity in how we portray our lives, more empathy over envy, and using people's success as both reason for celebration (after all, one woman's success is a gain for all women!) and for inspiration to push ourselves forward.

Out with the old (year) and in with the new! So bring on 2025!

We're back for Season 2 of Full Timers Club and cannot wait to get into the good, the bad, the funny.

This season we have some new guests including the infamous Annette Male, coming to you in February, we’re bringing in a resident doctor to answer your questions about women’s health - such as perimenopause, ADHD, and contraception once you're done pushing out the kids - as well as bringing back Alexis, our finance goddess to bring you more money matters advice.

Today we catch up on the Chrissy holidays, analyse what 2024 was both personally and professionally, and finally identify some themes they want to see through in 2025.

It's a good episode to kick off Season 2. So pop in the headphones and welcome back to the Full Timers Club!

The craziness of Q4 and end of year. Christmas presents and gifting. Preparations for Christmas lunch, dinner and whatever else you need to do. Going away or going home and holiday planning and who sleeps where and who's hosting Christmas. Navigating family dynamics and catch ups and get togethers. As if there's not enough for Full Timers to do throughout the year, the Silly Season takes it to a whole new level.

We'll share our own experiences, frustrations and joys, how we're starting to think about 2025 and finally, give a huge amount of gratitude for the season we've just launched and the community we've built. 

Thank you for listening and we can't wait to bring you more in 2025. 

Happy holidays Full Timers!

We are so excited to introduce our first guest on the show, financial advisor and mediator, Alexis Livanes from Eight Wealth at St James Place. It’s no surprise that when women consider their finances, they often consider the family or themselves as part of it - but rarely, do we think about ourselves.

We chat to Alexis about the need for women - even those in happy, long term relationships - to consider their own financial position, especially as women live longer lives and as women are incredible value accumulators.

We will also cover the different things women should consider at the different stages of their lives - from their selfish, independent 20’s through to their 30’s and 40’s where income potential is peaking but so are the bills and family stresses - and what women can start doing TODAY to get financially savvy and independent.

If you'd like to contact Alexis to get more confident with your finances, please do so via this link: https://eightwealthinternational.asia/alexis-livanes/

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Often when you look back at the biggest lessons you’ve learned in life, or beliefs you hold, it’s not from one big grand event, it’s from small interactions, little moments that have built up over time and you’ve built upon them. Could be things like being reminded to say “we" over "I" or sending out Friday emails to staff to wrap up the week, or observing our favourite leaders in action and taking little observations and lessons to inject in to your own leadership style. Sometimes it’s not even the positive things that create the most impact, but actually the small negative experiences that leave the greatest impact on you.

We never know the impact we might have on those around us so be open with your colleagues, with your friends and with strangers, because you never know how your little moment might have a big impact on others.

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