Amanda Yik is a Certified Professional Coach for Transformation. She has transitioned through multiple careers - from commercial litigation lawyer to non-profit manager to Nature and Forest Therapy Guide. Recovered from a sudden, unexpected, life-threatening illness - Amanda learns that life on earth is about flourishing in our own unique, beautifully broken yet interwoven ways. Nothing needs to be perfect on its own, but together we complete the picture. In this conversation, we chatted about what it means to fully embrace all parts of ourselves. How to practice radical acceptance? How that may be different for each of us? ✌🏼🌱 - Dona Eder Listen & SubscribeApple Podcasts |Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts GUEST:Amanda Yik – Certified Professional Coach for Transformation

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My guest this week is Dr. Laurena Law. She is on a mission to unlock the benefits of integrative medicine in women's health. In spite of being a qualified medical doctor, she realised the limitations of western medicine when, in her 20s, she was diagnosed with endometriosis, a common health condition that affects 1 in 10 women.

 

She went on to pursue nutrition and functional medicine to help address her own health issues. That eventually led her to co-founding Ananta Well-Being, a clinic that embraces holistic healing and functional medicine.

 

In this conversation, Dr Laurena shares for the first time her struggle with endometriosis and how she no longer suffers from it. She explains we are unique and our bio types affect how our hormones behave. Dr. Laurena believes we should embrace the hormonal changes as a barometer of our health. “Don’t be spoon fed about your health. Be proactive and be curious about who you are.”

 

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This week’s guest takes us on a divergent path from what I have always believed; that beauty, first and foremost, emanates from within. 

I met celebrity hairstylist Kim Robinson at a friend’s lunch recently. Our conversation on beauty made me wonder, what if the way we look shapes our self belief? Can a bad haircut hold us back? What happens when our exterior appearance is not aligned with our true self?!

In this episode, Kim walks me through his journey of beauty from starting out in Western Australia to becoming a household name throughout Asia. 

He shares some of the most important lessons he has learned along the way, how he handles the ups and downs, embraces self-love, his definition of beauty and how his recent health scare has helped him refocus his priorities. He also imparts beauty tips on what makes a good hair-do, and how we can all leverage on hair to look and FEEL our best every day, well most days. Beauty and perfection is a state of mind.

 

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There are various ways of attaining a mindful state of being from meditation to yoga, journaling to a gratitude practise. But ever heard of achieving that inner peace through sounds?

Meet French entrepreneur Aymeric Vollant- DJ, music lover and co-founder of the IKIGAI boutique yoga studio. He brings participants into the present moment through his immersive sounds sessions. By creating unique sound collages that evoke places, environments and states of being, the sounds call people to delve deeper into their inner most selves, and to be alive in the here and now. 

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My guest today is Corie Chu. She is a Hong Kong-born Los Angeles raised Reiki Master Teacher and intuitive energy healer. She left her fast-paced job as a publicist in Hollywood and replanted herself in Hong Kong where she runs her own practise in Soho.

 

I have been curious about this form of energy healing but stayed cautious as I don't really understand how it works and I've heard one or two dodgy stories. So when we were introduced to each other, I was excited to have the opportunity to explore what it's all about. I felt comfortable with Corie immediately, she is warm and open. Most importantly, she is straight up no bs and doesn't hard sell what she does. Before we sat down for this interview, I asked her to take me through one of her intuitive energy healing treatments as I needed to experience it to know if it works or not. Without going into too much details, in our short 10 minutes session, Corie scanned my body, identified an emotional block and told me exactly what I needed to hear at that very moment to move forward in my personal healing. It was quite powerful because I am good at putting on a happy face and ignoring my shadow side. When Corie spoke those words and brought my emotions out in the open, it was an invitation to start the self healing work.

 

In this conversation, Corie walks us through the benefits of Reiki and Intuitive Energy healling and shows us how these therapies need not feel ethereal or intangible, but when understood properly, can actually be a real force for change. She talks about how unresolved emotions can block up our energy flow and manifest into physical health problems and mental health issues. She shares tips on how to choose the right practitioner in an unregulated industry. She describes what to expect from an energy healing session and why some people may feel gas popping in their chest!

 

WE TALKED ABOUT:

• What is the main difference between Reiki and intuitive energy healing?
• How unresolved emotions can block up our energy flow and manifest into physical health problems and mental health issues.
• What are the most common problems people come to Corie for?
• What can people expect during the appointment and how might they feel afterwards?
• Have there been any science-backed evidence that show the effectiveness of energy healing? 
• Tips on how to choose the right practitioner in an unregulated industry. 

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Ross Eathorne is a performance trainer, international athlete, mentor, author, and recovering perfectionist.   He competed in 10 World Sports Aerobics Championships, played Premier level Rugby, completed not one but two 250km Ultramarathons in the Sahara and Atacama deserts, won a bronze medal in an over 40 Dragon Boat World Championship, practised Qi Gong, studied yoga, was a sailing instructor, competed in 3 Crossfit opens and 3 spartan events …just to name a few.   As a trainer, Ross coaches clients from corporate executives to olympic athletes.  He is the author of 3 books, "ROAM: Movement as Medicine", "The Bottom line of fat loss" and "How to Calm your mind".   In our conversation, he discusses goal setting and injury prevention, myth of cardio, how tracking your perceived exertion and heart rate variability helps you train smarter. We also dived into posture, resilience and the importance of recovery.   Ross lives and breathes movement and is here to share his passionate and wealth of knowledge on how to enjoy regular exercise and love your life. There’s so much to unravel in our conversation so without further adieu, I give you Ross Eathorne.

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My guest this week is a trainer, educator, and role model. Despite living with Type 1 Diabetes since he was a teen, Jay Horley is living proof that you can stay strong, fit, and healthy despite a chronic health condition. What’s more, he has found that a carnivore diet can help moderate his body’s glucose level, which, in turn, helps him live a more balanced and fulfilled life.

Reaching out to Jay to record this conversation was especially important to me as my friend’s teenage son was diagnosed with this same condition only last summer.

In this episode, we talk about how to stabilize blood glucose level through nutrition, Jay shares his nasty story of the die-off phase of a carnivore diet, the importance of gut health and mental health, and where he gets his meat. It is my hope that everyone living with Diabetes can draw inspiration from Jay’s story. He shows that optimal fitness can be achieved no matter what your circumstances.

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The Greek philosopher Socrates once said: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” This quote epitomizes, in so many ways, the life journey of this week’s guest – Louise Corbett. Growing up in Australia, Louise always dreamt of being a CEO. She worked hard towards it, working in marketing and communication roles for multinationals that brought her to Dubai, Singapore, and finally, Hong Kong.

But it was a defining moment, when she turned 30, that changed her priorities. She came out of a long-term relationship and started re-examining what was truly important to her. She came to the realization that being in senior management was not the answer. And so, when her company made her redundant, she took a leap of faith to pursue her heart’s dream.

Louise founded Exceptional Existence to share ideas on how to live an exceptional life. Shortly after that, she launched Women Empowered, a network designed to help women find their voice, heal and pursue inspirational and meaningful lives.  In this conversation, Louise shares with us how to own and love your life. You are here to do something that no one else can.

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My guest this week is Cathay Pacific pilot Katrine Olsen, a down-to-earth curious human who has balanced an aviation career with her well-being journey.

Shaped by her childhood in Denmark, she has taken the path less traveled from participating in an all-women’s expedition across the Arctic to thriving, with grace and humor, in a largely male-dominated industry. In this conversation, Katrine shares with us her wellness rituals, such as the art of tea, meditation, zen philosophy, and yoga, that have grounded her, especially in the moment of uncertainties. 

Katrine tells us that "wellness is a personal journey. There is no “one size fits all”. There is no destination. If we can learn to see challenges as invitations to further this explorative journey, these speed-bumps can be full of exciting insights and may be the push we needed to look further and deeper into our own habits, mind, and nature.

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Shoshana Weinberg is an Ayurvedic and Plant medicine practitioner with over 20 years of experience. She has studied under renowned herbalists such as Robin Bennet and Michael Moore. After the birth of her 3rd child, she left her position at the Four Seasons Spa where she was the senior director for almost a decade. In her new chapter, Shoshana has launched her new practice – Tov Earth. It galvanizes a community of healers and non-healers worldwide to share in the power of the people’s medicine. It taps into things like seasons of the natural world, plant spirit, ceremonies, indigenous thoughts, and the divine – showing us the power of wise women and heroic medicine especially when it can work alongside modern knowledge.

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Shoshana Weinberg – Founder oF Tov Earth, Ayurvedic and Plant medicine practitioner

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