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When two lovers look into each other's eyes, did you know their heartbeats are trying to beat in sync? Or that love can have the same effect in your brain as painkillers? Today, we look at 10 Fun Facts about love and everything related to it - dating, red flags, marriage and the one thing you can do to strengthen your relationship! Let’s see how much you really know about love. 

Key Takeaways:

10) Roses are Married to Love

9) Love and Lust Activate Different Regions in the Brain 

8) Couple Have Synchronised Heartbeats

7) Laughing Strengthens Your Relationship

6) You Can Find Love On a Plane

5) Love Is a Painkiller

4) Men Fall in Love Faster Than Women 

3) If They Walk With You, The Date Went Well

2) Shutting Down During An Argument Is A Red Flag

1) The World’s Longest Marriage Lasted 90 Years, and 291 Days 

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Love. One emotion to rule them all. Love has started wars, uplifted, and destroyed. It has the power to pour water over all your plans, or it can build where there was nothing before. We love love but sometimes we hate it! Today we briefly explore the origins of Valentines day, our first interaction with love as babies, the chemicals responsible for those nervous exciting feelings, and one question you should ask yourself.

Key Takeaways:

• Origins of Valentines day related to the Pagan festival, Lupercalia where women were whipped with the skin and blood of an animal sacrifice
• Another origin story with a bold and defiant Father Valentine who would marry young lovers in secret against the wishes the Emperor Claudius II 
• Psychologist Dr Beverly Palmer on our need fulfillment as babies and how it forms our idea of love as adults 
• Relationship expert Kevin Darne on whether “opposites attract” is true
• What happens in our brains when we are attracted to someone
• Do you love yourself?

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Today we uncover the scientific findings and spiritual beliefs behind the ancient concept of evil eye, how cultures prevent and protect themselves from it, and why you should not buy the popular blue glass beads if you're buying them for yourself.

Key Takeaways:

• From Egypt, to India to Turkey (and beyond) - the names of the evil eye and the ways they used (and still) protect themselves from it
• What is the evil eye exactly and the possible spiritual explanation
• The scientific findings behind feeling good and bad vibes
• Commonly used and popular amulets used for protection

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It’s a new year, and you have resolutions to prove it. But are you going to make them stick, especially since less than half of the people succeed at their resolutions 6 months into the new year? We explore why that happens, and how to make sure that you are on the successful side of that statistic, and what the ancient Babylons and Julius Caesar have to do with all of this.

Key Takeaways:

• Ancient Babylons, Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII’s contribution to “the new year.”
• Why resolutions fail according to Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert
• How to set yourself up for success
  • Clear goals 
  • Are you being realistic about what you can achieve?
  • Writing them and Forbes’ Mark Murphy on the “generation effect” and the neuroscience behind this

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “Aim lower if you eventually wanna go higher. No shame is starting small than starting nothing at all.”
• “Consistency makes raindrops create holes in the rock. What is difficult can be done easily with regular attendance, attention and action.” 
• “People who very vividly describe or picture their goals are anywhere from 1.2 to 1.4 times more likely to successfully accomplish their goals than people who don’t.”

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In this last episode for 2021, discover the ONE key point from every episode in the last 6 months - a power-packed with tips, tricks and wisdom, with links to the full episode if you want to find out more:

15) 3 Ways to Break Your Self-Doubts, Not the Elephant’s Spirit

14)  When Your Plan Doesn't Happen, But Life Does

13)  Learning Forgiveness with Nelson Mandela

12) Can You Lose Resilience and How to Build It Back 

11)  Are You Using Time, or is Time Using You? 

10) Are You Carrying Your Fears or Someone Else's?

9) Finding Your Purpose? Try These 3 Questions.

8) Multitasking Can Worsen Your Memory?

7) Happiness Isn't What We Think It Is

6) Resting Right - 7 Types of Rest You Need.

5) The Benefits of Learning to Say No (and 3 Ways to Say It)

4) From Facing His Fears to Embracing Fatherhood - Chirag Singapuri 

3) From Misfit to Model - Andee Chua’s Journey of Self-Acceptance

2) From a Stoic Silence to Revelation - Chandramohan Ramalingam

1) 3 Ways to Stay Consistent on Any Habit 

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Consistency - a word that’s like medicine - you know you need it, but you hate it. Today, we remove it from it medicinal labelling and put it in a more appealing packaging by studying what it means, its benefits, and 3 ways that will help you be more regular in whichever habits you’re trying to adopt.

Key Takeaways:

• What it means and Usain Bolt
• Simon Sinek on intensity versus consistency 
• The 3 benefits of consistency 
  • You’ll know if it works
  • Feeling better about yourself
  • Finding your bridge 
• Debunking the 21-day habit myth, and how many days it really takes!
• The 3 tips to be consistent
  • Revise your concept of time
  • Achievable goals
  • Buddy up 
• Something is better than nothing here

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” Dwayne The Rock Johnson
• “The key to consistency is investing time.”
• “Having a buddy along on the journey raises accountability, especially if it’s a friend because you have an existing emotional bond and you both will understand the importance of each others’ goals.”
• “Remember, the most important thing to being consistent is that YOU have to want the goal, not someone else - YOU.”

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A man of a few words who enjoys the wild, strives for the conservation of birds of prey, and is fondly nicknamed 'The Gentle Giant' by those who know him, he speaks about living life on your own terms, getting straight to the point, the part of his life where he battled inner turmoil, and how he pushed himself to face and overcome his challenge. Listen to Chandramohan Ramalingam's journey of making the rules as you go along in this International Men's Day special. 

Key Takeaways:

• The changing tide of acceptance of vulnerability from men, but existence of hesitation for fear of being thought as “weak”
• Living life on your own terms, instead of a checklist process 
• The part of his life where he was made to feel “less of a man,” and how he overcame it
• Scientific and spiritual exercises for you that Chandra practices himself, and his message for you

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “Men don’t like to feel powerless.” 
• “It’s okay to be vulnerable. This is something that many men don’t realise, and they don’t want to show this because they feel they may be thought less of, criticised, and be thought of as “weak.” 
• “Identify the issue, and make a plan to solve it. And the best thing to do is to speak to someone about it - it helps release some of the burden by talking it out.”
• “Don’t just sit on the problem. You have to take the first step to try solving it.”
• “Please be concerned and considerate about wildlife as well. They are also part of our world, and deserve an equal place on this earth.”

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International model, co-founder, dancer, emcee, community builder and much more - today’s guest has never taken the conventional path. Once feeling like a “misfit,” today he is a proud gay man, an advocate for LGBTQ+ issues in Singapore, strives for diversity and inclusion in workplaces and believes that everyone should be able to bring their best true self to work. Join us for Andee Chua’s journey of self-acceptance, overcoming childhood bullying, and embracing success from his non-conformist approach to life in this International Men's Day special. 

Key Takeaways:

• Being the target for bullying in school for standing out from the rest, and how dance led him to self-acceptance 
• Denial and journey of coming out as a proud gay man in a conservative society 
• The confusion and frustration (and tokenism!) when LGBTQ+ community is leveraged upon during Pride Month
• His view on whether society has changed on what it means to “be a man.”
• The heartfelt conversation and connection with his father who was raised in a traditional society 
• Science and spirituality tips and exercises for you that Andee practices himself

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “I was feeling a lot about all this sentiment against me. I grew up thinking that I should be more masculine, more man, more sporty. I should just fit into what people think you need to be as a guy.”
• “Everytime I’m dancing, I feel liberated. I feel like I can be myself.” 
• “I speak so much about my coming out journey that sometimes I reframe it to sound really positive. But coming out as gay has not been easy - I don’t want to discredit that.”
• “My dad is an emotional person, but he hides it all inside. He does not hug or say, “I love you,” easily, but it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t feel that way.”

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From a strained father-son relationship, not wanting the responsibility of marriage and having “zero paternal instinct,” today’s guest drastically changed his life. He travelled the world for two years, switched careers midlife, got married, is the proud father of a baby girl, and healed his bond with his father. Listen to Chirag Singapuri’s journey of resistance, acceptance, transformation and healing for this International Men's Day special.

Key Takeaways:

• The wake-up call from realising the “wonderful women in my life were no longer there,” and deciding to look in the mirror and face his fears
• Why is was easier to carry the baggage than to face it, and how he got through facing and healing from it 
• Being raised by a single father, watching and realising how much effort it was, and the fear of whether he would ever match up to it
• How he never imagined being married or a father (and now he’s both!), and how his paternal feelings (which he thought he never had!) have changed his view on what it means to “be a man”
• His advice for you to overcome your own fears, heal your relationships and to move forward (resources included below!) 
• Science and spirituality tips and exercises for you, that Chirag practices himself

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “All the wonderful women I met in my life were no longer there, and really inspired me to grow and change, and become the man I am today.”
• “I was never really taught that it’s okay to just listen.”
•  “I also grew up as an only child, raised by a single father and I saw the amount of effort that he put it – it was massive. I just felt like I could never ever live up to what he did.” 
• “The biggest gift you can give your kids is to heal your own wounds, so they don’t inherit this extra burden.”

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• Julia Cameron’s morning pages 
• Hold On to Your Nuts 
• No More Mr Nice Guy    

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Why do we say, "Yes" when we want to say, "NO?" We uncover the reasons why, the benefits of exercising this choice, and what else you can say if you’re learning to say yes to you and no to others.  

Key Takeaways:

• Community members share their reasons for saying no 
• WHY we say no:
  • Social/ peer pressure and what Social psychologist Dr. Vanessa K. Bohns and University of Waterloo found about this
  • Lack of self-advocacy when young as shared by Clinical psychologist Dr. Emily Anhalt 
• Benefits of saying no
  • Self-care /self-love
  • Opportunity cost
  • Emotional boundaries
  • Not being taken for granted 
• HOW to decline
  • Buy some time 
  • Explain your reason
  • Be honest 
• Dealing with people who cannot accept, “no” for an answer 
• Quote by Tony Robbins

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “It’s one thing when you pick your battles knowing you have a choice. It’s another when you restrict yourself and not allow yourself any choice. You pick no battles because you’re already battling with yourself.”
• “You can’t be responsible for everyone elses’ feelings because then you’ll have no space for your own.” 
• “If all you are receiving is disrespect, being taken for granted and doing all the giving, then it’s a clear red flag for how things are going to continue in the future.”
• “Don’t cross oceans for people who wouldn’t cross a puddle for you.”  

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