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Today’s episode is about the 7 types of rest we all need and how to get it! If you’re exhausted in spite of sleeping enough, this may be for you. 

Key Takeaways:

• Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith and her viral ted talk 
• 7 types of rest and tip on how to get each one 
  • Physical (active & passive)
  • Mental
  • Spiritual 
  • Emotional
  • Creative 
  • Sensory 
  • Social 

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “We go through life thinking we’ve rested because we have gotten enough sleep — but in reality we are missing out on the other types of rest we desperately need. The result is a culture of high-achieving, high-producing, chronically tired and chronically burned-out individuals. We’re suffering from a rest deficit because we don’t understand the true power of rest.”
• “Instead of fighting and going against the waves, sometimes flowing with them will bring you to more magnificent places you may not have created by trying to control everything.”
• “Stop holding in the no and saying yes, even though it’s breaking you from the inside.” 

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Today, I share what I learned in Nepal 11 years ago, especially about happiness. We look at the book The Art of Happiness and what the Dalai Lama has to say about happiness and pleasure. If you’re in for a personal story, you’re in the right place. Get settled and here we go. 

Key Takeaways:

• Happiness and pleasure are not the same thing - but we confuse them to be
• The Art of Happiness by the 14th Dalai Lama and psychiatrist Howard Cutler 
• What living in the moment looks like for children in Nepal’s village 
• The hesitation to feel happy, feel vulnerable or share honest emotions 
• Little Big Dreams - inspiring change for children 

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “The purpose of our lives is to seek happiness.”
• “Happiness is not pleasure.”
• “It’s so ironic - we all went to the school to teach the children, and they taught us important life lessons and happiness instead.”
• “One small drop starts a ripple, one seed holds a tree within and one mosquito can ruin your sleep.”
• “And if our society is indeed more knowledgeable or more civilised as we say, then why are so many people so unhappy?”

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Your Resources

• Book - The Art Of Happiness 
• Little Big Dreams 

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Why is multi-tasking bad for your memory, cognitive functioning and sometimes downright dangerous? Listen and find out, along with 3 ways you can minimise this habit to be more productive but more importantly, to have peace of mind. Also featured are some shout-outs to the Little Wisdom podcast community!  

Key Takeaways:

• Guinness Record Holder and Global Keynote Speaker, Nishant Kasibhatla’s advice to boost memory and brain power
• The origins of the word “multitasking” - it was not coined for humans! (surprise!)
• Why some multitasking is actually alright 
• The Stanford Memory Lab study on the negative cognitive effects of multi-tasking and other down-sides from other studies
  • Worsened memory
  • Increased distraction 
  • Forgetfulness
  • Inability to retain accurate information 
  • Increased mistakes 
• The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
• Little Wisdom community responses on multitasking from our Instagram 
• Jack Ma’s tip on one-pointed focus
• 3 tips to minimise multi-tasking in your daily life
  • Further your phone 
  • Pomodoro technique
  • Can this wait? 

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “The Stanford study found that those who multitaksed heavily, significantly underperformed on tasks that required memory and sustained attention, as compared to light multitaskers.”
• “If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.” 
• “The more the number of actions and steps required to get distracted, the less motivated you are to switch tasks.”

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“What is my purpose?” We unpack this question and look at  3 questions you can ask yourself to possibly discover the answer. Here we go!

Key Takeaways:

• The day-to-day grind and waiting for weekends and holidays
• Our reflections on “there has to be more than this.”
• Your purpose can be more than one - different stages of your life can mean your purpose changes and develops with you 
• Paolo Coelho’s The Alchemist and wisdom from this book 
• The 3 questions you can brainstorm on to get more clarity to your purpose 
  • If you didn't get paid, what would you still do?
  • What moves you?
  • Who are the people you want to emulate?
• Building on your purpose in a small way first so it fits your current life 
• Purpose should not intimidate you 

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “You don’t need to find your purpose. It will find you.”
• “Purpose has an ability to find its own question, in order to reveal itself as the answer.”
• “If there was no monetary reward, what would you want to do anyway because the passion would pay more than the currency ever would?”
• “Pupose will find you and when it does, you need to recognise it and be brave enough to listen to your heart to take the leap of faith.” 

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We all know fear, but where did it come from, how does it work and what can we do to overcome it if it overpowers us? Find out! 

Key Takeaways:

• Fear is necessary - it helped our ancestors survive, was important in evolution and helps us analyse whether we need to fight, flight or freeze
• Phobias can also be memories passed down from your ancestors in the DNA - studies have proved that this is possible 
• Why public speaking is so scary to 77% of Americans (and many around the world) according to Colin Clifford, a psychologist at the University of Sydney’s Vision Center
• Are some of the fears and doubts yours, or have they been planted in your mind by those around you? The story of one superstar who faced this first-hand and triumphed!
• Professors Linda Saab and Arash Javanbakht at the Wayne State University explain how the brain decides whether the fear is real or not, and what it does to our bodies - and where the Will Smith and Kevin James movie Hitch relates to this
• The emotional body’s response and how it manifests in our physical body according to Jill Willard, the author of Intuitive Being
• FOR YOU: The ONE breathing exercise from Yogic pranayama to help you breathe through your fear and feel calmer. 

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “Even if you didn’t know someone or they didn’t speak your language, you would recognize fear when you saw it.”
• "Listen to the thoughts and narrative that’s playing in your head. I guarantee you that you’ll catch yourself saying words that are not yours. They happen as a reaction rather than a response when you have an opportunity to try something new, or do what you’ve always wanted."
• "Allowing other peoples’ fears and doubt to fertilize your garden of dreams will only result in fruits that don’t bring you happiness."
• "Every negative and suppressed emotion carries an energy and eventually shows up and manifests in our physical one as random aches, pains and illnesses. Since we are born to be expressive, repressing the emotions and keeping it all in is against our natural function." 
• "If you feel fear, you also have its antidote right under your nose. Literally."
• "There’s no shame in feeling fear - we all feel it."
• “I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” - Mark Twain 

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Time - it never seems enough! You’ll hear what ancient stoicism has to say about it, how aimless scrolling in the morning affects our subconscious minds, and how we can create pockets of time with little habits to be more productive. Here goes! 

Key Takeaways:

• If you spend 10-12 minutes planning your day, you’ll save up to 2 hours of time that is otherwise wasted 
• Roman Stoic philosopher, Seneca’s take on why we should be the “toughest misers” with our time. 
• Three tips to find more time and be more productive: 
  • Get up and go (don’t snooze - and how to break this habit!)
  • The two-minute rule by David Allen (and how to do this right!)
  • Importance of the first hour of your day (and Dr. Nikole Benders-Hadi’s discovery on the effect of aimless morning scrolling on the rest of your day)

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “If you don’t respect time today, it will not respect you tomorrow.” 
• “We’re tight-fisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers.”
• “Time is one of the fastest things you will lose if you don’t protect it.”

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dWe keep hearing about resilience everywhere. What is it, and can you lose it if you’ve been through too much adversity? If so, what are the three tried and tested ways you can try to build it back? Find out in this episode. 

Key Takeaways:

• What resilience is (and is not!)
• How the results of this neuroplastic process can be seen in our brains, thanks to research by renowned Professor Richard Davidson
• The three proven ways to gently build back resilience 
  • Take a cold shower
  • List the good in the bad 
  • Meditation 
• My personal little tip for you if you’re starting meditation 
• The importance of consistency 

Quotes of Wisdom:

• “Resilience doesn’t mean you don’t feel discomfort. It just means you’re able to get through it all without feeling like you can’t.” 
• “Be gentle with yourself if it doesn’t every time go as you want it to. The key is consistency, not perfection.”
• “You can always add new colours to your canvas and paint a wonderful picture.”

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Today’s episode is in honour of a man who has received over 260 awards in 40 years, spent 27 years in prison for his battle against apartheid,and is fondly known as Madiba in South Africa - Nelson Mandela. We look into his legacy to learn how we can be better at forgiving.  

Key Takeaways:

• 18 July is Nelson Mandela Day 
• His real name (which was not Nelson!), and who named him Nelson
• His response to Oprah Winfrey on how to keep bitterness at bay, and his advice for you to nurture forgiveness  
• Forgiveness does not mean you have to allow people into your future - you can let go of the pain and the person 
• What the Sanskrit language and the Indian scripture of the Bhagavad Gita have said about forgiveness and the qualities associated with it 
• Why ego is one of the biggest roadblocks to practising this trait 
• What Harvard Health and John Hopkins medicine found about forgiveness and its effects on our health 
• The poem Nelson Mandela used to recite in prison 

Quotes of Wisdom:

• "As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.”
• “You can forgive them and not want to move forward with them. Forgiveness doesn’t give them an automatic ticket into your future.” 
• “One of the most important weapons in changing yourself is to recognise that people everywhere in the world want peace.”

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Self doubt and taming wild elephants - what is the similarity? We discuss 3 science-backed tips to overcome self-doubts, and also ways to rescue and protect our beautiful and gentle elephants.

Key Takeaways

• The practice of taming wild elephants is a cruel one and translates to "breaking the spirit" in some countries
• Weighing almost 4,000 kg, the elephants will not attempt to break away in spite of easily being able to - due to the conditioning of the mind, and the pain they were subjected to when young
• We carry our own chains that are pegged to self-doubt
• Mark Manson's take on caring about what others think (or rather not caring!)
• Battling regret for things you passed up on because of doubts and fears 
• 3 scientific tips on start overcoming self-doubt and self-judgment today
• Your take-away Ted Talk
• Ways you can support and protect rescued elephants

Quotes of Wisdom:

• "The trainers have not so much managed to tame the elephant, but rather, tame its mind."
• "There is no perfect timing - you need to start now."
• "Your neural pathways can change even after a 20-minute conversation with someone."

Your Resources

• Ted Talks by Derek Sivers 
• Support the elephants through the Elephant Nature Park, Elephant Aid International and Wildlife SOS

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Today’s episode we reflect on life plans not working, and two ways to take a step back to change our perception and realise it may actually have worked for you after all - albeit differently.

Key Takeaways 

• Seeing personal growth that you may have missed  
• Why being kind to yourself is difficult, and the psychology behind it Clinical Psychologist Christopher K Germer's take on self-compassion 
• Why your life is bigger than any plan you have made 
• Inspiration from the "Mountain Man" - Dashrath Manjhi who paved a single-handedly carved a path through a 300-foot mountain with hand tools 
• Trusting yourself instead of blaming 

Quotes of Wisdom 

• "Allowing yourself to be self-compassionate can open flood-gates to times you may have felt deprived of that compassion." 
• "Trust yourself more than your plans. You made the plans, the plans didn't make you." 

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