Mindful Chatter

The hosts of Mindful Chatter come together for a second full-team chat! In this episode, Kathleen, Vincent, and Steph sit down (over Zoom) to chat about the highlights and challenges of keeping this podcast going, what they’ve learned as hosts and as individuals, and much much more! 

We’re ready for another year - are you? 

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Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade

In this episode, Steph explores how we can begin to embrace the different forms in which our emotional experiences can arise - specifically, when they manifest as physical sensations in our bodies. Through interweaving personal anecdotes with empirical findings, Steph discusses why it is important to tune into physical sensations when experiencing emotion, and how doing so can help us feel more in tune with our minds and bodies. 

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Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade

In this episode, Kathleen interviews Pin Cher, a mindfulness coach and life coach who is passionate in helping people to find calmness and peace and to gain clarity to live according to their values.

We explore:

• How Pin’s solo backpacking experience introduced mindfulness into her life

• What it means to live according to your values and how to identify your values

• The role of mindfulness in Pin’s coaching and how to choose a coach

• Lessons learnt from having a dog and spending time in nature

• Tips for city people to practise more mindfulness on a daily basis

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• Instagram: pin_cher_852

• Facebook: Pin Cher

• Website: http://pincher.coach/

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Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade

When it comes to exercising, many of us tend to focus on appearance-based goals without ever considering how moving our bodies makes us feel. In this episode, Steph speaks to Karen Leung, the founder of the boutique pilates studio Mindful Pilates about why learning to connect with our bodies is an integral ingredient to feeling healthy, and how we can move towards taking a more holistic approach to wellbeing.

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• Instagram: pilateswithkaren

• Website: https://www.mindfulpilates.com.hk/ 

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Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade

今集嘉賓Dr. Ken Fung是一名臨床心理學家，專長是幫助個人/情侶/父母/家庭處理不同關係和情緒問題。除了擔任臨床心理學家的角色外，Ken在2013年創建了社交平台Your Relationship Clinic，以義務方式與普羅大衆進行互動討論，並向他們提供簡單情緒支援。Ken還特別在2019年香港社會動盪期間為受到情緒創傷的香港人提供簡單心理支援，因此於2019年被International Forum on Advancements in Healthcare評選為“Top 100 Healthcare Leaders”之一，又於2020年被Hong Kong Living Magazine評選為“50 Influencers in 2020”之一。

今集我們探討：

• 家長情緒管理的重要性，包括家長的情緒起伏對孩子的長遠影響，以及如何應對孩子的情緒變化

• 和父母意見分歧，應該眼不見為乾净，還是從其他方面改善關係？

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• Instagram: Your Relationship Clinic (Chinese)

• Instagram: Your Relationship Clinic (English)

• MeWe: your relationship clinic

• Telegram: t.me/yrrelationshipclinic

• Website: https://yrrelationship.wixsite.com/main

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Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade

Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again. 
- "The sound of silence" by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel"

呢一集系關於孤獨既就其吹~

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當你靜下來，處於孤獨的狀態，內心的語言就會浮現，你不是在跟別人溝通，而是與自己溝通。

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孤獨是生命圓滿的開始。沒有和自己獨處的經驗，不會懂得和別人相處。

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孤獨沒有什麼不好。使孤獨變得不好，是因為你害怕孤獨。

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每個人都急著講話，每個人都沒把話講完。快速而進步的通訊科技，仍然無法照顧到我們內心裡那個巨大而荒涼的孤獨感。我想談的就是這樣子的孤獨感。因為人們已經沒有機會面對自己，只是一再地被刺激，要把心裡的話丟出去，卻無法和自己對談。

- 節錄自《孤獨六講》蔣勳

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Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade

In this episode, Kathleen interviews Jonny John Liu, the founder of Creation Within Creation - a website where he teaches people how to address their Sufferings - Fears - Negativities - everything to do with addressing Unhappiness to create greater Happiness.

We explore:

• Jonny’s journey in search for an answer to address his own sufferings

• The cause of fear and the concepts of the suffering state of the mind and negative ideas

• Happiness as the returning to the natural state of the mind, which is the state of accepting all there is

• Meditating to relax your mind vs meditating to know yourself

• Discovering spiritual lessons from everyday life and the people around us

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• Facebook

• YouTube

• InsightTimer

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Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade

This episode is reposted from the Banter Broadcasts, a podcast brought to you by Body Banter, a youth-centered organization which aims to create empowering and accessible opportunities for young people to redefine the conversation about body image and mental health. In this episode, Steph speaks to Maggie Lin, a certified yoga instructor who shares how her practice of yoga helped her heal a fragmented relationship with her body-heart-mind. 

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• LinkedIn

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Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade

In this episode, Kathleen interviews Yinki Wong, a meditation teacher certified in transcendental and primordial sound meditation as well as meditation and pranayama.

We explore:

• Yinki’s journey with depression, including what motivated her to seek professional help and how meditation and spinning helped

• How family and friends can express their care and love towards someone who is struggling with mental health

• Finding your inner voice to live life for yourself and reconciling that with filial piety, including how to communicate with your parents

• How to cope with negative emotions such as grief and what lessons can be learnt from the loss of a loved one

• Finding the balance between standing up for yourself and others and standing back to avoid bringing more negativities to the world

Check out Yinki’s meditations!

• “Start Here: Meditation for Beginners”

• “Melting Stress Away”

• “Great Morning” 

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• Email

• InsightTimer

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Music: Sundown by Joseph McDade