#REALTALK with Cherry Rose Tan

Welcome to this special episode of #REALTALK, sponsored by Alterna Savings, the first full-service, member-owned, co-operative financial institution outside Quebec. Our host Cherry Rose Tan will be talking about how to create connection in this hybrid world of in-person and remote work.

We start this episode by acknowledging how tough it has been for small business owners and entrepreneurs. It may be hard to reconnect with people dear to us after an exhausting and confusing year. In this hybrid world, there will be times when we are connecting with other people in-person with things being reopened. These changes mean meeting other people remotely using different platforms. Of course, when we meet people and try to connect with them, we want it to be rich, emotional, and also deep.

There are three different types of people that we can connect with in this hybrid world: your co-workers, friends, and community. These are the people that you want to build connections with. After a year of feeling physically and emotionally separated from them, it may cause extreme loneliness to people, specifically for business owners and entrepreneurs. Sometimes, you may feel that you have lost your friendship and are awkward at times.

Cherry Rose shared a lot of tips on how you can create and build connections with your co-workers, friends, and community. She also shared different strategies on how you can build and maintain those bonds, once they have been rekindled. Share with us the strategy that created an impact on you. Tune in now!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• What is a hybrid world?
• The importance of building connections with co-workers, friends, and community
• Different strategies on how you can connect with people
• How being playful can help you create new memories
• Discovering other groups that are available in your area

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#REALTALK would like to give thanks to Alterna Savings for sponsoring today’s episode. After more than a tough year for most entrepreneurs, we are talking about how to recharge this summer. Through this podcast, our host Cherry Rose Tan will be able to talk about how to recover, rejuvenate, and give our mind and body a much needed break.   

One of the strategies that we discuss is: exercising our boundaries. Exercising our boundaries means that we have to identify what our boundaries are.  To put it simply, it is setting meaningful time away from work and knowing when to stop. Setting a self care routine, no weekend work, or even giving yourself a full 8-hour sleep, are some examples of boundaries that are non-negotiable and don't involve work.

Apart from exercising boundaries, another strategy is to get yourself enough rest. Take rest seriously. Get those workloads done ahead of time and prepare a timetable to do all the things that have to be done. Another strategy given is to add everyday variety in the activities you engage in, allowing you to unlock other senses that you have. In this way, you will not feel burnt out from your work week.

Stay tuned and get recharged!

What You Will Learn

• Best practices on how to take care of your mind and body
• The importance of identifying your boundaries
• How to give yourself a much needed rest
• How to create opportunities to add variety in your activities

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#REALTALK would like to give special thanks to Alterna Savings for sponsoring today’s episode. For our Season 2 finale, we are covering the art of difficult conversations. This topic is inspired by our active club on Clubhouse called Founder Mental Health. Every Tuesday night, entrepreneurs are gathered to share and support one another.

We know that it is a trying time for entrepreneurs, who are navigating complex relationships and exhausting situations. As a leader, it is a privilege and our responsibility to take the lead. Our host Cherry Rose Tan shares tactical strategies on mastering difficult conversations with our Team, our Mentors, and our Friends. These strategies are also being applied by Cherry Rose to her team and her clients.

For Team, we can use the tools of container and alignment, creating temporary spaces for sensitive topics. Aside from our employees, we also have mentors, the people we seek for help and can see our blindspots. Cherry Rose encourages entrepreneurs to reach out to mentors, deepening the relationships and acknowledging their contributions to you. Cherry Rose also shared two tools to engage in difficult conversations with mentors: experience and introduction. These tools will help your mentor to know what you really need.

Cherry Rose talks about the importance of social networks, such as friends, to develop our emotional well-being. Even though we are experiencing this pandemic, let them know that you are still thinking of them and are willing to listen. Cherry Rose also shared tools on how to rekindle your relationship with your friends: accountability and acknowledgement.

Stay tuned and apply the tools we have shared with you!

What You Will Learn

• How to initiate difficult conversations with the key people in our lives
• Different strategies in handling conversations with your team
• What are microaggressions?
• Best ways in openings conversations with your mentor
• Why nurturing our relationships with friends matter, especially as entrepreneurs

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In today’s show of #REALTALK, our host Cherry Rose Tan had an incredible interview with Jennifer Love, a wealth philosopher, money therapist and the founding CEO of The Living Wealthy Institute. This is the second time that we have Jennifer as our guest in #REALTALK because we have been getting lots of questions from people in our community about financial stress and how it impacts our lives and even businesses.

The conversation begins with how Jennifer started around money. As she further explained, talking about money is very sensitive to people. It elicits lots of emotions for us, such as, fear, anxiety, frustration, resentment, anger, and everything in between. These feelings are not safe and not comfortable to feel. Also, Jennifer is thankful on #REALTALK for opening this conversation about money as it will serve as a safe place for people to come, reflect, and contemplate. 

As the interview continued, Jennifer shared more stories about money when she was little until she started to have clients of her own. Awareness is the key in understanding the impact of money on us. Moreover, Jennifer discussed the multiple wealth zones and the two parts of living wealthy. There are more important matters that they have talked about like the signs that you need to start the work around money and wealth, the role of your beliefs around money, and a whole lot more.

Listen in and enjoy!

What You Will Learn

• The impact of financial stress and its impact on us
• Awareness, as the first key step in understanding what is happening to us
• Jennifer’s story on how did she started about money
• Multiple wealth zones: spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental
• Two parts of living wealthy: existing and being
• Signs that you need to start working around money and relationships
• The importance of money beliefs for founders and entrepreneurs

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In today’s episode of #REALTALK, our host Cherry Rose interviewed the person near and dear to her, Jay Wong. Jay and Cherry Rose got connected as they worked together for a year on this #REALTALK Podcast, which covers the mental health journey of founders and investors in the tech industry.  Jay Wong is the founder and CEO of Podcast Your Brand, one of North America’s top podcast agencies. He works with large enterprises and thought leaders in the field of podcasting.

As the interview progressed, Jay shared that podcasting can help entrepreneurs if it is correctly utilized. Unlike other channels, like social media, podcasting is a dialogue that you create with your community. It is not the content that matters, it is the context. How many people can relate to you? How many people can you reach out and peak their interest? It is a win-win situation for both the entrepreneurs and your listeners.

Podcasting is a platform used to communicate to a wide range of people, especially if podcasting is your target audience.  As an entrepreneur, podcasting really helped Jay in expanding his network. He tried different things before and podcasting was the last thing he tried. It really did change his life.  Podcasting can capture your journey and document your breakthroughs. You will be able to see your transformation over time.

To conclude their wonderful conversation, it is important to stand for yourself and what you believed in. Through podcasting, you can share with people your beliefs and the values that you’re holding to.  This episode will give you insight into how #REALTALK moved from stories to this national platform. Enjoy!

What You Will Learn

• Jay Wong’s journey to podcasting and its value
• How podcasting can share your message and let your voice be heard
• How to get started with your own brand
• The importance of expanding your network and collaborating for a more meaningful conversation
• Trends this year around podcasting and other audio-based platforms
• Taking a stand for yourself and what you believe in

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We have been requested by people in our community to speak about this topic, which is always coming up in conversations with friends and colleagues. During COVID-19, where a lot of people have been impacted, there are conversations about losing money and decisions that need to be made regarding the continuity of a business.     

In today’s episode of #REALTALK, our host Cherry Rose Tan will have a  conversation with us about money and how money relates to mental health. If you are an entrepreneur,  you are probably grappling with the tough decisions on how you can continue to support yourselves and other people in your Inner Circle and in your community. Is quitting the right answer?

Be enlightened by this episode. Enjoy!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• What are the conversations around money in the entrepreneurial world?
• When is it time to quit and/or should we quit?
• The three areas to consider around quitting
• The 1st area of quitting: A look at “The Dip,” as described in the book by Seth Godin. How can quitting can become a transition to a better thing?
• The 2nd area of quitting: What would the impact of quitting be to your Inner Circle? 
• The 3rd area of quitting - What does success look like to you?

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In today’s episode of #REALTALK, our host Cherry Rose interviewed the amazing Lisa Mae Brunson, Founder of Wonder Women Tech, a global movement celebrating women and diversity in STEAM.

The interview started by sharing their visions of the world, followed by Lisa Mae’s journey to her position right now. Her passion for social innovation and campaigns that focus on human rights, equity, and humanity led her to what she has achieved.

As the interview progressed, Lisa Mae shared her experience of major burnout and what it taught her about being a better leader. She also shares how she connects with her team members, and the importance of being real and leading from the heart. Learn the importance of being open, working together, and leading from a place of connection as an entrepreneur.

Tune into this episode!

What You Will Learn

• What connection means to her (and why it matters in business)
• Her experiences with extreme burnout and COVID-19, and what it taught her about being a better leader
• How flexibility and surrendering can change the game
• The importance of mentorship in moving forward as leaders

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It has been almost a year since the pandemic has started. COVID-19 has made us experience a lot of changes on the way we live and work. Lockdowns, physical distancing, and different and unlikely situations, especially in business. This pandemic has impacted every single individual, regardless of your social or economic position in life. But have you imagined what will happen to us after this COVID-19? Will it be back to normal, or it will permanently change everything?

In this episode of #REALTALK, our host Cherry Rose Tan, talks to us about forming a Brave New World, a term from the dystopian book by Aldous Huxley. Unless we conquer the breakdown of systems  in our communities, there will be people who suffer. In this Brave New World, leaders must collaborate with one another and take action for the greater good. How do we have the conversations to move forward? What kind of planet do we want to leave the next generation?

Let’s keep going and work together, as we define a Post-Covid world.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• What is a brave new world?
• The importance of stepping up as a leader
• The impact of COVID-19 in the mental health
• How we can work together towards healing and reconciliation
• How can you contribute as a leader, especially to younger generations

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This pandemic leads us to different situations and triggers emotions that we never wanted to feel and experience. We have entered The Age of Loneliness, where physical distancing is implemented and even lockdowns, which results in families and friends living apart and working from home. This feeling of loneliness can increase the risk of depression and anxiety.

In today’s episode of #REALTALK, our host Cherry Rose Tan will enlighten all of us about what loneliness is. We will cover the growing stats on loneliness. Leaders, entrepreneurs, whatever your position in life might be, we are not exempted in this feeling of loneliness.

If you ever encounter this feeling of loneliness, we in #REALTALK encourages everyone to take small steps, having a real talk with yourself, your family, and your friends. Building a community that will help together in conquering loneliness. Enjoy!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• What is the age of loneliness?
• The effects of loneliness on our mental health
• Small and effective steps to dealing with loneliness
• The importance of having a support group in overcoming loneliness

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We all have things that we want in life and other things that we want to let go. There are different aspects in our lives that we want to improve on. Especially in the start of a new year, we want to start anew. Where do we start? What should we do?

In today’s episode of #REALTALK, our host Cherry Rose Tan is going to share one of her best practices, the North Star. North Star serves as a guiding light and sets a direction to be followed. As Cherry Rose further discusses how the North Star has impacted her life throughout the years that she’s practiced it, she highlights that fluidity and structure that can make people easier to adapt in hard situations.

Having your own North Star can aspire greatness, as it gives you the opportunity to be focused, rather than thinking of negative things that can lead to mental health struggles. In 2021, let us give ourselves the chance to follow our North Star. Happy New Year and enjoy!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• The importance of having a direction in life
• What is a North Star and how it can lead you to success?
• The advantage of staying focused in life
• How to balance between fluidity and structure

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