This week we’ve invited our first guest! She is none other than our cousin Czarlene Adoptante Cancino! Currently undergoing her final year in history at Kings College London. She talks about her university experience, navigating friendships, moving from Spain to the UK at a young age and much more!

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It’s episode 10!! Welcome back to ‘Riding into the unknown’! This week, Cristina and Monica chat about how to defend one’s goals and ideas, not letting others shut them down. They also discuss the importance of having one’s ideas challenged so as to identify our own unconscious biases and be more understanding of the diversity around us.

Book mentioned: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Christopher Voss and Tahl Raz

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How to deal with uncertainty in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic? Cristina shares a personally vulnerable experience with us and goes on to discuss how to best approach the unknown. All while understanding how vital it is to deal with our emotions as we go through these unprecedented changes. Monica emphasises on the importance of finding support and guidance from our communities. And delves deeper into the power of finding passion projects to navigate feelings of sadness and isolation.

Audiobooks mentioned:

“Learn Italian with Paul Noble”

“Learn German with Paul Noble”

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In today’s episode, we talk about the importance of a night routine and how this gives you a head start on your following day. Creating a night routine with rituals, practices and activities that work for you is the best way to calm your mind and soul before bed. Monica shares with us some of her practices that help her sleep comfortably at night and get up early in the morning. Cristina talks about the importance of planning the night ahead- clothes, meal prep, task list to get you ready for the following day. We hope you take some valuable tips and advice from this episode and we’d love to know what your night routine consists of so email us at @ridingintotheunknown. Good night!

In today’s episode, we share with you our personal journey to building self confidence coming from a place of fear and anxiety. Monica opens up about her struggles with hyperhydrosis, shyness and feelings of invisibility and how she has evolved to become a more confident individual who doesn’t fear to stand up for herself and be her own best friend. Cristina takes us own her journey throughout high school sharing her struggles and challenges she faced being a foreigner. She gives us the advice we all need and tells us about the steps she took to slowly build up her confidence. Always remember that confidence is not linear and it’s very much a journey of self discovery and self growth.

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Welcome back! This week we talk about short vs long term satisfaction & how to set long term goals. We emphasise the importance of reaching fulfilment by seeking delayed gratification instead of instant gratification. Hope you enjoy listening!

Welcome back for another episode of Riding into the unknown! This week we talk about the fearsome Imposter Syndrome! We discuss the different types in which we mask our insecurities and feelings of not being “good enough” - as well as our ways of coping when we begin to doubt ourselves.

Cris and Moni talk about their experience studying engineering at university and playing chess from a young age.

This episode is all about the importance of female representation in male dominated environments.

We discuss the ways in which we thrive in male dominated environments, promote STEM disciplines and feel towards female underepresentation in leadership roles.

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Hello beautiful listeners,

Why are we so addicted to social media?

In our third episode, we discuss the drug that is social media and the way it has been designed to keep you tied to it. We express the harmful effects that social media has on our daily life and what you can do to be more intentional with your social media usage. Monica shares the lessons she has learnt from her social media break and how it has benefited her life.

Some of our advice includes deleting social media apps that harm your self esteem and create feelings of comparison, muting and unfollowing people on social media, using app limits and downtime, swapping morning Instagram scrolling for an online course or activity and dedicating real time to friendships not just by commenting on their posts but by spending undivided time with them.

We highly recommend you watch ‘The Social Dilemma’ on Netflix where tech experts sound the alarm on the dangerous human impact of social networking.

Podcast recommendation: ‘Your Undivided Attention’ by Tristan Harris and Ada Raskin expose the hidden designs that have the power to hijack our attention, manipulate our choices and destabilise our real world communities.

More on: www.humanetech.com

Make sure you check out Marta and Maija’s podcast at ‘In Our Twenties’ available on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify where they discuss everything from pop culture, politics, college and much more! (Monica got the opportunity to be a guest on their podcast too).

In today’s episode, we speak about the importance of loving your own presence and taking care of your own wellbeing. We touch on how to maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle during this pandemic. We share our experiences with solo travel and dive deep into Cristina’s adventures around South East Asia as well as her independent months in Germany. Let us know if you enjoyed this episode and we’ll be sure to share more of our solo travel trips. If you felt inspired to solo travel then make sure you check out Cristina’s YouTube channel right here: @aleaftolive