Second Spring Podcast

Welcome to the new season of the 88% Perfect Podcast, which symbolically airs on the birthday of the universal leader of love and kindness, Dalai Lama. In today's episode, our host, Kit Yoon will talk about the reasons why we struggle to embrace change in our lives, how our identity, believes and comfort zone is slowing us down, and how it keeps us from shifting into a new way of living. A way of living that is connected to our inner voice, our intuition, and wisdom. A Way of living that is amazing, meaningful, and fulfilled. Tune in and find out more!

"I want to believe that silence is violence." — Rokki Bonner

In the 2nd interlude episode, Kit is joined with Rokki Bonner, a founder of Fit to Navigate, a social enterprise that provides wellness education, to cultivate wellbeing for women in and out of the prison system while creating a path to entrepreneurship and sustainability. Rokki is also a host of Mind-Body Gem conversational podcast and Kit's personal trainer!

Kit and Rokki discuss the double pandemic time we are in, particularly about social injustice, racism, and what you should do to fight against it. Tune in and find out Rokki's experience with racism on the Ohio State University, what are the fundamentals of anti-racism, what is an ideal ally, what are the challenges of being an Afro-American in the wellness industry, and much more!

“When we show up for ourselves, we learn that we can trust ourselves.” — Kit Yoon

Kit decided to extend the pause with the podcast releases as we are digesting what is happening in the world around the COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of injustice, inequality, and racism. However, she chose to record today’s episode, as she wanted to show up for YOU and HERSELF!

This Monday, Kit reveals her conversation that she had with her inner voice and how it helped her to make an interlude and bring fun & peace to her everyday life. More specifically, you will find out how Kit’s new activities have helped her to bring the needed rest and smile on her face. 

“Happiness is only real when shared” — Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild

 In today’s episode, Kit continues the story about her weight journey and shares the 3 steps that helped her to get out of the “Traffic Circle”, the roundabout of dieting. More specifically, you will find out how Kit acknowledged the mistakes that she made, why she decided to stop playing an “A student” game, how she combined both mind and body to quit her accidental dieting journey, and ultimately who was the greatest support on her way out (& why you should have it, too!)

Moreover, you will find out what’s next on Kit’s journey and what you can expect from the podcast in the upcoming months!   

This Monday, Kit bravely reveals a touching and edifying story about her weight loss journey. Even though completely exposed and vulnerable, Kit shares the biggest and the hardest lesson learned from her dieting experience that goes beyond eating habits. Kit reminds us of the fundamentals of human nature and our tendencies to seek external validations instead of tuning into our bodies from inside. As she says in the podcast, “Our body is so smart, you guys. Our body knows what we need!”

This episode is a special one, and you don't want to miss a second of it! Take a listen, exit from external, and step into your internal!  

"Perfect can't exist." Lauren Cash

In today's episode, Kit is joined with her colleague Lauren Cash, an intuitive eating counselor and a coach who helps procrastinating perfectionists to take control over their time and diet. Hence, Kit and Lauren discuss how we can be in charge of our time and nutrition and get to be the BOSS of OURSELVES! More specifically, you will learn what is the difference between perfectionism and excellence, how to simplify your life around food, how to use the time to work for you, not against you, how to find a sweet spot between perfection tendencies & peace, and many more!

"Making it up is a beauty of intuition." Jenna Long

Today, Kit is joined with Jenna Long, a psychic medium, certified reflexologist, yoga instructor, and spiritual life coach. Kit and Jenna discuss what is Psychic Medium and how tuning into our intuition can help us unstuck and transform the difficult parts of our lives into beauty and wholeness. Particularly, you will hear how Jenna discovered her gift of Psychic Medium (& when she started using it to help others), what is the beauty of the intuition, and how you can learn to hear it! In addition, you will find out Jenna's mini reading of Kit's Oracle Cards and what actions Kit took towards her transformation!

"We choose a lot of times suffering instead of choosing faith." Taylor Hunt

Today, Kit is pleased to host Taylor Hunt, an Ashtanga Yoga teacher, a founder of Trini Foundation charity, the author of the book, "A Way from Darkness", and Kit's former acupuncturist patient. Taylor shares his personal story from addiction to health & spirituality and what challenges he had to take to start a new life. More specifically, you will find out how yoga tremendously helped him during his rehab process, why it is so hard to change (& what to do about it), what self-compassion is and why it is crucial for personal growth, what Ashtanga Yoga is, why it chose Taylor, and many more!

In today's episode, Kit is joined with Cecilia Shanahan, an MBSR trained teacher, and a yoga instructor. Kit and Cecilia discuss how being present through mindfulness can bring us peace, especially during these unprecedented times that we are living in. Particularly, you will learn more about Cecilia's background and her work, how meditation keeps us in present and makes us calm, what MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) techniques are, and how Cecilia adopted them in her teachings. Moreover, you will find out everything about Cecilia's new 1 on 1 coaching that will help beginners to dive into meditation and mindfulness, while more experienced practitioners will be able to deepen their knowledge around it.

In the 3rd BONUS episode, you will get to meet Randy Anselmo, a family physician at Bennington College in Vermont and a CEO of BeWell clinic who recently wrote a very important Facebook post that speaks to all of us. Therefore, Kit decided to invite him on today's episode so he could share his wisdom on staying grounded and healthy during the pandemic of COVID-19. More specifically, you will hear what Randy wrote on Facebook, what is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, what technique our guest practices to fall asleep, his take on overeating, and more!