Seeds - Your Pocket Coach

Can you think of a time where you try to solve a complex problem and your thoughts were like a mouse running on a wheel? 

We are so well trained in problem solving and our desire to rush into the solutions may hold us back in noticing how we are solving the problem. We are often caught up with what we think and less aware of how we think. 

In this episode, Teng Teng shared a simple, practical approach in how we can coach ourselves to increase our thinking capacity where we can learn how to think in a more  systematic, interconnected way. 

Seeds Podcast started with an intention to bring the seeds of inner wisdom, compassion and inquiry to more people.  We hope to bring a little ease and comfort to you during challenging times. And during the last 18 months, we received some encouraging comments from friends on Seeds and that kept us doing what we are doing. 

Looking at 2022 and beyond, we aspire to bring the podcast to a different level and we will like to co-create our future with our listeners. Sincere appreciation to our listeners across Asia, the United States, South America, Europe and many more. Thank you so much for tuning in to Seeds. We love to hear from you if the different episodes had been useful for you and how we can make our future episodes helpful for you. Let us know if there are any topics you wish to hear from us. 

May the year 2022 brings you possibilities and new learnings! 

With the changes happening around us recently, many of us could be dealing with the feeling of being overwhelmed. It can be personal or work situations such as organisation restructuring, increase in workload or just working from home managing multiple priorities. 

Stress is how our body and mind respond to external events. If we are feeling too overwhelmed, it is a sign to us to look after our body or our mind or both. Looking after our mind means to be aware of our habitual thinking and response towards situations that aren’t meeting our desires. 

In this episode, leadership coach, Teng Teng introduced the equation "Expectations-Outcomes = Response" as a reflection on our relationships with expectations, outcomes so that we can have a deeper reflection on where our stress is coming from. 

If you are feeling overwhelmed with work or life, tune in to this episode for some suggested steps to help you regain some ease. 

Listening is an underdeveloped skills. Sounds simple but not many realise listening as a powerful attribute to deepen relationships. 

In this solo episode by Teng Teng, she shared how she has committed to work on her listening and 2 simple but impactful approaches on how we can deepen our listening and presence with people. 

Gratitude is what gives us stamina to go through tough challenges It helps to build our abundance mindset so that we practice looking at what we already have. Did you notice the beautiful people and things around you while you are pursuing your new goals and aspirations for the year? 

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you pressed pause on life? What happens when you sit in stillness when everything seems urgent and important and the monkey mind is running wild? In this episode, DJ shares with us her experience on the gift of pause and extends an important invitation for you to just experience being and not doing. 

Have you been trying new things, working harder recently and starting to feel a sense of helplessness and tiredness? Or are you losing confidence in what you are doing? In this episode, Teng Teng shares her experience in how she tamed her inner critic, especially when it come whispering to her when she cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel. 

Teng Teng shares how the practice of self-compassion can be our own source of motivation in moving forward, or when we are struck with challenges and losing momentum. 
In fact, we tend to comfort our close friends more than comforting ourselves when things do not go the way we want. To have a kinder, gentler world, we first have to practice gentleness on ourselves. 

This bonus episode captures the key insights and highlights from the four interviews we had with Yong Hong, Ava, Zach, and Nat. They are people like you and me, but they have instilled a discipline in bringing consciousness into their work, family and their daily conversations with others. 

You may ask why bringing consciousness to our lives is so important? Well, we believe consciousness empowers us, and allows us to make choices that are aligned to our core being. In cultivating consciousness, you will gain the inner confidence as you will be less disturbed with what the world ask from you but instead, getting clear on what life asks from you. 

Have you experienced a difficult situation where you wished you could speak your mind and let the person know how you really feel? What's holding you back? And have you experienced an uplifting conversation that has given you hope to move forward? A large part of the joy we experience in our lives is from the relationships we have with the people around us, and that boils down to the everyday conversations we have with them. In this episode, we are so privileged to speak to Natasha Dalmia, author of the book "Practice of Satsang: Conscious Living - Celebrating the Truth of Who You Are.

Written as ‘Letters to my Grandchildren’, the book shares personal short stories, quotes from the real-life protagonists of the stories, provocative questions and practices for your experimentation and play. The purpose is to deepen relationships with oneself and with one’s family, friends, fellow - travellers, colleagues, clients and the communities one belongs to.

Tune in to listen to Nat's sharing on how we can choose to speak our truth, hold our views with a touch of lightness, consciousness and to have what she passionately called as life-giving conversations to deepen our relationships with people around us.

https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Satsang-Conscious-Living-Celebrating/dp/1482824418

In this episode, we interviewed Zachary, a modern dad who has two young children. He is an active volunteer with the Center For Fathering (Singapore) and has been very passionately been sharing how fathers can play an active role in parenting. 

Here in this episode, Zach shared his perspective on conscious parenting as a father, and how he is putting conscious parenting into actions in his family. He shared insights on adopting a values-driven parenting and how we can instill grit in our children.