Some Scuffs

Nicholas Patrick went public with his depression in a huge way: he became the face of a national campaign to remove the stigma of mental health conditions.

In this episode, he shares about his 12-year struggle with the disease, and how to have a conversation around mental illness.

Find the NCSS Beyond the Label video here: https://youtu.be/VQoiz4wfV_c

Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com

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"What if Harry Potter was a Malay Muslim boy?" said no one ever... until Suffian Hakim came along and wrote his bestselling parody novel, Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher.

We talk to him about his latest book, The Minorities, and how we explore big ideas like identity, science, religion and death through fiction and humour.

For more about Suffian, go to www.suffianhakim.com

Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com

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The benefits of being real and being vulnerable in the workplace range from better emotional health to breakthrough innovation.

Entrepreneur and vulnerability advocate Olivia Coleon shares how transparency and trust can transform the likes of large corporations right down to startups with just one or two founders.

Find out more about Olivia's event series, Naked Nights at www.facebook.com/nakednights

Theme music: Party Song by Sobs. Find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com

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In the finale of our mini-series Magic Hands, we find out if the Moody Nail crowdfunding campaign reaches its target, and where it goes from here.

Magic Hands tells the story of yoga entrepreneur Sinnead Ali. Sinnead wrote a guidebook on special hand poses called mudras that are used to enhance your meditation, and started a crowdfunding campaign to get it published. The series follows her through the intense process and questions what it means to sell wellness.

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Theme music by Malika Avani, Derrick Siu and Kei Franklin.

Follow Sinnead on instagram: instagram.com/sinnead.tma or instagram.com/moodynails.sg

More on the Moody Nails crowdfunding campaign: igg.me/at/moodynails/x

Audio for intro from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUWdhHDKS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snkr-1C2e7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMz_UagXkFk&t=15s

Passion can't pay the bills... or can it? In part 3 of our mini-series Magic Hands, we find out.

Magic Hands tells the story of yoga entrepreneur Sinnead Ali. Sinnead wrote a guidebook on special hand poses called mudras that are used to enhance your meditation, and started a crowdfunding campaign to get it published. The series follows her through the intense process and questions what it means to sell wellness.

More at www.somescuffs.com

Theme music by Malika Avani, Derrick Siu and Kei Franklin.

Follow Sinnead on instagram: instagram.com/sinnead.tma or instagram.com/moodynails.sg

More on the Moody Nails crowdfunding campaign: igg.me/at/moodynails/x

Audio for intro from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUWdhHDKS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snkr-1C2e7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMz_UagXkFk&t=15s

The story you tell yourself about your life can determine where you end up, for better or for worse. In part 2 of our mini-series Magic Hands, we explore the concept of the narrative identity, with the help of a young yogi who travels halfway across the world to find herself.

Magic Hands tells the story of yoga entrepreneur Sinnead Ali. Sinnead wrote a guidebook on special hand poses called mudras that are used to enhance your meditation, and started a crowdfunding campaign to get it published. The series follows her through the intense process and questions what it means to sell wellness.

More at www.somescuffs.com

Theme music by Malika Avani, Derrick Siu and Kei Franklin.

Follow Sinnead on instagram: instagram.com/sinnead.tma or instagram.com/moodynails.sg

More on the Moody Nails crowdfunding campaign: igg.me/at/moodynails/x

Audio for intro from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUWdhHDKS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snkr-1C2e7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMz_UagXkFk&t=15s

Magic Hands is a mini-series that tells the story of yoga entrepreneur Sinnead Ali. Sinnead wrote a guidebook on special hand poses called mudras that are used to enhance your meditation, and started a crowdfunding campaign to get it published. The series follows her through the intense process and questions what it means to sell wellness.

In part 1, we learn the basics of yoga mudras.

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Theme music by Malika Avani, Derrick Siu and Kei Franklin.

Follow Sinnead on instagram: instagram.com/sinnead.tma or instagram.com/moodynails.sg

More on the Moody Nails crowdfunding campaign: https://igg.me/at/moodynails/x

Audio for intro from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUWdhHDKS4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snkr-1C2e7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMz_UagXkFk&t=15s

We're back with a simple question: who am I?

And how do we show people who we truly are in the hope of being received bu them without reservation?

In season 2 of Some Scuffs, we hear stories of people who are trying to find their authentic voices, and we look for our own, too.

Theme music by Sobs, find them at www.sobs.bandcamp.com

Sound design by Lee Zhe Ren

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All parents have high hopes for their kids, right? Sometimes it feels like we can never live up to those expectations, especially if what we want in life deviates from the traditional route to success.

What do parents really want from us and how can we truly make them proud? We talk to Lee Wai Hoong, an expert in family, who also happens to be my dad.

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This is the last episode of season one, thanks so much for sticking around till the end. <3 We'll be back soon!

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[Nobody Cares is a recurring segment on the podcast in which we talk about stuff that nobody else cares about.]

Today, we bring you some of the strangest sports out there - some of which aren't as dangerous as we hoped. We're talking a mix of martial arts and juggling, thumb-wrestling plus many other obscure world championship competitions you've never heard of.

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Have you read or come across something that you think is super cool but that probably nobody else cares about? Leave us a comment here, at www.somescuffs.com or drop me an email at [email protected] and we'll find something interesting to say about it.

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