Hi everybody! Welcome back to The Morning Stretch!

On today's episode, we are incredibly excited to speak to Dr. Joel Low, Clinical Psychologist and Director of The Mind Psychological Services. We'll be deep-diving into the topic of Therapy: what is therapy actually about? What happens in the therapy room? What are some common myths and misconceptions?

With the rise of mental health difficulties amongst children and adults in Malaysia, awareness and openness to Psychotherapy is so essential in helping us cope with life stressors and various other difficulties. However, there is still a lot of stigma surrounding help-seeking. We hope that this episode can address some of your apprehensions, equip you with information to encourage help-seeking in friends and family, and give you the opportunity to learn skills to show up better in your life and for your loved ones!

Our interviewee Dr Joel Low is not just a Clinical Psychologist and the Director of the The Mind Psychological Services and Training in Jaya One. More recently, he has also been appointed as the Vice President of the Malaysian Society of Clinical Psychologist. Find out more about Joel and his team at www.themind.com.my,

If you'd like to find out more about therapy services within Malaysia, here are some of the websites providing relevant information:

• The Mind Psychological Services and Training
• Malaysia Society of Clinical Psychology (MSCP)
• Counselling Board of Malaysia
• Malaysian Mental Health Association
• MyPsychology Services Directory

Established in 2016, Gem and Bread is a non-governmental organisation that aims to provide a safe and friendly haven for adolescents and youth with special needs. 

In today’s episode, we sit down with founders Sharanya and Theresa to understand Autism and the inspiring work that they do here at Gem & Bread to help adolescents and adults with Autism gain useful life skills through art, drama, music and practical skills training. 

Thank you for the fun stories, valuable insights and passionate energy Sharanya and Theresa! We hope our listeners enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it! 

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/GemandBread/

The Zero-Waste and Minimalism movement has taken the world by storm in recent years, with metal straws fast becoming the new norm. One of the earliest and most active voice for this movement within our region has been Claire Sancelot, who began her journey in Hong Kong over a decade ago!

In this episode, Claire shares with us on her personal journey- from how having her first child opened her eyes to the sheer volume of waste we create, to adopting this lifestyle for herself and her family and eventually to being a voice of influence, helping others move towards a more sustainable lifestyle through her advocacy and her fast growing bulk foods business!

She also gives us plenty of tips on how to reduce our waste, the ways in which making this change will benefit us mentally and emotionally, as well as eye-opening information on the realities of climate change that makes it absolutely vital that we take action right NOW!

Thank you, Claire, for taking the time to share your valuable insight with us! And we hope our listeners find this episode helpful and insightful!

Website: www.thehivebulkfoods.com
Instagram: thehivebulkfoods 

Many of us who want to start getting moving and living a healthier lifestyle often find ourselves struggling to find motivation. In this episode, we have fitness coach and founder of Playground (a unique fitness gym in Bangsar), C.J Lee with us to explore this topic!

C.J shares with us his personal journey from being a skinny little boy in New Zealand to a passionate fitness coach helping individuals from all walks of life achieve their health and fitness goals. 

He also provided us with some valuable insight into the purpose of movement, how movement affects your life, and how to gain self-awareness on your energy and emotions to get started!

This episode left us feeling pumped and ready to get going! We hope you find it as exciting as we did!

Lots of love, 

Lav and JaeLee

Welcome back to the Morning Stretch Podcast!

We are honored to have the founder of Pole Dance Movement, Sea Ng, to share with us how pole dancing has helped women to gain confidence and empowerment, and to embrace the beauty in different body shapes and figures.

She has also shared her entrepreneurial journey in starting her own pole dance studio. Pole Dance Movement is a dance studio offering a variety of aerial dance classes such as pole dance, contemporary pole, aerial hop, aerial hammock and chair dance! From being a Veterinary graduate in New Zealand, Sea shared her personal journey on how she became an entrepreneur doing what she loves most, and build a strong community among women to be empowered and encouraged.

Once again, thank you Sea for your experience and knowledge and we hope our audience enjoys our new episode!

Regards,
Lav and Jae Lee

Welcome back everybody!

In this episode, we sit down with Charmaine (a.k.a Kuih Kapit), a frequent cheery presence in yoga studios and fitness centres across the Klang Valley. Charmaine is not just a passionate and enthusiastic yoga teacher who strives to teach her students self-compassion, self-acceptance and openness to learning, she is also an advocate for awareness of eating disorders.

Charmaine shares with us her experience with Anorexia and Bulimia, and her journey to developing a healthier relationship with food and fitness. She addresses the pressures of an overly restrictive relationship with food and fitness and the ways she has learned to cope. She also shares her tips on how to spot these difficulties in friends and family, and some ways we can better support our loved ones going through similar situations.

We thank Charmaine for being so vulnerable and open with us in this conversation, and we hope our listeners enjoy this episode!

Lots of love,

Lav and JaeLee

You can find Charmaine at
Instagram- kuihkapit
Website- www.yogawithkuihkapit.com

Happy Monday guys!

This episode is inspired by the bestselling book “So Good They Can’t Ignore You” by Cal Newport, busting the myth of following your passion. We are honoured to have Derek Toh, the founder of WOBB (the Malaysian job search platform for Gen-Ys) with us to explore the topic of passion at work.

Derek shares with us on how he came to start WOBB (short for Working on Bean Bags) after developing his career in the corporate world. We discussed the role passion played in Derek's journey of getting to where he is today.

Derek shares with us his perspective of the pursuit of passion in the workplace, and the realities of how this plays out based on his personal experiences and the experiences of individuals he has met and worked with. He also gave us valuable insight into the struggles he has overcome and shared some awesome tips and advice for those who are still out there trying to find their passion!

We hope you found this conversation as useful and insightful as we did!

Lots of love,

Lav and JaeLee

Where to find Derek:
LinkedIn- Derek Toh
Website- www.derektoh.com
WOBB- www.wobb.my

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Hi guys! 

Welcome to our intro episode, where you can find out a little bit more about who we are, why we started this podcast and most importantly, what to expect in future episodes!

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Lots of love, 

Lav and JaeLee