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Little Wisdom podcast shares tips from science and wisdom from spirituality to increase confidence and self-awareness. Enjoy a new episode every alternate Wednesday. Visit littlewisdompodcast.com. Musical track for Little Wisdom is provided by JessieCherry from Pixabay
Are you afraid to be happy?
Known as cherophobia, this condition can vary in degree from person to person and can hinder how you experience and embrace life. In the next episode, find out what the signs are, why we develop this, and what can be done to overcome this, and learn to be happy.
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Shalima Motialthought she’d let her dreams go, until the spark returned and she accepted that some dreams are not defined by age.
From casting fear and hesitation aside, becoming a female entrepreneur, to learning self-love amid her entrepreneurship journey and having 35 theatre productions, 14 short films, and a full length feature film under her name - she's proof that you can pick up your dreams right where you are.
Listen to her story and see what happens when serendipity meets hard work!
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Why do some of us find it difficult to “talk about it?”
Find out as we speak to author, creator, speaker and a life coach, Zach Touchon, on healing childhood trauma, the challenges of vulnerability due to societal conditioning, and the transformative advice his mother gave him.
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How did Nick go from suffering loneliness and battling addiction to becoming an award-winning entrepreneur, a 2021 Top 1% World age group triathlon athlete by Ironman, and writing a bestselling book?
Find out in this episode as Nick shares his journey of triumph, and how we all can take back control of our lives and steer it in a direction we want.
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We’ve all been there. It hurts. You feel rejected. Nothing feels as important as before. And you wish you could skip to the good part where you don’t feel upset anymore, and everyone is happy and things have all worked out. But you also know, that it’s something you have to go through. So, how do we nurse a broken heart and heal from it? My dear sentimental friends, find out in today’s episode.
Key Takeaways:
- Change your relationship with pain
- Focus on progress
- Replacement therapy
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You ARE creative. You’ve been conditioned to think that creativity is for artists or it’s something that you either have or don’t. Truth is it’s a skill that can be learned and we all have it in us to practice and hone that skill. How can you do so and bring our your inner creativity and expand your possibilities? Find out in today’s episode.
Key Takeaways
- 3 ways to build your creative muscle
- Refuse judgment by playing with fun prompts
- Jot your random thoughts
- Get up and walk
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It's been one year of Little Wisdom podcast! Thank you for being on this journey with me! I've compiled six facts from a year of episodes as a little recap, and to pique your interest on any that you may want to listen to in depth.
Thank you once again, and stay wise :)
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About 3 years ago, I received a planner which had a section for things I was grateful for. “This stuff doesn’t work,” was my immediate reaction but I went ahead and used it either-way. I wasn’t expecting anything out of it until I noticed things change. Find out what they were and how gratitude can help you put things in perspective in your own life too!
Key Takeaways:
- 3 reasons to practice gratitude:
- Your eating habits may improve
- Your mental (and physical) health will improve
- You become optimistic about your future
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Apart from his military prowess, this former Emperor of the French wrote a romantic novel, would disguise himself and walk the streets to know what people really thought of him, and he wore poison around his neck. He also practised what we know today as the Napoleon Technique to increase productivity, conserve energy and stay focused. And contrary to popular belief, the man may not have been as short as he’s presented to be. Find out more!
Key Takeaways:
- Lesser known facts about Napoleon and the answer to, “Was he actually short?”
- His underrated strategy for productivity by not answering mail for 3 weeks
- Today’s data on the average response time for text messages
- The effects of information overload and statistics for information addiction
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Lets face it - difficult people are everywhere. They share this planet with us and no matter which country you live, what culture you’re from, encountering difficult people is something none of us are immune to. So while we can’t control if we meet them, there are some things we can do to ease the tension and most importantly - keep our cool. Because the one that can stay calm, always always wins.
Key Takeaways:
- Ask Questions
- Lower Your Volume and Slow Your Pace
- Set Your Expectations
- Bonus: Use Your Shield
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When was the last time you forgave yourself? Truth is, it’s easy to say “you need to forgive yourself,” to someone but that much harder to actually do it because no one really tells you how. So we sit with the same memory and let it repeat, or we run from it by avoiding it. But we all get tired of running at some point. So if you’re looking to forgive yourself and hear about how to do so, stay tuned.
Key Takeaways:
- My memory of an event that I want to forgive myself for
- The roadblocks to self-forgiveness
- 3 ways of self-forgiveness
- Own up
- Apologise genuinely (accept you may not be forgiven)
- Writing yourself an apology letter and reading it out loud
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Is your understanding of ikigai wrong? Today’s guest has had a 40-year love affair with Japan, and was five years old when he first visited the magnificent country. As the Venn diagram version of ikigai gained popularity encouraging everyone to find the magical spot to figure out their professional purpose, our guest knew that the authentic Japanese context of ikigai was a very different one. To clarify and honour what it truly means, Nick Kemp from the Ikigai Tribe joins me today to enlighten us on this widely misunderstood life philosophy.
Key Takeaways:
- What is ikigai really?
- How did the misconception of the Venn diagram come about?
- How do some Japanese feel about ikigai being misrepresented?
- How can you practice ikigai in your life?
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You sit down, open the menu, realise everything looks delicious and out come the words - “oh gosh, I can’t decide.” Truth is, this happens to almost everyone and it happens with more than just food. It happens when choosing what to wear, picking a partner if you’re lucky to have multiple great options on some dating app, or even picking out the right professional opportunity if you’re stuck between a few great offers. In which case, lucky you! But where does our hesitation or rather confusion to choose come from, and how can we be happy with what we pick. Find out!
Key Takeaways:
- Barry Schwartz’s The Paradox of Choice
- Herbert A. Simon’s two types of decision-makers - maximizers and satisficers (which one are you?)
- Economic benefits of lesser options as found by researchers Sheena Iyengar and Mark Lepper
- Angelika Dimoka’s discoveries on how the prefrontal cortex reacts to decision-making from multiple choices
- The optimal number of options to choose from, and how to be happy with the choice
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“You should be ashamed of yourself.” Those words hit us in a place that other words rarely can. It’s a complicated emotion, and a difficult one to admit to ourselves, so we avoid it as far and as much as we can. Today we look at what causes us to feel shame, and what we can do to work through it, because letting it linger does more damage than good.
Key Takeaways:
- Brené Brown on shame, and its evolutionary purpose and why it no longer serves us
- How it’s different from guilt
- Different types of shame and why we feel it
- Way to heal shame
- Be your own lawyer
- The power of talking
- Carl Jung and Charles Dickens on shame
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Given that the world feels tipsy-turvy and things may feel difficult to understand, I wanted to share a poem from one of my favourites - Maya Angelou. Here's wishing her 'Still I Rise' brings you hope and uplifts you during these strange times :)
When two lovers look into each other's eyes, did you know their heartbeats are trying to beat in sync? Or that love can have the same effect in your brain as painkillers? Today, we look at 10 Fun Facts about love and everything related to it - dating, red flags, marriage and the one thing you can do to strengthen your relationship! Let’s see how much you really know about love.
Key Takeaways:
10) Roses are Married to Love
9) Love and Lust Activate Different Regions in the Brain
8) Couple Have Synchronised Heartbeats
7) Laughing Strengthens Your Relationship
6) You Can Find Love On a Plane
5) Love Is a Painkiller
4) Men Fall in Love Faster Than Women
3) If They Walk With You, The Date Went Well
2) Shutting Down During An Argument Is A Red Flag
1) The World’s Longest Marriage Lasted 90 Years, and 291 Days
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Love. One emotion to rule them all. Love has started wars, uplifted, and destroyed. It has the power to pour water over all your plans, or it can build where there was nothing before. We love love but sometimes we hate it! Today we briefly explore the origins of Valentines day, our first interaction with love as babies, the chemicals responsible for those nervous exciting feelings, and one question you should ask yourself.
Key Takeaways:
- Origins of Valentines day related to the Pagan festival, Lupercalia where women were whipped with the skin and blood of an animal sacrifice
- Another origin story with a bold and defiant Father Valentine who would marry young lovers in secret against the wishes the Emperor Claudius II
- Psychologist Dr Beverly Palmer on our need fulfillment as babies and how it forms our idea of love as adults
- Relationship expert Kevin Darne on whether “opposites attract” is true
- What happens in our brains when we are attracted to someone
- Do you love yourself?
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Today we uncover the scientific findings and spiritual beliefs behind the ancient concept of evil eye, how cultures prevent and protect themselves from it, and why you should not buy the popular blue glass beads if you're buying them for yourself.
Key Takeaways:
- From Egypt, to India to Turkey (and beyond) - the names of the evil eye and the ways they used (and still) protect themselves from it
- What is the evil eye exactly and the possible spiritual explanation
- The scientific findings behind feeling good and bad vibes
- Commonly used and popular amulets used for protection
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It’s a new year, and you have resolutions to prove it. But are you going to make them stick, especially since less than half of the people succeed at their resolutions 6 months into the new year? We explore why that happens, and how to make sure that you are on the successful side of that statistic, and what the ancient Babylons and Julius Caesar have to do with all of this.
Key Takeaways:
- Ancient Babylons, Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XIII’s contribution to “the new year.”
- Why resolutions fail according to Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert
- How to set yourself up for success
- Clear goals
- Are you being realistic about what you can achieve?
- Writing them and Forbes’ Mark Murphy on the “generation effect” and the neuroscience behind this
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “Aim lower if you eventually wanna go higher. No shame is starting small than starting nothing at all.”
- “Consistency makes raindrops create holes in the rock. What is difficult can be done easily with regular attendance, attention and action.”
- “People who very vividly describe or picture their goals are anywhere from 1.2 to 1.4 times more likely to successfully accomplish their goals than people who don’t.”
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In this last episode for 2021, discover the ONE key point from every episode in the last 6 months - a power-packed with tips, tricks and wisdom, with links to the full episode if you want to find out more:
15) 3 Ways to Break Your Self-Doubts, Not the Elephant’s Spirit
14) When Your Plan Doesn't Happen, But Life Does
13) Learning Forgiveness with Nelson Mandela
12) Can You Lose Resilience and How to Build It Back
11) Are You Using Time, or is Time Using You?
10) Are You Carrying Your Fears or Someone Else's?
9) Finding Your Purpose? Try These 3 Questions.
8) Multitasking Can Worsen Your Memory?
7) Happiness Isn't What We Think It Is
6) Resting Right - 7 Types of Rest You Need.
5) The Benefits of Learning to Say No (and 3 Ways to Say It) 4) From Facing His Fears to Embracing Fatherhood - Chirag Singapuri 3) From Misfit to Model - Andee Chua’s Journey of Self-Acceptance 2) From a Stoic Silence to Revelation - Chandramohan Ramalingam 1) 3 Ways to Stay Consistent on Any Habit Stay Connected with Little Wisdom
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Consistency - a word that’s like medicine - you know you need it, but you hate it. Today, we remove it from it medicinal labelling and put it in a more appealing packaging by studying what it means, its benefits, and 3 ways that will help you be more regular in whichever habits you’re trying to adopt.
Key Takeaways:
- What it means and Usain Bolt
- Simon Sinek on intensity versus consistency
- The 3 benefits of consistency
- You’ll know if it works
- Feeling better about yourself
- Finding your bridge
- Debunking the 21-day habit myth, and how many days it really takes!
- The 3 tips to be consistent
- Revise your concept of time
- Achievable goals
- Buddy up
- Something is better than nothing here
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” Dwayne The Rock Johnson
- “The key to consistency is investing time.”
- “Having a buddy along on the journey raises accountability, especially if it’s a friend because you have an existing emotional bond and you both will understand the importance of each others’ goals.”
- “Remember, the most important thing to being consistent is that YOU have to want the goal, not someone else - YOU.”
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A man of a few words who enjoys the wild, strives for the conservation of birds of prey, and is fondly nicknamed 'The Gentle Giant' by those who know him, he speaks about living life on your own terms, getting straight to the point, the part of his life where he battled inner turmoil, and how he pushed himself to face and overcome his challenge. Listen to Chandramohan Ramalingam's journey of making the rules as you go along in this International Men's Day special.
Key Takeaways:
- The changing tide of acceptance of vulnerability from men, but existence of hesitation for fear of being thought as “weak”
- Living life on your own terms, instead of a checklist process
- The part of his life where he was made to feel “less of a man,” and how he overcame it
- Scientific and spiritual exercises for you that Chandra practices himself, and his message for you
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “Men don’t like to feel powerless.”
- “It’s okay to be vulnerable. This is something that many men don’t realise, and they don’t want to show this because they feel they may be thought less of, criticised, and be thought of as “weak.”
- “Identify the issue, and make a plan to solve it. And the best thing to do is to speak to someone about it - it helps release some of the burden by talking it out.”
- “Don’t just sit on the problem. You have to take the first step to try solving it.”
- “Please be concerned and considerate about wildlife as well. They are also part of our world, and deserve an equal place on this earth.”
Connect with Chandra11
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International model, co-founder, dancer, emcee, community builder and much more - today’s guest has never taken the conventional path. Once feeling like a “misfit,” today he is a proud gay man, an advocate for LGBTQ+ issues in Singapore, strives for diversity and inclusion in workplaces and believes that everyone should be able to bring their best true self to work. Join us for Andee Chua’s journey of self-acceptance, overcoming childhood bullying, and embracing success from his non-conformist approach to life in this International Men's Day special.
Key Takeaways:
- Being the target for bullying in school for standing out from the rest, and how dance led him to self-acceptance
- Denial and journey of coming out as a proud gay man in a conservative society
- The confusion and frustration (and tokenism!) when LGBTQ+ community is leveraged upon during Pride Month
- His view on whether society has changed on what it means to “be a man.”
- The heartfelt conversation and connection with his father who was raised in a traditional society
- Science and spirituality tips and exercises for you that Andee practices himself
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “I was feeling a lot about all this sentiment against me. I grew up thinking that I should be more masculine, more man, more sporty. I should just fit into what people think you need to be as a guy.”
- “Everytime I’m dancing, I feel liberated. I feel like I can be myself.”
- “I speak so much about my coming out journey that sometimes I reframe it to sound really positive. But coming out as gay has not been easy - I don’t want to discredit that.”
- “My dad is an emotional person, but he hides it all inside. He does not hug or say, “I love you,” easily, but it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t feel that way.”
Connect with Andee Chua:
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From a strained father-son relationship, not wanting the responsibility of marriage and having “zero paternal instinct,” today’s guest drastically changed his life. He travelled the world for two years, switched careers midlife, got married, is the proud father of a baby girl, and healed his bond with his father. Listen to Chirag Singapuri’s journey of resistance, acceptance, transformation and healing for this International Men's Day special.
Key Takeaways:
- The wake-up call from realising the “wonderful women in my life were no longer there,” and deciding to look in the mirror and face his fears
- Why is was easier to carry the baggage than to face it, and how he got through facing and healing from it
- Being raised by a single father, watching and realising how much effort it was, and the fear of whether he would ever match up to it
- How he never imagined being married or a father (and now he’s both!), and how his paternal feelings (which he thought he never had!) have changed his view on what it means to “be a man”
- His advice for you to overcome your own fears, heal your relationships and to move forward (resources included below!)
- Science and spirituality tips and exercises for you, that Chirag practices himself
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “All the wonderful women I met in my life were no longer there, and really inspired me to grow and change, and become the man I am today.”
- “I was never really taught that it’s okay to just listen.”
- “I also grew up as an only child, raised by a single father and I saw the amount of effort that he put it – it was massive. I just felt like I could never ever live up to what he did.”
- “The biggest gift you can give your kids is to heal your own wounds, so they don’t inherit this extra burden.”
Connect with Chirag Singapuri:
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Your Resources (not paid promotions!):
- Julia Cameron’s morning pages
- Hold On to Your Nuts
- No More Mr Nice Guy
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Why do we say, "Yes" when we want to say, "NO?" We uncover the reasons why, the benefits of exercising this choice, and what else you can say if you’re learning to say yes to you and no to others.
Key Takeaways:
- Community members share their reasons for saying no
- WHY we say no:
- Social/ peer pressure and what Social psychologist Dr. Vanessa K. Bohns and University of Waterloo found about this
- Lack of self-advocacy when young as shared by Clinical psychologist Dr. Emily Anhalt
- Benefits of saying no
- Self-care /self-love
- Opportunity cost
- Emotional boundaries
- Not being taken for granted
- HOW to decline
- Buy some time
- Explain your reason
- Be honest
- Dealing with people who cannot accept, “no” for an answer
- Quote by Tony Robbins
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “It’s one thing when you pick your battles knowing you have a choice. It’s another when you restrict yourself and not allow yourself any choice. You pick no battles because you’re already battling with yourself.”
- “You can’t be responsible for everyone elses’ feelings because then you’ll have no space for your own.”
- “If all you are receiving is disrespect, being taken for granted and doing all the giving, then it’s a clear red flag for how things are going to continue in the future.”
- “Don’t cross oceans for people who wouldn’t cross a puddle for you.”
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Today’s episode is about the 7 types of rest we all need and how to get it! If you’re exhausted in spite of sleeping enough, this may be for you.
Key Takeaways:
- Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith and her viral ted talk
- 7 types of rest and tip on how to get each one
- Physical (active & passive)
- Mental
- Spiritual
- Emotional
- Creative
- Sensory
- Social
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “We go through life thinking we’ve rested because we have gotten enough sleep — but in reality we are missing out on the other types of rest we desperately need. The result is a culture of high-achieving, high-producing, chronically tired and chronically burned-out individuals. We’re suffering from a rest deficit because we don’t understand the true power of rest.”
- “Instead of fighting and going against the waves, sometimes flowing with them will bring you to more magnificent places you may not have created by trying to control everything.”
- “Stop holding in the no and saying yes, even though it’s breaking you from the inside.”
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Today, I share what I learned in Nepal 11 years ago, especially about happiness. We look at the book The Art of Happiness and what the Dalai Lama has to say about happiness and pleasure. If you’re in for a personal story, you’re in the right place. Get settled and here we go.
Key Takeaways:
- Happiness and pleasure are not the same thing - but we confuse them to be
- The Art of Happiness by the 14th Dalai Lama and psychiatrist Howard Cutler
- What living in the moment looks like for children in Nepal’s village
- The hesitation to feel happy, feel vulnerable or share honest emotions
- Little Big Dreams - inspiring change for children
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “The purpose of our lives is to seek happiness.”
- “Happiness is not pleasure.”
- “It’s so ironic - we all went to the school to teach the children, and they taught us important life lessons and happiness instead.”
- “One small drop starts a ripple, one seed holds a tree within and one mosquito can ruin your sleep.”
- “And if our society is indeed more knowledgeable or more civilised as we say, then why are so many people so unhappy?”
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Your Resources
- Book - The Art Of Happiness
- Little Big Dreams
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Why is multi-tasking bad for your memory, cognitive functioning and sometimes downright dangerous? Listen and find out, along with 3 ways you can minimise this habit to be more productive but more importantly, to have peace of mind. Also featured are some shout-outs to the Little Wisdom podcast community!
Key Takeaways:
- Guinness Record Holder and Global Keynote Speaker, Nishant Kasibhatla’s advice to boost memory and brain power
- The origins of the word “multitasking” - it was not coined for humans! (surprise!)
- Why some multitasking is actually alright
- The Stanford Memory Lab study on the negative cognitive effects of multi-tasking and other down-sides from other studies
- Worsened memory
- Increased distraction
- Forgetfulness
- Inability to retain accurate information
- Increased mistakes
- The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
- Little Wisdom community responses on multitasking from our Instagram
- Jack Ma’s tip on one-pointed focus
- 3 tips to minimise multi-tasking in your daily life
- Further your phone
- Pomodoro technique
- Can this wait?
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “The Stanford study found that those who multitaksed heavily, significantly underperformed on tasks that required memory and sustained attention, as compared to light multitaskers.”
- “If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.”
- “The more the number of actions and steps required to get distracted, the less motivated you are to switch tasks.”
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“What is my purpose?” We unpack this question and look at 3 questions you can ask yourself to possibly discover the answer. Here we go!
Key Takeaways:
- The day-to-day grind and waiting for weekends and holidays
- Our reflections on “there has to be more than this.”
- Your purpose can be more than one - different stages of your life can mean your purpose changes and develops with you
- Paolo Coelho’s The Alchemist and wisdom from this book
- The 3 questions you can brainstorm on to get more clarity to your purpose
- If you didn't get paid, what would you still do?
- What moves you?
- Who are the people you want to emulate?
- Building on your purpose in a small way first so it fits your current life
- Purpose should not intimidate you
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “You don’t need to find your purpose. It will find you.”
- “Purpose has an ability to find its own question, in order to reveal itself as the answer.”
- “If there was no monetary reward, what would you want to do anyway because the passion would pay more than the currency ever would?”
- “Pupose will find you and when it does, you need to recognise it and be brave enough to listen to your heart to take the leap of faith.”
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We all know fear, but where did it come from, how does it work and what can we do to overcome it if it overpowers us? Find out!
Key Takeaways:
- Fear is necessary - it helped our ancestors survive, was important in evolution and helps us analyse whether we need to fight, flight or freeze
- Phobias can also be memories passed down from your ancestors in the DNA - studies have proved that this is possible
- Why public speaking is so scary to 77% of Americans (and many around the world) according to Colin Clifford, a psychologist at the University of Sydney’s Vision Center
- Are some of the fears and doubts yours, or have they been planted in your mind by those around you? The story of one superstar who faced this first-hand and triumphed!
- Professors Linda Saab and Arash Javanbakht at the Wayne State University explain how the brain decides whether the fear is real or not, and what it does to our bodies - and where the Will Smith and Kevin James movie Hitch relates to this
- The emotional body’s response and how it manifests in our physical body according to Jill Willard, the author of Intuitive Being
- FOR YOU: The ONE breathing exercise from Yogic pranayama to help you breathe through your fear and feel calmer.
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “Even if you didn’t know someone or they didn’t speak your language, you would recognize fear when you saw it.”
- "Listen to the thoughts and narrative that’s playing in your head. I guarantee you that you’ll catch yourself saying words that are not yours. They happen as a reaction rather than a response when you have an opportunity to try something new, or do what you’ve always wanted."
- "Allowing other peoples’ fears and doubt to fertilize your garden of dreams will only result in fruits that don’t bring you happiness."
- "Every negative and suppressed emotion carries an energy and eventually shows up and manifests in our physical one as random aches, pains and illnesses. Since we are born to be expressive, repressing the emotions and keeping it all in is against our natural function."
- "If you feel fear, you also have its antidote right under your nose. Literally."
- "There’s no shame in feeling fear - we all feel it."
- “I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” - Mark Twain
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Time - it never seems enough! You’ll hear what ancient stoicism has to say about it, how aimless scrolling in the morning affects our subconscious minds, and how we can create pockets of time with little habits to be more productive. Here goes!
Key Takeaways:
- If you spend 10-12 minutes planning your day, you’ll save up to 2 hours of time that is otherwise wasted
- Roman Stoic philosopher, Seneca’s take on why we should be the “toughest misers” with our time.
- Three tips to find more time and be more productive:
- Get up and go (don’t snooze - and how to break this habit!)
- The two-minute rule by David Allen (and how to do this right!)
- Importance of the first hour of your day (and Dr. Nikole Benders-Hadi’s discovery on the effect of aimless morning scrolling on the rest of your day)
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “If you don’t respect time today, it will not respect you tomorrow.”
- “We’re tight-fisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers.”
- “Time is one of the fastest things you will lose if you don’t protect it.”
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dWe keep hearing about resilience everywhere. What is it, and can you lose it if you’ve been through too much adversity? If so, what are the three tried and tested ways you can try to build it back? Find out in this episode.
Key Takeaways:
- What resilience is (and is not!)
- How the results of this neuroplastic process can be seen in our brains, thanks to research by renowned Professor Richard Davidson
- The three proven ways to gently build back resilience
- Take a cold shower
- List the good in the bad
- Meditation
- My personal little tip for you if you’re starting meditation
- The importance of consistency
Quotes of Wisdom:
- “Resilience doesn’t mean you don’t feel discomfort. It just means you’re able to get through it all without feeling like you can’t.”
- “Be gentle with yourself if it doesn’t every time go as you want it to. The key is consistency, not perfection.”
- “You can always add new colours to your canvas and paint a wonderful picture.”
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Today’s episode is in honour of a man who has received over 260 awards in 40 years, spent 27 years in prison for his battle against apartheid,and is fondly known as Madiba in South Africa - Nelson Mandela. We look into his legacy to learn how we can be better at forgiving.
Key Takeaways:
- 18 July is Nelson Mandela Day
- His real name (which was not Nelson!), and who named him Nelson
- His response to Oprah Winfrey on how to keep bitterness at bay, and his advice for you to nurture forgiveness
- Forgiveness does not mean you have to allow people into your future - you can let go of the pain and the person
- What the Sanskrit language and the Indian scripture of the Bhagavad Gita have said about forgiveness and the qualities associated with it
- Why ego is one of the biggest roadblocks to practising this trait
- What Harvard Health and John Hopkins medicine found about forgiveness and its effects on our health
- The poem Nelson Mandela used to recite in prison
Quotes of Wisdom:
- "As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.”
- “You can forgive them and not want to move forward with them. Forgiveness doesn’t give them an automatic ticket into your future.”
- “One of the most important weapons in changing yourself is to recognise that people everywhere in the world want peace.”
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Self doubt and taming wild elephants - what is the similarity? We discuss 3 science-backed tips to overcome self-doubts, and also ways to rescue and protect our beautiful and gentle elephants.
Key Takeaways
- The practice of taming wild elephants is a cruel one and translates to "breaking the spirit" in some countries
- Weighing almost 4,000 kg, the elephants will not attempt to break away in spite of easily being able to - due to the conditioning of the mind, and the pain they were subjected to when young
- We carry our own chains that are pegged to self-doubt
- Mark Manson's take on caring about what others think (or rather not caring!)
- Battling regret for things you passed up on because of doubts and fears
- 3 scientific tips on start overcoming self-doubt and self-judgment today
- Your take-away Ted Talk
- Ways you can support and protect rescued elephants
Quotes of Wisdom:
- "The trainers have not so much managed to tame the elephant, but rather, tame its mind."
- "There is no perfect timing - you need to start now."
- "Your neural pathways can change even after a 20-minute conversation with someone."
Your Resources
- Ted Talks by Derek Sivers
- Support the elephants through the Elephant Nature Park, Elephant Aid International and Wildlife SOS
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Today’s episode we reflect on life plans not working, and two ways to take a step back to change our perception and realise it may actually have worked for you after all - albeit differently.
Key Takeaways
- Seeing personal growth that you may have missed
- Why being kind to yourself is difficult, and the psychology behind it Clinical Psychologist Christopher K Germer's take on self-compassion
- Why your life is bigger than any plan you have made
- Inspiration from the "Mountain Man" - Dashrath Manjhi who paved a single-handedly carved a path through a 300-foot mountain with hand tools
- Trusting yourself instead of blaming
Quotes of Wisdom
- "Allowing yourself to be self-compassionate can open flood-gates to times you may have felt deprived of that compassion."
- "Trust yourself more than your plans. You made the plans, the plans didn't make you."
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Key Takeaways
- The "why" and "who" behind the podcast
- Reasons behind choosing science and spirituality (and everything in between!)
- Italian proverb - It is not enough to aim, you must hit
- Our hopes for what you get out of this podcast
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Have you ever wondered why the pages in books have white space - the margins and paragraphs - why are they there? Well, it helps your eyes focus, scan and improves your comprehension up to 20%. Simply put, it helps you make sense of what you’re reading, while also making it easier to read.
So, that’s for reading, but where’s the white space in your life? Where is your reflective time to help you make sense of your day to day? Welcome to Little Wisdom. My name is Shubh and in this podcast we look into science and spirituality and find ways to strengthen our wisdom and self-awareness.
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