Kongshi Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the Kongshi podcast, a weekly conversation between two old friends, Andrew and Leonard. The name Kongshi is an inside joke summing up the period of our lives when we lived Asia, Andrew in Hong Kong, Leonard in China. In this period, we forged our careers and got married. We encountered life’s challenges and rewards, we grew up. If you’re curious in what we have to say about the complexities of contemporary relationships, careers, role models and facing life’s challenges, tune in as we discuss these topics and share our growth as humans and friends.
In this week's episode, Andrew and Leonard discuss the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator aka MBTI. We reveal each other's types and how it plays out in our work lives, friendships and romances. We test each other with the MBTI questions and uncover some shocking truths. If you're ever curious about what the Myers-Briggs test is all about, tune in to this podcast and visit the link below to find out your type.
https://www.16personalities.com/
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This week, Andrew and Leonard review the children's animated movie, Turning Red. It is a story about a young Chinese girl's transformation, growth and actualisation in a Western country and context and the pains and tribulations that comes with it. We share our views of the storyline, our experiences of growing up as asian immigrants and how our subtly different backgrounds and families differ in values.
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This week, Andrew and Leonard share their life transforming experience of practicing Mindfulness and the journey through meditation. We discuss how we individually encountered mindulfness and the positive effect it's had on our lives and relationships. We explore our different practices and unearth different techniques in addressing issues like fear, anxiety and judgement. If you've found yourself having difficulty understanding or dealing with overwhelming emotions, mindfulness could be for you.
https://self-compassion.org/
https://youtu.be/IvtZBUSplr4
https://www.amazon.com.au/Self-Compassion-Kristin-Neff/dp/1444738178/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AJ8VNREBVK21&keywords=kristin+neff&qid=1653707532&s=books&sprefix=kristin+neff%2Cstripbooks%2C240&sr=1-1
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In this inaugural episode of the Kongshi Podcast, Andrew and Leonard discuss Gary Chapman's book titled, The 5 Languages of Love. We talk about the impact on our relationships of having read or not having read the book, which of the 5 languages we speak and how that plays out in in fulfilling our relationship happiness, and which ones we have difficulty speaking causing tensions or misunderstanding.
https://www.5lovelanguages.com/
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