Starting Within: Recent Episodes
Selena Lai
Are you feeling uncertain, lost, or empty in life? Join me and guest speakers through our journey of self-discovery and overcoming hardship to transform your life by starting within. Equip yourself with the strategies and skills to create the change you want in your life by developing a growth mindset, sustaining happiness, and practicing self-reflection. Join a community of main characters who want to take control of their lives and write their own stories and fairy tale endings. Stay tuned for a mix of short stories, rants, and interviews based on this movie called my life.
People experience grief after a break-up differently, but similarly to tasting a beer flight, the interesting thing about grief is how one can bounce from one stage of grief to another and experience various emotions before finally reaching acceptance. "A Flight of Feelings" is a short story about a girl who navigates an unexpected break-up the night before her flight to Toronto and experiences the five stages of grief. Our protagonist in this short story goes through a period of growth as she processes her feelings from each stage of grief as she desperately seeks closure, but her calls get sent straight to voicemail. After each voicemail, she sits with her own thoughts and eventually realizes that closure is not found in another person, but within herself. In the end, she is able to find closure on her own through forgiveness, understanding, and patience to set herself free and move on to the next chapter of her life.
The Friends with Benefits podcast focuses on a candid discussion featuring a group of four friends who are single and in relationships. Join Matt, Selena, Rogan, and Bonny on their journey of unique dating experiences, values, and beliefs that influence their perspectives and outlook on dating. They provide contrasting perspectives from female and male points of view and draw from past dating experiences to help their listeners survive and navigate their turbulent dating lives in the modern world of technology, hookup culture, and dating apps. In the first episode, Selena and Bonny critique Matt and Rogan's Hinge profiles, talk about the differences in profiles that attract serious relationships vs casual hook-ups, play a game of smash or pass using pick-up lines, and give personal tips and advice on setting up a hinge dating profile. #ubccrwr302 #podernera
For 8 years, I didn't know who I was. I went through a rollercoaster of experiences in my career, school, and personal relationships - but here I am. I survived and now I want help you navigate through these uncertain and dark times. Internal transformation is a long and difficult process, but its not impossible. After all, change is constant. I've learned that with determination, discipline, reflection, and the willingness to learn, I developed the ability to direct the changes in my life and follow my passions. I want to take you on a journey with me of self discovery and create a sustainable source of happiness within you. For me, this podcast is my purpose, passion, and motivation to continue going forward. I'm super excited to start this journey together with you. Thanks for listening!