Own Your Story

Exploring a logical and spiritual mind with Frankie, we talked about winning in life, fear and meditation.

1:35 Fear stopped Frankie from taking action

4:12 Fear of success 

7:55 Frankie talked about 10 days Vipassana silent meditation

9:40 Negative emotion deep inside has no where to escape

11:10 Treat meditation as a skill that needs inner effort

15:50 How meditation helps to remove anxiety, fear, anger, gain control in actions

18:00 Small effort to maintain the practise

20:00 Awareness to take action

22:00 The business model of Vipassana meditation course

25:40 Parting message from Frankie

Vipassana meditation website:

https://www.dhamma.org/

In this episode, Rachel shared her dramatic journey as a singer who tasted success as a royal singer early in life, went to college, joined Akademi Fantasia (a top Malaysian reality singing competition show), fell into rock bottom, picked herself up by letting go of ego to sell homecooked meal to students.

Show Notes:

1:10 Rachel talked about how she stayed grounded despite early success in life as a royal singer

5:40 Breaking rules and organising a concert in first year of uni

9:20 Lessons learned from contending as a student representative

15:00 Pain and gain from joining Akademi Fantasia 2015

28:10 Dealing with haters on social media after elimination

31:30 The stress being a semi-celebrities when her physical appearance was always being scrutinised

33:30 Hitting the rock bottom after Akademi Fantasia when family and career collapse at the same time

39:02 Picking herself up through positive self talk

40:30 Letting go of ego and starting a catering business doing what she loves (cooking) 

45:40 Lessons learned from catering and facing doubters

53:00 3 biggest life lessons learned so far

Website: www.isabellethye.com

Isabelle's FB: https://www.facebook.com/isabellethye

Rachel's FB: https://www.facebook.com/rachelaf2015fc/

Daniel is the founder of Push to Inspire, an athlete and inspirational speaker who is on the journey to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in wheelchair racing. In this podcast, Daniel shares how he overcomes challenges, limitation and push towards Paralympic 2020 with a strong purpose.

0:40 How Daniel's late father empowered him

2:10 Daniel talked about his physical limitation and how he discovered sports after college

4:05 Confidence comes from the belief that everyone can push beyond challenges

5:40 Daniel talked about nature vs. nurture

7:45 How to overcome critics and naysayer

9:05 How to form a vision and set goals early in life

11:50 'when I shared my story, people listened'

13:50 Daniel talked about sharing story from heart

16:20 Challenges in qualifying for Paralympic 2020

19:05 Daniel's tips on staying motivated in this lonely journey

25:15 Daniel's top pick in book recommendation

26:40 Legacy of love

Website: http://www.isabellethye.com/

Isabelle's FB:https://www.facebook.com/isabellethye

Daniel's FB: https://www.facebook.com/leinad91

Harrison is a writer and digital nomad from Canada who is traveling around Asia. In this podcast, he shared about his depression, how he overcomes the fluctuation in emotions by going on the road, and the most profound moment in his life in a silent meditation.

3:43 Dealing with suicidal thoughts

5:05 About 2 months cycling trip from Vancouver to Los Angeles 

7:15 'having a goal is better than having a plan'

11:00 The common blindspot of putting your whole life in the next thing you do

14:00 Transformation in a silent meditation

20:00 Harrison's goal to empower people to reconnect with themselves

Website: www.isabellethye.com

Isabelle's FB: https://www.facebook.com/isabellethye

Harrison's FB: https://www.facebook.com/hquinlan