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Episode Notes Workplaces have become increasingly toxic, and it seems that the pandemic has escalated that. In this episode, I talk about what working in a toxic environment can do to your health and mind. I also give some examples of toxic work cultures. Have you been experiencing any of these 7 signs? Listen to find out! Let's Connect! Blog | Build Up Your Self Esteem in 5 Easy Steps | Slay Your Life Bundle Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Following what has been my usual tradition at the end of each year - I look back at 2020. It has probably been one of the more memorable years in my life (and no doubt yours) for all the not-so-nice reasons. But despite its downs, it also has its ups and positive transformation. I reflect on the various silver linings, my personal growth and some life lessons that I will take into 2021. Let's Connect! Blog | Build Up Your Self Esteem in 5 Easy Steps | Slay Your Life Bundle Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Keeping yourself small is usually a sign of low self-esteem and self-worth. When we keep ourselves small and invisible, we aren't showing up as our true, authentic selves in life. We all keep ourselves small in various ways, this episode lists 6 incredibly common ways in which we do so. A question to ask ourselves - do we want to live like that all our lives? Or do we want to step up and start being present to what life has to offer us? Let's Connect! Blog | Build Up Your Self Esteem in 5 Easy Steps | Slay Your Life Bundle Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes When a friendship ends or turns sour, it can seem to come very unexpectedly and suddenly, taking us completely by surprise. But, the reality is that - the reasons for your friendship's demise has been lurking for some time already. Many of us are usually unaware of them or not really paying attention to the dynamics within our friendships. Friendships don't just turn sour overnight. So presenting to you, the 11 reasons why your friendship died (or is dying) a painful death. Let's Connect! Blog | Build Up Your Self Esteem in 5 Easy Steps | Slay Your Life Bundle Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes Everybody deserves to live their life the way they want to. Including YOU. Though it sometimes feels like an impossible, uphill task. Here are 6 inspiring ways you can start giving yourself the permission to lead the life of your dreams. Let's Connect! Blog | Build Up Your Self Esteem in 5 Easy Steps | Slay Your Life Bundle Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Episode Notes 7 incredibly useful habit hacks from Gretchen Rubin & Dr BJ Foggs to help you build new habits, make them stick and kick bad habits to the curb. Let's Connect! Blog | Build Up Your Self Esteem in 5 Easy Steps | Slay Your Life Bundle Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

I often hear clients and friends tell me that they really want more friends or more romance in their lives. But more often than not, they not doing the right things to ensure that friendships and romance are flowing into their lives. This can be easily overcome in 3 steps. Listen to find out more! Let's Connect! Instagram | Coaching Slots | Become a Beta-tester! Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

Love it or hate it - online dating has stormed into our romantic lives and is determined to stay. But is it really that simple? Just swipe left and right and Prince Charming is gonna come a-knocking on your door? No really. While I didn’t have amazing experiences with online dating, each episode has taught me a something about life. Listen to find out what those life lessons are! Let's Connect! Instagram | Coaching Slots | Become a Beta-tester! Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

Different self-care routines - cold showers, hot teas, 30 min morning yoga sessions - are often touted by coaches, gurus and the like to be "The Thing" you need right now in your life to feel happy and relaxed. But do all these routines work for everyone in the same way? How do you determine which activities should make up your self-care ritual? Find out in this episode! Let's Connect! Instagram | Coaching Slots | Become a Beta-tester! Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

Struggling to learn new material? Just gone through a thick set of lecture notes and you can't recall a single word that you've read? It's highly possible that you just aren't using the right learning and study techniques to get through your material. This podcast will walk you through 10 of the most common study methods, ranked from most to least effective. (PS: Highlighting isn't one of the best methods out there). Credits: Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving students’ learning with effective learning techniques: Promising directions from cognitive and educational psychology. Let's Connect! Instagram | Coaching Slots | Become a Beta-tester! Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

In the previous episode, we talked about the 13 cognitive distortions that contributes to negative thought patterns. In this one, I wil walk you through 10 very useful techniques that you can start using today to break your negative pattern of thinking. These are quick and easy tools you can start using today and will go a long way in breaking that negativity. Which ones worked for you? Credits to King's College London and David D. Burns, M.D., The Feeling Good Handbook. Let's Connect! Instagram | Coaching Slots | Become a Beta-tester! | Build Your Self-Esteem | Slay Your Goals Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

Have you ever felt like whenever you get on the negative thinking train, your mind starts to spiral out of control? Take that control back! Getting aware of the types of cognitive distortions your mind is putting you through is the first step to breaking that negative thought pattern process. Listen to this episode to find out what are the 13 most common cognitive distortions we have and start figuring out which ones you commonly fall "prey" to. Credits to King's College London and David D. Burns, M.D., The Feeling Good Handbook. Let's Connect! Instagram | Coaching Slots | Become a Beta-tester! | Build Your Self-Esteem | Slay Your Goals Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

Dates are fun and romantic (as they should be!). But when emotionally invested in our partner, we can become completely oblivious to the warning signs that he/she isn’t a good fit for us or that the relationship isn’t exactly what we want. In part two of this 2-part series, I talk about another 6 red flags that might come up in the early dating phases (some aren’t too obvious!) and how do we go about sussing them out. Check out Episode 4 for Part One, and Episode 3 for a lengthy explanation on Red and amber flags! Let's Connect! Instagram | Coaching Slots | Become a Beta-tester! | Build Your Self-Esteem | Slay Your Goals Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

Dates are fun and romantic (as they should be!). But when emotionally invested in our partner, we can become completely oblivious to the warning signs that he/she isn’t a good fit for us or that the relationship isn’t exactly what we want. In part one of this 2-part series, I talk about 6 red flags that might come up in the early dating phases (some aren’t too obvious!) and how do we go about sussing them out. Check out Episode 3 for lengthy explanation on Red and amber flags! Let's Connect! Instagram | Coaching Slots | Become a Beta-tester! | Build Your Self-Esteem | Slay Your Goals Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

Red and amber flags appear around us all the time. They are warning signs that something isn't right. But do we even recognise them? And how well-equipped are we in dealing with them? In this episode, I talk about how categorising warning signs, and how listening to your intuition and not ignoring your inner voice can sometimes make a huge difference to your safety and well-being. Let's Connect! Instagram | Coaching Slots | Become a Beta-tester! | Build Your Self-Esteem | Slay Your Goals Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

You've probably experienced it before - someone says or does something and you feel like it's directed at you (though it may not be) and that sets off all sorts of feelings within - sadness, anger, resentment. It's so easy to take their actions and words personally and blame ourselves for what they did or said. And that's normal and all part of the human experience! But if we were to take everything that other people say or do personally all the time, our days would be a very tiresome emotional roller coaster ride. So how do we take things less personally then? Is that even possible? In this episode, I explore 6 ways in which you can shift your perspective and start taking things less personally. PS: Apologies for the heavy breathing/ emphasis on certain words - still getting used to my new mic! Let's Connect! Instagram | Coaching Slots | Become a Beta-tester! | Build Your Self-Esteem | Slay Your Goals

The past couple of months have been a whirlwind of emotions for everyone. From plans being halted and postponed, to jobs and lives lost, confusion, anxiety and unhappiness. So many life changes, how do we deal with them all? In my very first episode, I share my 6 life lessons from the covid-19 pandemic and my 6 top tips for getting through it. We are all in this together. Hang in there and stay healthy everyone! Connect with me! Instagram | Coaching Slots | Become a Beta-tester! | Build Your Self-Esteem | Slay Your Goals Find out more at https://life-as-an-experiment.pinecast.co

Introducing the Life As An Experiment Podcast with me Sara, a Psychology Researcher, NLP Practitioner and a Personal Growth & Relationships Coach for the past 5 years. I'll be dropping episodes each Friday, hit subscribe so that you don't miss any episode! This podcast was created for all you dreamers and action-takers, and aims to answer the basic question - if our lives were a big ole grand experiment, then what can you do now to make it that much better? Presenting personal growth and relationship tips, advice and strategies from interviews, research journals, ethnographic observations & personal experiences, I hope this podcast will inspire you and create little aha! moments in your day (or week or month :P). I'm not aiming to be prescriptive in this podcast, neither am I aiming to represent mine or someone else's ideas as truth, but I'd just like to offer a different perspective where I can, where you as the listener might go, "hey, I didn't think about that before, maybe that's worth a try!" I want listeners to feel like we are chilling in a cafe with our coffees, a light piano jazz playing in the background or hanging out on a park bench chatting about life. And most importantly, I hope that this podcast sparks something in you, that these ideas and topics will inspire you to have conversations with people - friends, family, with yourself - conversations that you might be wanting to have but never had the chance to. Creating this podcast is gonna be a really fun journey, and I'm so happy that we are in this together :) PS: I was really excited when I recorded this so I sounded a little breathy - my apologies! Let's connect! Instagram | Blog This podcast is powered by Pinecast.