The mental health dialogue has - in recent years - been brought into the limelight as many people begin to seek more holistic approaches and consider a real need to allow uncomfortable emotions, feelings and thoughts to surface in order to heal. To de-stigmatise experiencing negative emotions and promote the concept that in fact it is recognising, understanding and feeling these emotions that hold the key to our personal growth and development.
We caught up with Emile Steenveld - emotional intelligence coach and speaker, co-founder of Elevate Events - in Canggu, Bali to discuss how to move through and experience uncomfortable emotions. He discusses how our emotions are the key to unlock our unlimited potential, our personal growth, our healing, our liberation from mental health issues such as depression.
Emile believes that “if we can learn to be with these feelings and thoughts and nurture them, instead of pushing them away, then we’re going to allow them to pass through us”.
He talks about avoidance of these emotions being problematic as “the moment we try to hold it/control it, it gets bigger and bigger and bigger.''
Biohacking is a recent buzzword that has hit mainstream media. Biohacking refers to the science of altering aspects within your body and environment so you can take full charge of your biology. Simply put, biohacks are techniques that help you to figure out what your body needs to perform optimally so that you feel energized, productive and overall be the best version of yourself.
Jules Schroeder got a hold of Kris Gethin to shine more light on the important factors to take into account when you embark on the journey to healthy eating and physical activity and ultimately live your best life!
Author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and investment banker are, among the many hats that Oren Klaff wears. He is also one of the world’s leading experts on sales, raising capital, and negotiations. His book, Pitch Anything, has become a required reading throughout Silicon Valley and has sold over a million copies. Anything he touches turns to gold. For this reason, it was only necessary to have him share with us the secret to having an investor not only say “yes” to your idea but to actually pump money into it.
Oren shares with us his journey to success and practical tips on how to deliver a pitch that moves an investor to channel money to bring an idea into reality.
This week on the unconventional life podcast is Keara Mascareñaz. Keara is the co-author of The New Team Habits: A Guide To The New School Rules. Keara helps schools and districts build and scale a culture of innovation through leadership development, team habits, and human-centered organizational design.
In this episode, Keara shares three habits from her book that build a foundation for lasting changes that can be spread across your organization and sustain future growth.