My new book, The Fail-Safe Solopreneur: 6 Essential Practices to Manage Your Well-Being Working for Yourself (ASE, 2021) is now available for purchase on Amazon in Kindle and Paperback! Over the past 10 years working virtually and independently, I’ve read many books about making money. But few talk about the mental and emotional costs of being […]
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“Qigong is about supporting your body’s ability to be healthy. It’s about doing less.” – Mimi Kuo-Deemer Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Email Mimi Kuo-Deemer, author of Qigong and the Tai Chi Axis, shares her 20-year journey with qigong and how it can nourish mind, body and spirit. Mimi explains the core […]
“I think practice and watching a lot of YouTube videos is the only way… you have to do something others haven’t done before to make people curious about you.” – Celine Yeh Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Email Celine Yeh shares her journey from studying chemistry to becoming a YouTuber. How did […]
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#25 Two Pockets
Trying, failing and trying again
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#24 My Annual Review Process & 2020
How was your 2020? I share my annual review process and lessons from this year, despite not hitting my goals.
“How to get the feeling of being there into an image so viewers start to be able to understand… is what documentary photographers are trying to do.” – Nicky Quamina-Woo Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, YouTube, Email How did Nicky Quamina-Woo go from being an art director in the fashion industry to a […]
Love gives space, makes room
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#22 Outsight
Change happens from the outside in
You shouldn’t ask anyone whether your business is a good idea – especially your Mom.
Is it possible to live for today AND tomorrow? Darren shares one approach to be kind to your past, present and future self.
Elaine draws on her decades of experience as a journalist, senior editor and author to share how you can get more media exposure – and publish your next book.
Limits focus, so set yours!
So why not make it fun, expected and social with “challenge masterminds?”
We still need tribes for work and well-being
To enjoy the freedom of the entrepreneurial life, founders must take responsibility for their well-being through self-awareness, self-mastery, and self-care.
Guilt-free time off should be planned – and required.
Over the past decade Elizabeth Tan expanded her family’s shoe business to 50 stores in 10 countries and founded Sight to Sky, which has provided eye care to 15,000 people living in the Himalayas. What has she learned?
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The Smallest Act of Caring Can Be Big
It’s been a rough few days. Just feeling down. Can’t explain why. Footsteps from my apartment is an alley full of families serving office lunches for 30,000 VND ($1.30 USD). I sit down at the cơm trưa stall and start eating. Lost in thought. This soup is delicious though… Suddenly a large man hovers over […]
Tom shares his eight-year journey growing Vietnam Coracle into one of Vietnam’s top travel resources.
Reading hundreds of obituaries over the years has taught me three lessons about living well.