Seeds - Your Pocket Coach Teng Teng & Diana Jean (DJ)

Can you think of a time where you try to solve a complex problem and your thoughts were like a mouse running on a wheel? 
We are so well trained in problem solving and our desire to rush into the solutions may hold us back in noticing how we are solving the problem. We are often caught up with what we think and less aware of how we think. 
In this episode, Teng Teng shared a simple, practical approach in how we can coach ourselves to increase our thinking capacity where we can learn how to think in a more  systematic, interconnected way. 

With the changes happening around us recently, many of us could be dealing with the feeling of being overwhelmed. It can be personal or work situations such as organisation restructuring, increase in workload or just working from home managing multiple priorities. 

Stress is how our body and mind respond to external events. If we are feeling too overwhelmed, it is a sign to us to look after our body or our mind or both. Looking after our mind means to be aware of our habitual thinking and response towards situations that aren’t meeting our desires. 

In this episode, leadership coach, Teng Teng introduced the equation "Expectations-Outcomes = Response" as a reflection on our relationships with expectations, outcomes so that we can have a deeper reflection on where our stress is coming from. 

If you are feeling overwhelmed with work or life, tune in to this episode for some suggested steps to help you regain some ease. 

Listening is an underdeveloped skills. Sounds simple but not many realise listening as a powerful attribute to deepen relationships. 

In this solo episode by Teng Teng, she shared how she has committed to work on her listening and 2 simple but impactful approaches on how we can deepen our listening and presence with people. 

Gratitude is what gives us stamina to go through tough challenges It helps to build our abundance mindset so that we practice looking at what we already have. Did you notice the beautiful people and things around you while you are pursuing your new goals and aspirations for the year? 

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you pressed pause on life? What happens when you sit in stillness when everything seems urgent and important and the monkey mind is running wild? In this episode, DJ shares with us her experience on the gift of pause and extends an important invitation for you to just experience being and not doing. 
 

Have you been trying new things, working harder recently and starting to feel a sense of helplessness and tiredness? Or are you losing confidence in what you are doing? In this episode, Teng Teng shares her experience in how she tamed her inner critic, especially when it come whispering to her when she cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel. 

Teng Teng shares how the practice of self-compassion can be our own source of motivation in moving forward, or when we are struck with challenges and losing momentum. 
In fact, we tend to comfort our close friends more than comforting ourselves when things do not go the way we want. To have a kinder, gentler world, we first have to practice gentleness on ourselves.