Mindful and Mighty

Huan and Amanda
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An energetic podcast featuring two friends who met in the MBA program. Currently, in our late 30s and early 40s, we share our journeys exploring the world, careers, relationships, hobbies, and much more.

  1. 1d ago

    Mindful & Mighty Ep 67: Bhutan, the Happiest Place on Earth & Finding Your Own Happiness Index

    🇧🇹 What can the “happiest country in the world” teach us about our own happiness? Fresh from a trip to Bhutan, Huan brings home more than travel stories. This episode turns into a conversation about what actually makes a good life—and how we can intentionally create more happiness in our everyday lives. ✨ In this episode, we chat about: ​ 🇧🇹 Life in Bhutan — what it actually feels like to visit a country known for Gross National Happiness​ 🧘 Buddhism & mindfulness — looking inward, being present, and becoming more aware of the different versions of ourselves​ 🌿 Nature, culture & community — and why happiness might have less to do with what we own than we think​ 🌏 Bhutan’s challenges — why young people are leaving one of the world’s most peaceful countries in search of opportunities abroad​ 📋 Creating our own “Happiness Index” — the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly things that bring us joy​ 💛 The little things — stargazing, hugs, skincare, meditation, learning, nature, travel, meaningful conversations…and even really good desserts​ 💬 Deeper human connection — why asking better questions can help us truly get to know the people already in our lives The big question we came home with: If you created your own personal Happiness Index, what would be on it? 🎧 Listen along, then make your own happiness list. 🔗 Mentioned in this episode: 🃏 Parents Are Human — a card game designed to open up deeper conversations with your parents, family, friends and loved ones:https://parentsarehuman.com/ 🎬 Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom — a beautiful Bhutanese film about happiness, purpose, belonging and the tension between staying home and searching for something more:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10189300/ 🎬 The Monk and the Gun — a fascinating Bhutanese film set during the country's transition toward democracy:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15560314/ #MindfulAndMighty #Bhutan #Happiness #GrossNationalHappiness #Mindfulness #Buddhism #TravelStories #PersonalGrowth #MentalWellbeing #SelfReflection #MeaningfulConversations #HappinessIndex

  2. Sep 11

    Mindful & Mighty Ep 66: Let’s Talk About Death 💜 What Hospice Taught Us About Living

    What is hospice really like—and why are we so uncomfortable talking about death? 🌿 In this episode of Mindful & Mighty, we talk about: 🏡 Amanda’s experience volunteering at a hospice—and why it’s not as sad as you might imagine💜 What hospice actually provides beyond medical care✨ Healing touch, music therapy 🎵, therapy dogs 🐶, and emotional support🌏 How Canada, China, and Mexico approach hospice and dying differently👨‍👩‍👧 Why some cultures strongly prefer spending the end of life at home with family🌱 Why Amanda feels dying can be a little like “going back home”📁 Why we should plan for death instead of treating it as a taboo👵 What aging might look like when you don’t want to depend on your children or family🤖 Technology vs. human connection as we get older🏘️ And, of course, our future plan: a senior hippie commune with friends 😂 A surprisingly warm conversation about death, aging, dignity, family, community—and ultimately, how we want to live. ❤️ #MindfulAndMighty #Hospice #HospiceCare #EndOfLife #PalliativeCare #Aging #LifeAndDeath #Volunteering #LifePlanning #Mindfulness #Podcast

  3. Sep 4

    Mindful & Mighty Ep 65: Paty’s Story - When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned 🌱 Grief, Growth & Finding Joy Again

    What happens when the life you carefully built suddenly changes—and you have to discover who you are all over again? In this episode of Mindful & Mighty, Paty takes us through a life shaped by ambition, curiosity, love, unexpected loss, and the courage to keep creating. 💜 We talk about: ​🤸‍♀️ Discipline & ambition — from 15 years of gymnastics to architecture, academia, and a PhD ​🏙️ Designing for human connection — how Paty discovered that architecture isn’t only about buildings, but about creating spaces where people can belong and connect ​🌎 Starting over — building a life across Mexico, Australia, and Canada ​❤️ The people who shape us — and how relationships can remain part of who we are even after they end ​❤️‍🩹 Living through grief — and Paty’s powerful realization: “I never felt so much sadness… but also I haven’t felt so much joy.” ​🌱 Finding meaning after loss — not erasing difficult experiences, but learning, integrating, and continuing to live ​💼 Who are you beyond your career? — questioning the pressure to specialize, perform, and make one thing your entire identity ​🎨 Returning to creativity & play — making room for art, hobbies, people, and experiences that simply bring us joy ​🧒👵 Your 8-year-old and 80-year-old selves — a reminder to build a life that both would be happy to call yours ​✨ Slowing down — because sometimes we need to tell ourselves: “You don’t have to do everything today.” Paty’s story reminds us that resilience isn’t simply getting back to the person you were before. Sometimes it’s allowing life to change you—and discovering more love, creativity, connection, and joy on the other side. 🌈💜 ❤️ If you loved Paty's story as much as we did, please checkout this book where she wrote a chapter about her experience walking El Camino de Santiago! 📚 The title of the book is Women, Walking Notes on Lives in Motion Edited by Zahra Ebrahim and Jane Farrow. Links below. https://chbooks.com/Books/W/Women-Walking https://a.co/d/08LMbKTR #MindfulAndMighty #PattysStory #LifeStories #GriefAndGrowth #FindingJoy #Resilience #LifeTransitions #SelfDiscovery #Creativity #HumanConnection #PersonalGrowth #Mindfulness #LifeAfterLoss #MeaningfulConversations #Podcast

  4. Aug 28

    Mindful & Mighty Ep 64: Are You a Rule Follower? 🚦 Why We Follow, Question & Break the Rules

    Are you the person who follows the rules even when no one is watching? 👀 Or do you believe sometimes it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission? 😏 In this episode of Mindful & Mighty, Amanda shares a small moment in the car that led to a much bigger realization: she gets genuinely stressed when rules aren’t being followed—even when she isn’t the one breaking them. 🚗🚦 That takes us down a rabbit hole 🐇: Where does our relationship with rules actually come from? We talk about growing up as the “good girl” 👧, being rewarded for good behavior, family and cultural expectations, perfectionism, and why we can sometimes be much harder on ourselves than we are on everyone else. But following the rules isn’t always the answer. We also explore when it might make sense to challenge them—from decisions at work 💻 to travel ✈️ and even the history of art 🎨, where breaking old rules helped create entirely new movements. So who made the rules? Why do we follow them? When should we question them? And how do we know when breaking one is actually worth the risk? 🤔 Maybe growing up isn’t about becoming better at following the rules—it’s about understanding which rules still serve us and learning when to think for ourselves. ✨🧠 #MindfulAndMighty #Podcast #RuleFollower #RuleBreaker #SelfAwareness #Perfectionism #GoodGirlSyndrome #PersonalGrowth #CriticalThinking #Mindset #SelfReflection #LifeLessons #GrowingUp #Psychology #Mindfulness

  5. Aug 21

    Mindful & Mighty Ep 63: Concerts, Movies & the Soundtracks of Our Lives

    What makes a song stay with us for 20 years? Why can hearing it live suddenly make it feel completely different? And… would you rather lose your sense of taste or never listen to music again? 😱🎶 In this episode of Mindful & Mighty, Huan and Amanda catch up on the concerts, movies, musicals, and slightly unexpected adventures filling their summer. ☀️🎸 🎤 Huan shares what it was like seeing Corinne Bailey Rae live and how songs can become tied to specific memories and chapters of our lives. 🧝‍♀️ Amanda takes us to an Of Monsters and Men concert that has us seriously considering a trip to Iceland 🇮🇸—because apparently, this is exactly the kind of music elves would sing. 💃 We also get into Amanda's first rave experiences, dancing the stress away, summer drum circles in Stanley Park 🥁🌅, and why live music can put us completely in the moment. 🎬 Then we switch from the concert stage to the big screen: recent movies, The Odyssey, movie soundtracks, Greek mythology, Hadestown, and how getting older can completely change the way we see a supposedly “romantic” character. 😂 From music and memory to movies, travel, money, and the realization that all the fun things we want to do somehow lead back to one problem… 💸 We need more money. A lighthearted summer catch-up about the art we love, the experiences we remember, and why music somehow becomes part of our lives. 💜🎧 #MindfulAndMighty #Podcast #Music #Concerts #Movies #LiveMusic #MovieTalk #SummerVibes #MusicAndMemory #Travel #Musicals #Hadestown #TheOdyssey #PodcastLife

  6. Aug 7

    Mindful & Mighty Ep62: Building a Life Through Courage & Persistence from Bangladesh to Canada

    🚀 What does it really take to build a successful career in a new country? In this episode of Mindful & Mighty, we chat with Tanvir, who shares his inspiring journey from growing up in Bangladesh 🇧🇩 to becoming a Project Director in Canada's water infrastructure industry 🇨🇦. From career setbacks and job rejections to finding incredible mentors, embracing failure, and staying curious, Tanvir's story is packed with practical wisdom for anyone navigating work, career transitions, or simply trying to build a meaningful life. 🌏 Growing up in one of the world's most competitive education systems 🏏 How sports built resilience, discipline, and the ability to handle failure ❤️ Losing his father at a young age and how it reshaped his outlook on life ✈️ Moving to Canada alone to pursue graduate studies and new opportunities 💼 The reality of job hunting as an immigrant—and why persistence always pays off 🤝 Why networking is about building genuine relationships, not collecting business cards 🏗️ His journey from engineer to project leader and learning to see the bigger picture 🎓 The importance of mentors and learning from people decades ahead of you 🔥 Why passion matters more than chasing the highest-paying career 🌱 How setbacks, uncertainty, and rejection can become your greatest teachers "If you try, you can fail or you can also succeed. Then why not try? But if you don't try there's no way you can succeed." Whether you're starting your career, changing directions, or simply looking for motivation to keep going, this episode is filled with honest conversations, practical advice, and life lessons that apply far beyond work. 🎧 Tune in for an inspiring conversation about resilience, curiosity, lifelong learning, and creating a career—and life—with intention. #MindfulAndMighty #Podcast #CareerGrowth #CareerAdvice #Leadership #ProjectManagement #Engineering #MBA #ProfessionalGrowth #PersonalGrowth #Resilience #GrowthMindset #FailureToSuccess #CareerJourney #Networking #Mentorship #ImmigrantStories #Canada #Bangladesh #LifeLessons #SuccessMindset #Curiosity #Purpose #Passion #Learning #SelfDevelopment #Inspiration #EngineeringLife #WomenWhoPodcast #SpotifyPodcast

  7. Jul 24

    Mindful & Mighty Ep 61: Re-Parenting Your Inner Child

    Why do certain situations trigger us so intensely? Why do some of us struggle to rest, ask for help, trust others, or feel worthy without achieving something? In this episode of Mindful & Mighty, we explore the idea of the inner child and how childhood experiences can quietly shape the way we think, react, work, love, and see ourselves as adults. ✨ In this episode, we talk about: 🧠 What is your “inner child”? — And why do we sometimes react like our younger selves when we’re triggered? 🩹 Childhood wounds that follow us into adulthood — From rejection and emotional invalidation to perfectionism, parentification, and growing up with too much responsibility. 🏆 When achievement becomes self-worth — What happens when being successful, productive, or “the responsible one” becomes part of how we earn validation? ❤️ Do we have to earn love? — How childhood experiences can shape our beliefs about what we need to do to be loved, needed, or accepted. 🔄 Recognizing patterns and triggers — Why awareness can help us understand where our reactions come from and decide whether old patterns still serve us. 🌱 Reparenting yourself — Learning to give yourself the compassion, safety, boundaries, and unconditional love you may have needed growing up. 🐶🐱 And perhaps one of our favorite conclusions: dogs teach us unconditional love… and cats teach us boundaries. Some of the behaviors that helped us survive, succeed, or feel loved as children may have served an important purpose. But the question is: Are they still helping us today—or are they holding us back? 🎧 Join us for an honest conversation about looking inward, understanding the person you became, and learning how to become a better parent to your own inner child. 🗣️ Discussed in this episode: 📚 Books: ✦ Reparenting the Inner Child by Nicole LePera ✦ Educated by Tara Westover ✦ Healing the Shame that Binds You by John Bradshaw 🎬 Films: ✦ Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins #MindfulAndMighty #InnerChild #InnerChildHealing #Reparenting #ChildhoodWounds #SelfLove #SelfAwareness #PersonalGrowth #MentalHealth #HealingJourney #Perfectionism #PeoplePleasing #SelfWorth #Podcast

  8. Jul 11

    Mindful & Mighty Ep 60: Art, Travel, and Life Updates

    In this episode, we catch up on what’s been going on in our lives lately — from travel and art exhibitions to books, films, and the thoughts that have been circling in our heads. It’s a more free-flowing conversation where we reflect on the things we’ve been reading, watching, and noticing, and how those experiences are shaping the way we see the world. 🎨✈️📚 We also talk about how different places seem to carry different energies, how wearable tech can affect our relationship with stress, and how art, stories, and everyday moments can feel deeply personal and meaningful. As always, we end up touching on bigger themes like control, free will, personality, and learning to be more present in the moment. ✨🧠🌿 In this episode, we discuss: 🎨 Recent art exhibitions and the ways interactive art invites people in. ✈️ Travel for work, city energy, and how different places shape us. 📚 Books and films that made us reflect on identity, personality, and healing. ⌚ Wearable tech, stress, and learning to notice trends without obsessing over them. #MindfulAndMighty #Updates #Art #Travel #Books #Films #Mindfulness #SelfAwareness #Stress #PersonalGrowth #PodcastLife #Reflection

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An energetic podcast featuring two friends who met in the MBA program. Currently, in our late 30s and early 40s, we share our journeys exploring the world, careers, relationships, hobbies, and much more.

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  • Creator
    Huan and Amanda
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    67
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Huan and Amanda
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