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Insights explores every facet of the graduate school experience: planning, applying, studying, recruiting, and life after graduation. Discussions between Dane Phillips, Thailand's leading human capital consultant, and students and alumni from the world's best universities will provide a clearer and humanized perspective of this often opaque process.
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Episode 44: All Things Kellogg
Fernando and Kot discuss all things Kellogg including academic misconceptions, global trips, recruitment, and even stand-up comedy
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Episode 43 Part 8: Coming Forward & Taking Action
Nat Jariyaworakul calls for other victims to come forward, obtain the mental health they need, and hopefully take action to protect other children.
Update: Victims can report their case to an NGO called A21, who will anonymize their name and file a report with the police on their behalf (they are also connected to the US Homeland Security Investigations) ( link Facebook: A21 Thailand) -
Episode 43 Part 7: Sexual Abuse & Mental Health
Content Warning: non-detailed discussion about sexual abuse and its personal impacts
Nat Jariyaworakul describes a moment of crisis at CBS, facing a repressed experience of sexual abuse during high school, and how facing that
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Episode 43 Part 6: Launching a Mental Health startup in Thailand
Dane and Nat Jariyaworakul discuss emotional, mental, ethical, and practical reasons for launching in Thailand; Nat takes a break from his MBA and returns to Thailand.
***Disclaimer: Nat accidentally misstates a differing position between psychiatry and psychology in Thailand. The correct information is that Thailand follows the traditional breakdown of the psychiatrist being the one to issue medicine, while psychologists handle assessment and talk therapy.***
0: Deeper conversation about emotional expression in Thailand
13:00: American/Hispanic culture regarding emotional expression
14:35: The “Thai smile” and various ways of showing discomfort
19:00: Psychologist vs. Psychiatrist (globally vs. Thailand)
31:00: Mental Health services pain points & returning to Thailand
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Episode 43 Part 5: Startup Inspirations, Feminine Hygiene, Shame, Women’s Health, Anxiety
Nat Jariyaworakul describes his initial inspiration for launching his startup mid-MBA (CBS-hosted speaker about feminine hygiene startup); Dane/Nat discuss the blue oceans, opportunities, and challenges created by stigmatized spaces; Nat opens up about childhood emotional suppression; Nat covers launching his mental health startup.
3:06: Feminine Hygiene startup speaker & blue oceans
9:45: Nat’s startup
14:02: Suppressing emotions
17:24: CBS resources for startups
20:48: Turning pain into inspiration
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Episode 43 Part 4: Columbia J-term
Nat describes the joys and unique aspects of January-entry at Columbia Business School; Dane discusses the biology, reasoning, and realities of generalized anxiety (35:26).