a curious mind podcast
A podcast made by a young woman who's navigating life's gifts and challenges. A safe space on the internet for people to feel heard and validated and perhaps related to in one way or another.
Episodes
19 episodes
People Pleasing
A raw and honest episode on my experience with people pleasing. ♡
Love
In todays episode I focus on the idea that: there is an infinite amount of love in the world. I think it’s important we are reminded every now and then that there’s no limit to how much love we can give. And if you give l...
'Being chosen'
Ahhhhhhh, being chosen. I would say the feeling of being chosen is incredibly comforting. Remember at school when they would pick sports teams? How badly you wanted to be chosen as soon as possible? Or when you’re applying for a job amongst sev...
A course that changed my life
So in today’s episode, I speak about my experience doing the PQ course. The PQ course is a course developed by a very intelligent man called Shirzad Chamine, and it’s main goal is to strengthen the right side of your brai...
What are you deserving of?
Florence Given shared recently on her podcast that… The Universe will keep sending you things that you keep accepting. She then went on to say that this means that if you keep accepting sub-optimal behaviour from people around you/even from you...
Courage
Courage is = Feeling the fear, and doing it anyway. This is a quote I stumbled upon a few years ago, I sadly can’t remember who from (It may be Brent Brown actually) and it really stuck with me. I b...
Friendships
Ahh. This episode is a really wholesome one. It’s my own reflection on how I have viewed friendships throughout my teens and early twenties. It’s nice because it has a happy ending. I have had my fair share of toxic and c...
No Matter Where You Go, There You Are
This quote, has hugely hugely changed my outlook on life. I have been known to want to move away from my home country, start a new life, go on new adventures and meet new people. I have a yearning to LEAVE to RUN AWAY to ...
Dealing with the unknown
In this episode, I speak about ‘the unknown’. I grew up in a culture that is quite uncomfortable with ‘the unknown’. We are constantly planning for the future, always looking ahead and naturally struggle to be present and in the mo...
My Relationship with Time
I’m currently learning how to live slowly. Take things in my stride and not overthink/overcomplicate what’s in front of me. I have had the privilege of being able to travel on my own. From that experience, one of the biggest lesson...
My *Complicated* Relationship with Myself
Ok so I ask that you bear with me initially in this episode, as I find my feet and direction of thought.Today I talk about self esteem. Having self esteem has not always been something I’ve had the privilege of experiencing. I...
Not Being Perfect, But Doing It Anyway
‘There is no time like the present.’ Possibly one of the most overused sayings… but I cannot argue with it! I find myself talking myself out of so many decisions and ideas that honestly wouldn’t cos...
Confessions of An Overthinker
Ok this weeks episode is very vulnerable. I explore my overthinking tendencies and how this shows up in my life. One of the ways this shows up, is in the belief that I am ‘too much’ for others. That my presence is too muc...
My Take on Dating
Dating… Everyones favourite topic to gossip about but not so favourite topic to navigate :)I wanted to make an episode on dating because I have always found dating, meeting new people, experiencing myself in different environm...
Sense of Self
“No one can take away what you’ve put in your own mind.” - Dr. Edith EgerThis is the basis of todays episode. One of my teachers, Ethan, on my counselling course mentioned Edith Eger and her work as a ps...
Listen to Your Body
In todays episode, I explore the relationship we have with our bodies. I have personally noticed how misaligned from my own body I have been and how much I have ignored the signs it has desperately tried to communicate to...
My Gen Z Perspective
In this episode, I share my feelings around being a Gen Z(er) and how sometimes the general narrative around us can be quite tiring to hear. This episode is definitely more of a personal one and somewhat niche, so do bear with me! At the end, I...
The Value of Our Experience
In this episode, I explore the idea of ‘experience’ and how our society has turned experience into a currency that we compare between ourselves… I personally think it’s BULLSHIT and so I share my thoughts on this :)Enjoy!
Introducing Me & Our Complexities
In this episode, I begin by introducing myself and giving a brief summary of where I currently am in life. I then go on to speak about an idea or concept that I find very interesting about humans... The fact that we are walking contradictions w...