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Develop Me for We: A Personal Development Podcast

Develop Me for We: A Personal Development Podcast

By Stephanie Sayson

Let's discuss how we can further increase our capacities to do the impossible by asking the critical questions in life, filling our minds and hearts with juicy and healthy things, and tweaking certain habits. All this to help not just ourselves, but others as well.
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009 How to Learn Better

Develop Me for We: A Personal Development PodcastSep 17, 2019

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020 How to Stay Focused and Maximize Your Day

020 How to Stay Focused and Maximize Your Day

There will always be interruptions and distractions. How then can we maximize the limited time and attention we have for each day? Know more about the underrated concept of Attention Management and learn how to seamlessly transition to your new normal.


❓Ask yourself these questions and make an effort to reflect and answer:❓

1️⃣ Have I allowed myself to get distracted from my purpose?

🖋 Exercise: List all the interruptions and distractions you’re usually subject to

2️⃣ Am I making the best use of my time?

🖋 Exercise: Schedule your day based on your attention level


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Jul 11, 202022:38
019 Breview #4: All the Places to Go: How Will You Know? by John Ortberg

019 Breview #4: All the Places to Go: How Will You Know? by John Ortberg

When we’re presented with open doors, how can we decide which one to choose? Or what if we can’t even find an open door in the first place? What do we do?

Join me as I do a Breview (Book Preview & Review) so we can proceed with passion and direction.

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Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com 

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Jun 12, 202040:59
018 What course should I take? Discernment for college and life in general

018 What course should I take? Discernment for college and life in general

Whether it’s for college or life in general, we’re always posed with the dilemma of where to go next. Let’s breakdown what’s really important before we start moving forward with our decisions.


❓Ask yourself these questions and make an effort to reflect and answer: ❓

1️⃣ Self: Who am I? What kind of person do I want to be?

2️⃣ Others: Where is a great need I’m tugged toward? How can I possibly contribute?


💖 For daily content or to connect:

Facebook: Develop Me for We: Personal Development

Instagram: @developmeforwe

Twitter: @whatstephsayson

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

Listen elsewhere: linktr.ee/developmeforwe

Jun 09, 202016:07
017 Is Self-Care Overrated?

017 Is Self-Care Overrated?

Is self-care really about treating yourself with face masks and chocolate cake? Let's ensure we practice true self-care and kindness by cultivating the right heart and environment!

❓Ask yourself these questions and make an effort to reflect and answer: ❓

1️⃣ What kind of soil have I been nursing my seeds of truth on true self-care and kindness in? Have I bought into the temporal, escapist package of what self-care really is? 

2️⃣ How is God telling me to respond and change?

💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat:

Instagram: @stephsayson

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

May 19, 202032:12
016 Applying Knowledge and Reflection into Action

016 Applying Knowledge and Reflection into Action

Truly resolve your unhealed wounds and grow toward the right direction with grounded motivations. Let's explore to see how to make the most out of turning points and learning moments in our lives.


❓Ask yourself these questions and make an effort to reflect and answer: ❓ 

1️⃣ What is a recent turning point, reflection, thought, or emotion I've had that I felt God nudging me to explore? Have I been setting it aside rather than processing it with Him?

2️⃣ What should my next steps be? What kind of environment should I cultivate to ensure that I don't self-sabotage this progress?


💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat:  

Instagram: @stephsayson  

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

Apr 20, 202034:16
015 What is My Certainty in Uncertainties?

015 What is My Certainty in Uncertainties?

During times of uncertainty such as the quarantine period due to COVID-19, we get filled with a flurry of thoughts and feelings of fear, anxiety, and even doubt. Let's hold on to the one thing that is constant and ever-reliable so we can always move forward with hope.  

❓Ask yourself these questions and make an effort to reflect and answer: ❓ 

1️⃣ What have I been placing my faith on? Is it the Truth? If so, have I really been meditating and delighting in the Truth and investing my relationship in Him?  

Explore the article in Candle Pen Online: https://sites.google.com/makatihope.edu.ph/candlepenonline/alumni-corner/certain-in-uncertainties  

💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat:  

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Twitter: @whatstephsayson  

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com 

Apr 11, 202015:26
014 Breview #3: I Want to be Creative by Harriet Griffey

014 Breview #3: I Want to be Creative by Harriet Griffey

Everyone needs and is capable of creativity. Embrace that "creativity is a way of seeing, a way of self-expression, and a way of life" by taking opportunities to explore it as I guide us through this Breview: Book Preview & Review.


💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat:

Instagram: @stephsayson

Twitter: @whatstephsayson

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

Mar 11, 202020:30
013 How to Stick to Your Goals

013 How to Stick to Your Goals

It can get pressuring to make and commit to our goals especially during the season of New Year's Resolutions. In the first episode of this decade, listen on to tried & tested best practices and personal experiences to get you continually motivated to press on.

❓Ask yourself these questions and try to answer: ❓

1️⃣ What values and beliefs should I be aligning and grounding my goals on? Are these clear for me to be making daily decisions that support these goals?

💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat: Instagram: @stephsayson Twitter: @whatstephsayson Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

Jan 12, 202030:36
012 Breview #2: Go Small by Craig Gross

012 Breview #2: Go Small by Craig Gross

In a world expecting us to Go Big or Go Home and to create extraordinary things in every waking moment, the concept of going small seems so alien. Capture key insights from this ego-breaking book + another suggested reading in this episode!


💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat:

Instagram: @stephsayson

Twitter: @whatstephsayson

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

Nov 04, 201919:35
011 Overcoming People Pleasing
Oct 21, 201917:45
010 Breview #1: It's Not Supposed to be This Way by Lysa TerKeurst

010 Breview #1: It's Not Supposed to be This Way by Lysa TerKeurst

Introducing the Breaview Mini Series where we give a preview and review of personal development books grounded by the truth as our belief system! For the first, we're delving into my current favorite book & author. This is some definitely needed hope in the midst of much suffering in this broken world.


💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat:

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Twitter: @whatstephsayson

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

Sep 30, 201914:14
009 How to Learn Better

009 How to Learn Better

Been to 1629x workshops and read 1001 books but can't seem to bring that learning to application? Life happens but that's not an excuse to think and act ahead! See how you can really "know" what you're learning.


❓Ask yourself these questions and try to answer: ❓

1️⃣ How have I been ensuring that I learn? Has it been effective? What can I do to change or improve my learning?

2️⃣ Do I really know/yada my belief system? Aside from knowing what I should do,  who should I become because of this yada of my belief system?


💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat:

Instagram: @stephsayson

Twitter: @whatstephsayson

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

Sep 17, 201916:13
008 How Do You Perceive Reality?

008 How Do You Perceive Reality?

When bad news after bad news strikes life, how do you react and respond? Do you really do so standing by what you claim to believe in?


❓Ask yourself these questions and try to answer: ❓

1️⃣ How should my perspective be according to my belief system? How do I react and respond to the sad realities of life? Do they align? What then needs to be altered?


💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat:

Instagram: @stephsayson

Twitter: @whatstephsayson

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

Sep 11, 201908:57
007 Do I Need to Overtake?

007 Do I Need to Overtake?

Pausing in the pushing world. It's difficult to break away from this competitor programming but definitely doable!


❓Ask yourself these questions and try to answer: ❓

1️⃣ Which areas of my life do I tend to overtake? What makes me inclined to do so?

2️⃣ Knowing this, do I want to continue overtaking?


💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat: 

Instagram: @stephsayson 

Twitter: @whatstephsayson 

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

Sep 03, 201910:29
006 Stop Sabotaging Yourself!

006 Stop Sabotaging Yourself!

Don't let fears allow you to self-sabotage yourself! Instead, have certainty to go through uncertainties by grounding yourself in a solid belief system. 


❓Ask yourself these questions and try to answer: ❓

1️⃣ Do I have a clear belief system that will help me understand my identity and purpose? Will this stand as certain even through uncertainties? 


💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat: 

Instagram: @stephsayson 

Twitter: @whatstephsayson 

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com 

Aug 26, 201910:32
005 Is Your 'Sayang' More 'Sayang'?

005 Is Your 'Sayang' More 'Sayang'?

A too often heard word is 'sayang' = a waste. But do we really know what we're sacrificing in the process of holding on to this initial commitment of 'sayang'? 


❓Ask yourself these questions and try to answer: ❓

1️⃣ What's a recent 'sayang' dilemma I've been confronted with? How did I make my decision then? Do I want to continue making decisions like it? 

2️⃣ Have I been settling for the good instead of waiting out for the best? What's holding me back from doing so? Have I really made it clear to myself as to what my 'why' is?  


💖For questions, suggestions, or just a chat: 

Instagram: @stephsayson 

Twitter: @whatstephsayson 

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com 

Aug 19, 201907:44
004 One Month Unemployment Update - How Did I Survive?

004 One Month Unemployment Update - How Did I Survive?

Saying yes to being kind to myself, be chill, and content amidst being an overly productive overachiever. 


❓  Ask yourself these questions and try to answer: ❓ 

1️⃣ Have I been treating myself kindly? How often do I settle to disappoint myself instead in the process of NOT disappointing others? 

2️⃣ What have I been putting off to do? Is it because I expect perfection from myself? Have I forgotten that I have the Spirit of power, love, and self-discipline? 


💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat: 

Instagram: @stephsayson 

Twitter: @whatstephsayson 

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com 

Aug 14, 201908:47
003 Make the Time to Take the Time

003 Make the Time to Take the Time

Have we been giving our personal growth just leftover time? Let's exercise being intentional by making the time to take the time! 


❓ Ask yourself these questions and try to answer after you've done the activity: ❓

1️⃣ Have I been giving my personal development leftover time? What percentage of my time do I aim to give? 

2️⃣ Seeing my lists, am I now going to adjust my time accordingly to my priorities or be honest with myself that these priorities are currently farflung ideals?  


💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat: 

Instagram: @stephsayson 

Twitter: @whatstephsayson 

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

Aug 12, 201906:27
002 Happy Morning!

002 Happy Morning!

How do you go about your mornings? Well, let's make sure that after listening to this, they're always going to be happy ones! 


❓ Ask yourself these questions and try to answer: ❓ 

1️⃣ What is the first thing I say or feel when I get up in the morning? 

2️⃣ When something bad happens in my morning, do I let it affect me the entire day?

3️⃣ What is one thing I can do this week to make each day a Happy Morning? 


💖  For questions, suggestions, or just a chat: 

Instagram: @stephsayson 

Twitter: @whatstephsayson 

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com

Aug 06, 201903:31
001 Why I Left My Corporate Job to Start My Passion Projects

001 Why I Left My Corporate Job to Start My Passion Projects

We try to push ourselves "outside the comfort zone" but are we really taking risks? Listen to my personal journey towards this leap of faith! Maybe you too are called to do something bigger than where you are now. 


❓ Ask yourself these questions and try to answer: ❓ 

1️⃣ Have you been staying in the inner layer of your "outside the comfort zone"? What do you think is that outer layer you can go to? 

2️⃣ Are your current efforts now aligned to where and more importantly, WHO you want to be in the future? What efforts do you need to do or even cut off to do and be so? 


💖 For questions, suggestions, or just a chat: 

Instagram: @stephsayson 

Twitter: @whatstephsayson 

Email: developmeforwe@gmail.com 

Aug 02, 201905:24