For a While

We discuss our experiences with burnout, how we experienced the signs of burnout, and what we did to recover -- as well as the key life lessons that going through burnout taught us. 

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Continuing our conversation from last episode, we talk about cultural working differences, job interview tips, underrated skills you need for every kind of job, and more . Stay tuned next week for our episode where we talk about work burnout. 

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We talk about our experiences living and working in the UK, US, Hong Kong, and Singapore, through the study abroad route and others. We also briefly touch on family and friends who made a move to the US, Canada, or are considering moving to Australia. We talk about this from our perspective as Filipinos and the accompanying potential challenges this entails.

Andrea also talks about finding work as a digital/marketer in Hong Kong versus Singapore, and the things she wishes she had known earlier to help make job hunting abroad easier, and how all this has changed with the pandemic.

Stay tuned for the next episode where we dive deeper into the job hunt experience such as interview questions to prepare for and working culture in different countries. 

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A continuation of 2020 reflections with some random discussion fit in. We recorded this just right before the holidays. What's your intention for 2021? Leave us a message! 

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We don't usually do this, but 2020 calls for something special. Submitting here our 2020 year-end reflection part 1 in podcast format. 

Did anything resonate with you? Feeling the same way? Leave us a message!

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Andrea chats with Denise Celdran about homeopathy as a potential added support for COVID treatment. Find out about how homeopathy works, how Denise got started with homeopathy, and how she's helped people recover from COVID with homeopathic treatments. 

Andrea chats with Eli Abela of UNLTD Biohacking and Recovery Center in Mandaluyong, Manila. Eli is the Philippines’ first and only Human Potential ™ (Bulletproof™) Coach and a “biohacker”, working with people from all walks of life to help them be at their best physically, mentally, and emotionally, through a variety of biohacking machines and healing modalities -- she's practically tried them all. Hear her story of how she became a biohacker, the success stories that help keep her going, and some unlikely but simple and doable tips on how to keep your immunity up.

Life update time! This podcast was recorded in November, after Thanksgiving and before entering the Christmas holidays in these interesting times. We talk about how we're spending the holidays away from home, for the first time ever. 

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We talk about how we rely on friendships, and how support doesn't exclusively have to come from a partner. We talk about our friendship wish lists, and Andrea asks Kirstie for advice regarding how friendships have evolved in the pandemic age.

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Having moved around a lot, we talk about the kinds of friendships we have and how they've evolved, especially now in this pandemic. We talk about friendship breakups and the kinds of friends we think we are, according to the attachment theory. 

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We conclude our discussion on The Social Dilemma by taking a look at Facebook's response. We also take a look at how divisive and fanatical people can get on social media, and our experiences with such as we try to find the middle ground in the midst of fake news. Lastly, Kirstie talks about her nephew's media habits. 

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In this episode, Andrea talks about her creepy experiences at home, in university (for search purposes, it was in Ateneo / ADMU!), and at work, as well as that one time she went through an exorcism. Because entities. 

Kirstie also shares her experiences joining ghost tours in the UK and that one time she tried a ouija board.

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Interrupting our usual Monday release with a Halloween episode Part I! In this episode we share creepy experiences that happened in our homes, Filipino superstition and folklore. We also talk about our sleep paralysis experiences. (Andrea's note: I never mentioned how my "waking up" actually meant I could move my eyes and body and I'm conscious of my surroundings, but my brain is still in some sort of dream state! Is there such a thing as the opposite of sleep paralysis?) 

Watch out for part II of this series!

We have more to say on The Social Dilemma but we thought it would be more relevant at this time for Kirstie to reflect on what it takes to be a Filipino scientist, the recent criticism the scientific community has received from the PH government, her work as a Filipino physicist researching nuclear energy in the UK, and how it might apply in the Philippine context.

We get down to our discussion proper of The Social Dilemma: 

• Do we agree with its message? 
• What are our own social media habits?
• How much does growing up millennials influence our ability to handle social media? 

We wanted to talk about The Social Dilemma, a documentary on Netflix illustrating the harmful effects of too much social media exposure, but we got carried away discussing other things during our catchup, including:

• life updates (learning how to ride a bike as an adult; an update on lockdown measures in the UK / Manchester), 
• the process of registering as an OFW (overseas Filipino worker) and the mandatory(?) sex education seminar it entails, 
• and the conspiracy theories we've encountered, debunked, and are most likely to believe in.

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Here we discuss some of the things we grew up learning in school and elsewhere that turned out to be a little or completely wrong, whether it's things about Philippine history, or taking care of our health, or other matters. 

We talk about:

- Agapito Flores and the fluorescent lamp

- the Filipino "inventor" of the moon buggy

- Appendicitis as caused by tomato seeds

- Who really was the first to circumnavigate the world

- The band that Andrea was told was antichrist  

and more! 

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As lockdowns continue in Singapore, UK, and in many other parts of the world, we discuss how our lives continue to change and how we are exploring new opportunities to express ourselves creatively.

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In this episode, we talk about how sound affects our productivity and how we manage ambient noise. We also talk about how we connect with our neighbors and with fellow Filipinos all around the world, with food being a major source of connection no matter where we happen to be. 

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We welcome our very first guest, Mench Dizon, in this episode of For A While. Mench wears many hats including tech entrepreneur, corporate innovation consultant, mother, wife and athlete. She is a 4x founder, a strong advocate for women in tech, and a very impressive Six-Star World Marathon Majors finisher.

Currently, she is a Business Development Consultant at 917 Ventures. Her most recent start-up is Area63 Fitness, a project that came about as a response to health and wellness needs amidst the pandemic.

Mench follows her curiosity and this has kept her centered, creative and content despite the times.

In this episode, we talk about SMEs, digital transformation, e-commerce, consumer behaviors and home businesses, as well as the importance in believing in yourself, following your intuition, testing your ideas, and pivoting.

In today’s episode of For A While, we start off talking about the recently trending hilarious Aunt Julie, a character by Macoy Dubs, before chatting about self doubt and negative self talk. We then discuss the benefits of a life coach, breakthroughs, habit building and how journaling can be a great tool to help process your thoughts.

We end the episode on things we can do to help process experiences, particularly during a pandemic, including:

• Acknowledge these are ‘abnormal’ times
  
• It is 100% normal to not feel completely okay
  
• Recognise that even when there isn’t a pandemic, change is uncomfortable
  
• Be kind to yourself
  
• Figure out a way to make everyday tasks a little simpler, a little more enjoyable for you
  
• What are your needs/essentials on a daily/weekly basis to feel good?
  
• Get a little bit of sunshine and fresh air regularly
  
• Prioritise your sleep
  

We’ve put together a free resource for journaling. If you’d like to start writing but don’t know where to start, this is for you. Included in the resource are prompts, tips and examples to help you use journaling as a tool to process your thoughts.

P.S. We recorded this podcast just right after Aunt Julie said she'll be taking a break. We're glad she's back to her old Aunt Julie self! 

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The conversation continues in this episode, and we delve a little deeper into what our lockdown routines are looking like and discuss topics such as, ‘What businesses are doing well right now? What do we see happening in the next six months?’ and more. 

CONTEXT: This recording was made in early August. Lockdown rules and restrictions discussed in this episode may no longer be up-to-date. 

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In this episode, we talk about how our lives have changed amidst a pandemic, how different countries are coping, and why we decided to start this podcast. 

CONTEXT: This recording was made in early August. Lockdown rules and restrictions discussed in this episode may no longer be up-to-date. 

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