Just two singaporean dudes that is trying to figure out life as a growing adult and documenting it. In this podcast, we talk about our own issues we face growing up and challenges that we come across, documenting things that we learn and find on our own self-help journey!
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Ep 40. Abortion, how went through it. Tough talks.
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This is a sensitive topic, discretion is advised. In this episode we invited Jane to share with us her experience from the whole surgery, She walked us through how it felt mentally and physically. We hope that this helps anyone who are in similar situation to gain some courage with dealing with this entire matter. https://www.aware.org.sg/informati…
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In this episode, we talk about what we have been doing, what we want to do and how we are going to be doing things. Fact of the matter is that COVID SUCKS and we are here to talk about it. Join us in this 3 part mini series on how we are growing in different aspects in life, starting with the overview and a little updates on life. We are growing, l…
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Ep52 - Kelly Kanes - Relationships, Adulting, Singapore Youtube/Filming scene.
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In this episode we have Kelly Kanes. She is an actor, producer, singer. If you search her up on youtube you will see that she is very active on youtube with Wahbanana on their Masterdebate series! She shared with us about handling emotions in her past relationship, dealing with hectic work and advice on people getting into the media industry. Hope …
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Ep51 - Moe Lee - Overcoming Eating Disorder, where self awareness gets you + a little hope
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Sup Fam! In this episode we speak to Moe Lee About her eating disorder, her process going into IMH, how different unrelated things will lead to having eating disorders. Please share it with someone who needs to know more :) Honestly we hope to help as much people as we can!
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Ep50 - Doctor Martha Lee - Sex, Sex Toys, Sexuality wellness, things Singaporeans don't talk about.
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Today's Guest Doctor Martha Lee she is singapore's first Sexologist Instagram she spoke to us about how her opinions exploring sex, explained some sex toys that will improve your sex life, problems usually people face when they visit her. Things Singaporeans don't usually speak about even with your best friends ~GIVE AWAY~ Tickets to the SUGAR AND …
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Ep49 - Fauzi Azzhar - The Underdog story , How where you come from doesn't matter
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Today's guest - Fauzi Azzhar He was kind enough to spend time with us on the show, he shared with us his backstory of how he lived in a rented 1 Room Flat, all cramped up with his family. We talked about how he got out of his situation leveraging with good friends influencing him to have better habits and aim bigger in life. If you're a fan of his.…
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Ep 48. Reacting To Our First Episode! Our most Cringey Episode.
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CRINGE ALERT~ We went back to look at our first podcast episode! We discussed about how we initally thought mentaldumbells were going to be done, react to how awkward our first episode was and how far we came. This episode is a change and something fun for you guys to listen for a change! do let us know if you guys enjoy this, we would love to do m…
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Ep 47. Talking shits about our girlfriends, trying to sleep on the sofa tonight.
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We are kidding guys, we spoke today about how we met our girlfriends, how our relationships are doing right now after a while. It is really something we wanna share with you guys because in the modern relationships we speak about the start but not what happens a year into the relationship. so... we speak about how our relationships are growing and …
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Ep 46. Astrology , Mindblowing accuracy and self discovery - (Jeremy Tan)
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Jeremy tan from Sacred Saturn came with us on the show to drop wise informations and breakdown of our Astrology. It was really interestingly accurate and was quite insightful as we learned how he channels astrology to really help people improve and learn from their lives. Find out how aaroson learned about his astrology and gets mindblowned in the …
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Ep 45. Trouble with the Law, Coming Clean, Making good Music. - Kid Khalifa
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Our conversation today brings us into kid khalifa's history with the law, how it was on the inside, what brought him in as well. He shared with us his viewpoint on how fucked up it was like inside and how he was caught up in the web of things which brought him even deeper. Family problems was another main factor and right now he is learning , takin…
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Ep44. Empowering Youths, Helping them find a passion in life. - Louis Puah PRAXIUM -
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Louis Puah is the founder of Praxium, a business trying to reinvent education. https://www.linkedin.com/in/louispuah/?originalSubdomain=sg His main goal is to help educating students to give them a different perspective towards different careers in life. He runs workshops and mentorship programmes that helps them to gather more information and lear…
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Ep. 43 Dare to persue what you love, Starting an instagram channel - INNERPILL .
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Sup Fam, in this episode we have justin with us on the show (INNERPILL) https://www.instagram.com/innerpill/ His channel talks about self-help topics, and this was a bigger leap for his content as he is finally comfortable to be infront of a camera. We spoke to him about doing what he love, trying to create better content online and to spreak knowl…
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Ep 42. Most Passionate Person Ever - Elanor Yap .
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Elanor Yap, we first met her during the happiness intiative webinar last month When we heard what she did (Project Buddy) ,Which she find volunteers to speak to lonely seniors who were trapped at home during March period, we immediately knew we had to have her on the show to share her passion to life and how she lives hers It was infectious, her en…
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Ep 41. Acting Career in Singapore, Being strong with what you want - Caryn Cheng
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Caryn Cheng is an Actor, Performer, Host and Founder of Pearl Promises. We spoke to her about her life challenges growing up wanting to be in performances, the sacrifices she made, the tough decisions she had to take. we actually also learned that she had faced her own episode of depression. Something we loved was when we talked about relationships…
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Ep 39. Thomas Kopankiewicz! Pro Gaming, Convincing Family, Vlogging, Army.
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Thomas Kopankiewicz! https://wiki.sg/p/Thomas_Kopankiewicz_(Blysk) He is a silver medalist for Singapore in the recent SEA games 2019 (E-sport) for Starcraft 2. Aside from his pro career, he is currently focusing on creating content in Singapore commonly for Wahbanana and his on youtube channel (Thomas K.) Talking to him was super cool, he spoke ab…
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Helping Youths With their Life Problems, How Brendon Genuinely Connects And Guide. MentalDumbells Episode 38 (Brendon Chua)
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Brendon talks about how he helps troubled kids get through their tough life situations, and describes how he handles a rowdy class. He also makes a mention of what he loves about life, and how he goes the extra mile to mentor the youths he cross paths with. We can really feel the passion from Brendon, as someone who is really doing something he lov…
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Our Disagreement Which Made Us Stopped, Hsien's $1500 Mistake. What We Did During The Covid Virus. Mental Dumbells Episode 37
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Sup Fam! In this episode, Hsien and I talked about why we stopped producing content for such a long while. We were actually faced with some disagreements and the lack of communication between us caused some distance.. But we are finally now here to talk about US and how we are going to move on. Hsien also mentioned how he was fined $1500 for a simp…
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Pole Dancing, Revamping herself, Getting over Emotional Challenges. Mental Dumbells Episode 36
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Sup Fam! @shantayzapada (Instagram) @shantayzapada (tikTok) In this episode we talk to Shantay a producer and content creator. She is really amazing person because she taught me how to think outside the box and just to go for whatever you want in life. A really inspirational person that faced tough emotional challengers and overcomes it with hard w…
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How To To Someone With Depression - Mental Dumbell Episode 35 (Syamil)
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Syamil has his own youtube channel He talks about depression and personal awareness of mental health. Honestly we really need more people to talk about these topics, we all go through some sort of depressed episodes. Today we discuss how one should talk to someone who is depressed. Stay tuned for more content guys. WE are still here :)…
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Mental Dumbells Episode 34 - Our lives thus far...
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Life is tough but we are tougher, in this episode, we talk about what we've been up to and why we aren't posting as frequently anymore. Aaro talks about his current job, learning about new things, the importance of remembering why you do what you do and more! Hsien shares his current state of his mental health and other shenanigans he's been up to.…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 33 (Debra Teng, How To Deal With Sexual Assault , Depression and Overcoming it)
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In this episode we invited Debra Teng, An Actress, Corporate Trainer, Director, Producer of her own show UnderTheCarpet #MeToo we had a chill session and talk to her about her life, family , toughest life challenges and how she succeeded in life with doing what she love. Guys, we are always are constantly trying to create more content and produce b…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 32 (Catching up and life so far with Alan Seng)
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In this episode we talk to Alan Sng, one of the fellas we grew up knowing that has became someone truly awesome from overcoming adversities growing up, working towards what he want and loving life. He was the head of marketing in Upcode Academy, bought his own home at 26 years old and so many more big things coming his way. We enjoyed this episode …
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 31 (Pursuing a Singing Career in China)
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In this episode, we invited Aaroson's sister over on the podcast to discuss about trying to make it in the music industry, she went overseas to china to pursue her passion in becoming a singer. Being signed with Billy Koh, A music producer in China. She talks about the idea of working overseas, the struggles of being in a foreign environment. A pod…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 30 (Female perspective on Entrepreneurship , Dating , Confidence)
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In this Episode Tara Lai, the founder of Avec Amour. We always wanted a strong and confident women on our show to share her experiences and advices on how one find their direction in life, growing up and being more confident about ourselves. She is an aaaawesome woman running a successful business yet still being able to be able to take care of her…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 29 (Furry porn exploration with Rico/TacoPhox )
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This episode we dive into one of the most interesting fetishes that we have the pleasure to come across, furry porn. In this episode we cover the everything from how our friend Rico, twitter handle TaxoPhox, got started in the furry community, our childhood stories and how much it takes for us to accept doing explicit sexual acts. It's a crazy epis…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 28 (A Friendzone Story + Maybe how to get out)
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In this episode, we talk about Harcendia and his friendzone story. Many people also have been through a bad relationship that the other half friended zone them.. In this example we used a male perspective however we do know that there is equally the same amount of girls being friendzone as well. If you ever find yourself in a friendzone situation..…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 27 ( FriendZone, Our stories and POV )
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It's been 2 weeks... Sorry guys. We had some technical difficulties when recording the previous 2 episodes. the first episode was screwed up because our camera was down halfway during recording. The next episode our microphone had this annoying noise everything we hit the table LOL. In this episode, we discuss about our own friendzone stories. Aaro…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 26 (Our Sex Life?)
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Hello Guys, in this episode we will discuss about our Sex life.... Tips and Tricks about how to last longer in bed. Our Kinks and kinda EVERYTHING ABOUT SEX DO YOU GUYS EVEN READ THIS!! ANYONE WHO SEE's THIS PM US ON UR INSTAGRAM TO TELL US! WE HAVE GOODIES THAT WE ARE GIVING OUT! WILL YOU BE THE LUCKY ONE?…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 25 (This is How We Tinder)
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Sup fam, in this episode we talk about how we look at tinder, how we use tinder and some tips and tricks we use to improve our tinder experience. Aaro and Hsien share about their tinder game and different mentalities when it comes to swiping right. Listen to Aaro's stanky story, Hsien's wild first date and how we Tinder in general. Hope you Enjoy!!…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 24 (Self Talk - Begin too toxic to yourself?)
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In this episode we will talk about self talk, why sometimes the most toxic person you know is yourself! We talk about how actually you can change your self talk habits to make you a little more confident and much more positive! We share more about how to start and "(02:19)" How is our week so far? "02:20" Aaroson's week [04:25] Hsien's week "[06:45…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 23 (Masturbation - Doing what your father should have done...)
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01.30 - Disclaimer for this episode 02.00 - How often we masturbate 03.07 - Is there too much masturbation? 04.23 - Twice a day? 04.30 - Hsien highest day count 05.40 - STUPID DUPID Myths 06.25 - Blindness? 06.40 - Hairy Palms 06.56 - Penis Shortage 07.15 - Stun Growth 07.38 - Mental illness 08.17 - Running out of sperm 08.32 - Catching STDS 09.06 …
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 22 (Getting back into fitness)
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We talk about where we are currently on fitness goals! 01.25 - Hsien's Progress 02.10 - Aaroson's Progress 03.50 - What Aaroson's yet to do 04.30 - Progressive overloading (Hsien) 05.50 - Vlogging! 06.50 - Why are we always so emotional? 08.13 - Fun Fact about willpower 09.10 - Being driven emotionally 10.10 - Superman Challenge 11.20 - Finally hap…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 21 (Auditing Your Friends)
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Who was the person you spent the most time with last week? A lot of times we audit ourselves and focus on trying to upgrade ourselves but what about the people around us? You're really are the average of the five people you hang out with. 00:42 - Start of MentalDumbells 01:04 - Hsien wants to change his full name 01:50 - What we are talking about t…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 20 (Updates On Our Life)
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Hello Guys! In this episode, we discuss about how our life is progressing at the current moment, VLOGS, Happiness, Hsien Mental Health etc. 00.28 - Today's Topic 01.12 - Shiokest Sound 01.45 - Our Biggest Excueses For Not Vlogging 02.50 - Hsien Editing Ability 03.30 - Our Little Pact 05.05 - Aaroson's Biggest Problem 07.50 - Hsien Perspective On Aa…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 19 ( Confidence - listen to our most embarrassing stories)
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Hey! welcome to ep 19 of Mental Dumbells here's something to help you navigate through the episode easier 00:01:27:21 Pre- Intro 00:01:30:15 R I T U A L 00:01:53:00 Story of Hsien 1.0 00:03:29:03 Aaro's one up to the story 00:05:10:00 Traits of someone with low confidence 00:05:39:00 Where we at now 00:05:50:00 Hsien's current source of confidence …
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 18 ( Achieving Your New Years Resolution )
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TIMELINE FOR QUICK REFERENCE! 00.55 - What we are talking about today 01.00 - Hsien New year's resolution 02.06 - Aaroson's New year's resolution 02.30 - Auto piloting hindering your progress in life 03.00 - Facts about auto piloting 03.18 - Hsien's habit of auto piloting 04.00 - Overview about today's topics 05.27 - PART 1 - Catching yourself when…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 17 (Listening Your Way To A Great Conversation)
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In this episode, we talk about how to be a masterclass conversationalist! LISTENING - Not a lot of people know how be a good listener, check out how we discuss about getting better with conversations by listening! We made a 20 min episode! Thank you guys for the feedback of our podcast! KEEP IT GOING WE NEED ANY ADVICE WE CAN GET! TIMELINE! (SAVE T…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 16 (How to End A Conversation)
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In this Episode, We discuss about how to properly end a conversation Topics that we cover in this episode! NOT EVERY CONVERSATION MUST GO SMOOTHLY You can never please everyone.... There will be times when people just doesn't want to engage in a conversation with you. It might not actually be your fault so don't take any failed conversation too hea…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 15 (How to Maintain A Conversation)
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On episode 14, we discuss about starting a conversation and having small talks. This is episode we cover the biggest challenge that we all face... finding conversational topics Topics that we cover in this episode! How to never run out of conversational topics How to be interesting How to know if the other party is REALLY interested in what you're …
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Ep 14 - Mental Dumbells - ( Starting A Conversation? /Small Talk )
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In this episode we talk all about starting a conversation Always dreaded small talk? That girl that you always have been wanting to talk to? Getting to know that new person at the party? Aaroson and Hsien have been struggling with starting a conversation for a very long time until they found these tips that helped them ALOT! We are doing a 4 part s…
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Ep 13 - Mental Dumbells - What it is REALLY like going to psychologist for therapy
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Psychiatrist will prescribe medicine Psychologist will NOT prescribe medicine, They focus on the treating emotional and mental suffering in patients with behavioral intervention. People visit a psychiatrist all the time, and if you're facing some emotional problems please don't hesitate. It doesn't mean you're crazy. We answer, what it is really li…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 12 (How to show love to people with Anxiety)
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 11( Perspectives with Ashik and dropping mad wisdom)
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00:00 – 00:40 Intro 00:40- 00:46 Intro song00:46 – 01:31 Ashik Intro01:31 – 01:50 Ngee ann?01:51 – 02:25 Ritual02: 25 - 02:55 How Aaro and Hsien fucked up02:55 – 04:25 Ashik and talking to himself04:25 – 05:00 How words played a part in being the best05:00 – 06:08 the lesson from dad06:08 – 06:40 how Ash reacted 06:40 - 07:55 Birth of the idea07:55…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 10 (JaiKishan Comes Over, His Perspective In Life)
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JaiKishan is a Singaporean Actor, often being seen around Commercials, Toggle dramas and on the youtube channel Wah banana. He is a role model for us. Living the dream by taking a different path in life. He talks about his perspective in life, being happy and sad, moments in his acting careers, procrastination and a bunch of BRO STUFFS.Hope you guy…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 9 (Final happiness hack, How to practice gratefulness and I AM ENOUGH!)
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In this episode, we discuss about the final hack of happiness, then we talk about ending and starting your day with a simple gratefulness practice. The key takeaway from this episode is to tell yourself that I AM ENOUGH, for anything in the world. - Link for I AM ENOUGH ( Biggest Disease Affecting Humanity ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3NyUML…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 8 ( 2 guys, 1 bed, 1 puppy)
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On this episode, we talk about the book by Vishen Lakhiani - Code of the Extraordinary mind and our take on the Hacks to happiness!
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 7 (All talk but no action?)
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In this episode, we discuss how we are taking actionable steps towards our goals. Our favorite podcast learning takeaways and how we are not just gonna talk about getting our goals.
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 6 (Meeting Jamie, Sharing about Family, Cancer and our Future Plans.)
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In this Episode, we did an interview with the copywriter and content creator Jamie!She is a freelance writer for yellow pages and has her own webpage (www.ineedawriter.org) We shared lot's about us being in a single parent family, Aaroson's past, mom's cancer (How it changed his perspective in life), challenges in starting this podcast. How and wha…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 5 (Mental breakdown with Joshua Simon)
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0:00 INTRO, 0:20 How we met Josh, 0:41 Josh a Fan?, 02:01 The Ritual, 02:05 can opening man, 02:34 ASMR, 02:55 how we met continued, 04:00 bohemian rhapsody at Hard Rock Cafe, 06:00 depression advertisement, 07:10 Bonus content time/ “fuck” and the other vulgarities, 12:50 back to the ad, 14:00 disclaimer, 15:10 Who is Joshua Simons?, 19:00 what wo…
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Mental Dumbells - Episode 4 (Getting fit with Wayne New gym goers listen up)
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In this episode we discuss a little about fitness and we BUST A very serious misconception for people starting to go to the gym. Our guest Wayne Lim shares about the importance of setting goals, having a positive mindset and his own personal way of perspective in facing obstacles and challenges.Aaroson also shared his opinions of how working toward…
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