Best Carrie Koh Podcasts (2024)

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S4 Ep8: Adriana Basques on Creating Transferrable Life Experiences 47:19

4M ago47:19

47:19

Adriana Basques, a corporate executive turned wildlife photographer. She has been using her camera to document moments of her encounters of beautiful creatures both on land and underwater. In fact, her photography specialty is split landscape photo – where top part is the land and bottom part is underwater. This allows her to share with everyone th…

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S4 Ep7: Flora Camiros, Michiko Fusato & Sherrie Garcia being Lady Pirate Divers 28:22

9M ago28:22

28:22

Recently, I went diving in Coron, Philippines. This place is famous for wreck diving where you get to explore some Japanese ships that were sunk by US Task Force during World War II in 1944. We dived with Pirate Divers for a week. I think on the second or third day after we finished diving for the day and on the way back to the resort, the lady cre…

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S4 Ep6: Carrie Miller on Being Powered by Tenacity 47:07

9M ago47:07

47:07

Carrie Miller, Storyteller, Author, Traveller. You may recognise her name from the previous episode with her and her husband, Chris Taylor, sharing their stories behind the book, A Diver’s Guide to the World. By the way, I was particularly delighted to find my birth country, Taiwan with Kenting National Park as one of the 50 destinations in the boo…

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S4 Ep5: Hester Ross on Seeing the Big Picture 45:30

1+ y ago45:30

45:30

Hester was the person who got me off my procrastinating mode and started to produce Surface Time. When we did the recording, she has been on the “mummy’s break” from scuba diving for some time. I am sure that all mums who happen to be scuba divers can relate. One thing that really rings true to me from our chat is the Big Picture. Always take a ste…

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Hourly Rate Madness 16:18

1+ y ago16:18

16:18

Be honest - did you leave your 9-5 only to set yourself up with an hourly rate that’s just as stressful? The problem with an hourly rate is that you are basically punished for working faster and more efficiently. There’s no incentive to provide a faster transformation when you get paid more the slower you go. On the other hand, if you price your of…

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$100K Month Truth! 22:01

1+ y ago22:01

22:01

Back in episode 9 I touched on some misconceptions about what it means to close $95k in sales or to have a $100k month and how that really looks in business. Remember, that doesn’t mean $100k cash in your hand, right? In this episode I’m here to shed some light on what that process really looked like for me. I just passed my first $100k month mark …

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The Pressure To "Let Go" Is Keeping You Stuck 13:11

1+ y ago13:11

13:11

Often the memories of adversity will attach themselves to a day, like Mother’s Day or a birthday, and there’s a lot of pressure to “let it go.” There’s a societal expectation that after a certain amount of time has passed, it’s not appropriate to talk about it anymore. But, it’s not as simple as that. What meaning are you attaching to letting go? A…

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Why Selling High Ticket Still Feels Scary 21:41

1+ y ago21:41

21:41

It can be really scary trying to sell high ticket offers, especially during a recession. When you hear someone talking about landing $100k in sales, that doesn’t mean that they have $100k in their bank account right now. There’s fees, services, paying your team, paying your coach, the list goes on. It’s not the life-changing event it sounds like. S…

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What Are You Bringing To The Table? Know Your Authority! 23:23

1+ y ago23:23

23:23

Do you really, really know what you’re the authority in? Sometimes I even second guess myself. It’s what the TEDx world calls your red thread: that authority thread that weaves through your life, your business, and everything you do. It’s not about what your business does or your certifications - it’s much deeper than that. Start by asking yourself…

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You CAN Have It All (and here's how to get it right) 19:45

1+ y ago19:45

19:45

Ah, the age old question: Can we have it all? But, what does that really mean? I want to reframe that question in this episode because everyone’s definition of “all” is different. When thinking about your own “all,” remember that everything falls into these 3 categories: health, wealth, and relationships. What does “all” feel like in each of those?…

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What Worked For Them Might Not Work For You 12:14

1+ y ago12:14

12:14

There are so many people promising big results. “Just do the work, follow the steps, and you’ll have the same success I have!” But, how often does it actually work? You see these people bragging about how much money they’ve made with their system, people buy in, and then they feel let down when their results don’t match the promise. There are some …

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The Real Reason You are Still Buying Low Ticket Offers 12:34

1+ y ago12:34

12:34

Why do we nickel and dime ourselves, especially in the early stages of business? Why do we keep buying low ticket offers that don’t get us the transformation we need? Every investment is a reflection of a belief you have in yourself. How much do you trust yourself to get the results? What are you willing to give up in order to allow the change to h…

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Don't Skip This Part! You are your business! 11:16

1+ y ago11:16

11:16

This may seem obvious, but when we’re working to make an impact with our business, the ripple effect extends far beyond our imagination. Think about Oprah or Beyonce. Their businesses are so aligned with who they are that the reach of their influence is gigantic. When you tap into that knowledge that your business is you, and you get to do things t…

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You Are Not A Victim 18:32

1+ y ago18:32

18:32

You are not a victim. But let’s clarify, I’m not talking about the textbook definition of a victim as in someone who has been harmed. I’m talking about the victimhood mindset that is so prevalent lately, especially with struggling small business owners. We get to choose how we perceive our circumstances. Victim mentality is sneaky. It shows up when…

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Monetize Your Adversity? 13:41

1+ y ago13:41

13:41

We all want to monetize our authority and the genius that is innate to us - it’s a no-brainer, right? But what about adversity? Why does it seem socially unacceptable to use our stories of adversity in our sales and marketing? Before I decided to do my TEDx talk, I knew there would be people who would judge me for talking about my experience with l…

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Why It's Personal For All Of Us 28:20

1+ y ago28:20

28:20

The real truth is a little scary, isn’t it? Have you noticed that when we’re working towards something we really want, adversity gets in our way? The thing about adversity is that it comes in big and small ways to all of us, and we get to decide what to do with it. Adversity gives us the gift of growth. This podcast is for truth-seeking women who a…

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S4 Ep4: Kate Padget-Koh on Self Expression 41:03

1+ y ago41:03

41:03

Kate expresses her creativity through many media, including paintings and upcycling. Water is an element that plays a huge part in her life and how she shapes her own autobiography. I love what she said: we can all be a piece of art ourselves. Speaking as a woman, when a woman knows herself well and is comfortable in her own skin, she can express h…

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S4 Ep3: Katherine Lu on Fuelling Life with Passion 39:00

1+ y ago39:00

39:00

Katherine’s passion for photography fuels her, whether it is for underwater, wildlife or otherwise. Let’s listen to her recounting the incredible experience of diving in Anilao, Philippine when Taal Volcano erupted and the spectacular black water dives when she captured the award-winning photo. When listening to the length that she would go to fine…

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It's Personal: Real Impact Requires Real Truth with Carrie Koh 3:13

1+ y ago3:13

3:13

Welcome to Its Personal: Real Impact Requires Real Truth, the podcast where women like you come to monetize your authority by turning adversity into your superpower to create the impact you are meant to create. I'm Carrie Koh. I'm a business coach, leadership mentor, and TEDx speaker. I've spent decades understanding how women can get out of our ow…

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S4 Ep2: Bei Zhou on Money & Investment 43:29

1+ y ago43:29

43:29

Since money and investment are the two words naturally connected to her profession as a private banker, it is inevitable that we chatted at length about them. The word “investment” tends to be given a meaning limited monetary terms. When we talk about returns of investment, it tends to be the penny-for-penny calculation on the growth. If we take a …

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S4 Ep1: Karolina Isberg on Free-Floating Attention 45:15

1+ y ago45:15

45:15

You may recall from the episode with Magnus Akerblom-Wiker, where we spoke about one of his editorial photo of a diver holding a bunch of balloon in the Cenote, Mexico. Oh well, Karolina was that diver. My curiosity had to hear from her side of the story, her personal experience in that place. In this mind-opening dialogue, we spoken about creativi…

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Series 4 on Women Who Scuba 4:05

1+ y ago4:05

4:05

When I first started producing Surface Time, my intention was simply to reproduce the kind of heart-opening dialogues between divers through podcast forum. After producing a few episodes, I started to think that it would be a good forum to get more women who scuba to share their stories and wisdom. Getting guests to produce the episodes has been st…

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S3 Ep5: Sam Shu Qin & David Jones on Diving Against Debris in Singapore 47:35

1+ y ago47:35

47:35

During the Surface Time today, I spoke with Sam Shu Qin (founder of Our Singapore Reefs) and David Jones (from Jackson Square Aviation) about their collaboration in the project, Dive Against Debris in 2022. It started off with David’s shower idea about doing something that can help to protect the coastal underwater environment, by engaging local co…

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S3 Ep4: Rob Christie, Alex Grioni and Andy Niven on being the Orderly Chaos Department of South China Diving Club 58:08

1+ y ago58:08

58:08

During the Surface Time today, I Skyped with the Dynamic Trio from South China Diving Club in Hong Kong. Rob Christie, Alex Grioni and Andy Niven. All four of us shared a special memorable dive trip to Timor Leste back in 2010. All of them have returned for a second visit. It just felt right to reminisce the trip and hear their stories on their ret…

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S3 Ep3: Jonny Ma on being a Lifelong Learner 45:36

1+ y ago45:36

45:36

During the Surface Time today, I sat down with my friend Jonny Ma who was visiting Singapore, en route to London. We first met through Project X Team where we did all sorts of adventurous activities like rock climbing and scuba diving. Over the years, we kind of adopt one another as the “unofficial” extended family members. This is one of the occas…

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S3 Ep2: Matt Reed & David Joyce : Business Relationship like a Marriage 55:46

2y ago55:46

55:46

During the Surface Time today, I spoke with David Joyce and Matt Reed of Evolution Dive Resort in Malapascua, Philippines. So, for all shark-loving divers, Malapascua is the place to go for sightings of thresher sharks. It is a remote island with limited resources. Tourism, especially, scuba diving plays a significant role in the livelihood of the …

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S3 Ep1: Carrie Miller & Chris Taylor : A Diver's Guide to the World 57:53

2y ago57:53

57:53

Carrie Miller and Chris Taylor, the wife-husband team who have written a book called “A Diver’s Guide to the World”, published by National Geographic. The book is out in the U.S. on 6 December 2022. Before the chat, I was given a preview to one of the chapters. Immediately, I could see that this book is written with the special and purposeful inten…

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Series 3 is all about the Power of Human Connections 8:58

2y ago8:58

8:58

Hello. I am Stephanie Luo. Welcome to "Surface Time : Confessions of a Diving Junkie", Series 3. In producing this passion project, one of the motivations that have kept my enthusiasm going is the ongoing effort to express and articulate “why it is so easy to open up and make friends with other scuba divers?”. It is a fact that our need to connect …

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Rounding off Series 2...and Series 3 coming soon 5:12

2y ago5:12

5:12

Hello, I am Stephanie Luo. Welcome to “Surface Time : Confessions of a Diving Junkie”. I hope that the dialogues in Series 2 have given you different perspectives about “following your heart”. For me, when I listened back to each episode, I really love the excitement and passions radiating the guests as they recount their stories. And that happy vi…

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S2 Ep5: Gary Tyson on being a hustler in life 44:42

2y ago44:42

44:42

During the Surface Time today, I spoke with Gary Tyson, a British Army veteran turned chronic diving junkie. He called himself a hustler in life as he experiments different ways of making photos and videos. Land and underwater. And more importantly, finding ways to fund his love for travels and gadgets. When you hear him explaining why shooting a w…

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S2 Ep4: Natasha Grabner learning life skills through fun 44:11

2y ago44:11

44:11

During the Surface Time today, I managed to Skype in with Natasha Grabner. She was my first junior scuba diver student. When I certified her, she just turned 10. 5 years on, she has had accumulated enough diving experiences than many adult divers in their life time. Like her father once described her fondly: this girl has more balls than the boys i…

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S2 Ep3: Gary Stokes on Ocean CSI 44:26

2y ago44:26

44:26

During the Surface Time today, I caught up with Gary Stokes in Discovery Bay of Hong Kong. He is a veteran crew member of Sea Shepherd until they left Asia. He then founded OceansAsia to continue with the “intelligence-based” conservation work in the region. He and his team have been investigating and exposing the bad guys who have committed wildli…

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S2 Ep2: Emma Dabbadie getting up close and personal with Microbiome 36:39

2y ago36:39

36:39

During the Surface Time today, I had the joy of catching up with a dear friend, Emma Dabbadie, who has been living in Cape Town, South Africa for some time, in pursuit of her marine science research and discoveries. When we spoke, she was fresh off the scientific schooner called Tara from an expedition along the West Africa coast, as part of the Mi…

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S2 Ep1: Kay Burn Lim about being Inspector Gadget 43:40

2y ago43:40

43:40

During the Surface Time today, I caught up with Kay Burn Lim for some coffee while he was transiting through Singapore for a quick dip in Sipadan, Malaysia. We first met at an underwater photography competition in Timor Leste over 10 years ago. Back then he was a hobbyist photographer and clearly a talented one as he participated and won the compet…

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Welcome to Series 2 - Following Your Heart 5:48

2y ago5:48

5:48

Hello. I am Stephanie Luo. Welcome to Series 2 of "Surface Time : Confessions of a Diving Junkie". Series 1 was a complete whirlwind. It started with me sharing the idea of creating this passion project with a few close friends who happen to be scuba divers. Somewhat half-heartedly at the time as I was not sure how to kick things off. Then within t…

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That's a wrap for Series 1...and we will be back in Autumn 13:53

2y ago13:53

13:53

It has been a bit of whirlwind ride to produce "Surface Time : Confessions of a Diving Junkie". In this last episode of Series 1, Stephanie is sharing her answers to questions from her guests. We hope that you have enjoyed the dialogues in Series 1. In the meantime, we would like to leave you with something to ponder, contemplate or even procrastin…

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Five Insight from Sharon Kwok 4:51

2y ago4:51

4:51

In this follow up episode, Sharon Kwok answers the 5 insightful questions that Stephanie asks all her guests: 1) Aside your diving gears, what are the 3 items that you always take on a diving trip? 2) What are your 3 top-tip on safe-diving practice? 3) What is your greatest fear? 4) What is your greatest extravagance? 5) What do you value most in f…

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S1 Ep5: Sharon Kwok on Love Nature & Respect Life 40:22

2y ago40:22

40:22

I sat down with Sharon Kwok for a cuppa as she was fresh off the boat from Raja Ampat and en route back to Hong Kong. Sharon is an artist well-known in Hong Kong public broadcasting and cinematic fields. As a conservationist, she unapologetically leverages her connections with public and private sectors to support her marine and wildlife conservati…

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Five Insight from Magnus Akerblom-Wiker 11:42

2y ago11:42

11:42

In this follow up episode, Magnus answers the 5 insightful questions that Stephanie asks all her guests: 1) Aside your diving gears, what are the 3 items that you always take on a diving trip? 2) What are your 3 top-tip on safe-diving practice? 3) What is your greatest fear? 4) What is your greatest extravagance? 5) What do you value most in friend…

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S1 Ep4: Magnus Akerblom-Wiker on Creative Process 35:33

2y ago35:33

35:33

Magnus Akerblom-Wiker is passionate about creating and collecting memorable moments and convey these through his photography. At work, he leads a team of software engineers to develop solutions for many world problems. To him, the creative process that he has to go through as a software engineer is the same as when he works for his editorial photog…

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Five Insight from Margaret Murphy 8:45

2y ago8:45

8:45

In this follow up episode, Margaret answers the 5 insightful questions that Stephanie asks all her guests: 1) Aside your diving gears, what are the 3 items that you always take on a diving trip? 2) What are your 3 top-tip on safe-diving practice? 3) What is your greatest fear? 4) What is your greatest extravagance? 5) What do you value most in frie…

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S1 Ep3: Margaret Murphy on Plastic Pollution & Climate Emergency 39:18

2y ago39:18

39:18

Surface Time with my dear friend Margaret Murphy, who is a scientist, trained in zoology and toxicology and now works in the space of science policies in Washington DC, the epic centre of US politics. Although she claims to be a reluctant diver, her scientist-curiosity has always kept her entertained and fascinated by the marine diversity. I probed…

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Five Insight from Nico de Rouge 7:57

2y ago7:57

7:57

In this follow up episode, Nico answers the 5 insightful questions that Stephanie asks all her guests: 1) Aside your diving gears, what are the 3 items that you always take on a diving trip? 2) What are your 3 top-tip on safe-diving practice? 3) What is your greatest fear? 4) What is your greatest extravagance? 5) What do you value most in friend? …

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S1 Ep2: Nico de Rouge on Thinks Less about Convention 32:05

2y ago32:05

32:05

Nico de Rouge, a French photographer and PADI Instructor living in Shanghai, had recently published his work on major publications like The Economist. He first caught the travel bug at the impressionable age of 19 and has since lived and travelled across North and South America, Africa and South East Asia. When we spoke, he was caught in the middle…

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Five Insight from Tony Wu 10:37

2+ y ago10:37

10:37

In this follow up episode, Tony answers the 5 insightful questions that Stephanie asks all her guests: 1) Aside your diving gears, what are the 3 items that you always take on a diving trip? 2) What are your 3 top-tip on safe-diving practice? 3) What is your greatest fear? 4) What is your greatest extravagance? 5) What do you value most in friend? …

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S1 Ep1: Tony Wu on Poop of Wild Wide Whale 34:27

2+ y ago34:27

34:27

Tony Wu, an award-winning wildlife photographer with a long list of accolade, has shared with us what he got up to in Japan water while the rest of the world dealt with international travel restrictions. A remarkable gentleman who wears his heart on his sleeves and is motivated by his curiosity in pursuit of new discoveries like the courtship and t…

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Welcome to Surface Time : Confessions of a Diving Junkie 2:56

2+ y ago2:56

2:56

Hello, I am Stephanie Luo. Welcome to my podcast “Surface Time” (aka “Confessions of a Diving Junkie”), where I chinwag with people who are like me scuba diver and chronic addict to being underwater. I think it is a universal sentiment amongst scuba divers. “Scuba diving” is the best social icebreaker. Whether you’ve just met each other on a dive t…

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