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Being Awareness is a bi-weekly exploration of mindfulness, meditation, and self-awareness. Each episode features self-inquiry and guided meditation, as well as stories of applying mindfulness to everyday life. I'm your host, Lin Cassie Zhen. Through my personal journey of learning life's lessons and shedding my own conditioning, I feel called to explore life's greater mysteries and wisdom with the wider world. I see this podcast as part of my personal learning journey, so I would really appr ...
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The design podcast that believes that every pixel has a story. Nik Lakeev and Ningfei Ou team up as co-hosts to navigate the crossroads of product design, technology, and the creative journey. Design Unframed features insightful dialogues with diverse creative visionaries, revealing the untold stories embedded within their work. Based in Berlin.
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A short practice on creating inner space, widening the gap between external circumstances and our responses to them.By Lin Cassie Zhen
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17. [Practical Mindfulness] Noticing Sensations
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Announcement: I'll be teaching a day-long retreat on the theme of "Befriending Changes & Uncertainties" on Saturday May 18, from 10:00-16:30. This retreat is held in-person at Bodhicharya Buddhist Centre in Friedrichshain, Berlin. Please feel free to check out the details here. ------- In today's practice, we bridge the gap between noticing bodily …
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Switching Design Jobs feat. Eugene Trofimov
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Today our guest is Eugene Trofimov. Eugene is a design manager at one of the FAANG companies. He is also an experienced design mentor and a founder of a russian-speaking design community with 10000 followers where he helps designers get jobs at top tech companies in the world. In this episode we’re talking about how to switch jobs and don’t be an a…
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Crafting the Ideal Design Environment feat. Boaz Balachsan
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Today our guest is Boaz Balachsan. Bo is Head of the UX/UI department at Spiced Academy & Neuefische. And runs the creative agency Borderless studios. In this episode, we talk about how to cultivate a nurturing environment for designers, and how to balance creativity and business goals. Disclaimer, this episode contains trace amounts of baked goods…
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16. [Practical Mindfulness] Noticing Everyday Activities
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Formal sitting meditation can be a great way to cultivate the skillset of mindfulness. However bridging the gap between sitting on a cushion and applying mindfulness to real everyday activities can be challenging. In today's exploration, we'll play with bringing mindfulness into the everyday in a practical way.…
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Impostor Syndrome, Healthy Growth and Well-being feat. Lin Cassie Zhen
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Today our guest is Lin Cassie Zhen, Cassie is a design manager, mentor, and transformational coach. She empowers designers to challenge strategic decisions, express their design vision, and think independently. She's also the host of the Being Awareness podcast, a bi-weekly exploration of mindfulness, meditation, and self-awareness. In this episode…
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Organising Engaging Design Events feat. Damian Martone
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Today our guest is Damian Martone, Damian is an experienced designer and a household name in the Berlin design scene. He's also the founder of Berlin Product Design Meetups and the very well-received Berlin Hatch design conference, which will go to its 3rd edition in September 2024. In this episode, we’re talking about meetups, conferences, and how…
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Successful UX Workshops feat. Christopher Nguyen
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Today my guest is Christopher Nguyen, Design Leader, Facilitator, and System Thinker. Chris created the UX Playbook, a set of online self-teaching courses on UX career growth, portfolio, management, and user experience. Check this out, the link is in the description. In this episode, we’re talking about UX workshops. When they are most useful, how …
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Happy (belated) New Year! When it comes to New Year's resolutions, sometimes it may be difficult to stick with these resolutions, no matter how much we want them to become reality. In this episode, we will explore a different way of intention setting that utilises the power of visualization and imagination. Hope this serves you in some way.…
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14. Cultivating Compassion During the Holiday Season
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The holiday season brings joy, generosity, kindness, and love. Yet spending time with family could also bring up conflicts. In today’s exploration, we’ll look at the roots of conflicts and compassion, as well as how the practice of compassion could help us navigate and transform challenging relationships. Programming Note In January, I’ll be releas…
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Happiness seems to be a concept that's central to many people's life quests. In today's exploration, we'll look at the meanings behind joy and happiness, the power of gratitude, as well as practices of cultivating joy and happiness from within.By Lin Cassie Zhen
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12. Peacefully Navigating Family Dynamics
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Family dynamics can be complex and challenging. Yet familial relationships can also reveal the most unfiltered parts of ourselves. While these relationship hold mirrors up to us, they can help us recognise these often unruly parts of ourselves, and in turn help us decide how we would like to be. Join me this week to explore these complex yet fertil…
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Dear listeners, I'm currently traveling for family reasons. Due to my very hectic travel schedule in the past week and half, there will be no new episode this week. Hopefully I'll see you next week for a new exploration!By Lin Cassie Zhen
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Embodiment plays a vital role in mindfulness practice, as the body holds records of past traumas, as well as emotional and physical patterns. If left unaddressed and unbroken, these patterns will continue to self-perpetuate. In our fast-paced world, finding a quiet moment to connect with the body can be challenging. Personally, I've discovered that…
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“The human mind can create conflicts, and it can also create peace. To find peace in the world, we have to find peace in ourselves.” – Jack Kornfield Perhaps it may feel difficult to feel peace in a world that seems to be full of suffering and darkness. Or perhaps it may seem an indulgent to find our own inner peace when the outer world’s suffering…
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This week's exploration is on finding freedom through forgiveness. We've all felt the stings of betrayal, and the resulting anger, hurt, blame. Forgiveness is a powerful practice that is capable of releasing us from that hurt, pain, anger, blame, and from the story of suffering we carry surrounding these emotions and experiences. Though powerful, i…
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Emotions are always present, whether we notice them or not. If we habitually avoid or hold onto them, they can easily spiral into suffering. In this episode, we will explore how to be present with difficult, positive, and subtle emotions. In addition to the foundational understanding of emotions, we will also examine the five foundational hindrance…
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This week, we'll explore bringing mindfulness to the activity of walking. Just like standing practice, walking is often neglected in formal meditation practices. However, it can be a wonderful tool for connecting mindfulness to our everyday activities. Please feel free to join me in this quick yet powerful practice of anchoring the mind and body wh…
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This week’s exploration is about the mindfulness of thoughts. This topic is near and dear to my heart, as a significant part of my personal growth has been learning to comprehend, accept, and eventually make friends with my thoughts. We will explore potential misconceptions surrounding thoughts, the nature of thoughts, and practice observing and be…
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In this week's episode, we’ll explore a simple yet powerful practice by bringing mindfulness into standing. Standing may seem mundane, yet it can hold a great deal of lessons. The practice of mindful standing is a great way to introduce mindfulness into busy everyday lives without spending a lot of time in sitting meditation. In this meditation, we…
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In this week's episode, we explore the concept of self-compassion and why it's important to be kind and nurturing to ourselves during difficult times. We learn about the differences between loving-kindness, which is associated with joy and wellness, and compassion, which recognizes and holds suffering. We will also practice a self-compassion medita…
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In this episode, we'll explore the topic of loving kindness and its power to transform our lives. We explore the fear surrounding the word "love" in our society and how we can open ourselves up to experiencing it more fully. Drawing from personal experience and the wisdom of wise teachers, we learn about the foundational role that love plays in our…
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This week's exploration is on the mindfulness of the body. In a society that prizes the intellect and thinking, it may be easy to lose connection with the body and its wisdom. We will be exploring the deep connection of the mind and body, how emotions and beliefs could manifest into bodily expressions, and anchor the exploration with a meditation b…
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1. Mindfulness, Meditation, and Anchoring Breath
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In this episode, we will explore the meanings of the terms "mindfulness" and "meditation". We will examine the differences and complementary relationships between formal meditation (sitting practice) and informal meditation (bringing the practice of meditation into everyday life). To ground our exploration, we will end with a practice of mindful br…
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Welcome to Being Awareness, where we explore mindfulness, meditation, and self-awareness. In this introduction, I will share a bit about my background and why I am doing this podcast. After years of delving into the shadows in my psyche, I feel called to share my experiences and the practice of mindfulness with anyone who might benefit from it. If …
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