Coach Sze Wing Podcast

Do you follow the moon cycle or chart your own menstrual cycle each month? I didn't know how powerful and effective it can be when we plan our work and personal activities in conjunction with the cycle. For example, there are days in the month that our body needs to slow down and take extra rest, which means the perfect time to reflect and recharge. Then, there are days we feel more creative or energetic and we want to get more done. It makes total sense for me to plan accordingly, but of course, we can't always dictate our business schedule but it is important to become more aware. Let me tell you why. If we know our cycle better, then we will have a more realistic expectation of our energy levels and give ourselves permission to push when we have a full tank or pull back when the best we can do is to slow down. This is about being strategic and wise. May I just say it is true feminine wisdom at play. I think this is a really good self-care practice and a smarter way to look at productivity. So th

Many of us have heard about the notion of "infinite possibilities" in the "quantum field". But What does this all mean in simple terms? How can our understanding of the quantum universe help us to create the reality we want? I was always intrigued by these questions but I want answers that are grounded in spiritual wisdom and at the same time can be explained by science. Plenty of books and teachers talk about how to manifest, attract, and get what you want by co-creating your desired reality. Some teachings tend to be more metaphysical in language, while others are more pragmatic in nature.  After years of pondering and researching on this topic, what I’ve learned in short is this: The magic of creation begins when you integrate your intention with positive emotions.  I have shared this basic principle with my coaching clients and friends. Many of them (including me) have achieved some truly astounding results, for example: A long-term single woman found the love of her life and got married in a

In the last few weeks since I got back into exercising (postpartum), I have been totally in love with my beautiful yoga leggings and tops from Flow Yoga Wear. As I grow older, I love to express who I am, what I love and how I live my life. Perhaps I am becoming more fearless (after delivering 2 babies through intense labour, I feel I can take on just about ANYTHING!) and I want to enjoy life more moment by moment. Doing yoga and writing my books fuel my creative expressions and wearing Kylie's beautiful designs is kind of a sweet treat for my self-care practice. With that said, you can imagine how excited I was to interview Kylie Morris, the muse behind this wonderful brand of luxury yoga wear for Every Body. I love the saying of "follow the flow, don't fight the current" and Kylie's journey of creating this authentic business is all about following the flow and taking inspired actions. A little more about Kylie Morris. She is an Australian Designer and Founder/Creator of Flow Yoga Wear. Flow Yoga We

If you read any successful entrepreneurs' biography or listen to interviews about their success secrets, you will inevitability come across the notion of good habits or rituals that help them to gain clarity, energy or productivity.  I love the science behind good habits and I am always open to trying new tools and systems. There are a few evidence-based habits that I find particularly useful and I would like to share them with you today. I have personally used them myself and fine-tuned them over time. You can make adjustments to meet your individual needs, but the concepts are clear and simple to follow.  Morning Routine Adequate sleep Everyone knows the importance of adequate sleep.  Research states that adults need on average at least 7 hours of sleep and recommends going to bed before 11 pm.  If you are a night owl, or work better at night, do what works for you.  You need to listen to your body.  Sometimes you may need more than 7 hours!   No Snooze When you hear your alarm clock go of

Do you sometimes wonder why you have a repetitive pattern in your relationships or life choices? Have you ever considered what is going on in your subconscious mind? Or how does intuition work? You may be intrigued by these topics but don't want to get into a "witchy-woo" type of conversation or simply find that too confusing to follow. I always like to put both science and spirituality together when it comes to learning and exploring these topics. It gives us a more holistic perspective. That's why I am so delighted to share my interview with Tatz Holmes for this week's podcast. Tatz is a qualified counsellor, a student intern psychotherapist, mentor, triple P positive parenting practitioner, public speaker, and spiritual teacher I met Tatz at the Mind Body Spirit Festival in Brisbane earlier this year. After my speaking gig, I walked passed her stall at the exhibition hall while she was playing her steel drum. I was instantly intrigued by the instrument and how captivating the music was. I cannot

Artemis is the Greek goddess of moon and hunt. In archetypal psychology, she is described as the archetype of an activist and protector. Women who have this archetype are drawn to nature and many of them care deeply about issues related to the environment, animals or women’s rights, children and those who need help and fair treatment.  Artemis women also tend to become more spiritual as they mature and attracted to the moon energy. Many Artemis women I know from my business communities are those who run purpose-driven businesses or are spiritually based healing practitioners.  As I write this blog post in the midway through 2020, I see many Artemis women rising to speak up or leading campaigns for making a world a better place. This year has been a challenging year for most people around the global. For those of us who are living in Australia, we started the year with the devastating bushfire. Then, we have the COVID 19 pandemic all over the world. In the midst of all these, we also witnessed the events

If you are a busy mum or career women, you can certainly relate to this scenario. It is almost 3 pm, your stomach is making noise, your back is sore and your mind is super tired. You just realised you haven't had lunch because you have been sitting in front of your computer for hours stressing about one thing or another. Your mind goes: "Oh dear, I really need to take better care of myself" Then, you got a phone call or SMS or email or someone knocks on the door. Once again, the idea of self-care went out of the window. We forget about it almost as soon as we remember it. When we don't have a good work-life balance or we let a project or person take over our lives for a time, our body will start to "talk to us" or "warn" us. We get headaches, backache, mood swing, insomnia just to name a few of the common symptoms. As our body and mind are connected, there is a lot we can learn from our body wisdom. In my interview with Camila Sunshine, we talked about her journey from working as an IT profe

If you have Athena as your most active goddess archetype, you are likely to be someone who is highly productive, organized and strategic. Women who have this archetype tend to value highly on their intellect, strong mind and rationality. They see the bigger picture and hence they have the patience for goals or projects to come into fruition. You can see why Athena women often achieve a great deal of success, both in career and their personal life.  However, all these advantages also bring in certain aspects or tendencies that may be challenging for Athena women. One of which is about letting go of control and allow things to happen on its own or take its course. If you don’t know me, let me be very honest here, Athena is one of the most active archetypes in me since I was a little girl. My parents were happy for me to have an independent mind. I had my nose in my books most of the time and I caused no trouble growing up. But I can be a bit of a control freak when it comes to "How to Do Things My Way". W

This is our follow up interview after our first podcast on Yogic Lifestyle and Living in Alignment episode. I wanted to talk to Belinda more about Goddess Circle, Women Rite of Passage, and building a community of women supporting other women. We also touched on the beauty and joy of women retreats she leads in North India, South India and Japan that include travel, yoga and wellness.  Belinda O'Dea is a heart-based certified Yoga & Meditation Teacher in Hatha, Mantra, Tantra, Vinyasa and Yin yoga. She is also an accomplished fashion designer and she is passionate about yoga, travel and wellness and that's why she now takes women on beautiful retreats several times a year to North India, South India and Japan. She is originally from Australia and currently a citizen of the world. Belinda is an experienced Women's Circle Leader where she creates a safe, welcoming and inspiring space for all women to participate, to feel the connection and the importance of the sisterhood. She also offers personal or busi

Have you ever wrestled with the feeling of “not good enough” or “feel like a fraud”? If so, you’ve probably experienced the imposter syndrome. Those feelings are shockingly common but people just don’t often talk about them.  When I was training to be a coach and learning how to self-publish my first book, I found the feelings of self-doubt and notion of imposter syndrome are very common among my peers.  I think it is normal and even healthy to be mindful about the quality of our work. However, if you have been skillfully trained or highly experienced in what you do and yet you are consumed by the fear of failure or success, then it’s time to change that thought. Why?  The world is missing out because you keep yourself away from doing the very thing you would love to do. Perfectionism There is a difference between making sure you are doing quality work versus perfectionism. If it stops you from doing what your heart knows you love to do, unless it is so-called perfect and it goes on for YEA

My guest today is Alexandra Gould. I came across Alex’s Facebook post online in a personal development /life coaching group, and I was blown away by her courageous journey with a very serious health challenge since she was six years old. Alex had over a dozen facial surgeries since she was a teenager, but nothing I've heard came from a victim mentality, only a brave and beautiful mature woman. She embraces her own vulnerability and adversity with such honesty and grace. I just had to interview her, so I reached out to her, and that is how I got her to be my guest today! I am really excited to share this interview with you. Alex is a life coach and mother of two (twins!) based in New Jersey, USA.I absolutely love our conversation, there is so much I’ve learned from Alex and I hope you will enjoy listening to this podcast or watching our video too. You'll also find the transcript below as well. Interview Summary: Alex’s journey of experiencing a serious illness that causes atrophy on one side of her face

As women, we all go through at least several transitions in life, some are brought on by biological and emotional changes, some may be due to new circumstances.  In fact, they are all invitations to a transformation at different stages, in which I call that your Hero or Heroine Journey. Each journey leads us to encounter an unknown part within us or external to us.  I first started to share what I have learned from different teachers and personal experiences regarding our transitions in my book Goddess with Many Faces. I am about to complete my next book and I wanted to add on or update regarding this specific topic on women cycle of life and transitions.  One of the two key messages I need to add is about the importance of knowing your gifts and opportunities that may come with each of the stages in life. And secondly, how we must find pleasure and joy at every age. Let me quickly take you through what I called the Women Circle of Life, or the Four Seasons of Women instead of a more traditional labe

What is a Hero Journey? You may have read about it from movie reviews or in creative writing articles or classes. The term was first penned by the late mythologist Joseph Campbell in his book “Hero with a Thousand Faces”.After studying many years of myths across different cultures and ages, Campbell recognized a pattern or structure of the myths and he created the term a Hero journey to describe the transformation our hero experienced before reaching his ultimate destination. From a spiritual perspective, a Hero Journey is a Soul Adventure. Our life story can be viewed as an adventure with challenges, lessons, tears, laughter and probably most importantly, opportunities for growth to become more than who we are.  Many Hollywood movies have followed this structure of storytelling. Most notably is perhaps The Star Wars (George Lucas has publicly acknowledged Campbell on many occasions as his mentor in storytelling), the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potters, they all have the Hero Journey structure in them.

Years ago when I was single and ready to date again, I came across a book called “Calling In The One” by Katherine Woodward Thomas. It is one of the books that I've learned a lot from and I can honestly say that it has helped me to open fully to love and become a woman ready to date! It changed my approach to find and keep a long-term relationship as well! I am a firm believer that if you would like to find a fun, loyal and caring partner, you have to become such a person yourself in the first place!  Fast forward years later, I am happily married. I got introduced to Katrin Dürkoop who is a certified coach for both the “Calling In The One” and “Conscious Uncoupling” programs. I got really excited to interview her as I wanted to share her work and these programs with women out there who will benefit from these incredible resources in finding love and keeping relationships alive! Karin Dürkoop is a Personal Love-Life & Relationship Coach, she lived as an ex-pat in Poland, Sweden, Singapore, Germany, UK,

Recently I have been trying out a “feeling good” experiment. The idea is very simple, I try to enjoy everything I do, no matter how small or trivial it may seem. Unless I feel good emotionally, I don’t begin the task as I consider myself “not ready" yet. And when I am on the task, I actually enjoy what I am doing. This may sound counterproductive, but in fact, it didn't “waste” any more time than how I used to procrastinate or dragging on. I found myself completing my tasks quicker and enjoy them a lot more.  The Law of Attraction I played with this "feeling good" experiment for a couple of fo reasons: 1.) I want to become more present and deliberately to appreciate all the good things around me.  This is all sparked by an impulse or more accurately I was being reminded about the law of attraction. I know there are things in my life that I managed to achieve, attract or attain effortlessly or with joyous effort. But there are things I just never seem to move beyond. It’s like fighting the current

When our body is out of alignment, we often experience pain or discomfort. When our mind loses connection with our spirit, we miss the clarity and the deep sense of knowing. Living in our 21st century often means we become more reactionary and working at a pace that is hard to keep up without losing our spiritual centre. That's why yoga or meditation are becoming increasingly popular as many of us have experienced these effective practices. They help us to get still, stay calm & centred and block out distractions. In my interview with Belinda O'Dea, we discussed what is a yogic lifestyle and how it helps us to stay in alignment. We talked about how to become more productive and creative when we follow our own monthly cycle or moon cycle. It is truly about embracing our feminine power and nurture ourselves with centring spiritual practices. She also shared with us her journey to transition from a successful designer to become a yogini (a female yoga practitioner), spiritual teacher and mentor. Belinda O

In a time of uncertainty, it is more important than ever to create multiple streams of income based on our existing knowledge, skills and experience. This podcast will outline my top 3 ways to leverage what we already have in our business or capacity to create passive income from creating long term assets. As I coach and help women to become goddesses in all aspects of their life, finding success and abundance through their work is definitely one of these aspects. Especially during this unprecedented time with COVID 19, I want to offer ways to help you the best navigate this experience and perhaps plants new seeds in generating more income for the future.  Many of my clients and friends are in healthy & wellness industry or service-based businesses so, with the current COVID 19 lockdown and social distancing measures in most countries we know, it greatly affect their business income. Many of them rely on in-person events like markets, trade shows, speaking gigs or face to face appointments. Many of

When we have an unhealed past and trauma in our lives, we often find difficulties in moving forward. We may experience plenty of self-doubt, anxiety and stay at a place where many may call the "Dark Night of the Soul". In order to have a breakthrough, we would need to work on healing our wounds in the past. In my interview with Taniya, we talked about the power of women helping other women, and why it is so important to have a breakthrough before we can fully pursue our dreams. Taniya Hassin is a writer, Transformational Coach, Healer and Spiritual Teacher. Taniya was born in Karachi, Pakistan and moved to London in 1970 as a toddler. Her Professional Training is in Social Work and Psycho-dynamic Counselling. She uses the work of Jung and Winnicott as well as techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Trauma-Informed Practice Training and Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Narrative Therapy in Social Work and Coaching. She worked in a Multi-disciplinary Team in inner-city London with children and young

As many of us are in lockdown and social isolation mode during this pandemic time, I find the ability to stay positive and keep our mind focus on things we can control become more important than ever. Therefore, I have put together these top 10 Do-s and Don't-s for you to help you to navigate this challenging and uncertainty time. I hope you will find them useful and share them with your friends too! DO NOT read the news first thing in the morning or last thing at night. The best way to avoid that is to keep your phone away from your bed. Leave it in the living room, study or bathroom. DO 1 thing that will elevate your mind first thing in the morning. For some, it may be meditation (I recommend the Ananda App as you can customize how you like to do your meditation), journal your thoughts (morning pages), or do some inspirational reading (best to select the book or article from the night before). DO 1 thing that will elevate your mood daily. Do something fun and enjoyable, for example, go for a qu

We hear a lot about how we must take actions in order to achieve our goals in any motivational books or personal growth seminars. On the other hand, we also know about the importance of surrender. Sometimes, the way how things turn out is not up to our desire or control. If we are fixated to a certain outcome, we may suffer for that reason. So where do we need to draw the line? When should we pull back and surrender to the universe? I was listening to a podcast last week and the hosts mentioned about the book The Surrender Experiment, and that sparked my intense interest.  There has been a theme emerging in my world since last week, the question of when do we say, it’s time to surrender versus we need to try harder? I am very aware of the fact that surrender does not equal giving up, but it is about leaving to the universe, I have done my best, I let go. Then there is also the ideas of doing more or working smarter.  I understand sometimes the truth of the matter is, we need to put more