Half Bloom

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Half Bloom

Nadia Park

8 episodes

2 months ago

Words are powerful—but the labels we put on ourselves can keep us trapped. In last week’s episode, I talked about laziness. Today, we go deeper into burnout: What’s the real difference between being unmotivated vs. being burnt out?How do labels like “lazy,” “sensitive,” or “negative” feed the cycle?And is it even possible to recover when you feel completely drained?In this episode, I share personal reflections, some lighthearted stories from my café, and real listener notes from the Story Jar...

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Episodes (8/8)

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How to play with your burnout

2 months ago

26 minutes

Half Bloom

Why you're *lazy* and how to stop

Are we actually lazy—or do we just lack a reason to move? In this episode, I unpack the real causes behind so-called “laziness,” from perfectionism and fear of failure to losing sight of your ‘why.’ I share personal stories from my coffee journey, lessons from my dad’s work ethic, and how play, experimentation, and self-acceptance can reignite your drive. Plus, I leave you with 4 questions to help you understand your own motivation and start finding it again. And also, here's the link to my ...

3 months ago

22 minutes

Half Bloom

How forced breaks can change your mindset

Hi friends :) In this episode, I talk about how going through a forced break (in my case a hospitalization) allowed me to rethink what's important to me and what I needed to direct my attention and energy. When we're so busy with life, we forget what's important but not urgent. And we get so good at protecting ourselves, we lose what can actually make us stronger. I hope you can find a moment to give yourself a pause in between your life before having to undergo a huge pause like I had ...

3 months ago

20 minutes

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Run counterintuitively to find your true self

Thinking against what your primitive emotions tell you may actually lead you to the results you want. But bearing through and keeping everything within yourself, for some people in particular, is incredibly difficult. For those people, I promise you that some things need to be held deep within you, so that you can actually get what you want in life. Some things mean more when you don't always express them, and focusing on understanding what other people are going through, what they're feeling...

3 months ago

22 minutes

Half Bloom

Wander off and say I love you

We often let our minds wonder and sometimes we lose focus or concentration. When we were able to ask questions and lean into our curiosity sometimes those questions can lead to creative answers or projects. Of course, those questions are not always very helpful. Sometimes they are absolutely useless, but it’s fun to be able to discover new knowledge and find more depth in the stuff that we do. And I think that’s why the curiosity led me to wonder about how other people think and the way that...

4 months ago

20 minutes

Half Bloom

What are your magical moments?

Interactions between one another, and the little messages that we leave behind with one another as we pass through each others' lives, whether verbal or non-verbal, develop reactions in some sort of way. There are magic moments in our day and in our lives. The way we interact with nature, our surroundings, and also one another. We've collected a couple stories in our magic story jar that I read out today, and will touch upon other conversation starter topics in the next episodes. And because ...

4 months ago

18 minutes

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Leaving my own cafe: sofa to kotatsu

Building something from scratch is always good experience, but when you have expectations of yourself from others and yourself, it can easily get disheartening and confusing. Everything I had thought about this cafe turned out to be different. Everything I wanted when setting up my own cafe had its essence either covered up or hidden in other forms, that it was starting to confuse me. Our thoughts about ourselves and our dreams and aspirations are not always aligned in the most truthful way, ...

5 months ago

16 minutes

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What happens after the first dream?

As we go through our journey of life, we use our dreams as motivators to get from step one to step two. Then from step two to step three. But what if we walk 52 steps and realize that that dream that we once had is not our dream anymore? What if that dream that we had, once accomplished, is no longer our dream? What if, that dream that we worked so hard to achieve, is only the surface level of our bigger dream? What if your true dream is hidden under the layers of dreams we ...

6 months ago

7 minutes