In this inspiring podcast, I had the privilege of conversing with Bonny Morlak, an award-winning Start-Up Growth Coach and author of the empowering book "Happy Founders." Prepare to be moved by his raw honesty and profound insights as we dive deep into the pervasive issue of "toxic masculinity" that has dominated authority and leadership for decades, fostering friction and resistance. Bonny passionately emphasises that suppressing emotions and shying away from vulnerability lie at the core of these "toxic" traits, leading to the erosion of meaningful connections and relationships. His candid acknowledgment of his "white privilege" is a revelation in itself, with the tragic event of George Floyd's murder serving as the tipping point that compelled him to confront and unpack his own privilege. Our discussion also delves into his personal journey, including the crash of his mental health and his triumphant battle to overcome it. Bonny opens up about how Depression is an ongoing challenge, emphasising the importance of learning to manage it for long-term well-being. I couldn’t agree more! Today, Bonny stands in a place of strength and peace, coaching startups with consciousness and a powerful approach toward success. Prepare yourself for an unfiltered, heart-to-heart conversation that is an absolute must-listen for everyone seeking authenticity, empowerment, and transformation. This podcast is not just honest; it's a powerhouse of inspiration. You can find Bonny at https://www.bonnymorlak.com/ and https://www.bonnymorlak.com/about-bonny-morlak-startup-coach for some professional background.

In this powerful episode of "Own Your Breath," we delve into the inspiring journey of Simon Middleton, a remarkable individual who refused to let ADHD and dyslexia define his worth. Simon's story is one of resilience, transformation, and ultimately, owning one's breath in the face of adversity. As a young student, Simon found himself misunderstood and labeled as the "stupid" and class clown due to his learning differences. The struggles he faced left him with deep-rooted imposter syndrome, making it challenging for him to embrace his own potential. But Simon's resilience and determination propelled him forward, leading him to discover his true strengths. Today, Simon is the proud co-founder of Creative Waves, a thriving coaching company based in Mauritius. Through open and vulnerable conversations, Simon invites us to walk alongside him on his path to self-acceptance and growth. His ability to turn his perceived weaknesses into unique advantages has become a beacon of hope for anyone who has ever felt "not good enough." Join us as Simon candidly shares his experiences, offering valuable insights on how he harnessed his creativity and outside-the-box thinking. He reminds us that our differences should be embraced, as they hold the keys to unlocking our full potential. This episode of "Own Your Breath" is a heartfelt conversation that will resonate with individuals from all walks of life. Whether you're facing similar challenges or simply seeking inspiration, Simon's story will empower you to break free from the shackles of self-doubt and embark on your own transformative journey. Get ready to be inspired, uplifted, and motivated to own your breath and create a life of purpose and fulfillment. You can find Simon at www.creating-waves.com or on LinkedIn and Instagram at https://www.linkedin.com/company/creating-waves-coaching-consulting/

As promise the next two months, Own Your Breath Podcast is celebrating our fellow male warriors as I just did with the incredible women from all walks of life the past months. I have invited male speakers to share their stories and wisdom with us. I am so grateful with the overwhelming response! Opening this season with the renowned Soul Wisdom Coach, Vikas Malkani. We dive into the realms of self-development, and the profound wisdom of the soul. Vikas has been coaching the C-suites and celebrities through the last few decades besides many others. Vikas firmly believes that purpose is the driving force behind our journey in life. As he often says, "We never arrive anywhere without purpose." Recognising that human beings are inherently emotional beings, Vikas teaches on how to manage our emotions by transforming them into something more intentional and training the mind, drawing from decades of exploration and learning from the greatest masters. At the core of Vikas' teachings is the belief that meditation serves as the mother of mindfulness. By developing a strong foundation of wisdom and incorporating spiritual practices, we can embark on a holistic journey towards success in all aspects of life. You have only one life, and through this podcast, we aim to empower you to make the best of it through living authentically and purposefully. Join us! You can find Vikas at www.soulcentre.org https://soulcentre.teachable.com Facebook and LinkedIn at Vikas Malkani

Wrapping up my last episode of tributing and celebrating the divine women that we are is with the wonderful Nikki Muller, a TV Presenter and Third Culture Advocate. We delve into the extraordinary world of Third Culture Kids (TCKs). In this episode, Nikki shared her captivating journey- a TCK who navigated the complexities of multiple cultures, countries, unspoken grief, finding solace in her tribe and embracing her superpowers. As a TCK, Nikki confronted a unique set of challenges, forever oscillating between worlds, cultures, languages and homes. The constant state of flux often left her yearning for a sense of belonging—a place to call home. Through deep curiosity, researching and her healing journey, Nikki unraveled the intricate threads of her identity and discovering the “gold mine" that she’s been seating on all along. The feeling of not belonging unfortunately happens pretty often in our human society and that feeling is totally valid until you realise that does not have to be your truth. Im absolutely entranced by how Nikki finally found her sense of belonging after decades of living and now empowering other TCKs to navigate their complex lives that is not spoken about enough. Such an important subject to uncover! Thank you so much Nikki for the great insights and awareness I’ve gained. Join us as we delve deep into the world of TCKs and uncover the truth about these extraordinary individuals. Get ready for an insightful and thought-provoking conversation that will redefine your perception of what it means to be a Third Culture Kid and beyond the privilege they are always known for. You can find @nikki at www.nikki-muller.com and on LinkedIn and Facebook at Nikki Muller.

Kaia Parv is amongst the minority of female leading in the fintech industry. She is a Partner and Chief Investment Officer at CrediLinq.Ai and no stranger to being on the stage globally in her pink suit and blonde long hair amongst all the dark suits. Kaia has attended my sessions and workshop in the past and what I love about her is her groundedness and humility despite oozing confidence and charisma of a powerful woman. An avid learner, you can tell that she takes her holistic wellbeing seriously. In this episode, Kaia shares her journey from a very humble background to where is today. She stresses on the importance of authenticity and openly shares her challenges, vulnerabilities and her personal practices on how to navigate through our daily stressors whether at work or personal life. We also talk about the challenges that women unfortunately often face from their own tribe and men. I really enjoyed our conversation. Be sure to tune in! “How empowering it is to admit that you are struggling with something and still find ways to overcome it!” - you can find Kaia on LinkedIn and Instagram @kaiaparv

In this episode, I share tips on my growth game and how I cultivate core confidence through authenticity and vulnerability. Why even if we feel we are not enough, the more we should show up. From a very quiet and a traumatic child, I now coach leaders, ambitious people and running workshops for corporate companies including the top corporations on conscious leadership, managing stress and emotions. I was honoured to be awarded silver for best wellness coach globally last year. As a recovering perfectionist, I realised how waiting to be enough had hold me back in so many ways and had affected my mental health bad. Through healing deeper, I leverage on my shame and vulnerability and turn them into strength. These pointers I share are what have been working for me. And I hope it will be for you too. Take what resonates 🤍 www.ryanayusoff.me

I had the privilege to have a conversation with my special guest this week, Pirjo Turk. An activist from a young age, taking a stand for animals and environment, Pirjo is now a sociologist and majored in the management of the society. A researcher and expert on social policy and gender equality, she shared great insights on how we can be a better society, domestic violence, why men have shorter lifespan, understanding feminism and a lot more topics were discussed. So much learnings! I believe we as a society, collectively need to have more awareness of these issues and take more responsibility. You can find Pirjo at https://www.linkedin.com/in/pirjo-turk-2a220582/

I’ve had the privilege to invite women who push boundaries from different backgrounds for my current series of 8 episodes for Own Your Breath Podcast. Celebrating everyone who recognises themselves as women. And of course, these episodes will be just as insightful for men. (I’ll be having a series by all men guests dedicated for men after this) My special guest this episode is with Intuitive Consultant, Amanda Hart. She was a presenter for My Spirit Radio and a columnist for Soul & Spirit Magazine. Some of you might know her for her memoir, ‘The Guy Upstairs’ which was endorsed by key experts in the domestic violence in the US and UK or some of you might know her as one of the finalist of Britain’s Psychic Challenge on tv 🇬🇧 Either way, I had such a wonderful time with Amanda chatting about The Power Behind Vulnerability, Authenticity, Faith and Intuition. Amanda shared tips on how to harness your intuition and more. You can find Amanda at Website: www.amanda-hart.co.uk Instagram: amandaharthq Facebook: Amanda Hart & Empowering Women HQ (group for inspiring women and support) Updated info: http://bitly.ws/C5o7

A subject hardly spoken about, I’m so glad to have hypnotherapist, Candice Chaignat owning her breath with her journey. Very often being an expat’s trailing partner is seen as living the dream. We forgot the struggles of shifting your entire life to a new country, culture shock, language barriers, leaving your own job, family and friends, managing children whilst trying to keep the home together without much support is not an easy feat at all. Most importantly, all these lead to losing own identity. When one experiences these issues, it is known as trailing spouse syndrome. Candice shares openly of her story from the transition, to her decision to part and to finding herself again along the way. She is now thriving, raising her children with her ex-partner happily in Singapore. You can find her at https://linktr.ee/mindtology

As a human beings, we have a deep need for intimacy and love. However, there are so many misunderstandings around this topics. To begin with, we were never taught about them. We go through life through the generational conditioning that were passed on and unrealistic learnings that movies had created. In this episode, Intimacy and Relationship Coach, Helle Hudson explains of our real human needs and how we can build a better intimate relationship. You can find Helle at www.hellehudson.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/helle-fjord-hudson-89b8341b/ https://www.facebook.com/fjordhelle

Celebrating the International Women’s Month this March, I’ve invited powerful and inspiring women from different backgrounds. I decided to open up the season with one of our most taboo subject- SEX! Today Im here with Bunny Yan! A fashion edutainer, a leading expert in sustainable fashion, and currently working on a new TV series. But It's her unique perspective on sex that made me invited her to the show. Unapologetically and ever so authentic, I truly enjoy this refreshing conversation with Bunny, that is different than the rest of my episodes and so much needed in our world. We chat all about sex, masturbation, bdsm and more! So much learnings for me. I invite you to listen with open mind and curiosity, not judgement. Tune in and enjoy! You can find Bunny on IG @sooobunny

In this episode, I chatted with Christy Nordberg about her story of struggles as a child and growing up as a trans person got her beaten up and constantly threatened. From being called the ugly swan, she went on to model and won a beauty pageant. Listen to this inspiring story of a courageous woman who overcame toxic, traumatic relationship and fought to live authentically true to herself. “What doesn’t kills you, makes you strong!” - her life principle. www.ryanayusoff.me

As we progress further into the modern world, our tendency to be detach from our true authentic self gets even more as we fear being judged by others. In this episode, I chatted to my favourite psychotherapist, Emily Sanders on the importance of vulnerability and authenticity in our lives, be it personal or at work. We discussed why many fear showing up with them, the impact of the lack of them, the power of adapting it, different forms of vulnerabilities, misconception, why some find it hard to compliment and many more. I really enjoyed this conversation with Emily. So much insights, tips and pointers and how we can practise mindfully vulnerability and authenticity in a healthy way! @emily.sanders.therapy

Everyone grieves in different ways. In this episode, I spoke to Mia Sumiati on losing both her parents within 6 months. I came across Mia's post randomly on Instagram, paying tribute to her mother's 7 months and father's 7 days passing. The Drugs Don't Work by The Verve was the first line of her post with a picture of her parents in their younger days in black and white. I felt called to read her writings on the instagram carousel she made. It was so beautifully written with so much love, rawness and vulnerability that I knew, even in her sadness, this have to come from someone with courage and strength. She described briefly of her relationships with both her parents even the hard bit. And all of them came from acceptance, compassion and respect. I could tell right away that this is her choice of healing her grieving heart. Through owning up the light and darkness. Listen more to this beautiful journey of grieving. @iammiasumiati

I am so grateful to have this conversation with my old time friend, Justin Hoffman, CEO and President of cSolutions about his long journey of alcoholism to how his healing led to uncovering his true strength, healing his anxiety and relationships with his loved ones. He openly discuss his lifestyle then, his challenges and the repercussions of his actions. After years of excuses, one day he came to a realisation of how destructive his alcoholism was in so many ways. “Have I done everything to salvage my relationship? Have I done everything in my power to save my family that I can walk away and be proud of myself?” A story of deep self reflections, awareness, humility and strength to making a conscious decision of choosing better especially for himself. Justin also speaks about how he learns the importance of embracing and honouring all his feelings including the vulnerable ones. I had such a great time talking and learning from Justin about his incredible healing inspiring journey to now living to his full potential. Today Justin and his wife are proud founders of family oriented fitness platform - Quar Fitness. Designed for adults and children. www.quar-fitness.com

In this intimate conversation from the heart, Ryana talks about her challenges and learning curves of launching the podcast. Shifting from anxiety and self criticism to self acceptance, self forgiving, gratitude and excitement. This podcast is the very medicine she needs for her fear of being recorded. And perhaps a source of encouragement of accepting where we truly are right now. In this episode, we will discover how changing the narratives of showing up will help us to be more confident and a better learner. Discomfort is the home for Growth! - Through inner work, Ryana coaches individual and corporate clients to live up to their full potential in a manner that is true to yourself - www.ryanayusoff.me

From humble beginnings, Moses Simon didn’t do well in school however he put himself through private education and went on to become the head of marketing for the APAC region by 26 years old, for one of the biggest tech companies today. ⁣ ⁣ He spent the next years being a high achiever, making up for his lack within himself. At the peak of his dream job, he lost it in 53 seconds. He fell very hard and lost his sanity, his money, his partner, friends and family. And most of all, his will to live. It was endless days of self victimising. Later on he broke his back and wasn’t able to walk. That was when he decided he had enough and went on to take charge of his life. From broken back to a Calisthenics fanatic. Moses today is a marketing trainer and a life coach and the fittest he has ever been. Don’t miss this inspiring journey of self determination. @its_mosessimon

Ryana talks to CEO & Founder of Moment Company. From someone who was constantly on the go, Fiona McKinnon shares her corporate career journey, lifestyle and coping mechanism then, to discovering the importance of slowing down, meditation and mindful breathing. Never in her life did she imagine she would ever be the person she is today. Catch this very interesting journey! Fiona now helps others and especially corporate companies to take a moment for their well-being to prevent burnout. Her company created the Moment Pebble, a mindfulness device to help reduce stress. www.momentcompany.co/

Ryana talks to life coach and mental health therapist Crystal McKenzie who shares her traumatic relationship of manipulation, gaslighting and infidelity. In love and married young at 19, while still completing her studies, Crystal had no idea what she was in for. This episode of her life though had led her to deeper calling of healing and discover her true self. Crystal openly shared her vulnerabilities and how she finds peace and strength through it all. She now coaches women to heal their deeper wounds to live to their fullest potential. www.herundiscoveredlife.com

A sacred container to your authentic self. Ryana Yusoff is a life coach, hypnotherapist and mindfulness teacher who is committed to embrace the complete human experience through love, connection and breath. With her fun and no holds barred approach, people open up to her easily. She invites people from all walks of life from everyday people to own their voices to professionals. Here’s to deeper, meaningful connection to be wholly us living in our full potential.