In this episode, Jamie Raine and Joey meet to ask three questions each to each other about their journeys, spirituality and faith. We talk about how our faith shaped and shapes our lives, becoming aware of the emptiness that exists in us all, the mind-body-spirit connection, Indiana Jones and The Matrix.
Wholeness cannot be complete without faith, and it's something that's often not shared in the public space. One of the things we most love about Jamie is his openness, and we hope that people from all faiths (and none) can listen in and connect their own sense of meaning in their lives.
About Jamie Raine:
Jamie Raine is the Co-Founder and CEO of Indriya, and Director of Strategic Partnerships at Wildcats.io. Jamie was born in Indonesia, raised in Australia and moved to Phnom Penh to pursue his music and career as an influencer for good, for young people. He leveraged this experience to co-found Indriya and now applies these same skills in his role as Director of Strategic Partnerships at Wildcats.io, the world’s first Actuator for Innovation, working with companies and organizations to solve their biggest innovation problems by seeking out budding entrepreneurs, consumers, and adjacent experts through their open innovation platform.
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In this episode, Nady and Joey reflect on the topic of connection, off the back of Cambodia's first-ever ICF International Coaching Week: 'Vision for Connection in Cambodia'.
We talk about different "levels" of connection - connection to self, connection to others, and connection to the system. We also dip our toes into the topic of levels of consciousness.
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In this episode, we hear from the students of Cambodia Coaching Institute, Cambodia's first professional coach training program and aiming to become the first and only ICF accredited institution in the country.
The students speak about what brought them to take this coaching training, their experience of the course so far (about halfway through) and their vision for the impact of coaching in Cambodia. Joey Ra, the Founder and Head of Faculty, also shares his the story behind Cambodia Coaching Institute and his vision for coaching in Cambodia.
The coaches are offering sample sessions to those interested in coaching, so if you've always been curious about coaching and how your life could be different, reach out!
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Find out more about Cambodia Coaching Institute: https://www.cambodiacoachinginstitute.com/
In this episode, we welcome Sifiso Ripinga. He is the Founder of Noggin Notes, a popular podcast which has localised content based in the US, Africa and Cambodia. He created Noggin Notes to be a source of information for individuals and organizations around the world. He has a vision of providing a channel for those seeking to gain more control over their mental wellbeing, unlearning unhealthy behaviors that keep them from healing and growing.
I'm delighted to share this conversation where we talk about Sifiso's passion for mental health, emotional regulation and trauma. He speaks with deep personal and learned knowledge about the nervous system, trauma and the human condition.
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Special thanks to Pavel Lipski (Facebook) for providing us with his audio processing expertise. Our initial recording was unusable but he managed to get it to a fantastic quality.
Sovannady Chea is a facilitator and associate coach at JR coaching. She has a degree in accounting and finance, and living a learn-by-doing philosophy, participated in multiple start-up projects, business incubation programs, as well as promoting communal libraries in Cambodia. She is a graduate of the first cohort of Cambodia Coaching Institute and Cambodia's youngest professionally trained coach, practicing under the ICF's code of ethics and competencies.
Nady's long belief in education and passion for business helps define her life career as a coach, whose mission is to help empower Cambodians to discover their potential, facilitate personal and professional growth to be a catalyst for positive change in Cambodia’s business society.
In this conversation, we hear about how Nady came to coaching, her journey of discovery from an accounting graduate not sure about her future to finding healing and a sense of purpose. We explore breaking free from expectations, experimenting with different career paths, struggles with depression and self doubt, and serendipity.
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In this episode, we welcome Subin Hong, a French-Chinese professional coach based in Singapore. We explore the topic of "purpose" as well as what it means to lead from an integrated "whole" place.
Subin is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and is a designated PCC with the ICF. She helps individuals to embark on their journey of transformation, to become the leaders they are called to be with courage & authenticity. She has a sweet spot for third culture kid and Asian women leaders.
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Chhaleta Chharoat is the co-founder and host of Jongdeng Jongleu (meaning "curiosity"), a podcast where she explores topics that she is curious about. The first couple of seasons are focused around the topic of mental health and features our beloved Sotheary Yim.
In this episode, we talk about Chhaleta's story, her motivations for starting her podcast and the fears she had to overcome along her journey. She is certainly a person that walks her talk, and has experienced just about everything in the world of wholeness and wellness, as well as also exploring becoming a coach herself!
Find out more about Chhaleta's projects here:
In this episode, we speak with Janne Spaan, a mental healthcare professional and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) counsellor, one of the co-founders of a new counselling centre in Siem Reap called Anarkot Psychosocial Counselling & Training (APCT). Janne is trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a counselling approach that helps clients to look differently at their thoughts and emotions, based on acceptance of what is, and responding with action from a resourceful state based on a person’s values.
She is passionate about mental health in Cambodia, building best practices to support local communities across a wide spectrum of issues while remaining sensitive to cultural and societal challenges.
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This episode is an interview of Joey by Max & Dom from the Rising Giants Podcast, Cambodia's #1 ranked podcast in the Business & Entrepreneurship genre.
Joey is Cambodia's only Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and the Founder of Cambodia's Coaching Institute, the country's first professional coaching training program.
Born in Korea and raised in the UK, he now works to nurture and grow coaching in Cambodia and beyond, serving as teacher and mentor to coaches in the region. In pursuit of this mission, he has trained over 100 leaders in Cambodia to be professional coaches or leader-as-coach. He has a particular interest in the impact of trauma on the long-term behaviors of individuals and communities. Joey has also partnered with over 80 leaders around the globe, aiming for deep inner transformation that leads to lasting improvements in happiness and performance.
What we get into:
- What it was like to build a coaching business from scratch in a country where the concept and industry still remain taboo and nascent
- The key difference between psychiatrists, psychologists, and coaches; 'coaches deal with people at the line or above it and try to get them to that next level of transformation and wholeness'
- Joey's ambitions for helping spur and nurture Cambodia's next cohort of life coaches via his work at the Cambodia Coaching Institute
Get in touch with Joey here:
Listen to more episodes from Rising Giants here.
In this episode, we’re joined by Helena Yan, a Business School graduate turned Pilates teacher, Yogi, Zumba instructor and a certified life coach. She’s a very international woman, being of Chinese descent but has lived in various across all over the world, and recently arrived in Cambodia a few months ago with her family.
Helena is an accredited Associate Certified Coach under the ICF, one of only three ICF accredited coaches in Cambodia. The ICF is the largest and most reputable accrediting body for professional coaches in the world and represents a group of coaches dedicated to upholding a professional quality and code of ethics. Many coaches train at different schools and learn different approaches (e.g. Sokcheng, who studied with Co-Active Trianing Institute), but these training programs are all accredited to be of sufficient quality by the ICF.
In this conversation, we explore the impact of the body and regular physical activities on shifting our mental, physical and spiritual states, both in the moment but also longer-term. I love how the different stages of personal development that Helena was going through INSIDE was reflected by different EMBODIMENT PRACTICE OUTSIDE that she was inviting into her life – first Pilates, then Yin Yoga then Zumba. And how finally she moved into coaching, training with an MCC, and is now looking to integrate her expertise and experience in these areas. She is passionate about bringing wholeness to her coaching, mind, body and soul. I’m excited to introduce her to you all.
Get in touch with Helena here:
Find out more about the ICF here: https://coachingfederation.org/
In our second episode, we’re joined by Sokcheng Thai, an incredible young Cambodian woman, who recently made history by becoming the first Cambodian Co-Active Coach, as well as being part of the first cohort of CTI's scholarship program.
Co-Active Training Institute, or CTI for short, is one of the world's oldest and most reputable coaching training and leadership development organisations, renowned for its rigorous and innovative programs. CTI trains leaders all around the world, from the most reputable companies as well as from government ministries.
We dive into what brought Sokcheng to be the first Cambodian worldwide to train with CTI, how she managed to get a full scholarship on CTI's first-ever scholarship initiative, and her vision for coaching in the healing of Cambodia. We also explore the impact that the world of coaching is having on her.
I’m delighted that you get a chance to meet this wise soul – a trail blazer for the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Find out more about Sokcheng, CTI and the host below:
In our first episode, a group of friends – all coaches in Cambodia – start to look at the topic of trauma, a topic which all four of us feel is of critical importance today in Cambodia. Expect an informal and unstructured conversation between friends and colleagues as we dip our toes into this important topic of trauma from a personal angle. In future episodes we will dive deeper into the different types of trauma mentioned here: individual, collective, and inter-generational.
On today’s episode we have : 1. Sokuntha Eam, an intuitive life coach and mental fitness coach 2. Marina Pok, a coach, art lover and Founder of the Anicca Foundation which supports emerging artists in Cambodia, with an illustrious career that includes corporate ESG experience and a diplomat 3. Nady Chea, Cambodia’s youngest trained coach, a business woman and a former atheist who rediscovered a deep thirst for wisdom that can be found within Buddhism 4. Joey Ra, Founder of Cambodia Coaching Instutite and a coach who is working to bring healing to individuals and communities in Cambodia through his work.
What is this show about? Why did we decide to create it? What is Wholeness and why is it important? In our first pre-episode, coach Joey Ra welcome you with a short introduction to Wholeness.
Welcome to The Wholeness Show where we look to bring wholeness to individuals and communities. We bring experts in this space to talk about mental wellness, trauma, emotional wellness, spiritual wellness and physical wellness. We want to raise awareness of these topics by bringing expert knowledge and experience, seen through a Cambodian lens.