A Cup of Tea with Mary B

We delve into the incredible journey of Sha-En Yeo, a former lonely and bullied child who defied the odds to become a 2-time TEDx speaker, a Positive Psychology expert, LinkedIn Asia's Top Mental Health Advocate and Singapore’s 1st Happiness Scientist.

We explore the pivotal moment that changed Sha-En's life, when her teacher encouraged her with simple but empowering words, which led to her embarking on a journey to discover her true purpose.

Prepare to be inspired as Sha-En shares her insights and lessons in this captivating podcast episode. Discover how you too can embrace happiness, harness the power of positive psychology, and unlock your full potential in both life and business. Remember, you always have a choice.

Books mentioned in this episode:
Learned Optimism by Dr Martin Seligman
The Power of Regret by Daniel Pink

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In this episode I want to share with you a story about my Auntie Nellie. Her life’s path may have been chosen for her but she lived it with positivity and sunshine.

I want to tell you about how she went from being a Convent Nun to driving a pimped up Ford Escort!

She certainly sowed the seeds of greatness for me, and even today her legacy lives on in the younger generations of our family.

You’ll soon hear how having trust in the universe/faith/belief can mean that “life is happening for you, not against you” as the wonderful Oprah says. Enjoy!

And I hope Auntie Nellie helps you to find a parking space or two :)

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In this episode, I talk about a time when I was scared. I'm not talking about being afraid of heights or being terrified by a horror movie. I’m referring to how a new and exciting business opportunity led to knots in my stomach. How my loud inner chatter was there knocking my confidence and making me feel apprehensive about stepping out of my comfort zone. I want to tell you how I turned this limiting feeling around and kept my courage through it. Maybe it will inspire you to do the same when faced with new opportunities in life.

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A passion for coaching led my next guest to create a life-changing global coaching movement within a large bank. The amazing Katie Hasson is sharing her ambitious journey, where a desire to carve out her own career and a ‘fundamental grit and goal around coaching' has meant Katie has achieved the extraordinary. Her project IGNITE, an internal executive coaching team at Standard Chartered Bank, is successfully fulfilling her mission to democratise coaching, as well as creating a massive impact. It’s a wonderful story proving that when you believe in yourself, anything is possible.

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If you’re lacking energy, constantly getting sick and feeling unmotivated then my podcast guest Elika Tasker is an incredible resource. She is a passionate nutrition and energy Coach who has been on her own healing journey following two burnouts. It's an inspirational journey of self-discovery, through corporate and entrepreneurial life, where Elika authentically shares the lessons she’s learnt and what she’s still learning on the way. A truly fascinating conversation about how we all need to have self-compassion and work holistically on ourselves to truly feel aligned with our soul’s desires.

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When was the last time you had a good cry? I mean the ones where you sob so hard your shoulders shudder and you end up with panda eyes?

I love a good cry, or as my hero Oprah calls it, an 'ugly cry'. When something happens or someone says something that makes you extremely upset.

 Find out how how our values and beliefs shape our lives, how you can better align them plus, very critically, what to do if they get crossed. 

Find out how how our values and beliefs shape our lives and how  you can better align them plus very critically what to do if they get crossed.

If you'd like to learn more about your own values download your FREE PDF, with 3 quick and easy exercises: http://eepurl.com/hfqWK9 

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Join me and Batya Shulman, Financial Advisor and Partner at Select Investors, as she shares why she is so passionate about empowering women to obtain financial independence and freedom. 

Hear about her personal journey leading her into a career in financial investment advice and how she found her purpose in life in her 40s. 

Batya shares why some women don't take care of themselves financially, her three pillars of wellbeing and we talk about the age spectrum of investment from young career women to the financial challenges of divorce. 

This episode is filled with such great advice, I'm sure you'll get so much from it.  It's never too late to start investing! 

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Join me and Maria Frances Marinay, Co Founder of beige. social, a social media agency helping conscious brands build strong, engaged communities online. Born in the Philippines, Maria's entrepreneurial spirit started young when she created a chocolate business with her hard working mum. Not a fan of being in the limelight selling, Maria's introverted nature led her to a love of social media. Hear all about her journey, how she overcame the hardships of visa challenges, burnout and anxiety but always had her mums voice in the background encouraging her. It really demonstrates the legacy thinking of resilience and courage that she inherited from her hard working Filipino mum. A wonderful, touching story I think you'll agree. 

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Join me and Angela Foulds, The Coach Connector and Founder of The Power Within, a business where potential clients are matched with her pool of experienced and highly qualified Coaches.

Listen to Angela's inspirational journey and why she decided to set up The Power Within in 2020. Spoiler alert, I feature in this journey!

We also share exclusive details of our Cultivating Well Being Experiences that we are embarking on together. With Angela's amazing organisation skills and experience in event management, and my impactful delivery skills, we are bringing you an experience you'll always remember.

We talk about why focusing on wellbeing is SO vital right now, who the experience is for and the many, many benefits you gain from coming along to join the FUN.

If you're interested in reserving your space, join the Mary B Tribe! 

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Join me and Sera Murphy, known as The ReOutfitter, a personal fashion stylist with sustainability at the heart of her business. Listen to how she went from fun fashion swaps with friends to starting a business that impacts positively on people and the planet - a powerful combination. Sera is truly inspiring with her passion for slow fashion. We talk about her journey into entrepreneurship as well as the challenges she faced during motherhood and how this experience has given her strength to run her own business.
I love how we both work with helping people be their most authentic self - I focus on the inside, Sera the outside. By understanding yourself more, and your style, you'll be able to make much more sustainable choices. So if 'sustainable fashion' scares or confuses you, or if like me you dislike shopping, you'll be inspired to hire a stylist after listening to this episode (Sera is offering a discount to my Tribe so look out for that!). Enjoy and happy shopping! 

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Join me and Dee Khanduja Allan who authentically shares her experience of divorce and how, during her darkest days she lifted and raised other women who were experiencing the same. Dee supported expat and low income women to realise their worth and move forward with their lives by sharing her experience and intel on recruitment, CVs and interviews. 
I loved hearing about Dee's inner grit and her determination to change her narrative, her 'whispers' plus asking herself empowering questions only, which in turn helped her "grow new wings" and change her life. 
If you are experiencing challenges in your relationship, or perhaps you have faced/are facing trauma right now, you will gain such inspiration from Dee's words. Healing really does start from the inside. 

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Join me and Skye Wellington, Co-Founder & Chief Enjoyment Officer of Wisecracks Drinks, a lo/no alcohol-free beverage company. 
We have the most interesting conversation about why people drink alcohol, how we've been socially conditioned to use it, the targeting of women in alcohol campaigns and why she co-founded Wisecrack. I love how her business is giving people choice. Not just with their large selection of delicious drinks (and I can testify to that as a customer!) Skye is providing people the alternatives to sinking some booze. If you've been considering joining the sobriety movement or even just want to cut back on your alcohol consumption, you'll enjoy hearing how Skye (and myself!) have embraced sobriety on a daily basis. 

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It’s the finale of Series 2! What a wonderful time I’ve had so far this year, having a cup of tea with ordinary people achieving extraordinary things. In this episode I want to revisit my conversations with these amazing guests and the incredible ‘teaspoons’ of inspiration I took away from each. 

If you want to know what makes an ordinary person achieve extraordinary things, then let me share with you in this episode what I’ve found to be the main ingredients. I’m sure you’ll agree, these are all traits that move people forward with their dreams. 

As you listen to my summary perhaps a guest’s story or their inspirational words will resonate with you. All episodes are available to listen so please do go back and download ones you may have missed. 

A Cup of Tea with Mary B has been listened to by over 4500 people in 23 countries around the World. I feel incredibly grateful for all of your support, and I really do hope you enjoyed listening as much as I enjoyed making the podcast.  Please add a review, it would mean the world to me. 

I’ll be back after the Summer holidays after resting, reflecting and resetting. 

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Join me for a conversation with Laura Yates, the Secret Agent of the Secret Sunrise Community Singapore. Laura shares how she went from Chartered Accountant to ‘Ambassador of Joy', spreading happiness through Music, Movement and Connection. Laura talks about her struggles with anxiety and depression and how her corporate career led to her burnout, twice. By finding Secret Sunrise, Laura said she finally felt her authentic self and how by leaning into movement she was able to heal her mental health. Leaving her home country and moving to Singapore, Laura was determined not to lose those feelings of ease, so she founded a Secret Sunrise Community here.  Thank goodness she did because I’ve been an extremely happy participant and I can’t wait to go again! Discover where and why this Community began 9 years ago, what it’s all about and how, if you’re a bit shy you can still join in. Laura is 100% living her Ambassador of Joy title, lighting up our cup of tea together with her energy; she ignited me with joy for the rest of the day. I know you feel this too after listening! 

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Join me for a conversation with Alex Mearns who when working in the financial industry faced a ‘wake up’ call due to his own ill health and how this led him to find his ‘true calling’. This journey to improved health sparked a passion for helping others too and a move out of the financial business to become the Founder of Levitise and Holistic Health Practitioner here in Singapore.  Alex talks about how he did his own self-help research to improve his own mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing without the need of medication. After considering a few new and varied career options including organic coffee, Alex came up with Levitise – a multi-specialist service for senior executives who are stressed and lacking energy.  A state of being that he can 100% relate too.

We discuss the impact of Covid and the hamster wheel that so many people are on, how the 6 human needs are so key right now, in particular connection and variety. 

It is inspiring to hear how changing his mindset whilst building Levitise has given him more  awareness and improved empathy that is now allowing him to feel content and in his words a ‘better’ human being . 

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Join me for a conversation with new entrepreneur, Elly Both, who started Bright Green just over 12 months ago.. Elly’s mission of “doing something good for the World” is really coming into fruition with her new company where she supports businesses to become more sustainably aware. Elly came from the corporate world, but something just didn’t feel right. All the puzzle pieces started to come together… doing a sort out at home and the unsettling feeling of where waste ends up, seeing lack of sustainability in the office, wanting to be more responsible at home with less single use items… it was a passion that moved into the workplace and had an impact that she didn’t expect. The ‘green team’ in the office was born and soon enough Elly was leaving that behind to create Bright Green. Listen to Elly talk openly about why she decided to leave the safety net of the Corporate World to step into her power and mission to help people and businesses live a more sustainable life. A pure success story of marrying her Project Management skills with her passion to change the world. If you are a business looking for consultancy to be more earth-friendly do get in touch with Elly and help her smash her BHAG!

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In this episode join me for a fascinating conversation with Sonia Osborne, an expert Nutritionist based in Singapore. What an incredible story of moving from the ‘dark side’ of food marketing to healing gut health and nutrition. Sonia felt that her ethical values were being challenged so she walked away to follow her true passion. It is so inspiring to hear how she is now supporting children and adults to heal themselves through nutrition. As a mum of teenage twins it was also great to hear how she is motivating them to live with gut health in mind and how her husband has felt the positive results of Sonia’s knowledge and love for good food. Let’s hope for a Sonia to write a cookbook in the future! Enjoy listening!
Find out more about Sonia's services here: https://soniaosborne.com.au 

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Join me for a conversation with Singapore Kiss92FM DJ and Music Director, Shan Wee, where we talk about his upbringing in Northern Ireland, his career path into radio and how writing became part of his boy’s bedtime routine! 

Shan is the author of two books, one non-fiction (99 Rules for New Dads) and one fiction (The Short Life of Raven Munro).  I loved how Shan wanted to write to leave a legacy, for his books and name to be public and on bookshelves forever. Yet naturally the other legacy he has for his boys comes from the power of self-confidence and self-esteem which he got from his stable family unit. 

I love hearing people’s stories of childhood to where they are now, and Shan’s story just highlights that people make the world go round 😊 Enjoy! 

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Listen to my conversation with Federico Folcia, a serial entrepreneur and currently the CEO and Founder of Crane and MD of Powerhouse.  We chat about why he left the Corporate world, the ups and downs of his first business, his philosophy about life and his vision and mission for Crane.

I love Federico’s playful approach to life and his deep desire to get people together to learn and share experiences. Crane certainly reflects his values and his love of living life fully and authentically. He has created a space which is inclusive, engaging and accessible for people of all ages. An amazing community which encourages and nourishes member’s passions in life.

Enjoy hearing Federico’s enthusiasm for life and his wise words.

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Join me for a conversation with Visha Nelson, Award Winning Founder of The Cinnamon Room where we talk about how she followed her instinct and left the corporate world where she was an unhappy, successful lawyer to finding her freedom and joy in life by becoming a happy and successful entrepreneur. We discuss the negative impact of doing a job just "because you can" to having the courage and resilience to change to a career where you follow your passions, and where working hard feels effortless and fun.  Visha's passion for interiors is so apparent, you really can sense that she really has found her purpose. When an interior designer says how they help clients create a beautiful home where it isn't all about looks, it's about how it feels, you can sense the true love she has for her work. I'm so pleased she followed her 'inner calling'. You'll really enjoy listening to Visha, she really has bags of courage, is living her truth and creating her own story. 

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