Hong Kong Confidential – Details, episodes & analysis

REPLAYED CONTENT: Rebecca Hopkins talks about how she found herself going through early menopause in her early 30’s and this affected many aspects of her life, including her ability to have children. She had her children using an egg donor and whilst she was raising her small children she found herself in the midst of quite intense menopausal symptoms. Her doctor put her on hormones to combat early osteoporosis. This meant that her sex drive shot through the roof and she became rather rampant. She was also super moody and explosive, so she tried different methods of administering the hormones until she found the one that was most conducive to her having minimal menopausal symptoms and less mood swings.  Rebecca talks about bone density, ugly crying and egg donation. Stay tuned for All Out of Eggs: Part 2 where Rebecca goes into detail about egg donation, IVF and what she has learned throughout the whole process.

A Listener Note: If you feel you need support, please visit your local GP, a counsellor or contact the Samaritans in Hong Kong on 28960000. If you live in another country, please contact your local GP for support.

Rebecca Hopkins: http://www.livebraveworkshops.com/rebecca-hopkins/

Rebecca’s Blog: http://alloutofeggs.com/

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REPLAYED CONTENT: Rebecca Hopkins talks about how she found herself going through early menopause in her early 30’s and this affected many aspects of her life, including her ability to have children. She had her children using an egg donor and whilst she was raising her small children she found herself in the midst of quite intense menopausal symptoms. Her doctor put her on hormones to combat early osteoporosis. This meant that her sex drive shot through the roof and she became rather rampant. She was also super moody and explosive, so she tried different methods of administering the hormones until she found the one that was most conducive to her having minimal menopausal symptoms and less mood swings.  Rebecca talks about bone density, ugly crying and egg donation. Stay tuned for All Out of Eggs: Part 2 where Rebecca goes into detail about egg donation, IVF and what she has learned throughout the whole process.

A Listener Note: If you feel you need support, please visit your local GP, a counsellor or contact the Samaritans in Hong Kong on 28960000. If you live in another country, please contact your local GP for support.

Rebecca Hopkins: http://www.livebraveworkshops.com/rebecca-hopkins/

Rebecca’s Blog: http://alloutofeggs.com/

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Pramit Bhargava talks about his voice controlled app for people who are sight impaired. Louie Voice Control app is a wonderful tool to enable people to navigate phone apps with their voices. Pramit shares his story of losing his sight as an adult and going through his lost phase. He turned his life around and is now helping others through his amazing technology. This inspirational podcast will be an asset to anyone who struggles with their sight! 

Louie App: https://louievoice.com/

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Dr Katherine Dale is a naturopath who wants to lift the stigma and the taboos surrounding talking about menstruation and women’s health. She is committed to empowering women and encouraging self-awareness and body knowledge. We discuss many topics including periods, ovarian cancer, period pants, masturbation and fertility.  Dr Katherine shares her wisdom on all aspects of women’s sexual health. She explains periods in detail and the way that women’s cycles vary. We learn about the history of menstruation and how society viewed this part of our cycle in the past and how these views have evolved and changed. Dr Katherine organised a Menstrual Awareness Day recently in Hong Kong and she shares what was involved in this celebration of womanhood and menstruation, and how the conversation about all issues related to menstruation was initiated and embraced by women from all ages and all walks of life. She gives us an insight into how our cycle effects the way that we relate to others and the ways that we can use our cycles to make successful choices in life. Dr Katherine enlightens us about the importance of smear tests and what is involved, and we discuss the risks of contracting HPV when not using condoms. I learned a lot about Diva cups and how they work and the origins of this idea. This is such an informative and educational podcast.

Dr Katherine Dale: http://www.drkatherinedale.com/

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Dr Louis-Adrien Ollu is an osteopath and is also studying in a new method in France with a focus on epigenetics, neuroscience, psycho-genealogy and behavioural science. We have a fascinating conversation about masculinity and the social constructs associated with notions of gender. We discuss the Yin and Yang of masculinity and how traits are often both innate and learned in childhood. Louis shares some of the misconceptions associated with masculinity and we look at toxic masculinity and the effect that this has on society. Louis shares some insight into parenting and the impact that parents can have not only on the development of the child’s personality and behaviours, but also on a child’s health as well.  We explore the importance of education in helping children to develop healthy masculine ideals and the impact that modelling behavior can have on child development. Belief systems are built through education, whether it be from schools, the community or parents and it is important to instill the core values of empathy, compassion, emotional intelligence, listening and benevolence in young people. We discuss the evolution of a child’s sexual identity and the Oedipus complex. We also explore the impact of film, television and social media on the development of the child.  This is a fascinating discussion, especially for parents of boys.

Louis-Adrien Ollu: www.louisollu.com

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Dr Hannah Sugarman is a psychologist from the U.K. working in Hong Kong. Mental health issues are on the rise and Hong Kong is no exception. Hannah shares her wisdom on a range of topics including mental health triggers and mindfulness practices. Hannah discusses the stigma surrounding mental health and how we can begin to overcome many myths and misconceptions. We discuss mental health first aid with a focus on suicide and how we can help others and ourselves. There are many resources available for people who need support and Hannah and I touch on a few- both locally and internationally. There are many great ways to improve our mental health and Hannah makes several excellent suggestions that anyone can implement very easily.

Dr Hannah Sugarman: www.reflect-well.com

Warning: This podcast focuses on mental health issues and the topic of suicide. If you feel triggered in anyway, then please contact your local GP. Alternatively, you could reach out to any of the following resources.

The Samaritans HK: https://samaritans.org.hk/

Mind HK: https://www.mind.org.hk/

Beyond Blue AUS: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

CCI AUS: https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/

RU OK AUS: https://www.ruok.org.au/

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Michelle Harris is an empath and healer who combines all her skills to help people reach their potential in all areas of their life. In her company ‘Michelle Harris International' she combines healing, empowerment and spirituality to help others connect to their inner self and enable them to express their uniqueness in the world. Through mindfulness, meditation and different healing methods; including her own healing system called Draco Dragon healing symbols system, past life, inner child and crystal work. Michelle helps people to step into their magnificence - personally, spiritually, and professionally. Michelle shares her own personal story about how she faced various challenges in her early life and was in the depths of depression, trauma and suffering. Seeking solace in self-hate and self-punishment patterns, an eating disorder and alcohol, she turned her life around through alternative healing. Michelle is connected to spirits and shares how her psychic ability manifests. She takes me on my own little mini psychic healing session which is really enlightening, and she gave me some great insight into changes that I could make to be the best version of myself.

Michelle Harris International: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleHarrisInternational/

Michelle Harris Instagram: @michelle.harris.international

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Candace Castro has been a seeker all her life, looking for a way to live a life of joy, purpose and love.  Her childhood conditioning deeply affected the way she viewed herself. She struggled with crippling negative self-talk and had a yearning to belong. This negativity impacted the kind of life choices she made which, often caused her great distress and suffering.  She has been self-employed for most of her life and knows what it means to be both independent as well as dependent, having become a “tai tai” after her marriage to a man of wealth and importance and having to face all the attendant challenges and responsibilities of being a “corporate wife”. Even though she “had it all”, Candace still found her life empty, purposeless and pointless.  Her life experiences combined with the practice of Kundalini Yoga helped her to become the Tai Tai Yogini and to gain insight into how to help herself and other women discover a path to happiness and fulfillment. She now works with women who feel restless and displaced and helps them to find their life purpose and go beyond their self-imposed limitations by using the tools that she has discovered in Kundalini yoga. 

Candace Castro: https://candacecastro.com/

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Lexi is a teenager with OCD, anxiety, mood disorder and depression. She shares her story of how she coped with her mental health issues during her school years and the challenges that she faced along the way. Lexi talks about her OCD obsessions and compulsions and the impact that these fears and rituals had on her life. Lexi could not go to school for many months as her washing compulsions became so hard to manage and the stress of trying to hide her OCD from others wore her down. She talks about the CBT and exposure therapy that helped turn her life around. Lexi reminds us that OCD is a selective and irrational disorder and she knows that it will be something that she will have to manage for the rest of her life. Often her mental health issues made her feel worthless and she would sleep for days on end and could not get out of bed. Lexi is a youth ambassador for the ODC and Anxiety Support Group in Hong Kong and is a mental health advocate. Lexi is an incredibly courageous teenager who is an inspiration to others.

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Sylvia Tsui is an Energetic Transformation Life Coach who encourages us to love ourselves more in our quest for happiness. She used to work long hours and felt really stressed from time to time.  Finally, she fell ill and was in the hospital.  After that she decided to leave the corporate world and help real life people meet their goals.  Sylvia learned about how energy and our mind works, and she studied with spiritual masters. She is now an energy healing practitioner and encourages people to meditate to release blockages and to lead a more fulfilling life. Sylvia talks to us about energy, or Chi (Qi) as it is known in Chinese culture and how we can draw down the cosmic energy to heal ourselves and others. Sylvia uses body scanning with her hands to feel the energy and the chakras of the body and people’s auras. Sylvia is a Diamond Life coach and does a lot of work as a mindset coach as well. Sylvia talks to us about karma and how releasing karma can heal our past and transform our lives into something beautiful. Sylvia takes me through a 'Transform Your Life' mini healing session and then leads me on a healing meditation which listeners may wish to participate in. It was an amazing experience and I felt a real shift after this live healing session. I felt a real sense of peace and calm.

Sylvia Tsui: https://sylviatsui.com/

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