The Happiness Diary Podcast with Simon Ngo

This episode is another long awaited Meaningful Conversations segment episode where I invite a good friend of mine, Caitlin Robertson, over to my apartment to talk about her personal journey in going chemical free and sharing her knowledge and top tips in swapping into a more chemical-free lifestyle. We spoke about (the following) plus SO MUCH MORE! • how did she get on to this journey herself? • what actually are essential oils? • how are they extracted and produced? • how do we know if we are getting the quality ones vs copycats out there? • why she uses Young Living Essential Oils? • what are her personal favourite essential oils to use? • what household and personal care items we all should swap out with a more chemical-free alternative? • what ingredients on the label are immediate red flags? • why we need to steer clear of these harmful toxins and chemicals in our lives? • is it financially possible for everyone to afford the journey to swap-out? • her mission to continually share this chemical-free journey with others and how you can get involved yourself? Notes/Resources: • The must-watch Netflix Documentary "Stink" • The must-read article on the companies with harmful chemicals in shampoo • The website you can read more about Young Living's sourcing and sustainable practice in producing essential oils: SeedToSeal.Com • The app you can install on your smartphone to cross-check your beauty, household and personal care products on the list of ingredients: ThinkDirty available on both iTunes and Google Play The upcoming Sydney chemical-free living workshop/gathering/masterclass happening on January 5th, 2019. Please DM either Caitlin or myself on Insta to get all the details. Come along and commence your chemical-free journey sooner rather than later along with the full support of the team. As usual, if you have enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the podcast wherever you tune in from. A 5-star review will help support a start-up podcast like us a very long way! Look forward to hearing what you guys think on this juicy episode! Until next time, "Sleep is Golden", "Movement is Medicine", "Mindfulness is Magic". Sxx

Part 3 to the Understanding Stress series - Mindfulness/Meditation is MAGIC! Catch up on Part 1: Sleep and Stress and Part 2: Movement is Medicine to make up the complete series. Enjoy! Tune in to listen what mindfulness and meditation feels for me and the Top 5 benefits we can all enjoy from having a regular mindfulness/meditation practice in our lives. • Stress reduction • Controlling anxiety • Prevent/Manage depression • Increase self-awareness • Pain management

Part 2 to Episode 7 - Understanding Stress (Part 1): Stress and Sleep. In this episode, we speak about stress and movements (or exercise). As our body doesn't really differentiate between good and bad stress, we have to be careful to not overexercise. Truth though, most people aren't active enough! I share my five top tips to get more movement in our lives! 1. I talk about how I pencil it in the diary and commit to this appointment. The easiest way to make it happen. 2. I share my strategies for creating incidental movements throughout the day. 3. We use technology to our advantage by holding ourselves accountable to step counts and be a little competitive about it. 4. We check the ego at the door to take baby steps as every small step forward is progress rather than failing. 5. We take the no excuse approach to simply find something we like and enjoy! And, please subscribe and rate to help this podcast grow! DM me on Insta @simonngo.wellness to let me know your thoughts.

Latest episode of The Happy Hour Podcast with Simon Ngo. This episode, I wanted to dive deeper into understanding stress in our lives. The good ones and the bad ones. And how they show up differently in our lives including the impact etc. If you were lucky enough to have tuned into the pilot episode (which was anything than presentable and how I have come a long way since then!), you will remember that the pilot episode was about the three things we could all include our lives, which are sleep, exercise, and meditation. First one off the rank, let's talk about sleep. Not just any sleep but good quality sleep. Let's talk about what sleep does and where does it come in the picture when it comes to stress. Let's talk about the preparation for a good night's sleep. The apps mentioned in the episode were: "Good Morning" and "Sleep Cycle". Happy sleeping and thanks for tuning into this episode. As always, please rate, review and share or comment via Insta @simonngo.wellness Sxx

Welcome back to the pod! A quick bonus mini episode to quickly clear the air about what or who is this Les Mills thing we all keep hearing about on the pod! PS I totally missed out on Les Mills BODYBALANCE/BODYFLOW™! Ooops sorry all Balance/Flow instructors out there! Yours in happiness, Simon