Let’s Talk Failure

04/10/2022

Episode 9 Post out now on Spotify! (12 July 2022) Summary In this Episode, Ms Sabrina Ooi, Co-founder and CEO of Calm Collective Asia talks to us about societal expectations to succeed and her mental health journey. She recalls her early schooling experience in a “gifted” environment, and offers -care tips to escape from unhealthy competition. She also shares about her approach to mindfulness through 3 questions she journals about every day!

Episode 9 Post out now on Spotify! (12 July 2022) Summary In this Episode, Ms Sabrina Ooi, Co-founder and CEO of Calm Collective Asia talks to us about societal expectations to succeed and her ment…

04/10/2022

Episode 10 is out now on Spotify! (5 August 2022) Summary From failing to get admitted into NUS Medicine despite stellar grades, having his career stalled, and being diagnosed with Nose Cancer, Mr Baey Yam Keng has seen it all, and still remains positive. Despite these unexpected and seemingly “unfair” challenges from life, he shares ways to remain positive, keep an open mind, and maintain one’s drive for success.

Episode 10 is out now on Spotify! (5 August 2022) Summary From failing to get admitted into NUS Medicine despite stellar grades, having his career stalled, and being diagnosed with Nose Cancer, Mr …

25/09/2022

*GIVEAWAY ALERT*

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05/08/2022

[Ep 10: Handling Life's Unexpected Setbacks & Finding the Silver Linings] 🌦

From failing to get admitted into NUS Medicine 💉despite stellar grades👨‍🎓, having his career stalled, and being diagnosed with Nose Cancer🦠, Mr Baey Yam Keng has seen it all, and still remains positive. Despite these unexpected and seemingly “unfair” challenges from life, he shares ways to remain positive, keep an open mind, and maintain one’s drive for success💪.

Out now! Link in Bio! Search ‘Let’s Talk Failure’ 🎙on Spotify.

Audience Question by : “How do you maintain your drive to exercise despite your busy schedule”

Note: Episode 10 would be our last in a while as the hosts will be on a hiatus for our A-Levels!

12/07/2022

[Ep 9] Breaking Free from Unhealthy Competition with Mindfulness & Self-care

In this Episode, Ms Sabrina Ooi, Co-founder and CEO of talks to us about unhealthy societal expectations to succeed and her mental health journey. She recalls her early schooling experience in a “gifted” environment, and offers care tips💆‍♂️to escape from unhealthy competition. She also shares about her approach to mindfulness through 3 questions she journals about every day!😇

07/07/2022

Summary Ever felt isolated and ‘left out’ in JC? In this Episode, Minister of State Sun Xueling shares candidly about her past struggles adapting into JC, as well as how she tackled these challenges. We also discuss the current mental health issues exacerbated by social media and our restrictive societal definition of success today. She also shares about the current initiatives and efficacy of current mental health interventions, including the movement. Transcription

https://letstalkfailure.wordpress.com/2022/07/07/ep-8-sun-xueling-on-her-jc-struggles-mental-health-defining-success/

Summary Ever felt isolated and ‘left out’ in JC? In this Episode, Minister of State Sun Xueling shares candidly about her past struggles adapting into JC, as well as how she tackled these challenge…

08/06/2022

[Episode 8] Ever felt isolated and ‘left out’ in JC?😔 In this Episode, Minister of State Sun Xueling shares candidly about her past struggles adapting into JC, as well as how she tackled these challenges.💪 We also discuss the current mental health issues exacerbated by social media and our restrictive societal definition of success today. She also shares about the current initiatives and efficacy of current mental health interventions, including the movement.

30/05/2022

[Episode 7]:
Worried about your A-levels? Fear no more!

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Listen to Mr Marvin Kang share his A-levels experience with us on episode 7 of Lets Talk Failure (link in bio)✨

Thank you so much for your support 💛

21/05/2022

[Episode 7] In this episode, Marvin Kang, Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Astronauts Collective (TAC) shares about his experience from failing A-Levels😔, overcoming a severe gaming addiction, to becoming a government scholar with a Harvard degree. 👨‍🎓

He also talks about his mission currently at TAC🚀 to inspire and help youths like us discover our career interests and passions at an early age.

20/05/2022

[New Co-Host: En Ying] Hey there, I’m En Ying, a Y6 student from Raffles Institution!🤪

I believe that Let’s Talk Failure provides a platform for youth to gain new perspectives on failure and view failure as an essential part of everyone’s journey.👍

20/05/2022

[Host Introduction: Rayner] Hi! I’m Rayner, currently a JC 2 Student at Raffles Institution. Prompted by my own personal experiences with setbacks, I decided to embark on Let’s Talk Failure!🙂

I love eating baguettes and can speak french too!🥖

19/05/2022

[New Season!] Stay tuned for Season 2 of Let's Talk Failure, featuring more exciting guests & episodes. 😄

We will continue sharing more relatable stories to help you overcome failure and redefine success!🎉

16/04/2022

[End of Season 1 - Guest Recap]😀

As we come to an end of Season 1 of our Podcast, I thought it most suitable to give a BIG thank you🙏 to all the guests on the show! It's been such a privilege to speak to so many wonderful people on the podcast, that I wouldn't think otherwise possible as a JC 2 kid. I'll truly treasure all the advice and chats we had!

All the success of the podcast is wholly due to to our guests whom have kindly volunteered their time and bravely shared about their setbacks and vulnerabilities.

Thank you all so much for that!❤️

- Rayner

Life’s Greatest Lessons, Through Stories of Setbacks

15/04/2022

[End of Season 1 - Our Partners]

Thank you to the support from , without which this podcast couldn’t have come as far.

I was intrigued by the story of Mr Irwin See, a former JC teacher who started his own GP tuition centre. During a school talk to the Humanities Programme Students at RI, he shared candidly about his challenges overcoming a bout of depression after years teaching at various MOE schools - which prompted him to reconsider his life, and think about starting Irwin’s Study, as well as making a greater impact on society.

The Seed Initiative, the social arm of the centre which aims to support social projects to make an impact of society, has been of great help to Let’s Talk Failure. Mr Irwin’s endorsement of our project truly means alot too, given his own story of overcoming setbacks.

14/04/2022

Episode 6 is now now on Spotify!

https://letstalkfailure.wordpress.com/2022/04/14/episode-6-ms-carrie-tan/

Summary: In our final episode of Season 1, our first ever female guest – Ms Carrie Tan, shares candidly about her experience setting up Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT), and the challenges she is …

14/04/2022

14/04/2022