Awkward Turtle At Work

On this special Trans Remembrance Day, we are thrilled to bring you our final episode for now, featuring the remarkable Schuyler Bailar. In this conversation, we dive deep into Schuyler's newly released book, 'he/she/they,' a powerful exploration of their personal journey and experiences as a transgender individual.'he/she/they' serves as a catalyst for meaningful conversations about gender identity, acceptance, and the power of personal narratives. As we honour Trans Remembrance Day, we celebrate the resilience and strength of the transgender community. This episode serves as a platform to amplify voices and foster understanding. It's a reminder that everyone's story is unique and deserving of respect and recognition.Although this may be our final episode for now, it's not a goodbye! We're grateful for the incredible guests, insightful conversations, and the support you've shown us. Stay tuned for more inspiring content as we continue to explore diverse perspectives and celebrate authenticity.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

Thrilled to have Brian on the show, Founder of Whole Business Wellness!Brian shares his wealth of knowledge on creating thriving cultures in the workplace through applied mindfulness, resilience building, and experiential learning. As the co-founding Chair of the Male Allies initiative and a board member of The Women's Foundation, Brian emphasizes the importance of inclusion, belonging, and positive mental health. Join us as we explore practical strategies for prioritizing well-being and fostering mentally healthy work environments.Episode Highlights:Brian’s journey from business leadership roles to founding Whole Business Wellness.Discover how applied mindfulness and resilience positively impact focus, stress reduction, and overall well-being in the workplaceExplore strategies for building inclusive cultures that promote diversity, belonging, and positive mental healthConnect with Brian Henderson:https://www.wholebusinesswellness.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-henderson-he-him-0207773/ https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ear7rP97Mt8AFOWIAj5vbO🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

ADHD Awareness week is here. So I have Dr. Kristie Craigen on the show today, explaining how her work helps with the neurodivergent community.  Dr. Kristie Craigen is the founder of CRAIGEN EVALUATIONS. She is a psychometric testing specialist and expert witness with almost two decades of assessment experience in clinical, educational, and organisational contexts. Since attaining her doctoral degree 10 years ago, her work has focused on the assessment and evaluation of children, adolescents, adults, and families who are experiencing behavioural, emotional, social, and/or academic difficulties often in the presence of complex family systems issues. In addition to her work as a clinician, Dr. Craigen is a child advocate and frequently assists the Courts in providing psychological evaluations, assessments, and child custody/access recommendations.  www.drkristiecraigen.com 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

This week I had the pleasure of having Amanda Fok - founder of Let’s talk ADHD. Amanda is organising the ADHD Awareness Week in HK from October 22 - 28th! Undiagnosed ADHD can be the root cause of poor mental health such as anxiety and depression. Just like other so call ‘underrepresented’ groups, ADHD holds a strong stigma and misconception.Amanda is here to debunk all of that and share the MANY POSITIVES of having ADHD! https://www.letstalkadhd.org.hk www.amanda.hkwww.hkadhdcoaching.com IG: @lets_talk_adhdIG: @amandafok100🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

I love having products that exists to break taboos and brings social change, introducing Luüna - a natural period care! This week we discussed:- Why talking about menstruation is key in the gender equity conversation.- Repositioning the product as a healthcare product rather than consumer product, and rightly so! - Reframing how we percieve menstrual cycle.- How inclusion may be designed to help a particular group, but true inclusion is when the end result will benefit EVERYONE!- How she uses cultural influences to advance her mission with Luüna.Olivia is the founder of LUÜNA. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, as well as a leading voice on menstrual equity and gender equality. She has been recognised for this work through accolades such as the Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow 2023, Hong Kong Young Leader of Tomorrow 2022 and Forbes 30 Under 30 2021.LUÜNA is a women-led social enterprise with a mission to advance gender equality by building a more equitable world for all people with periods. Working with brands, companies, schools and communities, LUÜNA provides access to their sustainable menstrual products, taboo-free knowledge and an impact-driven community, ensuring menstruation can be experienced with dignity, so we all have what we need to thrive. IG: @Luuna.care LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/luuna-care🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

Back with the wonderful Joanna Hotung, in Part 2, we talked about: Everyone is talking about safe spaces, but how do we actually create them? The schools need them, the workplace needs them, and frankly in society. As always we chat about these topics from the Asian perspective:The holistic approach to work Developing better listeners The Hong Kong education systems Joanna is the Director of Hotung Mills Education Foundation. She is the Founder of the KG Group, which has seen over 80,000 young people pass through its doors, and alumni are studying at prestigious universities or working in a wide range of fields worldwide. Prior to this she worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Marks and Spencer, Head Office, London. Joanna has degrees from the Universities of London and Warwick, and is a Licentiate of Trinity College London. She is an Arts Advisor to the University of Warwick, and a Board Member at The Women’s Foundation, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, Youth Diabetes Action, Playright Children’s Play Association, and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.  Among many awards, she is the winner of South China Morning Post Women of our Time and the American Chamber of Commerce Women of Influence Entrepreneur award. You can learn more about Joanna here: www.hotungmills.org 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

One of the best conversations I’ve had so far on the show & I will be splitting this up into 2 episodes! Everyone is talking about safe spaces, but how do we actually create them? The schools need them, the workplace need them, and frankly in society. As always we chat about these topics with the Asian perspective:Failure and the power of ‘I don’t know!’ The intergenerational gap in the workplace The ‘human’ skills we need to hone in on Joanna is Director of Hotung Mills Education Foundation. She is the Founder of the KG Group, which has seen over 80,000 young people pass through its doors, and alumni are studying at prestigious universities or working in a wide range of fields worldwide. Prior to this she worked at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Marks and Spencer, Head Office, London. Joanna has degrees from the Universities of London and Warwick, and is a Licentiate of Trinity College London. She is an Arts Advisor to the University of Warwick, and a Board Member at The Women’s Foundation, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, Youth Diabetes Action, Playright Children’s Play Association, and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.  Among many awards, she is winner of South China Morning Post Women of our Time and the American Chamber of Commerce Women of Influence Entrepreneur award. You can learn more about Joanna here: www.hotungmills.org 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

In this episode with we discussed:-What is the landscape for Disability in HK & around the world -Why is understanding Disability diversity so important -& Walter’s love for Wing Chun! Walter Tsui is the Co-Founder and CEO of CareER. CareER supports highly educated people with disabilities or special education needs in Hong Kong. CareER was recognised by the Vienna-based Zero Project Award 2021 of being the Innovative Practice for Employment from Civil Society. It was also awarded by The Hong Kong Council of Social Service as the Most Impactful Small and Medium-sized Non- subvented NGO in 2019.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

Here is part 2 of the episode with Steph from Body Banter. Continuing the theme of Mental Health x Summer in HK, we talked about how this may also play out with other identities we hold, more importantly how this affects EVERYONE. We also discussed how the traditional binary mindset can be harmful in these conversations, and how it can further reinforce negative associations and ideas we tell ourselves. Humans… we create our own problems! NY Times article we referenced on changing the name doesn't address the root of the stigma: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/health/schizophrenia-name-change.html IG: @_themightymunchkin_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-ng-0179a1151/ Website: https://themightymunchkin.weebly.com/ Body Banter IG: bodybanterBody Banter website: www.bodybanter.com  🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

WE DID IT! With your help, this podcast is now in the Top 80 Hong Kong Podcasts! Truly thank you to every single human that has been listening, supporting and sharing with their circles. See more: https://blog.feedspot.com/hong_kong_podcasts/  ☀️Summer is here, which can be stress-free for some, but high anxiety for others. So I want to introduce Steph to chat about this and what we can all work on. Steph is the founder of Body Banter, a registered S88 charity in Hong Kong that empowers young people to spark conversations about body image with curiosity and courage. You may also recognise her from platforms such as BBC, TEDx, Channel NewsAsia, Tatler Asia, NowTV, and Deutsche-Welle. This was such a lovely and fruitful chat, I have decided to split it into 2 parts, so for now, enjoy part 1! NY Times article we referenced on changing the name doesn't address the root of the stigma: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/20/health/schizophrenia-name-change.html IG: @_themightymunchkin_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-ng-0179a1151/ Website: https://themightymunchkin.weebly.com/ Body Banter IG: bodybanterBody Banter website: www.bodybanter.com  🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

Continuing on the theme of Allyship, but this time, Allyship within the LGBT+ Community! Allyship is not a role exclusive to non-LGBT+ folks, anyone can be an ally. Allyship within the community is what really started the ‘LGBT+’ history. The LGBT+ Community is full of diverse identities and it’s about time that we do a better job of advocating for each other!  Allyship is fundamental within the community #4 Yu Sheng Teo, Founder of Heckin'​ Unicorn  You can follow Yu Sheng’s work here:https://instagram.com/heckin.unicorn/ https://www.heckinunicorn.com  🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

PRIDE month is here! 🌈🏳️‍⚧️ This month is all about celebration - but not just the community. We also need to celebrate the allies that have supported us and helped us to change perception, really our very best cheerleaders! Fern Ngai is an incredible ally, one of the best we can ever ask for. Her work at Community Business still has a huge legacy today, and even know she is now retired, there is no stopping her!  🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

Last of the mini-series from our sponsor, Ernst & Young (EY). This week, we have Claudia & Henry sharing sharing their lived experiences as Trans Activists, and how it differs in the East and West.  On top of that, we also hear about how the sentiment has changed over the years.  🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

Coming back with a BANG 💥 Ernst & Young (EY) has sponsored a mini-series on a topic I am personally very passionate about - Transgender Inclusion 🏳️‍⚧️This week, Terri McDowell from the trans community and Mia who is a parent of a transgender child - a perspective you don't hear often.  This sparked conversations about:How intergenerational, intercultural trans experience plays out What allyship and advocacy can look like, the capacity can be different for everyone The role of parents in Transition 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

After a year of hiatus, AWKWARD TURTLE AT WORK IS BACK!! The Trailer explains where I've been, and what I've been doing this past year, including on where this podcast will be headed! Sooo tune in from next Monday, to hear more amazing human stories!   🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

Final episode of the series, I had to leave the best till last. Sonalie aka the Green Queen is on the podcast to share her story of starting the Green Queen. We spoke on some of the harsh reality women faces through education, the workplace and the general society. All these experiences nudged her toward taking a risk into starting her own business. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Follow GUEST on:LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalie-figueiras-green-queen/Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel:Instagram_ @Efung94 https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ Youtube_ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4d-6Tc5wtZU-MRgGUpmp-g LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.awkwardturtlepod.pageThank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

No doubt Gen Z has a very different perspective on the world, let alone the workplace. Anushka is in her Final Year and is the CEO and Co-founder of many social-driven businesses. Her university experience was coupled with the madness of COVID and various world-changing events in this period. It is only right to hear what their thoughts are on the world of business and work. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Follow GUEST on:Instagram_ https://instagram.com/anushka.purohitLinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/anushkapurohit/ Twitter_ https://twitter.com/anushka_purohit Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel:Instagram_ @Efung94 https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ Youtube_ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4d-6Tc5wtZU-MRgGUpmp-g LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.awkwardturtlepod.pageThank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

Storytelling is really the basis of this podcast, I wanted to bring real life stories to share with lovely humans in the world and what better way to get someone who is an expert at this! Imogen is a story ninja and award-winning writer. She co-founded Three Wise Sheep Productions to create film and television content that puts women at the front and centre of the story - which got her to attend some really cool film festivals! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Follow GUEST on:Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/imogen_short/LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/imogenshort/ Facebook_ https://www.facebook.com/imogen.short/ Website_ https://www.threewisesheepproductions.com Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel:Instagram_ @Efung94 https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ Youtube_ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4d-6Tc5wtZU-MRgGUpmp-g LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.awkwardturtlepod.pageThank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

Pursuing art as a career is tough wherever you are in the world. How about being in a city like Hong Kong where Finance is at the heart of everything, and corporates careers are the most sought after? I met Jonathan Jay Lee last year at my TEDx talk and it was incredible to hear his story, the way he sees Hong Kong and his perspective on work and education is admirable. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Follow GUEST on:Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/jonathanjaylee/ Website_ https://www.jonathanjaylee.com Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel:Instagram_ @Efung94 https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ Youtube_ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4d-6Tc5wtZU-MRgGUpmp-g LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.awkwardturtlepod.page🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.

Having a lifestyle media platform online seems to be everywhere nowadays, but what was it like 13 years ago when this format of online media was almost unheard of?! Listen to the story on how she founded The Honeycombers! Chris is now ready to take it to the next level, lifting other Entrepreneur up by starting a community over at Launchpad - essentially giving us what she wished she had when she first got started! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Follow GUEST on:Instagram_ (Launchpad) https://www.instagram.com/thelaunchpad.group/ Instagram_(Honeycombers) https://www.instagram.com/honeycombershk/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisedwardshoneycombers/ Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel:Instagram_ @Efung94 https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ Youtube_ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4d-6Tc5wtZU-MRgGUpmp-g LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.awkwardturtlepod.page🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Please remember to give us a rating on the pod, it will help other humans to find this show! Want to share your story? Here is how you can get in touch and support this channel: Instagram_ https://www.instagram.com/efung94/ LinkedIn_ https://www.linkedin.com/emeryfung Website_ https://www.emeryfung.com 🎙🐢Thank you for your support! Awkward Turtle Over and Out.