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Because none of us really know what we are doing. Great conversations, with even cooler people. Hosted by Demi Kotsoris
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Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
In this episode we discuss his struggle with calling himself a writer, despite writing everyday for the past 10 years...His "unconventional" career path and current job that is hard to describe. His outlook on community and how he has seen people come together and what that can create in the right environment.
Lowkey warning, this ep might make you want to quit your job and travel the world with a bunch of strangers. I dunno, could be a great idea?
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Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Eloise is the co-founder of FIGR where they recognised that there was a veil of shame tainting the real purpose of lubricant: to make moments of intimacy more pleasurable. So during covid they decided to launch FIGR, a lube company for 21st-century peeps!
In this episode, Eloise and I discuss not only her business journey but her personal journey growing up in a household where sex was prominent but still not discussed. As her father was the owner of Condom Kingdom (a sex shop in Australia). We discuss the lack of open conversations around sex, how it affects people, how it can cause harm and how it can make us feel as though we are the only ones who have no clue wtf is going on!
Eloise is so open in this discussion and I'm so grateful to have had her on the pod, she's an absolute delight and you're going to love this chat!
If you do this weeks challenge please be sure to let us know via IG or email @themillennialcrisis or hello@themillennialcrisis.com
Challenge: Have a day with your phone on aeroplane mode, staying away from technology and just taking time to yourself, to be bored, to discover and to sit with yourself guilt-free.
Connect with Eloise & learn about FIGR:
FIGR website
FIGR Instagram
Eloise Instagram
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
*Trigger warning in this episode we touch on domestic violence & suicide, if you feel you will be triggered by any of these conversations please skip this episode*
This week's guest is Sa'ad Mustafā he is a Tiktoker, activist and social commentator. Sa'ad has made waves online with his social commentary, vulnerability and activism he has been shared and celebrated by celebrities including J-Lo & Justin Baldoni, and his videos have reached millions across the globe!
His virality isn't as impressive as his ability to share openly, to practice empathy and educate us through his commentary. In this episode, we talk about how he is content in his "imperfections", the mistakes he has made in his past and how he continues to learn and grow every day.
We talk a lot about his journey growing up around DV, how he pulled himself out of rock bottom, his mental health journey and his relationship with his parents.
I believe everybody can take something from this episode and Sa'ad's journey and feel super grateful that Sa'ad shared his story with us so intimately. Sa'ad is a genuinely imperfectly awesome guy, and I can't wait for you all to listen and take away a piece of Sa'ads story with you.
Challenge:
Find 5 reasons of how you can forgive your parents or a guardian figure for something you feel they've done wrong by you.
If you do this weeks challenge please let us know how you go with it and tag us in your stories or send us a DM if you do it we'd love to hear how you went :)
Follow Sa'ad:
Tiktok
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
This week's guest is Junie she is the Founder of Propel Innovations. Junie has a diverse professional background, having worked in Banking, Education, Health, Events, Hospitality and Not-for-Profits in Canada, India, Mexico, China and Australia. Her passion for innovation, entrepreneurship, strategy and technology is the driving force behind Propel Innovations.
Junie asked herself: “Where are the Black Bill Gates?”. She couldn’t see herself in the tech industry. When she read that an AI has an error rate of 35% of recognizing people like Serena Williams, Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, she wasn’t astonished. Junie decided she’d bring her diversity of knowledge and lived experience by breaking into tech with no tech background to bridge the gap between product and people. Propel Innovations is on a mission to partner with companies to engage with the multi-faceted nature of their audience and in doing so, build greater business.
In the next 5 years, Propel Innovations wants to remove biases in the design and development of tech.
She is so inspiring and her passion for creating change in the world with her own skillsets. I mean, when Junie's not working in Propel Innovations, she's is out training for her next Ironman70.3 - I told y'all she really does it all! This ep really got me thinking about how I can make more of an impact on the world and what small steps I can take.
This episode is perfect for anybody looking for inspo on how to find purpose in not only their work but their life, Junie has played by her own rules and her curiosity and thirst for learning and growing is going to get you to take a small action in your world!
I hope you enjoy this ep as much as I enjoyed recording it!
Challenge:
Look at the list of resources on anti-racism in the below link and choose your medium of learning (reading, video, audio etc.). Pick one of the resources and take time to learn from the people on the list, perhaps you may see how you're contributing to a problem you thought you were working to fight against! I'm keen to learn and grow and see how we can implement what we learn into the MC to ensure we are actively working to be anti-racist!
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic
If you do this weeks challenge please let us know how you go with it and tag us in your stories or send us a DM if you do it we'd love to hear how you went :)
Connect with Junie:
LinkedIn
Propel Innovations
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Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
This week's guest is founder of 20 Talk a platform for young adults to integrate mental health tools into their life. Leighton's passion for preventative mental healthcare comes from personal experience both with himself and others in his life that have suffered.
We walk openly about mental health & wellness, how it's an ongoing struggle and that everybody deals with things differently. We also talk about how systems are letting young people down and that we need to demand more from our government in where our $$ are going.
This episode is perfect if you're feeling alone in your mental health struggles, and want an insight into what it's like to run a purpose-driven business (the ups and downs not just the shiny side!)
I hope you enjoy this ep as much as I enjoyed recording it!
Challenge: To combat information overload, create an excel spreadsheet or notes on your phone & create a note called "Life lessons" when you hear something or read something that really resonates with you add it to your life lessons list. You will begin to curate a list of things that you really resonate with and can read them as reminders when life gets a little too confusing.
If you do this weeks challenge please let us know how you go with it and tag us in your stories or send us a DM if you do it we'd love to hear how you went :)
Connect with Leighton & 20 Talk:
20 Talk Instagram
20 Talk Website
Leightons LinkedIn
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Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Today's ep we talk about mental health, well-being and career success and how they are all intertwined.
Emma Stapelton is Head of Customer Success at Mecca brands, and as impressive as her title is, it's honestly the least interesting thing about her. Emma & I's conversation dives deep into what it took to get her to where she is today, her struggle with mental health, chronic illness and all the other sh*t life throws at you while you're trying to work and figure out who tf you are??
Emma is sooo wise, and shares so many incredible gems and tools from her own experiences that I can't wait for you to hear.
Challenge: Take a piece of paper & write down all of the change you've experienced in your life (work, personal etc.). After you do that, take another piece of paper and write down a list of your 10 best qualities (the things you like the most about yourself, your strengths etc.). Then take those 2 lists sit them side by side, and while you take a look at them think about how many of your best qualities you would have if you hadn't gone through all of those changes.
Connect with Emma:
LinkedIn
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Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
This week's guest is MC community member and all-round legend Dinch. We talk a lot about personal growth throughout your 20s, how we are constantly changing and the struggles that can come with that.
We touch on mental health and therapy and Dinch shares a lot about the importance of language and how he is mindful of his words. Dinch's outlook on language really changed my perspective and gave me a lot to think about, so I hope this episode does the same for you.
This is the perfect episode if you're feeling as though you're in a growth phase and are struggling to showcase that to those around you, Dinch shares some great ways of setting boundaries with your friends and family & having difficult conversations.
I hope you enjoy this ep as much as I enjoyed recording it!
Challenge: Put your phone in another room or out of reach at night and don't go and grab it as soon as you wake up. Wait at least 20min-1hr before using your phone.
I'm scared but excited to do this weeks challenge please let us know how you go with it and tag us in your stories or send us a DM if you do it we'd love to hear how you went :)
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Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Sabina McKenna is an Australian curator and writer of Nigerian-Irish Heritage. She is the creator of The Where Are You From? project, a photojournalistic series about cultural identity.
Where are you from? has achieved local and international acclaim, with features in press publications that include ABC TV, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Frankie Magazine, iD UK and so many more.
Today's episode we have a very open conversation about race, micro aggressions, and although we all want to show up in the world in a similar way, some of us are met with different reactions and responses.
I want you to listen to this episode openly, and reflect on your own experience and your own actions. None of us are perfect, we are all learning and going as people that's exactly what this podcast and space is about. But accountability is super important, so once we know better we can do better.
I loved my conversation with Sabina and am so grateful for her and the incredible work she is doing at "Where are you from", so please go and support her and her project! Please lets us know how you go with this weeks challenge both Sabina and I would love to hear about it so use the links below to either tag us in a post or DM us your experience!
Connect with Sabina & WAYF here:
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Tuesday Aug 09, 2022
Today’s episode I chat with a Youtuber, content creator, film maker extrodainare who gave up city life to live in a cabin in the middle of well… no where the north of Sweden.
He’s name is Kalle, and he is the prime definition of living life on your own terms. We talk through his journey of building a life he always dreamed of, and if you listen to the podcast it won’t come as a shock to you that it wasn’t easy to do & it’s still not always sunshine and roses.
Kalle, is a real inspiration and shared a wealth of wisdom about really saying f*ck it, taking some what calculated risk and trying something different. He talks through his 7+ year long journey to get to where he is today and the reality of what life looks like.
This episode is perfect if you’re sitting in a job that is sucking the life out of you, and you need some Inso to shake things up, Kalle is surely going to share something that will motivate you to take a step forward!
Challenge: Take out some time in your day, sit down and grab a pen and paper. I want you to really think about this.
Step 1: Write down, if you were to die right now, what ideas, thoughts and dreams would die with you?
Step 2: What is REALLY stopping you from doing this? And is there a small first step you can take to do some of these things?
Follow Kalle:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KalleFlodin
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kalleflodin/
If you do this weeks challenge share it on socials and tag us or shoot us a DM about how you went: @themillennialcrisis
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Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
This week I chat with somebody who self-identifies as an introvert but when she walks in a room she makes a statement!
Hui Min who was born in Singapore is a Digital Content Specialist at Vush a sexual wellness brand, who loves emo music and rocks her green hair.
Although what you wear, or how you present yourself shouldn’t be an issue today - hello it’s 2022. It often still is, and it takes guts to be authentically you, no matter what that looks like to you.
In today's episode we discuss how Hui Min became unapologetically who she is - a deadset legend, what her life looked like when she tried to fit in and her experience building a career for herself in a completely new country.
Hui Min is such an incredible person, she inspired me throughout this entire episode and I can’t wait for you to listen to this conversation - it’s a goodie.
Challenge: Hui Min is a designer so she wanted to set a design challenge from the book Design in theory and practice by Ernest A. Batchelder.
You have to draw a cat but only using straight lines. Do it with a friend, or draw one and please DM us or tag us in the photo. It showcases how different people think and use their minds/creativity! I think it will be super fun to see how everyone goes with this.
Connect with Hui Min: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hui-min-chung-7050a316a/
If you do this weeks challenge share it on socials and tag us or shoot us a DM about how you went: @themillennialcrisis
Check out our upcoming events: https://www.themillennialcrisis.com/events
Join our FB Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/844800039494532/