Fathom 8: Knowing Versus Believing

 

Part 1: A Historical Overview (Recorded 23 November 2024)

• The elusive nuance of what KNOWING feels like to me versus the 💩 I BELIEVE
• Leaps of faith are difficult thanks to our lizard brain's obsession with certainty; following intuition takes practice and guts (IRONY 😂)
• Learning to call BULLSHIT on our own thoughts & seeking wisdom from deeper intelligence centres... The energy saving & potentially harmful pitfalls of judgy assumptions🤔

SCARF Model Information

NOTE: The following parts were recorded on 02 November 2025

Part 2: Alternate Perspectives

• Having another crack at the concept & expanding through other perspectives, for the sake of doing this topic justice 🙏 
• No matter how anyone interprets each word, we generally ascribe a mystic / enigmatic / faith-based connotation to one of them leaving the room for subtlety and nuance (i.e. One means 'proof' while the other means 'evidence' 🤔

Part 3: My Eccentric Examples

• Things that I KNOW, but don't necessarily BELIEVE (i.e. like the ones I expose in The Experiment, as well as Part 1 above)
• Trigger Warning: There is no one on Earth as determined as an Anorexic, and I come by that insight honestly 😅
• Closing the knowing-believing gap by rebuilding the TRUST between body & brain, in addition to emerging evidence 
• Things that I BELIEVE, but don't necessarily KNOW (i.e. gnarly nuptials) 💎💞

Part 4: Manifest That 💩

• Things that I neither BELIEVE nor KNOW (i.e. the existence of pure evil) 🤔🙈
• My hypothesis regarding the transition & alignment of these two as a kind of MAGIC 🪄
• KNOWING + BELIEVING = MANIFESTATION 🌈
• How I've attempted this to manifest Self Acceptance... owning and embracing my Velvet Sledgehammer through my gifts of Spicy coaching & facilitation 💖💥😇

Episode 13: Weirdest Week Winner

 

Part 1: Public Urination

Part 2: Greedy Grapefruit

Part 3: Definition of a Gypsy

General Shanghai Photos & Videos

NOTE: Click this view to see photos in day by day post mode 👍

Fathom 7: The Harshest Truth

 

Fathom 6: Melting Moments

 

Part 2: A Reflection

Fathom 5: Emperor's New Clothes

 

China is GREAT! [Whether It Is Or Not Is Irrelevant]💯

• A half-assed & inaccurate rendition of the Famed Tale... and it's still, mind-numbingly, relevant to this day! 😎🎉
• The segregation of ACTUAL Quality from the Perception of Quality... Truly gnarly to behold in various types of scenarios 👌💩
• Bound by the reviews and opinions of others, what's 'On Trend'... My fear of getting caught out for being the naively honest diffident 😶🙊 
• If we're meant to learn from fables, What Have We Learned? 🤔😅

Fathom 4: Imposter Syndrome

 

Humble Beginnings Complicates Hierarchy

• Origin story, for context... the things that Shaped me & makes me marvel... 'How the Hell Did I Get Here?!' 😅🤷
• Witnessing the explanation of this origin story as a means to justify my literal 'Seat at the Table,' while also delighting in hierarchical ridiculousness 👆🙏
• Is Worth innate or earned?! And is our sense of Worth Healthy?! 🤔🤯

Unexpected Invitations to White Privilege 

• 'Rubbing shoulders' & taking stealthy selfies with top Execs; general unmitigated ballsyness.... Because, Why Not?! The Person Who Takes the Action Gets the Reward. 🏅🙌
• Taking the chance of making myself known, despite the awareness that my Spicyness is a bit of a liability 😇😎 
• At the end of the day, I just want to make my Parents proud [even if they don't have any clue why or how these opportunities are worthy of pride] 😂💩

Fathom 3: Death Perception

 

The Cultural Implications of Death

• Appropriately explored on Halloween, complete with costume! 👻
• My varying impressions of death compliments of Inner Demons, my Sister's & Husband's demise 😈😇
• Logically, what's the benefit of being 'right' about death? 🤔
• The differences in Death Perception between China and the US, represented by opposite symbolic colours ☯

Fathom 2: Control Versus Influence

Consideration of Impacts, Not for the Faint of Heart 💞🙏

• Common Coaching conversation fodder.... One's relationship with Control, and the need for certainty to feel Safe 🛟
• Correlation between Self-Awareness, honest Observation & effective Leadership; it's hard-earned, yet Healing! 🙏
• The harsh truth about control, boy do we ever spend our previous Energy trying! 😅
• Gold Standard... Influencing without Intimidation and/or Manipulation 😎🤩
• Intentions and Choices will have consequences, will they be worth it long-term? 🤔

Episode 12: Suzhou Sway

 

General Shanghai Photos & Videos

Suzhou Photos & Videos

NOTE: Click this view to see photos in day by day post mode 👍