THE LITO PODCAST.
The Business of Life.

Hello world. On a typical warm and humid night on 22 November 2018, Dan and Rebecca decided to start a podcast.

Cos backsides itchy. 🍑

This podcast’s mission is three-fold:

1. To have meaningful conversations about Business, Life and Happiness. To explore what it means to be human, and what is possible by living a life with intention (and not by default).

2. To build a community of kindred humans through sharing, learning and growing together.

3. To put out joy into the world. To have fun!

Episode 01:
We Are LITOThe Who What When Where How Why of LITO. How we met. How when LITO started, it wasn’t even a real thing. Plus how Rebecca became a photographer and find out what Dan’s two soft spots are!

Episode 02:
Our First Paying JobsHow we got our first paying gigs. How much we were paid. And who gave us our big breaks. Also, find out how Rebecca got to work with Monocle + lots of other juicy bits.

Episode 03:
Mental HealthNo holds barred. Rebecca and Dan talk about their brushes with depression and a crippling meltdown in New York respectively with 100% transparency + honesty. Bon appetite.

Episode 04:
Tell Me What You Want. What You Really Really Want.What do you want in life? Is there a better way to want what we want? Join us in this fun little exercise to learn a whole NEW and DIFFERENT and FUN way to want what your heart desires.

Episode 05:
Doing Joyful WorkThere's a part of us which believes that work should be hard and feel like er... work. But if you're dreading and not enjoying your work, you're doing it wrong. We explore what joyful work feels like and how we can welcome more of it in our lives.

Bonus: We've also created a special X'mas playlist on Spotify just for you: A LITO KISSMAS

Episode 06:
Goals With Soul
Do your new year resolutions run out of steam by March? Yep, we thought so.

Join us in a simple (but very smart and highly effective) exercise in supercharging your goals so they finally feel energizing and magnetic.

Never do new year resolutions the same way again.

Episode 07:
Scuse Me, Are You An Introvert?
Are you an Introvert or Extrovert? That’s actually a question of Energy!

Introverts aren’t necessarily shy. Introverts tend to expend energy in social interactions, while extroverts look to the same scenarios as a source of energy.⚡️

Both introverts and extroverts seek rewards. It’s in WHERE they look for them that the difference lies.

Episode 08:
We Love Travelling
Warning: you may wanna book a flight right after listening to this episode.

Rebecca is a self-professed travel addict. Dan gets out of Singapore almost every 3-4 months on his "Thinking Retreats."

We talk about our love for travelling (and travelling solo) and the many benefits it brings.

A recap of the Goals With Soul exercise we did a few weeks ago. Rebecca shares her freshly baked list of Core Desires for 2019 and her intention to live a "Sloth Year."

As humans, we spend so much of our time worrying but do we even know what worrying is? What can worrying achieve? Is there any upside to worrying?

Marie Kondo + her haters (yes, one of them even called her a "demon"), plus sharing our experiences of welcoming minimalism and mindful consumption into our lives.

What are you passionate about? Do you even know? Can our passion make us money? How does one convert a passion into a paying job?

We are all behaving like chimpanzees around the social media cooler and it's one heckavu fugly sight. Learn 5 tips on how to handle social media fatigue like a champ (and not chimp).

You asked and we answered! In this fun first parter (of 2 parts), we talked about how to stay motivated, our biggest fears, our pet peeves, and our book recommendations!

The fun and honest answers continue! In this episode, we talked about "faking it till you make it", can anyone be "too smart?", building a survival tool kit for life, and the one thing that Dan is still "struggling" with.

If all these talk about mindfulness and awareness is making you roll your eyes and want to barf a little, this episode is for you! Find out why as a species, we are doomed if we do not live intentionally and just live by “default.”

Get ready for a no holds barred episode as we share our respective stories and how we navigated the painful waters of tricky relationships. Join us as we share, step-by-step, the way you can work through a challenging relationship which you can begin using right away.

How would you like to make an extra $200 per month on the side? You can put those extra moolahs towards paying your bills, dining out at a fancy restaurant, buying extra cuppas of coffee, and treating yourself to a massage every week. Sounds fun right? Making $200 with a side hustle is totally achievable. If you don't think you can do that or have any clue how to get started, tune in!

This week’s episode is a wee bit different. We switch gears and welcome you into our creative jamming session. Join us as we discuss some of our projects and ideas for LITO. The show gets a little cray cray towards the end. Fasten your seat belts!

In our first ever guest interview episode, we sat down with our dear friend Moses Mohan, a transformation and mindfulness coach, and asked him everything we wanted to know about his experience of being a monk for 3 months. Why did he decide to become a monk? How has it changed him? What was his biggest transformation? How is meditation practical in our modern, urban life? And what’s the first step we can take when we are ready to transform our lives?

We put Rebecca in the hot seat this week and get her to spill all the jelly beans on her journey of becoming a commercial photographer. From how she tried her hands on so many things but nothing clicked for years… to how she lands herself the big jobs with international publications like Monocle and The New York Times… to her biggest pay check. Join us in our deep dive!

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens. Do you know what you value in life? In this episode, we share a few of our favourite things which we value. Find out why knowing what we value in life can be valuable. Quite possibly our most hilarious episode yet! But if you want to skip the hilarious bits before the "real" episode starts (you shouldn't), tune in from 19:30 minutes.

#gotallthethingstodo but #notenoughtime and feeling #omgsostressed #iamsofrigginexhausted #needmorethan24hours? Here are 5 Steps To Manage Overwhelm. JUST CLICK PLAY. OKTHXBYE.

We were asked if we would do an episode on Rainbows and Unicorns. So we went ahead to make one. Here’s an invitation to open your heart and let the light shine in. Love so hard it cracks open the world.

Time for more rainbows and unicorns (with confetti this time)! Our conversation continues in this episode where we offer some practical advice and recommendations for navigating the waters if you are struggling with your sexuality. We also have some tips for friends of the GLBTQ community (of course we didn’t forget you).

Do you know how much to charge for your services? Are you afraid of pricing too high (and scare away potential clients) or pricing too low (and can’t pay the bills)? When should you raise your prices? Pricing is part art, part science and part woo woo. Learn the three main ways to price your offers (we tell you which is our favourite) and we share Dan’s magical pricing tool that works every single time.

What do we really want? Isn’t it happiness? What keeps us from being happy? The truth is, happiness is not something we have to get or achieve, because it's something we already have. Wait, what!?

You are enough. In this exact moment. Just as you are. Listen on to find out why.

There is self-care and then there is REAL self-care. Learn how to REALLY care for yourself. Chocolate and salt baths not included.

We answer 2 questions in this episode. 1. Are you overwhelmed, procrastinating or just plain lazy? Find out the difference. 2. Which is the best website platform you should use to build your website.

Build more self-confidence in 58 minutes. Ready, set, go!

Why are we so worried about what others think about us? Why are we so addicted to other people’s approval? Why do we cling onto that one criticism and let it spoil our day? Buckle up, tune in, and emerge with unshakeable confidence.

Feeling stuck? Fret not! We teach you how to get from stuck to unstuck with this one magic tool.

How can we be a better friend? Are you being that friend that you want for yourself? Are friends forever? How do you know when to end a friendship? + We tell you why friendship is like one heckavu big party.

News flash: all clients are not made equal. Do dream clients even exist? What makes them “dreamy?” How do you get more of them?

Sleepless nights, elevated blood pressure, headdesking? Should you fire your client? When’s the time to pull the trigger? And how on earth do you fire one? Fret not. Help is here. Ready, set, aim!

Happy 54th Hatchday, Singapore! Join us in our unabashed, unapologetic love profusion for our sunny island. With 2 little surprises included.

Are you suffering from chronic anxiety? Constantly stressed and on the edge? Afraid of having absolutely no control when the next panic hits? We cover a much requested topic this week. Join us as we deep dive into practical ways to manage anxiety and panic attacks. Grab your favourite hot bevvy and notebook - it's gonna be quite a class. Breathe in. Breathe out. Here we go.

There are four kinds of clients. How you close a deal with each of them should differ. In this week's mini masterclass, we teach you how to set up a client filter, which kind of clients you should stay away from, and which category should form the bulk of your client pool.

Let’s talk about what most people don’t want to talk about yet think about all the time – MONEY. Get ready for some juicy money stories.

We take a back seat this week and snuggle up with 10 distinguished guests. Best consumed with a hot cuppa. Throw blanket and comfy couch optional.

Dare we tackle such a MAMMOTH topic? We say bring it on! Buckle up, boys and girls, and wipe your slates clean. The purpose of your life may not be what you think it is.

We don't like to talk about money. Yet we think about it all the time. Why? Cos money scares us. Cos money triggers #alltheemotions. What’s your relationship with money? What is money to you? Are you lousy with money? There’s so much to talk about money. Let’s break the money taboo once and for all.

Think you’re bad with money? Wanna improve your money situation? Rebecca shares seven of her best tried and tested money actions which you can take right away.

One coaching session can change everything. It helps to reset and refocus your mind. Listening to the podcast will get you new insights but nothing is more profound than having a solid session reserved just for you to clean up your mind to get you unstuck. Find out why life coaching can blow your mind and take your life to the next level.

With three backpacks in tow, Yoke Wen left Singapore and embarked on her scariest adventure – 10 months spent in the mountains, traversing the wilderness both outside and inside of her. What can the Himalayas teach us?

Perhaps the purpose of emotional trauma, if there is one, is not to break us as much as to break us open.

Saying goodbye is difficult and most of us don’t do it enough. Learn when and how to say goodbye to the things in your life that no longer serve you.

且听岁月像旋律永恒，一直陪伴不断聚散的旅程。 1 year. 52 episodes. Our hearts are full. Thank you for having us.

Guess who's back!? Desperate times require desperate intervention. And connection. Pour yourself your favourite bevvy, sit back, hit play and feel better already. Soft toy highly recommended.

Testing 1, 2, 3. This episode started out as a sound test for our new (and hopefully better) remote recording set up (cos lockdown) and we ended up recording a full episode. Bon appetite!

After eight months, we are back with more shenanigans, unabashed Singlish and heartsplosions. Season 2 starts now. Ready, set, grow!

Silence has a sound. Can you hear it? The quieter we become, the more we are able to hear, the more we are able to create deep work.

What makes a home a home? What does a home mean to you? Join us as we explore how our home is more than just a place and what it means to us.

Imposter syndrome can affect anyone, regardless of their success. It's time to nip this in the bud (or butt) once and for all; so you can squash it... like a cockroach.

A successful business generates profits. But a truly thriving business generates FREEDOM. We share our experiences of building freedom-based businesses, why we are obsessed with it, and how you can start building one too.

Are you an emotional child trapped in an adult’s body? Welcome to the class that every school should teach, but didn’t.

We take a stroll down memory lane as we share some of our favourite songs growing up. Music. Stories. Nostalgia.

We have been taught since young that being selfish is a bad thing. That it’s not good to focus on ourselves. But is that really true? Open your heart and mind and be prepared to get your assumptions challenged. We tell you why and when it’s great to be selfish.

When the dog bites. When the bee stings. When we are feeling sad. We simply remember our favourite things. And then we don't feel so bad.

What a year! This episode is a business recap, a personal recap – a little bit of both! A heartfelt recap of our favourite smilestones, moments, and realisations from the last 12 months.

We kick off the new year with an inventory check and Core Desire Mapping exercise so you can 10x the likelihood of achieving your goals and feel like a million bucks whilst on the way to achieving them.

We speak to Jon who has always been self-employed and never worked a single day for someone else in his life. How did he get started, what missteps did he take and how did he end up doing what he loves now?

A fun episode. 200 things we are grateful for. What are yours?

But I see it, I see it. I swear I do. I see extraordinary magic in you.

Join us in our conversation with Xiang as we unpack mental health. We also find out everything we wanted to know about Xiang's gargantuan project – The White Book – a book that tackles the stigma behind mental health.

We share the most common reasons that are c*ckblocking your growth and preventing you from going all in with life.

Our very first Clubhouse session was supposed to be an hour long but it lasted a full 2.5 hours long in typical LITO fashion. It was so fun to hang out with our listeners and fans. The blend of live podcast + interactivity makes it feel like a radio show. We had some really great questions and discussions and we decided to share some highlights from the session with you. Enjoy!

Marketing doesn't have to feel icky and yucky. Do you believe that marketing can feel super good to your soul? If not, this episode is for you. Forget the marketing rules you've been taught. They are the reason why you don't feel like marketing yourself and your offerings. Get ready for new rules of feel-oh-so-good, loving, joyful marketing. You'll wonder how you ever did it any other way.

Hi, so good to have you here. Make yourself comfy, grab a nice bevvy, and cosy up with us. Join us in our casual banter. Or is it?

Life is 50/50. That means half of life is good. And half of it is bad. Yes, bad shit happens to good people. So what can we do about that?

We deep dive into Life x Business x Creativity x Happiness with multi-hyphenate Joi Chua in this 2-hour no holds barred epiclogue.

In this birthday episode, Dan shares his thoughts on growing old, ageing & the changes he’s experienced through the years.

What makes a partnership not just a good one but a GREAT one? Is finding a great business partner more challenging than finding a life partner? We share the nuts and bolts of our quirky, freeform, not-for-the-faint-hearted business partnership. Buckle up.

A long-awaited music episode made for late night listening. Let’s bask under the stars and moonlight.

Introducing DISTINCTIONS. One of the most powerful reframing tools to find another way to look at the same situation.

You asked. So we made one whole episode about everything we know about podcasting so far. We hope this is useful for those thinking of starting your own podcast.

We are HUGE fans of Xandria Ooi and we were thrilled to have her pop by LITO Academy to share her best tips on overcoming life’s challenges and living each day with joy. This episode features an excerpt of our nourishing session with the happiness guru. Enjoy and be happy, always!

We had Kit Chan *yes, pinch us!!* come over and hang out over tea and nonya kueh. When we did this episode, we only had one objective in mind – make this the most meaningful and most enjoyable interview Kit has ever done. We traversed topics about life, creative work, second (and third) career choices, responding to our inner voices, beginnings, deviations, life’s meanderings and being a rebel at heart. It’s JUICY. We know you’re gonna LOVE this epic-sode.

This is our “biggest” episode yet – We got 3 lovely Xiaomaos together, cos it’s about meowin’ time! Find out what it means to be a Xiaomao… what goes on in the LITO Academy… and if the LITO Academy is going to be a good fit for you.

What does success mean to you? How do you define success? In this episode, we DECONSTRUCT success before RECONSTRUCTING it. Buckle up and get ready to never approach success the same way again.

At the end of the day, it’s gonna be about the people in our lives. We share some tips to enjoy thriving relationships of all kinds - friendship, kinship and everythingship.

Some people walk into your life and you are forever changed. Koriynne Wong was Dan’s therapist when he suffered his meltdown 9 years ago. She nursed him back to full recovery in 6 months and altered his trajectory completely. A guardian angel, motherly figure, coach, therapist, friend and family, we are thrilled to share K’s magic with you in our two-parter.

Get ready for some unapologetic nostalgia as we stroll down the memory lane to some evergreen Canto classics. + PLUS — a short 广播剧 you will not want to miss.

This was soul fun and juicy! We’ve wanted to get the ultra-talented and free-spirited Henndrawn Gals on our podcast for a long time and it’s finally happened! We had See Min and Xue Han pop by Apartmentofu (our new studio space) and we traversed multiple topics that lit our creative souls the f*ck up.

It’s a wrap! Join us in our final episode of the year as we recap, reflect and re-evaluate.

Kicking off 2022 with 22 minutes of banter. And a big intention-bomb.

We can only connect the dots we collect, which makes everything you write about you. Your connections are the thread that you weave into the cloth that becomes the story that only you can tell. – Amanda Palmer. Cosy up as we spill all the magic beans on how Michelle + Cynthea + Dan + Rebecca's paths crossed with one another separately before eventually weaving together.

Why do people hide their truest desires from themselves? Why is it important to know what you really want? How can you get closer to your own truth? We explore all these and more in this episode.

Rewind. Playback. We share some of the most pivotal, life-changing, trajectory-altering, heartwarming moments and memories of our life journey thus far.

Press play for POSITIVE VIBES ONLY. Wheeeee~!!

There are TWO kinds of BREAKTHROUGHS. We tell you which one 99% of the world are missing out on. It is also the most powerful way to go from SURVIVING to THRIVING. Once you know this and integrate it into your life, you will unlock your FULLEST potential.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to stop and rest. Why are we so bad at resting? What’s the difference between genuine rest and being lazy? Why and how should we rest? Let’s settle this once and for all.

把你的心我的心串一串, 串一株幸运草, 串一个同心圆。2 seasons. 100 episodes. What a ride! Thank you for having us.

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THE LITO PODCAST. The Business of Life.

THE LITO PODCAST.
The Business of Life.