Ask The Duo Podcast

Another round of our Ask The Duo with your relationship questions! We’ve picked some juicier ones but not only that, they seem to be some pretty common relationship challenges that some people go through. We love doing these because it really does help us problem solve and learn from these situations too. If you do as well, tune and let us know how you would’ve dealt with any of these situations o...

Just like everything in life, careers has their highs and their lows. Sometimes the lows may even put you in situations where you feel like you need a break. But in society, many tell us that we should at least have the next job lined up before you quit. However, what if you are honestly just mentally drained, overworked and working has just caused way too many mental break downs. Today we sit wit...

Recently, a lot of people have been asking us, how do we deal with temptations for a couple that have been together for 10+ years? Firstly, we’re not expert and only speaking from our personal experience. But also we want to let you guys know that temptations in a relationship is normal. Also we believe it’s your actions that follow from these temptations, is what influences your relationship. As...

Is it really that bad when a friend ghosts you after they get into a relationship? Have that really ghosted us or are they just in their honeymoon period. Let’s dive deep together as we try to see both sides of the stories and share our experiences. As we get older and grow with our partners along with other commitments. The time you spent with people also shift. But is that an acceptable reason f...

Most of the time, our ability to achieve something is quite dependent on our mindset and there is such a fine line between positive vs negative outlooks in life. This is something you often hear from successful individuals. Which is exactly what we will picking our our great friend Kevin Lo’s brain to see how he manages to keep a positive outlook in life all while having a really great mindset to...

The crazy thing with love is that it sometimes doesn’t only impact you but it could impact the people around you. So for this episode, we discuss how Shelley and Amelia’s divorced parents impacted how they found their own relationships vs Sam who’s parents were still together. Tune into to see if it was something that impacted us as we grew up or it was something that influenced our subconscious m...

Hyper Peaches joins us today to share their experiences with dating culture in Hong Kong and their first hand experiences from an east meets west perspective! Make sure you stick around till the end because we have a curated some common HK dating tips from online and asked them if these are true of false. In Australia, we’ve found the culture to be quite relaxed with dating and quite often it’s ok...

Let’s talk money 💸! Finances can be such a touchy topic but there’s such beauty in being open and sharing about our relationship with money (with the right people of course). This week, we discuss this topic with Aaron, who has actually never openly discussed about how he manages money. But we’re so grateful for him opening up to us with his thoughts on finances & his mindset around money. He...

If you’re a law graduate or looking to get into Law, this is the episode for you! This is the industry all 3 of us have worked in and we share all the good stuff we learnt while working in the industry. Meanwhile Aaron, who is still in the legal industry and going strong! We sat down with him to chat over all the good, bad and the ugly about working in Law (and talked how realistic it is to Suits...

Almost every day we are either critiqued, provided with feedback or are dealing with day to day conversations that may lead to us taking things personally. Whether this is at work or with friends, sometimes you can’t help but feel personally attacked. However, this is something you can work on by strengthening your self worth, self value and honestly be comfortable in your own skin. We actually ha...

Another way of looking back at your achievements is to reflect on what you’ve learnt from all the lessons in life. Sometimes your younger self may make some not so great decisions but that’s the beauty of each individual’s journey. Today we have another engineer friend, Alex Tam who shares his not so typical journey before he landed back in engineering. While he walks us through his journey he als...

From a young age, Al has always been hustling between school, uni, working, looking after family & also training to become an MMA fighter. However, aiming to chase his dreams. Striving to achieve all his goals, lead him to burning out quite early in his life. There were many times throughout his journey that took many turns for him. Which has made him reevaluate his priorities and has realised...

Happy Valentines day love birds! Whether you are spending it with yourself or with a loved one, we hope you’re spending it just the way you want it.  This episode started off with the idea of keeping it fun and light but, it turned out being such a raw and candid conversation between us two.  Tune in as we dig into guessing each other’s IDEAL younger dates vs our ideal dates today. Make...

This episode is a juicy one, talking fights, being bullied in school and reconnecting with friends without social media. Sam and his good friend Alastair Robertson recently reconnected after 10-15 years of losing touch which lead to a trip down memory lane. High school wasn’t particularly a pleasant experience for both Sam and Al as they were mostly picked on and bullied for being the minority, an...

We asked this poll on Instagram to see how many people often feel imposter syndrome and 75% of the audience said they get this feeling. Which is crazy to think how many people are doubting their own skill and even in themselves.  Whether this is something you’ve developed over time or it’s from our upbringing where we’ve always been taught to stay humble, we wanted to let you know that you ar...

For many, we dream of leaving our 9-5 to chase our dreams or to become our own boss. However, taking the actual leap of faith and leaving that 9-5 can seem a little scary. Especially when it’s such a high risk move.  For Emilija from Maple & Ochre photography (who we met through our wedding planning journey), not only did she leave her 9-5 job but she also tried many business ventures alo...

Having relationships and friendships is so important for a person to be able to discuss their problems, make memories with them and share fun moments with them. Sometimes we call these friends or even best friends. However, similar to the episode “The problem with identities and labels” Amelia doesn’t like to label her friends into definitive categories where as Sam does see some of his friends in...

It’s been a hot minute but we are so ready to be back for 2023 with Season 2! We’ll do a little catch up about what we got up to over our holiday break and then being no stranger to our Asian peeps out there. Lunar new year/Chinese new year is also going to approach us real soon on the 22 Jan! Every family and their background tend to also have their own traditions that they follow for the LNY. So...

Looking for a podcast to build better & strengthen your mindset to help build better relationships? Well you have found the right podcast! This podcast is hosted by Sam and Amelia all the way down under in Brisbane, Australia. Just like you, we’ve gone through life and individual experiences that has brought us to where we are today. Everyday is a day where you can learn from your experiences...

Wow, we don’t know about you but, this year has really flown by like lightning ⚡. Nonetheless, we achieved a lot, we experienced a lot and we most definitely learnt a lot! We also had some amazing milestones that we celebrated this year like getting married and starting this podcast just to name a few. 2022 was definitely a building block we needed because without the challenges that came with th...

The holiday season is such a great time to get together, spend quality time with the loved ones but it can also be daunting for some. Especially for those who are calorie and money conscious. Christmas is known to be the season for giving but for the Asian community, Lunar new year is also right around the corner so this time of the year would mean a lot of outgoing expenses too. Which is why we w...

I think we can all agree that saying no to people can be really difficult. It usually comes with a sense of guilt which in return makes you feel inclined to say yes. But just like working out in the gym, saying no is a skill that can be trained. The more you do it the easier it gets. Sometimes it is also finding the balanced of not saying not too much either. So how exactly can we confidently say...

When we think about our life and our experiences, there can be various events that occur where it can challenge our mind and trigger our feelings of jealousy or envy. Some may use this feeling or trigger as a motivator to push and strive to be the best versions of ourselves and for some become overwhelmed and/or feeling inadequate. The common reasons where this may happen are usually around career...

Getting to know people through deep conversation is always good. However, understanding them through imagination is next level, especially when it creates no limitations for you to explore their minds. Which is why we got together with Jaz to chat about our top 3 genie wishes, with the only rules that we can’t wish for anything to be infinite or endless. Surprisingly most of our wishes were so sim...

What always intrigues us is how similar and also how different superstitions and myths can be around the world. Since we have our friend Jaz who comes from an Indian background, we wanted to share the different cultural superstitions we grew up hearing about and see how they compare with each other. Sam will be sharing his Thai and Vietnamese beliefs and Amelia will share the Chinese beliefs From...