The Curious Co. Podcast

In our 25th episode, Kai and Audrey share their reflections and key learnings from Episodes 21–24, before taking a short break to pause, reorient, and consider the next chapter of the podcast. Thank you for your support so far! Until we meet again, stay curious and intentional!

What happens when life gives you two choices — prison or military? In this raw and moving episode, psychologist and executive coach Chris Balsley joins us and opens up about the turning points that shaped his 40-year journey of faith, leadership, and healing. From being a 19-year-old facing a judge’s ultimatum, to training over 7,000 soldiers in mindfulness and resilience, Chris’s story traces how...

Ho Seng Chee is a leadership advisor and executive coach. He also serves as Board Director at Yoma Strategic Holdings, a leading Myanmar focused conglomerate.  Seng Chee has over 30 years’ diverse experience across international finance, law, government, real estate and technology. His leadership experience includes senior roles at the International Monetary Fund, Mapletree Investments, CapitaLand...

Dawn Lim heads the National agency for Design, DesignSingapore Council (Dsg), as its Executive Director. Most recently, she helmed Singapore’s global leadership ambitions in Commercial & Professional Services at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). She has a proven track record of working across private and public sector partners to deliver major strategic initiatives and investment...

In this deeply human conversation and our first episode of Season 3, we speak with Dr. Kristy Fu — Consultant Pediatric Intensivist at the National University Hospital in Singapore, educator, mentor, and trained ontological coach. Kristy takes us inside the realities of working in the pediatric ICU, where joy and heartbreak often sit side-by-side. She shares how her early experiences as a patient...

In this episode, Kai and Audrey discuss their learnings and reflections from Episodes 16-19, concluding Season 2 of The Curious Co. Podcast - yay! Join us as we celebrate this milestone and take a short break before we return in August 2025 for Season 3. We can't wait for you to listen to more good stuff that we've lined up for you. Meanwhile, stay curious and intentional!

In this episode, we sit down with Jeremiah Su (Founder, The Beyond and Lead Trainer, Nas Academy) to unpack the winding, wild journey of what it really means to live your best life. From building an advertising agency with a million-dollar revenue to teaching at Nas Daily's Academy, Jeremiah has done it all — burned out, bounced back, and rebuilt. He shares the lessons he learned from being a self...

In this Father’s Day special, we speak with Adrian Tan, Founder & Chief Marketing Strategist of Marketing Sumo, author of "No More Bosses", media personality and father of four — about navigating life and leadership with refreshing honesty and grounded pragmatism. Adrian shares the unexpected turns in his career journey, including how getting laid off (and quitting on impulse) led him to build...

Jerry Teo is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Pilates BodyTree, a mobility fitness studio in Singapore that has specialised in personal pilates training, rehabilitative pilates, and pilates instructor training since 2012. With over 20 years of experience, Jerry has even trained the Cirque du Soleil Kooza troupe. In this episode, Jerry shares his unlikely journey from engineering to pilates—...

This week, we’re joined by Dr. Cheryl Kam, founder of Vibrant Life Academy and CALM and Deep Sleep supplements, and mother of five — for a deeply resonant Mother’s Day Special. Cheryl opens up about her journey from practicing medicine in the UK to burning out, and ultimately building a vibrant new path on her own terms. We talked about topics such as: Burnout in teens and how parents can manage t...

Co-hosts Audrey Low and Kai Ying Loh come together to reflect on what they have learned from Episodes 11-14 and exchange personal stories. Sit back and enjoy! The Curious Co. releases podcast episodes fortnightly. Follow us on Spotify or Instagram (@thecuriousco.podcast) for first scoops of our releases.

Today, Kevin Chua (Chief HR Officer, UWCSEA) joins The Curious Co. to share key lessons and pivotal moments navigating a diverse career across countries and industries. For anyone considering an overseas career move, Kevin also shares invaluable advice. He shares with us the guiding principles and core values that have shaped him as a leader, personal stories learning from 'failure', and how he na...

Alex Teo was the Chief Operating Officer of HQ.xyz, a Web3 startup which provides onchain services to help companies with treasury management and money movements. Before Headquarters, he was the People Experience Lead of ShopBack and helmed policy and investment-related roles in the public sector for more than 10 years. Today, Alex joins The Curious Co. to share key lessons and personal stories on...

Hosts Audrey and Kai continue their IWD special by speaking with Erin Loh, founder of SuperAttic, a Singapore-based design studio specializing in handmade jewelry and accessories. Erin shares her journey from teaching fashion design and marketing to building her own successful business, and why despite her success, she intentionally keeps her business to a one-woman endeavour. Erin shares invaluab...

For the 1st episode of Season 2 and in celebration of International Women's Day 2025, Eugenia Ye-Yeo, founder of Nodspark, joins us to speak about showing grace in her entrepreneurship journey. She shares insights on the grace she has received from her loved ones and how Nodspark has differentiated itself in its brand identity, brand messages, and how she has built trust in the industry. Nodspark...

For our 10th and last episode of Season 1, co-hosts Audrey Low and Kai Ying Loh come together to reflect on what they have learned from Episodes 6-9 and exchange personal stories. Sit back and enjoy! Look out for Season 2, which launches 5 March with special episodes in celebration of International Women's Day 2025! The Curious Co. releases podcast episodes fortnightly. Follow us on Spotify or Ins...

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Today, The Curious Co. is joined by the lovely couple Aaron Kho and Charmian Song, better known as budget-travel YouTubers @Aaronandchar who traded their stable 9-6 jobs for backpacks on a 1-year adventure around the world, and now have almost 5,000 subscribers on YouTube.  They share with us the ins and outs to navigating a romantic relationship while being vloggi...

Mara Banson-Reyes is the Coaching Lead for the sales team of Google Southeast Asia and India, and has been with Google for the past 9 years. A Professional Certified Coach (PCC) specialising in Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), Mara helps over 500 Googlers achieve success in their jobs. Prior to this, she had more than 15 years of experience in B2B and B2C marketing and sales at Google and Unile...

Ruy Iskandar is an Indonesian-born actor, facilitator and coach who guides leaders on powerful storytelling and public speaking. Ruy graduated from NYU Tisch School of Arts. With 15 years of acting experience, he is well-known for his role as Lieutenant Jee in Netflix’s "Avatar: The Last Airbender", as well as for stage performances and shows at Lincoln Centre for Performing Arts, LA Philharmonic,...

Louis Puah is the Founder of Praxium, a social enterprise that helps youths discover their purpose and passion, for them to achieve their aspirations in life and navigate the future of work with skill and confidence. In our 1st episode of 2025, Louis joins The Curious Co. to explore the value of youth education and development beyond textbooks and exams, and what good can come out of letting your...

Every 4 episodes with guests, co-hosts Audrey and Kai come together to reflect on what they have learned and exchange personal stories. Kai likes to call this a 'palate cleanser', to reset the palate to help us distinguish other flavours (i.e. the upcoming episodes) more easily. But Audrey wasn't entirely fond of the term, that's why it does not appear in the title. Sit back, relax, and enjoy list...

Wally Tham, Founder of Big Red Button, an award-winning media production company, joins The Curious Co. to share his perspectives on creating compelling narratives and working with political leaders in Singapore through a unique blend of expertise in videomaking, Organisational Development (OD), life coaching, and Identity-oriented Psychotrauma Therapy (IOPT). He also opens up about his life journ...

Lewis Liu, CEO of Better.sg, Singapore's largest tech for good charity, joins The Curious Co. to share his lessons on leadership from working in the public, private and people sectors over the past 10 years. He talks about his challenges, beliefs and practices in leading a massive 2,000 people volunteer community in Better.sg, and how improvisational theatre, or improv for short, has shaped him as...

Anseina Eliza, co-founder of Singapore-born fashion brand ANS.EIN, joins The Curious Co. to reflect on the pivotal moments and core values that guided her journey as an architect-turned-wedding dress designer-turned-fashion brand owner. She opens up about the mistakes she made and what she learned from them, and what wearing different hats as an entrepreneur, wife and mum has taught her about buil...

Linda Tang, co-founder of WeBarre, Asia's leading boutique barre studio, joins The Curious Co. in our very first episode! Linda talks about 'scratching the recurring itch' of what's meaningful to her, quitting her corporate job and never looking back. She opens up on juggling different commitments as a business owner, wife, mother of two, and what being truly present to serve these commitments mea...