July 14, 2025. Su Ting joins the podcast with the topic of self-compassion. We run through different definitions of other self-perception traits, like self-worth, self-esteem, etc, and talk about how we’ve found ways to find compassion for ourselves, others, and through creative pursuits. Su Ting also shares a nice collection of important P and C words… listen to find out what they are.

Su Ting hopes to make it part of her life’s work to guide others in restoring their sense of authenticity, autonomy and self-acceptance. She’s thankful to be on the path toward becoming a registered psychotherapist, and seeks to express her imaginative, curious and fun-loving spirit in the process. Find her on LinkedIn. 

Ben talks about movies on his film podcast at deepcutpod.com, and writes about film at thekinetoscope.com. He lived a past life working in film production. Find him online at benjaminyap.me 

Links:

If you’re looking for mental health resources in Singapore: a good place to start: http://mindline.sg 

The Space

This episode was recorded in a Public Living Room, a crowd-funded community space in 195 Pearl Hills Terrace. If you enjoyed this conversation and would like to help us keep recording, please support the Stranger Conversations crowdfund. This supports their mission to build a third place at the intersection of self-exploration and collective good. You can follow them on Instagram @strangerconvos or go to linktr.ee/strangerconvos where you can find links to the crowdfund and find out more about what they do.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:30 Relationship to the space 

04:48 Exploring one’s creative side 

08:24 Definitions of self compassion 

16:28 Why this topic 

20:10 Building self compassion 

27:12 Extending self compassion to others 

32:37 Realizing something needs to change 

36:00 Process over outcome 

43:56 Experimentation 

46:28 Community and other good C-words 

56:24 Creative pursuits 

59:49 Talk to your friends 

01:02:48 Iron ricebowl question