Hey you, my name is Quentin,
what's yours?
My wake up call came in the form of, after weeks of working 50+ hour weeks, I collapsed and fainted on the streets. Apparently I had hit my head hard on the concrete floor and strangers who witnessed my fall & tried to help, bless them, were surprised I didn’t “split my head open”. For more detail read my story here that earned me the Young Dental Practitioner of the Year for Professional Excellence award.
What followed was trying to recover from the enduring fatigue, persistent brain fog and a general sense of confusion & powerlessness of my existence in the World.
I had to ask myself the hard questions. What needs, signs + symptoms of my Mind and Body that I have been ignoring? What does it actually mean to Live a Successful Life? What do I have to do, or change, to Live a Life that’s meaningful?
Do I continue the old way, subscribe to the expectations + competition around me (and pray that burnout won’t happen again?) or do I re-evaluate my attachment of my worth to the title of my job & the security that comes with it?
Slowly but surely, it came to me. Even with the fear of stepping into the unknown, my desire was clear: I wanted to feel Joy, and feel fully alive & connected in my Mind + Body every single day. I wanted to get rid of the disempowered feeling that I was always behind in Life, no matter how hard I worked or the hours of sleep & sanity I was sacrificing. I didn’t just want to regain my health back, I wanted to be THRIVING in my MIND, BODY and SOUL through and through.
My own journey of overhauling my Mind-Body health inside-out was the key to living that meaningful, Purpose-driven Life. It is now my mission to elevate others to discover their Best MIND+BODY version of themselves, reclaim their Best selves, so that we can live Life to the fullest without regrets. Here’s to your Mind-Body transformation journey ✨🌻
Trivia About ME
I am multipassionate and also a dentist by day. My interest is working with older aged patients and vulnerable populations including children and indigenous Australians.
This work fills my heart to the brim. These population groups need much more dental care and I focus my work with them.
I've volunteered my dental services twice overseas. Once international travel resumes in my part of the world, I would love to go volunteering overseas again.
I’ve got a very much loved 3 year old German Shepherd at home.
He’ll choose food over his own mother any moment, but he brings me so much joy!
Here’s a photo of him as a puppy!
You’ve spent most of your life doing the right things.
You worked hard for that qualification (s), got a stable career and live a mostly healthy life for your mind & body even if it’s a hit and miss at this very moment.
Except you didn’t sign up for all the unsaid stress, overtime and body soreness, tension & pain.
And if your experience is like mine in the past, you signed up for what you thought was the promise of the Good Life- yet, it doesn't feel like it at all.
Instead of accepting your current situation and allowing it to smother whatever left of your sanity & health, a big part of you wants change.
And change does not necessarily mean the dramatic decision to quit your job now, no…. sometimes the freedom from your unwanted situation can be as simple as uncovering some of your subconscious beliefs, the common mistakes & behaviours that are not serving you or your Direction in Life.
“Rather than show up to Life for Work,
why not show up to Life for LIFE?”
You are deserving and capable of the Vibrant and Fulfilled Life.
You are deserving and capable of a strong, healthy and agile Mind & Body that will carry your Vision Forwards.
I know such transformation is possible for you.
This is because I’ve overcame the challenges of what it means to be living a meaningful Life myself.
I know now how to get deeply connected to what I do everyday….
A Life where my BODY is pain-free and my Mind & Spirit are invigorated every morning to carry out
my Vision for my Dream Life.
What fills my heart to the brim and get me up and going everyday?
I feel privileged that I'm in a position to help the busy, and often overworked, professional
reclaim their Mind-Body health and live into their Life Purpose.
You’ve spent most of your life doing the right things.
You worked hard for that qualification (s), got a stable career and live a mostly healthy life for your mind & body even if it’s a hit and miss at this very moment.
Except you didn’t sign up for all the unsaid stress, overtime and body soreness, tension & pain.
And if your experience is like mine in the past, you signed up for what you thought was the promise of the Good Life- yet, it doesn't feel like it at all.
Instead of accepting your current situation and allowing it to smother whatever left of your sanity & health, a big part of you wants change.
And change does not necessarily mean the dramatic decision to quit your job now, no…. sometimes the freedom from your unwanted situation can be as simple as uncovering some of your subconscious beliefs, the common mistakes & behaviours that are not serving you or your Direction in Life.
“Rather than show up to Life for Work, why not show up to Life for LIFE?”
You are deserving and capable of the Vibrant and Fulfilled Life.
You are deserving and capable of a strong, healthy and agile Mind & Body that will carry your Vision Forwards.
I know such transformation is possible for you. This is because I’ve overcame the challenges of what it means to be living a meaningful Life myself.
I know now how to get deeply connected to what I do everyday….
A Life where my BODY is pain-free and my Mind & Spirit are invigorated every morning to carry out my Vision for my Dream Life.
What fills my heart to the brim and get me up and going everyday?
I feel privileged that I'm in a position to help the busy, and often overworked, professional reclaim their Mind-Body health and live into their Life Purpose.
The secret to such transformation?
There’s no such thing as an overnight success or a silver bullet (read: years of unrecognised hard work and hard lessons learnt) that will come to save us.
Permanent and Fulfilling transformation demands patience and trust in your intention and journey.
Here’s what I believe is a head start on our transformational journey to living that Dream Life.
If years of devouring self-help content, being coached by world class coaches, connecting to those that’s been “over the hump” and a healthy dose of my own hard life lessons is anything to go by- I believe it comes down to this fundamental BIG IDEA:
The secret to such transformation?
There’s no such thing as an overnight success or a silver bullet (read: years of unrecognised hard work and hard lessons learnt) that will come to save us.
Permanent and Fulfilling transformation demands patience and trust in your intention and journey.
Here’s what I believe is a head start on our transformational journey to living that Dream Life.
If years of devouring self-help content, being coached by world class coaches, connecting to those that’s been “over the hump” and a healthy dose of my own hard life lessons is anything to go by- I believe it comes down to this fundamental BIG IDEA:
The secret to such transformation?
There’s no such thing as an overnight success or a silver bullet (read: years of unrecognised hard work and hard lessons learnt) that will come to save us.
Permanent and Fulfilling transformation demands patience and trust in your intention and journey.
Here’s what I believe is a head start on our transformational journey to living that Dream Life.
If years of devouring self-help content, being coached by world class coaches, connecting to those that’s been “over the hump” and a healthy dose of my own hard life lessons is anything to go by- I believe it comes down to this fundamental BIG IDEA:
The secret to such transformation?
There’s no such thing as an overnight success or a silver bullet (read: years of unrecognised hard work and hard lessons learnt) that will come to save us.
Permanent and Fulfilling transformation demands patience and trust in your intention and journey.
Here’s what I believe is a head start on our transformational journey to living that Dream Life.
If years of devouring self-help content, being coached by world class coaches, connecting to those that’s been “over the hump” and a healthy dose of my own hard life lessons is anything to go by- I believe it comes down to this fundamental BIG IDEA:
The secret to such transformation?
There’s no such thing as an overnight success or a silver bullet (read: years of unrecognised hard work and hard lessons learnt) that will come to save us.
Permanent and Fulfilling transformation demands patience and trust in your intention and journey.
Here’s what I believe is a head start on our transformational journey to living that Dream Life.
If years of devouring self-help content, being coached by world class coaches, connecting to those that’s been “over the hump” and a healthy dose of my own hard life lessons is anything to go by- I believe it comes down to this fundamental BIG IDEA:
The secret to such transformation?
There’s no such thing as an overnight success or a silver bullet (read: years of unrecognised hard work and hard lessons learnt) that will come to save us.
Permanent and Fulfilling transformation demands patience and trust in your intention and journey.
Here’s what I believe is a head start on our transformational journey to living that Dream Life.
If years of devouring self-help content, being coached by world class coaches, connecting to those that’s been “over the hump” and a healthy dose of my own hard life lessons is anything to go by- I believe it comes down to this fundamental BIG IDEA:
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I had to become the Leader of my Life.
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I had to push through the societal narrative on what it means to live a good life;
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I had to push through my own limiting beliefs.
You want the formula
to living that Fulfilled Life?
In many ways,
I had to Rebel.
There’s alot to unpack here, and at the Mind Body Rebellion, we start deconstructing societal conditioning & beliefs that do not serve us. Sometimes, it means pushing against the grain and going out of our comfort zones. Other times, it is letting go of thoughts and behaviours that have been keeping us away from living into our full potential.
The Universe knew better and conspired to give me some much needed lessons which include:
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existential crisis in my twenties,
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sacrificing my health and contorting my bodies for long hours at a time for my work that resulted in back pain,
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allowing myself to work with people whose values did not align with mine,
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physical and mental burnout that led to fainting episodes...and as I get vulnerable here with you, it took me a long time to make sense of these "lessons".
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I had blamed myself for putting myself into these situations, thinking "I should know better" that I was "silly" for not listening to the "signs" sooner.
For a good few years I blamed myself for my woes.
I had blamed myself for not I know these lessons were needed for me to Face the Music and to truly see what mattered in my Life.
The first two
decades of my life,
I was chasing conventional wisdom of what it meant to live
*the right way*
hah!
The Universe knew better and conspired to give me some much needed lessons which include:
-
existential crisis in my twenties,
-
sacrificing my health and contorting my bodies for long hours at a time for my work that resulted in back pain,
-
allowing myself to work with people whose values did not align with mine,
-
physical and mental burnout that led to fainting episodes...and as I get vulnerable here with you, it took me a long time to make sense of these "lessons".
-
I had blamed myself for putting myself into these situations, thinking "I should know better" that I was "silly" for not listening to the "signs" sooner.
For a good few years I blamed myself for my woes.
I had blamed myself for not I know these lessons were needed for me to Face the Music and to truly see what mattered in my Life.
-
existential crisis in my twenties,
-
sacrificing my health and contorting my bodies for long hours at a time for my work that resulted in back pain,
-
allowing myself to work with people whose values did not align with mine,
-
physical and mental burnout that led to fainting episodes...and as I get vulnerable here with you, it took me a long time to make sense of these "lessons".
-
I had blamed myself for putting myself into these situations, thinking "I should know better" that I was "silly" for not listening to the "signs" sooner.
The Universe knew better and conspired to give me some much needed lessons which include:
For a good few years I blamed myself for my woes.
I had blamed myself for not I know these lessons were needed for me to Face the Music and to truly see what mattered in my Life.
-
existential crisis in my twenties,
-
sacrificing my health and contorting my bodies for long hours at a time for my work that resulted in back pain,
-
allowing myself to work with people whose values did not align with mine,
-
physical and mental burnout that led to fainting episodes...and as I get vulnerable here with you, it took me a long time to make sense of these "lessons".
-
I had blamed myself for putting myself into these situations, thinking "I should know better" that I was "silly" for not listening to the "signs" sooner.
The Universe knew better and conspired to give me some much needed lessons which include:
For a good few years I blamed myself for my woes.
I had blamed myself for not I know these lessons were needed for me to Face the Music and to truly see what mattered in my Life.
My Physical and Mental Health, Fulfilment and wanting to Reclaim My Life, and not a narrative others have imposed on me.
I started to self-lead, becoming a Self-Leader*…
I went from the overworked professional to becoming the Leader of my Own Life.
* Yeah, I just made up the term Self-Leader…. I mean, if I’m the leader of my own life, I can start creating some of my own rules of the Game, right? Why not start making up some of your own rules that serve you?
OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE
I have a few observations on Life that I truly believe are universal axioms, yet are not widely shared.
I’m a bit of a thinker (right, maybe more than just a bit), so if we get to continue our journey together, I’ll get to share with you the other weird things my brain & gut come up with, but for now here’s two thoughts I believe are worth sharing with you—
I believe the most happy and smiley people have also been through their fair share of grief, hardship and predicament in life.
Why do I say that?
Because the active effort of showing up everyday in such bright and positive energy is not easy, unless the person has experienced the lows in life and have crawled out to the other side.
Smiling is the active effort to make the best of our situation, it is the acceptance of your past, and choosing to make the most of the present and the future.
Notice too, that sometimes the most smiley and positive person can also have some of the darkest moments.
Be compassionate when you notice this, because processing your demons and past is no overnight feat.
PS. If you can relate to any of this, I’m already keen to get to know you as a friend, and welcome to the club *hugs*
A fulfilling life triumphs society’s expectation of a ‘successful’ life any day. We know that each person’s version of a Fulfilling Life is going to be different.
Yet there’s not enough celebration and attention to people and what they've overcame in Life.
We're so used to celebrating the "champions" with the medals.
How about the people who overcame significant setbacks in life to even life the "ordinary" but "Happy and Healthy" Life?
How about the former dancer who overcame her dance injuries to become a well-loved instructor that gets to teach the art she loves to her students?
How about the thirty-something adult who overcame their social anxieties, to now wanting to focus on helping others by truly & meaningfully connect with people?
How about the well paid six-figure 9-5 employee who abandons that comfortable lifestyle and paycheck so that he/she/they can focus on her health before that stressful career got the better of her?
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The Mind Body Rebellion was born out of a want to remind others unhappy and disillusioned by their circumstances to get clarity on what truly matters in their Lives.
How we do that is by getting their Foundations of Mind and Body Health sorted. Then we guide them on how to actually start Living the Life they want for themselves.
If you want to be part of this moment, to live your Best Life, to "Mind-Body Rebel" your way to a Full Life, then
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My Life mission is to help the busy working professional uncertain with their direction in Life to Reclaim their physical health (BODY, live into powerful Self-Leadership strategies into their Lives (MIND) so that they can show up more with energy, Be their best selves everyday, and OWN their purpose in Life.
Long story short, I’m an introvert that loves deep conversation and helping people start Leading their Own Lives.
If you have any pressing life concern or issue and think that I can help you, reach out to [email protected] or hop into a complimentary 45 minute coaching session to see where we can help you with your breakthrough.
My Life mission is to help the busy working professional uncertain with their direction in Life to Reclaim their physical health (BODY, live into powerful Self-Leadership strategies into their Lives (MIND) so that they can show up more with energy, Be their best selves everyday, and OWN their purpose in Life.
Long story short, I’m an introvert that loves deep conversation and helping people start Leading their Own Lives.
If you have any pressing life concern or issue and think that I can help you, reach out to [email protected] or hop into a complimentary 45 minute coaching session to see where we can help you with your breakthrough.
My Life mission is to help the busy working professional uncertain with their direction in Life to Reclaim their physical health (BODY, live into powerful Self-Leadership strategies into their Lives (MIND) so that they can show up more with energy, Be their best selves everyday, and OWN their purpose in Life.
Long story short, I’m an introvert that loves deep conversation and helping people start Leading their Own Lives.
If you have any pressing life concern or issue and think that I can help you, reach out to [email protected] or hop into a complimentary 45 minute coaching session to see where we can help you with your breakthrough.
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