Think of this Three Things as your personal consultation with psychiatrist Dr Vanessa Wong. The last two years have seen unprecedented levels of stress and mental health challenges for virtually everyone. Some countries and places have done better than others, but overall workplace, home, family and personal stress levels have seen record highs. What can we do? How can we manage through these unprecedented times? To find some answers I asked Specialist in Psychiatry Dr Vanessa Wong. Trained at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, Vanessa went on to practice psychiatry at the Hospital Authority for ten years before setting up her own practice in 2014 (www.drvanessawong.com). Her philosophy lies in balancing psychiatry as a science that treats mental disorders and promoting a healthy lifestyle. She emphasises nutrition, exercise, sleep and mindfulness as key factors to improve mental well-being. Vanessa looks for the root causes of issues and not just treating the symptoms. We talk about mental health during Covid, how couples can communicate better, rock climbing and why funny stuff is vital. If you would like more information about Three Things, the team or our guests, please contact us at [email protected]. Thanks for listening. Enjoy the Podcast! Team Three Things

Kiki Wong knows how to tell when you are lying. She is a forensics specialist who has built her career researching and understanding body language, micro facial expressions and lie detection. Previously working at New Scotland Yard in London, specialising in homicide fingerprint analysis, today she and her husband run The Silent Company (www.thesilentcompany.net). The team helps clients with lie detection using verbal and non-verbal skills in micro-facial expressions, body language, voice tonality and verbal response. Her clients include some of the best-known businesses and brands in Hong Kong and worldwide. We chat about how to know when someone is lying to you, what body language “tells” people should look out for and why our social media behaviour speaks volumes about who we are. We also discuss the signs that suggest your partner may be having an affair, how best to ask for a pay rise and can you tell if someone is in love with you! It is a fascinating conversation and listeners will be able to put the lessons learned to work immediately.  If you would like more information about Three Things, the team or our guests, please contact us at [email protected]. Thanks for listening. Enjoy the Podcast!  Team Three Things

Andy Coulson is the definition of resilience and proof of the theory that, in life, one should always keep going. A former 10 Downing Street Director of Communications, working with then Prime Minister David Cameron, he was also a lead strategist in the Conservative Party’s successful 2010 UK General Election campaign. Prior to politics, Andy was Editor of the News of the World and had a 20-year career in senior media editorial roles. Andy now runs Coulson Partners, a fast-growing corporate strategy and communications firm based in Central London (www.coulsonpartners.com). Amidst his current success, he has also experienced past personal challenges that very few could even begin to imagine. In June 2014 Andy was found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voicemails and served just under five months in prison. In this Three Things podcast, Andy discusses the advice he now gives CEOs in 2021, what trends he sees ahead for the media, what he learnt when in prison and how he found the strength to keep going. We have a fascinating conversation about his arc from editing one of the world’s best-selling newspapers, to moving to one of most powerful offices on the planet, through his darkest days and now bringing what he learned to advise clients: helping them achieve the right reputation to drive their businesses and lives forward. Andy also puts his experience to work on his own podcast www.crisiswhatcrisis.com where he interviews the survivors of all manner of crises. If you would like more information about Three Things, the team or our guests, please contact us at [email protected]. Thanks for listening. Enjoy the Podcast! Team Three Things

Welcome to our amazing new Three Things Podcast with wonderful special guest Saffie Ng, top Hong Kong yoga instructor, model, nutrition coach and fitness trainer. www.instagram.com/saffiesaffie/. “Step right into your fear” is her philosophy and she lives her life around two questions: how to find happiness and what is her purpose? Describing her life as a roller-coaster of ups and downs, Saffie grew up as the youngest child in a traditional family bringing out a lifelong competitive streak. Developing an early love for extreme sports such as ice-climbing and rock-climbing, she had a catastrophic motorbike accident in a remote part of Indonesia in 2013. Defining her recovery as the longest, darkest time in her life, she felt trapped in her “mental cave” with suicidal thoughts, losing herself in the process. In our talk, Saffie shares how she prevailed after her severe injuries, after initially not being able to even look at her reflection and removing all the mirrors in her house. She will talk about how she rebuilt and recharged her life, both physically and mentally, and tell us how she found a new happiness today by turning everything around in her life. She will explain why our yesterdays should not shape our tomorrows, how far we can go in life and why fresh starts and new beginnings are always within our reach. Thanks for listening! If you would like more information about Three Things, the team or our guests, please contact us at [email protected].

Kevin is a career Hong Kong lawyer who started practicing in 1992, moving permanently from London to Hong Kong in 1997. Having worked for some of the largest international and local law firms, Kevin started his own firm (www.bowers.law) in April 2020 which will soon have 13 lawyers on its books and has already represented close to 200 corporate and individual clients, including some of the world's largest multi-national insurance, media, property and airline companies. Described by his friends as Hong Kong’s most entrepreneurial lawyer (example: he has abandoned traditional law firm hourly rates for fixed project fees), Kevin’s clients, colleagues and friends say he is “driven”, “loyal” and “resilient”. He is also creative, funny and has many tales to tell about his past cases which span from money laundering and fraud to kidnapping! Over the years, Kevin has faced his own legal challenges, being found innocent of all charges in a 2019 criminal case. Under pressure that few can only imagine, Kevin made a positive out of this experience and says that it makes him an even better lawyer being able to speak from his own experience on the other side! Irreverent, quick-witted and to-the-point, clients rely on Kevin to help them navigate highly complex and contentious legal cases. Enjoy the podcast! If you would like more information about Three Things, the team or our guests, please contact us at [email protected]. Thanks for listening. Team Three Things

Three Things is a podcast series where business, sporting and entertainment leaders share their life highs and lows and essence their experience into three things they wished their younger self had known. Compelling, funny and moving, listeners are taken on very personal interviewee journeys and leave with real life advice that they can put into practice as they wish. The Three Things host is Charles Lankester, a communications and marketing adviser who represents some of the world’s best known brands and individuals. Based in Hong Kong, over Series 1, Charles will interview people who have seen success and challenge, have been in the public eye for good and bad reasons and share the lessons they learned along the way. If you would like more information about Three Things, the team or our guests, please contact us at [email protected]. Thanks for listening! Team Three Things.