Sleep Upgrade With Nemu; Ted Mui

Mindfulness Mode

Bruce Langford

Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:alternative Health, Religion & Spirituality, Education, Spirituality, Self-improvement, Alternative Health

4.8 • 541 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Ted Mui is an entrepreneur specializing in user-centered design and AI-driven experiences. As CEO of 925 Labs, he leads the launch of Nemu, an intelligent sleep companion app debuting at Web Summit Vancouver. Built for Gen Z and Millennials, Nemu blends sleep tracking, coaching, and cozy storytelling to transform rest into rewarding adventures. Unlike traditional trackers, Nemu generates personalized insights through AI, empowering users to build healthy sleep habits. Ted’s mission: turn sleep into a superpower for a wellness-focused generation. Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify Contact Info Website: www.925.gg Most Influential Person Bryan Johnson (Don’t Die Movement) Effect on Emotions I think that mindfulness comes with maturity and experience. In my early entrepreneurial days, or even when I was working in corporates, you feel competition, pressure, and that chip on your shoulder telling you that you have to prove something. Now, at this stage in my career, I can look back and realize: that drive and motivation were nice, but was I motivated for the right reasons? Mindfulness helps me take a more holistic view of my goals—and of how I can support others around me as well. Thoughts On Breathing As someone deeply involved in sleep, I recognize how important breathing is. I’m fortunate not to have issues myself, but when I speak with people who have sleep apnea, asthma, or chronic breathing problems, it reminds me how much our health matters. Poor breathing makes restful sleep difficult and disrupts a peaceful mindset. Those conversations make me feel grateful for my own healthy state while reinforcing the importance of caring for the body and appreciating the present moment. Bullying Question In adolescence, many of us experience bullying—physical and mental. For me, the transition from elementary to high school was a shock: kids were bigger, peer pressure stronger, and friendships shifted under social subgroups. Those moments stay with you; even decades later, I sometimes dream of old classmates. Looking back, I realize bullies may regret their actions, shaped by family or upbringing. That’s why empathy is crucial—it should be taught early, with real exercises to help kids truly understand one another. Resources Book: Affective Computing by Rosalind Picard App: Loona Sleep App

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0:00.0	Mindfulness mode.
0:02.0	Be easier on yourself, take it step by step, and be your own cheerleader.
0:08.0	Hey, I'm here with Ted Moy.
0:10.0	It's great to meet you, Ted, and I just want to start the interview by asking you this.
0:15.0	Are you in mindfulness mode today?
0:17.0	I believe so. I am. It's a beautiful day here in Vancouver. So I believe I am in mindfulness.
0:22.0	It is beautiful. Absolutely amazing. So what does mindfulness mean to you, Ted?
0:27.1	Mindfulness? So, I mean, it's interesting because right now we're working on a sleep app. And when I go to sleep, what I try to tell myself is that my mind needs to rest.
0:39.3	So mindfulness, to me, I mean, it's a little bit quirky, but you know, it just feels that my mind is full of positive energy.
0:49.3	And so everyone interprets that in a different way.
0:53.3	But for me, it's, you know's really looking forward to wherever I'm going for the rest of the day, whether that is going to work,
1:01.0	spending time with family.
1:03.0	For me, that's mindfulness.
1:04.0	Yeah.
1:05.0	Well, it really is true that our minds are full, full, full, and then we get to the evening and we want to fall asleep, and sometimes it's really, really difficult. So that's quite fascinating that you got to this point where you've created an app. So I'd like to know what this app does. What's the goal of the app? How does it work? Right. I mean, so on the topic of mindfulness, so again, this is kind of just my interpretation
1:28.2	of my mind being full, but as an entrepreneur, this is not our first go and building a project.
1:33.3	A lot of sleepless nights back in the days when I was working in gaming.
1:36.6	So working across different time zones, working late night shifts, and just having that
1:42.6	stress and burden as you go to sleep and realizing that the next day,
1:47.0	it doesn't matter how many hours that you put into your sleep, how many hours you spend in bed, you're not getting good rest.
1:53.0	And that got me to really try to understand the topic of sleep, not just for myself, but for even others around me.
2:00.0	And so what I realized is that it's actually a very fascinating topic.
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