This page features my blog posts in chronological order. Please click on the categories if you would like to see my writing according to topics/ themes.
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- About Autumn Steps (1)
- Burnout (8)
- Caring for Others (4)
- Mental Health (16)
- Emotional Wellness (12)
- Therapy/ Counselling (3)
- online counselling (2)
- Self care (7)
- Thinking about Counselling? (1)
Supporting Our Children in Stressful Times (Exams version)
I wrote this post with the hope of providing some resources and suggestions on how we can be of support for our children in stressful times. Exams and performance evaluations (e.g., recitals, competitions) are already daunting on their own but it can be even more stressful when we are pit against one another in a…
Struggling and don’t know how to get help?
You are not alone. You are not a burden. The Straits Times Singapore published an article on 01 October reporting the preliminary findings of a study conducted by the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) and James Cook university in Singapore. It shed light on the mental health struggles of Singaporean women, particularly those between…
Emotional Regulation: Emotional Agility Applied
I often recommend Dr. Susan David’s book called “Emotional Agility” when discussing emotional well-being with individuals keen to learn more stress management and coping skills. Dr Susan David has an amazing website too that shares many resources for emotional agility. There, you can also find her remarkable TED Talk that led me to dig deeper…
Mindfulness in Emotional Regulation: An Important Step
Emotional regulation is an important skill to cultivate, to grow and to practise for coping and stress management. It is an integral part in developing resilience, to meet with the challenges that we face in every aspect and phase of our lives. Growing up, I faced with a lot of stress in school and my…
Are you treated with respect and dignity?
One of my introspective musings in recent months has been around respect and dignity and I had an epiphany, after a recent trip to Sydney, Australia: Respect and dignity can be awarded simply by seeing the human in the other. I realised too that I had been practising these values through my interactions with people.…
Doing Good Enough
Imagine how it feels like when you can end the workday feeling like you are doing good enough. When you can say in your mind “This is good enough” and your body embodies it, do you feel a sense of peace and contentment? I do. But it took me a long while to experience this…
A Life Focused on the Essential Stuff
Prioritising my health and emotional wellbeing, I worked on change my life, focused on the essential stuff.
How We Coped with Covid19 at Home
My experience on how I coped with Covid19 after contracting it in Italy. I hope you can gain some insights on coping strategies for illnesses and emotional coping with a dash of cross-cultural flavours.
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