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 (10)
- Caring for Others (5)
- Emotional Wellness (15)
- Mental Health (5)
- Self care (14)
- Therapy/ Counselling (6)
Coping with Rumination and Overthinking
Pick up some strategies for coping with rumination and overthinking based on lived experiences by Singapore counsellor Stephanie Lim at Autumn Steps
Therapy for Existential Issues: Life, Identity and Death
Existential issues, anyone? Here, I share my own journey on addressing my own existential crisis and how receiving therapy has helped me become better at being a therapist.
How to Use Gen AI for Mental Health: Guiding Principles Suggested by a Therapist
Do you know how to use Gen AI for meeting your mental health needs? Are you aware of the limitations of using Gen AI for mental health? This post offers some guiding principles on how to use GenAI more effectively to supplement your healing journey.
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.…
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