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Accepting…Support (II)

When I was a teenager, I became very interested in Psychology, Therapy and Counselling. I have always recognised that humans beings are very peculiar with their mind and emotions. I have always find it interesting to see why people act the way they do, how personality are formed, why are some people more open than…
Accepting Support (I)

Have you heard of the Soft Life Movement? Soft life is define by a life characterised by ease, peace, support and comfort. Many equate it with material luxury and others with intentional happiness. It’s all about minimising stress and opting for constant form of self care. In a way, all these are not new. I…
Musical Energy for 2023

I love music. I always say I love music more than most people I know. Ever since I was a little girl, I used to dance and sing along to songs (some of these songs I truly had not business singing). Back then I didn’t even know English, but I will make up words as…
Late Bloomers

As I am approaching the date of a milestone birthday, my brain constantly wants to replay past memories, mostly to bring me to these really daunting questions: What have you achieved so far? Did you get what you wanted? Are you happy with where you are now? The actual responses to these are no, no…
To Hope or not to Hope

When I was young, I used to own cassettes of ‘folk tales’. One of my favourite story to listen on my little radio was Pandora’s box. If you are not familiar, this is an old Greek mythology tale about how evil entered the world. The Greek gods asked Pandora’s husband to look after a box…
A Hopeful Re-launch

I haven’t written here in more than four years. I have to come clean and say that this past four years have been very challenging for me. I even found it difficult to come back here and let my words flow like they used to do. But when I launched this blog in 2013, I…