Chocolate cake? Long walks in the park? Chillin’ on the couch? Would those be self-care or stress relief? Hey, I’m not one to argue semantics. Really. To each their own. So I’ll just share my totally personal response. Those are Stress Relief. Self-care to me denotes something bigger than an “escape” activity. Self-care almost seems […]
Pouring out the feels: My Music x Mental Health Journey
I’ve not had much time or energy to update my blog the past few weeks. I’ve had a few things on my plate, both personally and professionally. But, I wanted to drop a short note on is that I’ve been busy working on a very exciting and deeply personal project – launching a music album […]
Did last year’s birthday hope come true?
Exactly one year ago, I shared a post on my birthday declaring that I would be seeking professional help to manage my mental and emotional well-being. I ended the article saying that it was a birthday present to myself – hope of better mental health. One year later, how am I? Has therapy helped, is […]
Chinese New Year Special: Spring Cleaning for the Mind!
Tis the season to start clearing out the old to make way for the new! And while we may be busy peering into cupboards and dusting off cobwebs, maybe we can do the same with our minds. This analogy came to me courtesy of one of my favourite meditation podcasts, The Morning Ritual. It was […]
Values: How to discover what’s really important to you
There has been a lot of awareness surrounding the idea of Values and the role that it plays in managing one’s mental health. In my previous post, I wrote about why figuring out my Values, my North star, if you will, has helped me manage difficult people and situations. Mostly. I am not completely there […]
Values: Guiding you to better mental health
Values. This is something I have been wanting to write about ever since I started learning more about its impact on mental health. Values. Not a big word, nothing revolutionary. Except, it is. I can bet that not many of us has spent any time at all thinking about what our values are. To really […]
Hello 2021! What shall I do this year, then?
Now that I have my own platform to capture my ramblings, I can force myself to pen down what I would like to focus on for the new year and make it public so I can be pressured to meet my goals. 😜 In all seriousness though, at the beginning of the year, I like […]
Why 2020 was one of the best years of my life.
If I said 2020 was one of the best years in my life, would you think I’m crazy? Would you think I must have been living under a rock, was I not impacted at all by the Covid-19 pandemic, how could I actually declare this? Yes, I was impacted by the pandemic – not as […]
5 ways to up your resilience game.
What a year, and the start of a new decade, 2020 has been. Covid-19 snuck up and took over the world, and has been one of the biggest game-changers we have ever seen. Putting aside the devastating death numbers and the continuing hardships faced by so many, we can also recognise that the pandemic has […]
The Invisible Child – Siblings of the Special Needs / Mentally Ill child
When there is a special needs or mentally-ill child in the family, the impact on the well sibling is often not seen or understood. It is brushed aside with the focus being centred on the affected child and its parents / caregivers instead. “As a child I tried desperately not to have a problem because […]