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Menopause : The Things That Women Don’t Talk About
I almost wanted to kill this article. There was an uneasiness in me as I questioned if a personal and intimate topic like Menopause has a place in LinkedIn, a business and employment-focused social media platform. Sharing this article makes me feel like I’m going into a fine dining restaurant in a T-shirt and shorts.
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Crossroads, Analysis Paralysis & Regret
Back in 2016, I visited Tokyo and was told that I had to experience crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing. According to online statistics, an estimated 1,000 – 2,500 people forge their way across the intersection every two minutes, making Shibuya Crossing the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing. It was an amazing experience. I learnt that to
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Study Hard and Everything Else Will “Fall In Place”. Really?
A few years back during class, one of my students — a 9-year-old child, picked up the water bottle she had left behind in the centre from her last lesson about a week ago. She was about to drink from it when I stopped her. I was worried that the water was stagnant and unhygienic.
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3 things to know before you quit your corporate job: The reality of managing work and family
Work-Life-Balance. The holy grail that many (especially working mothers) wish to seek but are unsure of how to. I started my own search some 17 years ago, when I realized that I was spending a disproportionately more time with my bosses and colleagues than with my children. That was a time when the concept of
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Finding Seasonal Shifts Within
Living in a tropical country where the four distinct seasons are replaced by a perpetual summer means I don’t feel as strongly the ebb and flow of life brought about by nature. The leaves here do not all morph into a symphony of rustic oranges and golden yellows to remind me that autumn is here;
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A Letter to My Client L (and all women on a journey of change)
Hi beautiful, I bet you didn’t know how hard I tried to chain my own emotions as you were sharing your frustrations, tears and that deep sense of being worthless. What I didn’t reveal too is that I know this journey of change so well (too well!), because I went through it once and I
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Crack the Procrastination Code
Do you find yourself constantly procrastinating on important tasks? Well, you are definitely not alone. I am a big procrastinator myself. We all know that nagging feeling when those lingering tasks on our to-do lists keep haunting us. It is not exactly pleasant, is it? So then why do we keep putting off things we
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Embracing The Awkward Beauty of Midlife
Life is a tapestry woven with captivating chapters, and one of the most intriguing and transformative stages is midlife for women. It is a time when we embark on a voyage of self-discovery, navigating the unpredictable waves of change — both within ourselves and in the world around us. Amidst the wisdom and grace that
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Finding Your Identity and Life Purpose as a Midlife Working Mother
As a midlife working mother, it is not uncommon to feel overwhelmed and lost in the busyness of life. With so many responsibilities and obligations, it can be difficult to find the time to reflect on what really matters to us and to explore our own identity and life purpose. But here’s the thing: you
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The Bowl With A Crack
I was drying and putting away the plates and bowls used at dinner when I saw a big crack in the glass bowl. A long crack right across the bottom of the bowl, made obvious as the bowl is transparent. My first instinct was to throw it away. The bowl is cracked, my “other me”