Shaker Fries to Self-Discovery: Finding Balance through Coaching

Google Gemini asked me: “๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต’๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ? ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ต?” The smell of Macdonald’s shaker fries, and takeaway dinners. I juggled academics and competing for Singapore and schools as a Table Tennis player. From when I was 7 to 18 years old, my daily schedule … Read More

What Story Has Had a Powerful Hold Over You?

“One big belief I held for 18 years was “๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ.” I’ve moderate to severe atopic eczema. I remember my first serious flare at 13 years old – Secondary 1, new school, new friends, new everything. The stress that came with these transitions worsened my condition. Extremely dry and flaky, angry red rashes on … Read More

My Coaching Entrepreneurship Journey, 7-Months On

ย It’s been 7 months since I said goodbye to my 9-6 job to be a full-time Ontological & NLP coach. These 7 months were packed with transitions and a great deal of learning and unlearning: – being led โžก๏ธ leading– being paid to work โžก๏ธ working to be paid– fixed work hours โžก๏ธ flexible work … Read More

Reflecting On My Newfield Ontological Coaching Journey & Beyond

After 9.5 months, I finally graduated from Newfieldโ€™s Certified Coach Training Programme (ICF Level 2-Accredited Program) last Sunday. This program trained us to be of PCC-level competency in our coaching. How do you fully capture a year that was filled with life lessons and self-actualisation, that I carry with me as I continue growing my … Read More

A Personal Story about Grief

We think an average of 60,000 thoughts a day. There are so many I can speak about, but let me speak to a big one that just came up for me: Grief Recently, I’ve heard stories of friends’ loved ones passing on or in critical condition. Even as the New Year is just around the … Read More