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Personal development

Personal development is a lifelong journey of growth and self-improvement, including a wide range of topics aimed at enhancing your skills, mindset, and overall well-being. Learn how to develop new habits and push beyond your comfort zone with actionable advice and inspiring stories, our contributors will motivate you to take charge of your personal development and unlock your full potential.

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Transcending the Constraints of Labels – Uncovering Your Authentic Self Amidst Multiple Roles

How do we hold on to who we are when life piles role upon role on our shoulders? At the book launch event for The Tree That Found Its Roots, a mother's feedback resonated with the human side of me and...

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Meaning Systems, Words, and the Body – How Christmas Activates Our Deepest Emotional Patterns

At the age of 41, I returned to school in the evenings with a clear intention. I was going to earn a psychology degree and better understand the human mind. I enrolled at York University, full of...

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Why We’re All More Irritable at Year’s End – And What It’s Really Trying to Tell Us

There’s a moment each December when everything starts to feel a little sharper. The noise is louder. People feel closer. Small things that never bothered you suddenly scrape at your patience, and you...

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Healing My Asian Mother-Daughter Story

How one personal breakthrough inspired the idea for ‘Asian Recovery Therapy.’ Most of my life, my relationship with my mother felt like waiting for a grade that never came, a quiet search for approval...

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Affirmations Don’t Fail – They Diagnose Your Beliefs

Want your intention to land? Don’t repeat it into submission. When your body says “no”, get curious, that’s where the real work begins and where results finally stick.

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How to Reflect on Your Year Through Journalling

Scrolling through your phone at the year’s end reveals a story you didn't know you were writing. Between work deadlines and daily routines, meaningful moments can blur into background noise.

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5 Steps to Claim Your Authentic Power

If you’ve ever doubted yourself or experienced uncertainty about your role in life, it may have affected your sense of self-worth, your self-esteem, or your self-confidence. Instead of letting these...

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Strategic Psychotherapy for Overthinking – Break the Cycle and Build Mental Flexibility

Overthinking is one of the most common mental habits affecting people today, from high-performing professionals and parents to teenagers and even young children. Many of the clients I see describe...

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Trusting the Universe to Guide Your Next Step

Questioning your next best step? You’re not alone. Life often feels harder than it needs to be, not because the answers aren’t there, but because we overwhelm ourselves with too many options.

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Beware the Fear Lizard Policeman

I suppose it’s one of the benefits of getting older, but I’m a lot more relaxed than I used to be. I (vaguely) remember being virtually feral as a teenager and used to overreact to everything for at...

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The Power of the Little Gives and Why They Matter More Than Ever

We often hear people say they want to make a difference, but they feel overwhelmed, underprepared, or unsure of where to start. Many believe impact has to be big, loud, or public to...

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How to Set Real Boundaries That Put You Back in Control

Setting boundaries is an essential skill for emotional well-being, yet it is often misunderstood. Many people imagine boundaries as instructions for others, commands about what they must or must not...

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A Different Kind of New Year – What If You Entered 2026 With Curiosity Instead of Pressure?

We live in a culture that runs on pressure. Pressure to optimise, improve, achieve, upgrade, evolve. Pressure to be further along. Pressure to have clarity when you feel uncertain, direction when you...

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Active Surrender & The 2 Blocks in Your Way

Surrender. A word that haunted me for a while. I misunderstood it and honestly judged it for the longest time because I forgot how it felt to truly embody it.

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Play, Don’t Push – How Dwelling in the Energy of Fun Will Strengthen Your Health

Life often feels overly serious, and many of us live each day that way. I’ve been there, and I know how exhausting it can be. The truth is, we’re here not just to work but to experience joy and fulfillment.

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Reprogramming the Subconscious – How Past Life Imprints Shape Your Mindset and Success

Most mindset work focuses on childhood conditioning, but in my reincarnation research, the deepest blocks people struggle with don’t begin in this lifetime at all, they’re echoes from far earlier.

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