Trauma takes many forms. Some such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) have become common terms in recent years, but one kind of...

Personality tests are a common tool in the Life Coaching industry but I don't use them and here are some of the reasons why. Firstly,...

"Look at how a kid behaves and you'd know how his/her parents are like." "What an unbelievably rude person! He must be raised in a barn!"...

We take paracetamol for headaches, eat when we need food, sleep when we are tired and see a doctor when we are unwell. Why can't we see...

We all react to things or people around us differently. What can be stressful for one person might be a storm in a teacup for another and...

In my previous article, I wrote about why babies cry. This article is on why kids throw tantrums. A tantrum is an emotional outburst, as...

Perception is our interpretation of what is presented to us. As shown in the picture above, both perceptions (the circle and the square)...

Has anyone ever told you that you are too nice? Or that you put others before yourself a little too much? It can be hard to find that...

There is a suicide in every 40 seconds, according to World Health Organization. Sometimes, it is obvious when someone we know is...

Previously, I wrote about unmet universal human needs and one of them is a sense of Self. Accepting and being accepted for who we are is...

Have you ever wondered why babies cry? Crying is a baby's first language to communicate their needs such as: “I’m hungry.” “I’m scared.”...

In my previous article, I wrote about some of the common misconceptions about people who struggle with mental health issues. Counsellors,...

I was tutoring a child one Sunday when her mother walked into the room and asked me to leave after learning that I worked as a...

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, has everyone on high alert. While we have faced the pandemics such as swine flu (H1N1)...

I once had a client who described the feeling of anxiety as "worrying over an important exam that doesn't exist", and an anxiety attack...

This falls under one of my job scope. What does being present mean? I like to define being present as having an open mind, attitude and...

Do we see people for who they really are? Or do we view them though spectacles tinted with our own interpretations and expectations? Do...

I used the adjective ‘possible’ here to suggest that it is possible but not guaranteed. And as counselling goes, it is only helpful if...

Numb. Empty. Alone. Lost. ​ These are the words I often hear from clients struggling with their emotions. They find it hard to put their...