Thursday, 5 February 2026

Author: Shirley Teo

Let it go: The quiet power move we forget to make

“The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back.” – Alyson Noel IT’S a new year, and there’s something close to my heart that I’ve come to learn throughout my working life. It’s a skill

When screens teach childhood to grow up too fast

“Children do learn what they live. Then they grow up to live what they’ve learned.” – Dorothy Nolte IT was late at night as we rode in a Grab back to the hotel. My daughter, already half asleep, suddenly murmured that she missed me. Then came a sentence that caught

A Feast that Brings Us Back Together

Nothing is better than going home to family and eating good food and relaxing. –Irina Shayk It was a very busy morning that began, as most good food stories do, with a trip to the bustling morning market. The sun was barely up, yet the market was already alive with

When the journey gets tough, mentorship lights the way

“Sometimes, all we need is just one person who believes in us and who will never give up on us.“ – Jocelyn Soriano IN every career journey, challenges are a given, and the same goes for every company. These challenges show up as uncertainty, rising expectations, or the struggle to

Lah, why so short one? The generational gaps in how we communicate

“To effectively communicate, we must realise that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.“ – Tony Robbins IF you’ve spent any time scrolling through social media lately, you’ve probably come across the term “67”.

It’s okay not to be okay

“Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together. “ – Brené Brown I WAS writing this as I sat down, watching my toddler play with her Lego blocks on the little red table in our living room. The late afternoon sunlight poured through the window,

Everyone’s talking. No one is listening.

“Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.” – Robert Green Ingersoll DOES it sound like irony? It’s the reality. I’ve written an article about the importance of tolerance in different settings and how the evolution of social media has played a significant

The courage to be bare

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” – Maya Angelou IN a society that often expects us to cloak ourselves physically and emotionally, the Korean sauna offers a rare opportunity to do the opposite: to strip down, literally

The growing importance of credibility in a noisy digital world

‘Credibility comes from results. Everything else is just marketing.’ – Richie Norton HAVE you ever found yourself scrolling through social media and just … sighing? Or realised that you no longer enjoy browsing it? Maybe, at some point, you even felt like there’s nothing much to see anymore. What once