Aug 5The Quest for the Right Preschool“Mama, my sandals!” “Shall we rest at home today?” “I don’t want to rest at home.” Wow! I was surprised when Travis expressed his desire to go to school despite having the option to stay home. He had been absent from school for the past couple of days due to…Parenting5 min readParenting5 min read
Jun 18Nothing mattersI am so glad that I did a podcast interview with a dear friend recently. I hadn’t expected to talk so much about the past but being in his mid twenties, it was natural for my friend to be curious about how I forged a career path and the major…Self Improvement3 min readSelf Improvement3 min read
Apr 8When coffee is not about coffee anymore“Shall we bring Travis along for coffee?” Nope. I don’t want to look after him when I have coffee. I need to be child-free, to be with myself, I need this space to nurture myself. And then, I realised, oh, coffee is not about coffee anymore. It’s interesting how my…Coffee3 min readCoffee3 min read
Published inBe Yourself·Jan 10As the new year struckAs the thundering firework broke the silence of the night, I held Travis in my arms at one side of the room, watching tentatively over Noah’s cot on the other end, relieved that Noah was oblivious to the noise around him. A silent monologue crossed my mind — ‘best new…Self Improvement4 min readSelf Improvement4 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Jun 6, 2022Living through the grief of a miscarriageI recently read Suleika Jaouad’s moving memoir, ‘Between Two Kingdoms’, for the second time, after knowing that she has a cancer relapse and that she wedded the love of her life whom she wrote about in the book. I thought about the first time I read the book and how…Motherhood5 min readMotherhood5 min read
Jun 6, 2022Being AliveI was sipping a perfectly acidic long black and biting into the crumbly French butter loaf, flipping through the pages of an independent magazine that embodies the art of types and space. While I immersed myself in the vibe and openness of the Scandinavian-styled cafe, I felt my creative instinct…Life Lessons2 min readLife Lessons2 min read
Published inBe Yourself·Feb 10, 2021Becoming a motherA year ago, while reading Glennon Doyle’s ‘Untamed’, I remembered pausing at a quote that says ’it’s a heavy burden for children to know that they are the reason their mother stops living her life’. It sounded cruel and yet true. …Life Lessons5 min readLife Lessons5 min read
Published inBe Yourself·May 11, 2020What I know now at 30I arrived at 30 at a peculiar juncture of time: global pandemic, nationwide lockdown, being pregnant and confined at home for over 6 weeks. On my 30th birthday, I woke up in an ordinary morning and carried out my ordinary routine of sun salutation sequence followed by meditation. There was…Life Lessons5 min readLife Lessons5 min read
Published inBe Yourself·Apr 10, 2020What does living a good life means during a pandemic lockdown?It is an interesting time to be a witness of history, to observe how a virus outbreak that happened thousands of miles away erupted into a global pandemic, and to feel the weight of shock when it burned my neighbourhood. From reading news on the sideline, suddenly, I became an…Covid-194 min readCovid-194 min read
Mar 26, 2020Learning self-compassion during early pregnancyWhen I first discovered that I was pregnant, I was worried about my mental health. After going through what felt like a tremendous transition in life from marriage to adjusting to new family life to setting up our new home in a new part of the city — there were…Self Love4 min readSelf Love4 min read
