Why Your Friendships Feel Different as You Reach Midlife
Last Friday, Sarah sat in her car in a Toa Payoh car park, staring at a WhatsApp group notification she simply didn't have the emotional energy to...
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When You No Longer Feel Like Yourself: Reclaiming Your Midlife Confidence
Imagine standing in a meeting at your office near Raffles Place, or perhaps sitting at a quiet family dinner, and suddenly feeling like a ghost of...
When you feel like starting again in midlife
Last Tuesday, a client sat in my office and admitted she felt like a ghost in her own home, despite her successful career in the CBD. You might feel...
When the House Goes Quiet: Navigating Your Empty Nest Identity Crisis
You stand in the kitchen at 7:00 AM, looking at a cereal box that no one is going to touch, and the silence feels heavy enough to bruise. For 18...
When you find yourself grieving for your younger self
Last Tuesday, a client sat in my practice here in Singapore and described the sudden, sharp pang she felt while scrolling through photos from 2014....
Who am I after 40? Re-meeting yourself in the midlife shift
Last Monday, a woman I'll call Mei sat in my office and whispered the question she'd been too afraid to say out loud: "Who am I after 40?" She'd...
When you feel lost in midlife and don’t know who you are anymore
Imagine sitting in your kitchen in Singapore at midnight, the rest of the house finally quiet, yet you feel a heavy, inexplicable ache that has...
When you start feeling invisible in midlife: A gentle path back to yourself
Last Tuesday, a woman I spoke with described the "crushing" weight of standing in her own kitchen while her family talked right over her as if she...
Why the fear of ageing feels so heavy for us
You might be standing in a busy queue at a café in Tanjong Pagar when it hits you. A group of women in their early twenties walks in, and you...