How to Stop the Myth that Women are Bad with Money

Do you have the belief that “women are bad with money”? Do you believe that as a woman, you are less capable than men in managing finance? Do you leave all financial decisions to your spouse?

If you have limiting beliefs about women being bad with money, it is time to debunk the myth.

But what if you don’t have any finance background or that you are new to managing money? Well, the solution lies in getting financially educated. I believe that everyone has to start somewhere. No one was born overnight, knowing how to count bills or balance the checkbook. All of us have to go through a learning journey. And that includes you and me.

Abundance Alchemy Manifesto: How to Find Your True Path

Abundance Alchemy Manifesto is the new title of my book that I am relaunching after its first publication some years ago. The fundamental principles of what it means to go on a journey of alchemy still remain today. I am relaunching it because I realised that what I wrote was really a manifesto. Hence, I made a slight change in the main title by including the word “manifesto” to Abundance Alchemy for a more accurate description. 

Abundance Alchemy Manifesto is a companion guide for anyone who’s beginning to awaken. If this is you, it will serve you to recognise that you are essentially on two adventures – an outer and an inner one. Both paths are inter-twined. In your external journey, you are searching for “gold” or pursuing your dreams of abundance. However, you are also on an inner path that requires you to transmute struggle into success, pain into freedom.

7 Mindfulness Exercises for Anxiety Reduction – Life Hacks for Stress-Free Living

How about incorporating mindfulness exercises for anxiety reduction as life hacks for stress free living?

Sounds appealing…but feeling doubtful if applying mindfulness can work?

You’d like to welcome any anxiety relief idea except that you could be wondering how to even adopt a mindfulness practice of watching the breath quietly when your mind is constantly filled with worry. As far as you know, worry is not something that you can easily cast aside. You have not been able to stop feeling anxious on a lot of matters pretty much.

And so, you suspect that you won’t be able to concentrate with worry in tow. What’s more you don’t believe that you have time to sit on a meditation cushion for long periods of time. Not when you need to be up and about, fighting fire in your environment or working your butt off lest you fall behind.

Empath Traits: 30 Signs to Tell if You Have Them

Are you an empath or have empath traits?

Do you tend to get extremely exhausted after going to crowded areas?

Have you ever met someone for the first time and immediately feel an ache in your body…and sometime later, find out that this person is having physical symptoms in the same areas in his or her body?

Do you often feel a sharp pain in your heart as another person shares about her struggles with you?

Have you ever an unexplained wave of negative energy when visiting a new place such that you feel sick immediately?

If any of the above is true, you may be someone with empath traits.

The above examples appear in my family, friends, clients and most of all, myself!

After reflecting on my own experiences and knowing others who have them, I realise that I know a fair bit about what life for one having empath traits is like.

What’s Life Like for You with Empath Traits

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10 Signs of Money Phobia

Could you be having a money phobia problem? When dealing with personal financial matters, do you approach them calmly or do you tend to avoid them? What’s it like for you when it comes to filing tax, for instance? Do you start to feel dizzy, sweat profusely or sick in the stomach?

It was not clear to me that I had huge money phobias, at first. It would even sound ridiculous since I had worked in a bank for many years previously. There was a stage when I had to handle lots of physical cash when serving high net-worth individuals. Later on, I realised that while I was able to advise others on what to do about their investment portfolio, it was different when it comes to handling personal money matters.

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How to Grow Rich with Peace of Mind

How would you like to grow rich with peace of mind?

You can’t exactly claim to be having inner peace if you are constantly tossing in bed at night and fretting over financial matters. A mind that is fraught with worry is hardly still.

Or, it may be that you are already making good money but have not acquired it in a meaningful way and with a clear conscience. While your concerns may differ from someone who is poor and struggling, you are nonetheless unhappy and not living life in fulfilment and freedom.

Well, for anyone who is having money stress, I suggest finding a better way forward.

In either situation, you are being a slave to money. You are held captive. The consequence is a negative impact on the quality of your life. As Napoleon Hill, the best-selling author of Think and Grow Rich, advocates, never allow money to master you. If you are in emotionally disrupted even whilst you are working towards wealth creation, you are not at peace.Continue reading

Fly Your Dreams HIGH

Fly your dreams HIGH!

We are taking off in the New Year.

Please make sure your Blessings are secured and locked in an upright position.

All self-destructive devices should be turned off at this time.

All negativity, hurt and discouragement put away.

Should we lose Attitude under pressure during this flight, reach up and pull down a Prayer.

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What Is the #10YearChallenge and My Take On It

The new trend on social media are posts that are tagged with #10YearChallenge.

In case you have missed these posts, allow me to share with you what the trend is about.

The trend first started on facebook and have since gone viral. People – including celebrities, social media influencers and just about anyone – have been posting two side-by-side photos of themselves, one from 10 years ago 2009 and the other from 2019. Along with their posts, they have tagged #10YearChallenge, #10YearsChallenge or #2019vs2009.

Well, my feed has certainly been inundated with posts with the said hashtags. The #10YearChallenge posts are popular with the people I follow. For most of those who have published their photos, I can barely tell the difference. It is as if they had hardly aged. Good or them with maintaining their looks!

And so at first, I thought to myself, maybe I should post too. It will be great to read what others have to say about mine ha! Knowing how kind friends are, I suspect that they will generally write positive comments.

But…wait a minute….

If I should review what has happened over the last decade….

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It Starts with a Dream (and a Visit to the Karen Hill Tribe)

See the scarves hanging by the side?

I bought a few of them from the lady in the picture to give away as gifts for my friends.

The photo was taken when I visited the Karen Hill tribe in Chiang Rai a little more than two weeks ago. The visit to tribal villages was part of a tour that we had signed up on the spur while on vacation in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Our tour guide had taken us all the way up north to the border that separates three countries, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. We had stopped by at the Karen Hill tribe in the mountainous region.

Back at home, I gave away the scarves as intended. One of my girlfriends, in particular, like her gift. She sent me a text today to thank me. While responding to her, I reconnected with a dream that I once had. And I’d like to share about it in this post.

It Starts with a Dream

More than 10 years ago, when I was contemplating about my life purpose, I was asked this question: Why do you want to make money from your business? What will you do if you’ve made lots and lots of money, with enough to spare?
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Your Wake-up Call from the Universe

All of a sudden, it hits you that the Universe has just given you a wake-up call. It is an “aha” moment. A moment that dawns on you. It’s as if you have been asleep all this time until you discover that the answer that you seek has been staring in your face!

Prior to the sudden awareness, you may have been stressed out. You wondered about how matters have come to be. Despite tremendous effort on your part, things – at their worst – have turned out to be a mess. And so, you questioned, if God or the Universe has abandoned you?

A major life crisis such as retrenchment, bankruptcy, financial struggle, a health crisis and/or relationship breakdowns may NOT be exactly what you had in mind. Yet, you could have been dealt with a situation that has brought about much emotional turmoil. Anger. Struggle. Sadness. Loneliness. It’s like going through the dark night of your soul. Continue reading