Tag: mental-health
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Protect Your Peace, Even in the DMs
*Stoic calm meets modern self-care (think Ryan Holiday, Nedra Tawwab, Cal Newport).* A friend once sank into my sofa and sighed, “I’m drowning… kids, work, friends, everything needs me.” I’ve been there too. Honestly, sometimes life feels like starring in Mariah Carey’s Whenever You Call, except everyone’s calling and texting, and DM-ing at once. My calendar…
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Let Them Clash, Let Them Heal, We Don’t Interfere.
I laugh so hard when I read my son’s (14 years old) WhatsApp text (Yes, I’m still checking my kid’s phone every day, what can I say? I’m an asian parent, there’s no privacy until they become an adult. Agree or disagree? It’s up to you.) Basically, it’s between him and the other kids that…
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What Do Friends Really Need: Listening or Advice?
My phone rang. It was my best friend’s name on the screen. I’m not the kind of person who always picks up someone else’s call if it’s not essential for me, but I decided to pick it up, since I know it’s usually important if she made a call, and she is an important person…
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The Parents’ Survival Guide to the Social Media Jungle
My main idea about parenting is simple: children watch and imitate us. They observe our every action and reflect it back. We like to imagine we’re raising them with deep values: patience, gratitude, kindness. But kids are clever little detectives. They don’t just listen to our words; they study our habits. And that’s why parenting…
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Don’t Buy Things, Buy Experience
Lately, my husband and I have a wish, we want to buy a big land outside town. Then, we saw this property. There’s a lovely small cottage on it, with huge trees and a big yard; it also has a fish pond, and what’s extremely satisfying for us (me especially), there’s a river crossing the…
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