Encompassing Therapy and Counselling

01/01/2026

Instead of New Year resolutions, I’ve learned to return to something else. I think of it as renewing an attitude and I call it existential courage.

You might want to try it too 😉 Happy 2026!

#2026

26/12/2025

In adult friendships, what does it really mean to be a good friend? Even when we’ve been friends for years, being emotionally vulnerable can still feel hard.

Sometimes it’s not about lacking friends. It’s about learning how to let ourselves be seen.

Read the full blog here: https://encompassing.co/friends-at-a-distance-social-strangers-existential-companions/

Explore the dynamics of friendships at a distance in our interconnected world. Get to know the meaning of social strangers and existential companions.

23/12/2025

Dreading holiday gatherings and reunion dinners? 😥
The questions about marriage, career, and settling down can feel exhausting.

Try this instead: Shift from performing to observing. Notice what gets triggered and how you respond. It should feel like a social experiment, not a test you need to pass.

Sometimes awareness is already enough.

11/12/2025

What if the people who trigger you the most could also help you grow? 🌱

In a process group, you get to practice showing up differently and you can do so with support, feedback, and no real-world consequences.

Unlike individual therapy, you experience the variety of people who push your buttons and learn how to respond in new ways.

Step into the playground. Discover what your triggers reveal about how you want to show up. Learn more about it here: https://encompassing.co/existential-process-group-january-2026/t

10/12/2025

Have you ever felt tired enough to ask yourself, “What’s the point?”

We find ourselves thrown into a system with rules we didn’t write: work, achieve, compete, secure the future. We’re told this is survival and that we have no choice. And perhaps that’s true in material terms.

But the deeper existential tension is this: We become so consumed by surviving that we forget to ask what we’re surviving for.

Read more here:

Feeling trapped between work demands and what gives life meaning? Explore the existential tension between agency, the system, and finding yourself again. For professionals and parents questioning life purpose.

10/12/2025

Some moments aren’t meant to produce anything. That’s exactly the point.

We’ve absorbed the rules of productivity so deeply that we call connection and joy “pointless” when they can’t be measured or rewarded. But what if meaning isn’t about output and our real power lies in choosing how we live?

Can we reclaim the power to shape our lives, or will we keep blaming the system for choices that are ultimately ours?

Read more in the full piece: https://encompassing.co/losing-yourself-system-reclaim-agency/

09/12/2025

Saying “yes, and…” isn’t about losing boundaries, it’s about expanding them. 🌿

In improv, it’s about accepting an offer and building on it creatively, with respect and safety. In life, it’s about holding space for others and yourself, even in uncertainty.

Boundaries aren’t fixed lines. They’re a dance between discomfort and freedom, where collaboration and creativity thrive.

Read more here: https://encompassing.co/saying-yes-and-setting-boundaries-can-be-more-of-a-dance-than-a-stance/

04/12/2025

Would we still be looking for life's meaning if time was limitless?

We keep loving and hoping, even if we all know life won't last. Maybe that's exactly where meaning grows.

01/12/2025

Fourth Trimester portrays both the joy and the messy realities of early parenthood, capturing the essence of why conversations about healing and finding our footing as parents truly matter.

This Saturday, I’m co-hosting a free reflection circle with the playwright and the co-founders of .sg, one of whom was my own personal doula, .gem.

We’ll be diving deeper into the heart of the fourth trimester at MAIA House itself, a soothing and supportive space for parents-to-be and new parents.

Whether you’ve seen the play or you’re simply curious, you’re welcome to join us. Parenting and parenthood is a cause personally supports, and we are very proud to be a sponsor of the replay of this show.

Register here: tinyurl.com/t4tconvo

29/10/2025

What is the possibility that weekends do not make us lonely?

Rather, they just give us enough quiet to notice what has been waiting beneath the noise.

27/10/2025

In Singapore, anxiety isn’t a crisis. It’s a lifestyle.

But is it one we really want?

23/10/2025

Camus had his Sisyphus and his boulder.
We have MRT delays and "bo pian".
Same lesson learned: life goes on.

Singapore can be philosophical too ok.

Lately I’ve been playing with Singapore style existentialism. Since we don’t really have philosophers here,
maybe it starts with the way we speak about everyday life.