Own Your Voice

There are so many brilliant coaches and service-based entrepreneurs out there. There are plenty of smart and experienced people wanting the same job as you, striving for that promotion just like you are.  What makes you different?   Here's the catch: You are different, you may not realise it, or may not be communicating it. Perception is Reality. You and I both know that everyone is uniq...

Do you feel like you don’t have enough experience to use your voice? Have you ever thought “Let me learn more till I reach ‘there’, then I can contribute my ideas, then I can give people advice”.   Well, this is for you. Your voice has so much power, more than you realise.  In this episode of the “Own Your Voice Pod”, you’ll learn how your voice has actual power, and take away 3 sim...

How can we use our fear to our advantage? How can we build up our courage so that we can develop the power and confidence to chase our dreams? What are the practical steps we can take right now to keep our fears in check?  Rae answers the above with Sha-En Yeo, a TEDx speaker, best-selling author and a graduate of the prestigious Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program at the Uni...

We all have a plan. We plan to get our dream job by a certain age. We plan to get that prestigious internship during the summer. We plan to get that number of clients to build our business. We plan to get attached and married by 30. And sometimes, in fact, most times, things don't go according to plan. Here are the bumps and turns in my life, and three things that helped me through it. [Share your...

Fear cripples us. Fear limits us. Fear stops us from doing what makes us happy. Whether it is fear of failure, fear of embarrassment and criticism, fear of connection and relationships -- fear will stop us from achieving our greatest desires, and severely limit our potential, IF we don’t know how to handle it. Today’s podcast is the first part of a two part series with Coach Jenny Quiros, a Streng...

We are all wired to connect. Friends, family, community - they are an integral part of our lives. Our friends usually share our common interests or professions, so what happens if we change our professions? If we have a redirection of our priorities? We may naturally spend less time with our old group of friends, but does that mean we will lose them? In this episode, I chat with Jing An, an entrep...

Social Comparison is inevitable. At one point of our lives, we would have done so, or better yet - our parents compare us with other children (such an ASIAN thing!) . In this Fridate, Rae shares about how she has compared herself with others throughout different phases of life and how she has learnt to curb it. . Can we COMPLETELY stop comparing ourselves with others? Share with me your thoughts,...

Hands up in the comments below if you've had a conversation that was #AWKWARD before. First date. Day 1 of Orientation Camp. Networking Event. Meeting a long lost friend at the mall. We have all been there. In this episode, Rae talks about the awkward conversations she has had before and what she has learnt to do in order to prevent future awkward conversations. How do you prevent first time convo...

Today, I will be chatting with my friend Sejal who survived COVID-19 after spending 16 days in the National Centre for Infectious Diseases, NCID. Like me, Sejal is also a communications major in university and a freelance emcee. To give some context, in November 2019, she shared with me, over lunch, about her excitement in planning her university exchange to the UK. She spent her holidays working...

Have you ever felt like you weren't good enough? Have the opinions of others ever discouraged you from doing what you love? In this Fridate, Rae opens up about her insecurities throughout the years and how she seeks growth in them. She delves into topics such as 'Fear of Missing Out' (FOMO), fear of incompetency, and perfectionism.