A client of mine suffers from shopaholism and cannot control her impulsive buying even after being in debts for a sustained period of time. She went shopping nearly everyday at lunch time and frequently surfed onlineshops for new released clothes, handbags or shoes. She needed to buy something each time she was in a shopping …
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Our adversities as part of our hero journey
An American superhero film, Doctor Strange, depicted a “Hero journey” by a wealthy and famous neurosurgeon. Dr. Strange, the arrogant neurosurgeon was severely injured in his hands in a traffic accident. In his journey in searching for the cure for his hands, he went to Kamar-Taj and sought help from the sorcerer. Through his studied …
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To embrace impermanence in this chaotic world
One of my clients sufferred from cancer one year ago. She used to be very healthy and had regular routine for exercising before the diagnosis. With healthy life style and stable career without much work stress, it is out of expectation for her to suffer from cancer at late forties. The treatment process was traumatic …
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The two types of our illusion of an enduring self
The use of social media has been part of our lives. It is common for us to see our friends in social media posting their selfies, socialising activities, achievements or anything about oneself to obtain “likes” or positive comments. For a normal user of social media, posting some updates related to one’s positive identity sometimes …
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From the Hong Kong movie, “Drifting”, to self-compassion and compassion to others
The recently launched Hong Kong movie, “Drifting”, may have touched many people’s hearts as it is about a stories of a group of homeless people in Sham Shui Po being ostracised and the personal belongings so precious to them were taken away by the government. In the end, the civil litigation filed by this group …
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Is being a social butterfly the only way to thrive in networking?
Many introverts admire those who are very sociable, charismatic, and belong to many different social groups. It seems that they have strong social capital and resources. These are the people who may have ten thousands connections in LinkedIn or a few thousands friends in Facebook. It is frequent to see them having social gatherings with …
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