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Life Transitions: Relocations
Exploring the challenges of moving from one country to another. Following on from last month’s focus on life transitions, this month we turn our attention to a particular transition undertaken by many Hong Kong and expat families in increasing numbers over the past 5...

Executive Functions and Child Development
Executive Functions and Child Development Why is it so Important for Academic Achievement & Good Health Executive functions are a set of high-level cognitive processes that allow us to plan, initiate, monitor, and adjust our behaviour in order to achieve our...

Navigating and Coping with Life Transitions
Changing is inevitable, suffering is optional. Having relocated to London after living in Hong Kong for over two decades, I find myself facing challenging life transitions familiar to many. Not only in the form of adjusting to my new home, community, cultural nuances...

Removing the Mask
I arrived at my gym for an appointment with my trainer. “Are you going to Lan Kwai Fong tonight?” he asked enthusiastically. As a busy (and middle-aged) professional who’d been up since 5 am and still had several work obligations after this gym session, I figured...

No Bad Parts
I really enjoy watching the Disney movie “Inside Out,” and I often recommend the film to my clients. The protagonist of the movie is a little girl named Riley and her emotions - Joy, Sadness, Anger, Disgust, and Fear. These emotional characters help Riley face her...

Retrain the Brain, Change the Habits
Have you ever wondered why habits are so hard to break, especially the bad ones? The habits that human beings follow might have a positive impact on behaviours, but they can have a negative effect on social relations. Human habits are complex, and the significance of...

“Doing” Leadership
“DOING” LEADERSHIP by KELLY HUTCHISON As a long-time leader of teams, I often get asked for my thoughts on how to “do” leadership. Just recently, I was talking with a bright, early-career entrepreneur who said, “My business is growing like crazy and I’m starting to...

The Benefit of Laughter
Did you know that healthy children can laugh 400 times in a day but adults only average 15 times? It seems that we all need more laughter in our lives. But, does it really matter? Is laughter the best medicine? The Benefit of Laughter Well, research indicates that...

Befriend your Nervous System
Our brain is wired to constantly scan for potential dangers and safety in our surroundings, even if we do so without realizing it. We read thousands of social cues when we interact with others, such as facial expressions, voice tones, body language, and more....

Re-entering the Outside World
Travelling post-Covid In the 2015 movie “Room”, based on the novel by Emma Donoghue, a mother and her son Jack are held captive in a single-room outbuilding for nearly seven years. During this time, “Ma” works to keep her son healthy and happy by structuring their...