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Why Senior Doctors and Healthcare Administrators Should Follow Popular Doctor Meme Pages

If administrators think meme pages are purely a bunch of silly posts by “shit-stirrers”, think again.

Mar 9, 2022

Why Senior Doctors and Healthcare Administrators Should Follow Popular Doctor Meme Pages

Mar 9, 2022

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“Be More Resilient” Is The Worst Kind of Gaslighting Out There

I was sitting at my desk listening to a ministerial statement by Chan Chun Sing, as he presented how the horrific event on 19 July at River…

Jul 30, 2021

“Be More Resilient” Is The Worst Kind of Gaslighting Out There

Jul 30, 2021

Can Women Actually Have Pain-Free Births Without An Epidural?

Hypnobirthing seems to be the answer to having pain-free births, and even allowing women to experience joy in the birthing process.

Feb 9, 2023

Can Women Actually Have Pain-Free Births Without An Epidural?

Feb 9, 2023

A Birth That Healed: Gabriel’s Birth Story

“The premise that birthing, by nature, had to be a painful ordeal was totally unacceptable to me. I could not believe that a God who had…

Oct 25, 2022

A photo of me and Gabriel, just two hours after birth.

Oct 25, 2022

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Dear Son, Your Father’s Absence Is Not for a Lack of Love

“It is in those fleeting moments of rejection, that my heart mourns for what could have been a beautiful father-son relationship, if not…

Feb 17, 2022

Dear Son, Your Father’s Absence Is Not for a Lack of Love

Feb 17, 2022

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From Educators to Plant-repreneurs: Why forgo a stable $6000 monthly salary to run a plant nursery?

“It is time to put myself first, for real, this time” — Avie Mercado, co-founder of Plants Ate My Money.

Feb 7, 2022

Heintjie Santos and Avie Mercado, Founders of Plants Ate My Money

Feb 7, 2022

What Nobody Tells You About Love In Marriage

I will love you and honour you all the days of my life.

Aug 18, 2021

What Nobody Tells You About Love In Marriage

Aug 18, 2021

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Are You Racist or Just Culturally Insensitive?

Diving into semantics and paving the way forward.

Jun 21, 2021

Are You Racist or Just Culturally Insensitive?

Jun 21, 2021

Cut The Crap: Let’s Stick With Covid-19 Chinese Wedding Practices Even After The Pandemic

Let Weddings Be What They Really Are: A Union Between Two People, Not A DisplayTo Be Shown Off.

Jun 1, 2021

Cut The Crap: Let’s Stick With Covid-19 Chinese Wedding Practices Even After The Pandemic

Jun 1, 2021

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Why Access To Mental Health Services Should Be A Basic Right

It is even more pertinent now than ever to make mental health a priority

May 27, 2021

Why Access To Mental Health Services Should Be A Basic Right

May 27, 2021

Victoria-Marie

Victoria-Marie

Linguist. Writer. Mum. Currently navigating life with intense sleep deprivation, and learning how to still do what I love - teaching and parenting.

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