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While I’m away from now till 13 July, visit the archives, which houses over 100 quality, timeless articles in over 35 categories and the top articles which features the best of PersonalExcellence.co. Speak with you guys soon! Starting from this Wed, first July, I will be away in St John’s island (an island off Singapore) for almost 2 weeks for a meditation retreat . This…
Posted Jun 30 by Celes | Comment
Filed: Spirituality, Updates
Tags: meditation, retreat
Have you ever looked at an unfavorable life circumstance in your life and thought you are undergoing this because you ‘don’t have a choice’? I often hear people around me saying: “I have to do XYZ.” “I need to do that.” “I have no other option.” “I have no choice.” This can apply to anything, from their reactions to being in a dilemma to small…
Posted Jun 27 by Celes | 2 Comments
Filed: Awareness & Growth
Tags: choice, ownership, responsibility
This is just a quick post to share that today is my birthday I will be 25 from today onwards, which is the 25th June (matching numbers!). I originally planned an article on growing older to tie in with my birthday, but looks like that won’t be out in time. (Update Jul ’09 – The article is up: Do you dread growing older?) Thank you…
Posted Jun 25 by Celes | Comment
Filed: About Celes, Updates
Tags: birthday, meditation retreat
And it’s up! Welcome to the brand new CelestineChua.com, your personal development blog to help you be your best self and live your best life. From now, EmbraceLiving.Net will redirect to CelestineChua.com automatically. I’ve done all the domain changes where I’m aware of, but if you are surfing around the site and still see any links pointing to embraceliving.net, please contact me. Readers, please update…
Posted Jun 20 by Celes | Comment
Filed: Updates
Tags: celestinechua.com, relaunch, update
I just finished giving a speech on Passion or Money to the NUS alumni, and it went really well! Audience was very friendly and receptive, there was great response and questions asked were astute. It was a pity that the Q&A had to be cut short though due to overrun, but it surely was a positive sign that audience was engaged! Thanks a lot to…
Posted Jun 19 by Celes | 1 Comment
Filed: Updates
Tags: adsense, celestinechua.com, new domain, new tagline, update
Lately I have been regularly posting inspiring quotes on Twitter. The thing I love about inspiring quotes is they pack so much wisdom in so few words. Some of them are really mind and heart opening – just reading them has the power to give you an eureka! moment. Based on the feedback I’ve been getting…
Posted Jun 16 by Celes | 33 Comments
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Emotional Mastery, Motivation & Inspiration, Series
Tags: 101 series, inspirational, inspiring quotes, quotes
Have you ever thought of introducing a good habit into your life, but never got around to doing it? Perhaps you tried it for 1-2 days, but then lacked the discipline to continue afterward. Perhaps you are overwhelmed by the effort required to institute it into your life and never got around to doing it. Perhaps your attempts keep getting thwarted by other activities. In…
Posted Jun 9 by Celes | 3 Comments
Filed: Cultivate Habits, Health & Fitness, Productivity & GTD
Tags: 21-day trial, bad habits, good habits, habits
A few months ago, I wrote an article on Creating Your Life Handbook. In the article, I mentioned several things to list in your handbook, such as your strengths and weaknesses, your core values, and in particular, your blind spots. One of the readers, Darren, asked me what blind spots are and requested an article on it. That inspired me to write this article. Blind…
Posted Jun 4 by Celes | Comment
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Character Building
Tags: ask celes, blind spots, growth
The Story of Stuff has a very informative 20 minute flash video which unravels the hidden truths behind our consumerist culture and the far reaching consequences which we are not exposed to in our day-to-day lives.
Posted Jun 1 by Celes | Comment
Filed: Money & Wealth
Tags: materialism, story of stuff
