SHARING & EXPERENTIAL ACTIVITY by BEVERLY LIN
One day, my dog, Zappy and I were taking a stroll in the park. Suddenly, Zappy started barking at some fallen leaves and it came to my awareness that there was a snake! My heart started to race and my body tensed up. The next moment, Zappy and I dashed away from the snake to safety.
When faced with real danger, some amount of fear helps us to keep safe. However, fear can become overwhelming to the point of crippling us. How do we "bounce back" from difficult situations?
Research shows that there are various ways to build resiliency. During this sharing, you would be able to reflect on the function of your fears and learn skills that could help to reduce body stress and reframe your mind positively. We would be doing fun and interesting mind exercises that reduce stress, increase optimism, and change your brain.
I look forward to meeting with you!
Speaker Profile: Beverly Lin
Beverly is a Singaporean Counselling Psychologist with a Masters in Applied Psychology from National Institute of Education-Nanyang Technological University (NIE-NTU) and Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) from National University of Singapore (NUS). She is a registered psychologist with the Singapore Psychological Society (SPS).
Beverly has experience in the social and mental health services for over 8 years. When working at the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF), she conducted assessments and interventions with complex families where abuse was present. Very often there were underlying psychological problems in these families such as, mood disorders, substance-related and addictive disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Beverly carried out intensive family work with caregivers and their children from various cultural backgrounds. She eventually specialised in family mediation work with elderly parents and their adult children.
After receiving a 5 years long service award from the government, Beverly left to explore the community setting where she worked at a Psychological Services Unit in a Family Service Centre. She worked with families whose children had challenges such as, ADHD, dyslexia, and anger management. She also gained experience in psychological testing. Currently, she works as a private psychologist. The adults she works with have family and relationship problems, workplace and financial stressors, or even health issues. Aside from being a psychologist, Beverly is also a private trainer and teacher. She conducts training such as, problem-solving and conflict resolution for adolescents under the care of MSF. And teaches children how to cope with stressors in their academic studies. Through her own personal experiences, Beverly recognizes that relationship is key to successful therapeutic work and she hopes to build a genuine connection with you.
SHARING by GRACE ON
Breakthrough with Courage & Resilience
Grace's life has been "joked" about by her friends that it can be written into a drama series. She attempted suicide at a young age of 20, survived, jumped right back up, and got into different businesses to pursue the life she wants. She developed depression later on in life and overcame it without medication.
Today, she is still not giving up. Grace is still working on her business and marriage. She is also a Beauty Coach who teaches ladies how to be beautiful in their own unique ways.
Grace will share snippets of her life story, which she has never shared before, and how she carried on her fight to be a "woman warrior" to encourage women to have courage and resilience and never give up no matter what kind of adversities they are facing.
Speaker: Grace On
Grace is a mother of 4, and she understands the struggles of a busy mum juggling between her children, family and work. She is always feeling burnt out by putting others first and herself last, so she realizes she needs to love herself more. She has went through depression and was suicidal, but she overcame it and now wants to empower other women to love themselves with self-care & self-love.
Grace loves everything about beauty & wellness, especially advocating chemical-free living and usage of essential oils. She believes beauty on the outside is a reflection of what is on the inside. In less than 8 years, she managed to obtain more than 15 certifications in beauty and wellness.
She conducts public workshops, as well as, teaches in local schools like NTU/NIE and other private schools.
