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Hi! I enable others to know, love and honour their true selves so the world may benefit. Here, I sha

Born in Singapore. 8 adult years in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and London. Wife, mother of 2, vocalist, yogi, lifelong student, mental wellness advocate. I coach business leaders to bring their whole selves to work and life, and thrive on their terms. I empower women with their finances/ business via proprietary programs. I organise and invest financial, human and social capital in women-led

companies. MY BACKGROUND:
2 decades evenly split across:
> Wall Street: corporate finance advisory and investing, from seed to blue-chip;
> Conscious Living - breakthrough coaching for peak performance and quality of life. WHAT I DO:
Fusing both specialties as a practitioner and coach, I engage in uncommon conversations about what matters most to a person, and guide them through challenges to WIN in their lives.

>> INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE COACHING
Human beings are happiest and most productive when all three facets of being - mind, heart and spirit - harmonise. My own search for higher purpose over a lifetime of academic and professional success propels me to coach talented people who desire to serve the world to own their unique brilliance, truth and values. Together, we design life on their terms, one that fully expresses and maximises who they are.

>> CHAMPION WOMEN with MONEY and BUSINESS
Through depression and entrepreneurship, I discovered graceful power with money and identity. I have compassion for women (quietly, unknowingly?) resigned to fear, overwhelm, or dependence with their money, or those in gender-skewed business. I enjoy connecting with women about money strategies and aspirations. My passion to forge a new normal - financial zen and mastery for every woman - inspired “Courageous Conversations about Money”. I bring women together in a safe space to demystify money and learn to handle it as naturally as our homes, careers and children. I lead investment platforms pairing female capital with women-led ventures. I champion and advise women leaders out to make money meaningfully.

17/04/2026

Highly educated, deeply capable women — who have navigated complexity, led teams, built things — sitting with a question they can’t answer on their own.

And before they can even name what they need, a quieter question surfaces:
Am I worth spending this time and money on?
Is this even a real problem?
Shouldn’t I be able to figure this out myself?
I’m already so privileged. Who am I to struggle with this?

I know that place. When I was navigating post-partum depression, I didn’t reach for support — I was already a coach who had done deep work. Surely I could handle this alone.

That reasoning kept me isolated longer than I needed to be.

What I’ve come to understand — in my own life and in the room with others — is that the resistance to support isn’t self-sufficiency.

It’s internalised shame wearing a very convincing disguise. The shame of having a life that looks fine from the outside while you're a mess inside. The shame of not being able to solve yourself.

And underneath all of it: a woman who has spent her whole life saying yes to others, and genuinely doesn’t know what it feels like to say yes to herself first.

Is this a first-world problem?
If that’s you asking the question — this is your quiet invitation. Not to have it all figured out. Just to choose yourself, once, and see what becomes possible from there. 💛

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17/02/2026

"So, what are you doing now?"

It sounds innocent. But you brace yourself for what's coming:
"Is that a real job?"
"Your cousin just bought a new house..."
"My grandkid got into Raffles, what about yours?"

Suddenly, you're not at a family dinner. You're under audit.

Defending choices you were proud of last week. Wondering if you should've worn something that looks more "successful." Calculating whether your answer will disappoint them — and now, whether your kids measure up too.

There's an invisible cost to being audited like this.

In many Asian families, achievement and financial status aren't just personal milestones. They're public scorecards that reflect on the family. Proof that their rice wasn't wasted.

It started with your grades. Then university, job titles, salary, property, net worth, your parenting chops.

The metrics change. The measuring never stops.

The pressure isn't always loud. Sometimes it's just there — in the blink and pause after you answer, in the way aunties compare notes, in the way you feel yourself shrinking or inflating.

→ Swipe for 5 strategies to protect your peace (and your sanity)

And here's what I want you to remember:
Your worth isn't measured by any of that. Not this year. Not any year.
You are not less than because you chose your path.
You are not behind because your timeline doesn't match theirs.

You are allowed to:
Feel proud of where you are, even if they don't understand it yet.
Protect your peace during family gatherings.
Redefine success on your own terms — and let that be enough.

新年快乐. May this bolster your courage to stand in your own worth.

Save it. Share it. Or just breathe and know: you're not alone.

13/02/2026

Women, Money & Power:
The Conversation We Don't Have But Must!

This International Women's Month, I'm honored to join .group and for a different kind of conversation about money.

Not the usual "10 tips to invest" or "how to negotiate like a boss."
But the conversation beneath that — the one we've been taught not to have.
About the shame we carry when we overspend.
About the fear that we'll never feel safe, no matter how much we save.
About the guilt of wanting more, or the exhaustion of always having to prove we're worth it.

Money shapes our choices in deeply personal and often invisible ways. Yet these conversations remain whispered, avoided, wrapped in stigma.

It's time to create space for them.

I'll be sharing real stories — not just strategies — alongside women who've navigated financial decisions across careers, life stages, and circumstances that don't fit into a neat "success story" box.
Because money is never just about numbers. It's about healing our relationship with it, untangling inherited patterns, and building lives where net worth and self-worth can rise together — not in opposition.

This evening isn't about "getting ahead." It's about coming home to yourself in your relationship with money.

We'll have candid dialogue, diverse perspectives, and insights that go beyond spreadsheets — followed by intimate breakout conversations where we can go deeper together.

📅 Thursday, 5 March 2026
⏰ 6:00pm – 9:00pm
📍 Trehaus, 109 North Bridge Road #07-21

Tickets: SGD35 (members) | SGD70 (non-members)
✨ Special offer: Use code "lpfriend" for member pricing!

Whether you're building wealth, rebuilding confidence, or simply curious to learn—this evening is about empowerment through conversation.

Link in bio to register 🔗

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27/01/2026

Last call for something good.

The next Make Money Better cohort begins February 4th.
Registration closes Friday, January 30th.

I don't often share client feedback publicly, but when someone takes the time to send something like this 👆, it feels right to let others know what this work actually does. (shared with permission)

This program isn't about budgets or discipline. It's about the deep, honest work of shifting how you relate to money — from shame and urgency into something steadier, kinder, and more yours.

It's profound because it has to be. Surface-level fixes don't tend to stick when the ground beneath them hasn't changed.

If you've been wondering whether this is for you, or if now is the time — this is me saying: yes, and the door closes soon.
I'd love to have you.

👉Link in bio.

28/12/2025

There's a certain magic I get to witness in my clients at the start of what becomes sustained behaviour change.
It is not grand.
It is often tentative or experimental.

No perfect plan, seeing every step and destination.
Certainly not with full confidence either.
It's a readiness in a quiet, grounded way —
ready to stop abandoning what matters,
ready to figure things out and deal with that discomfort,
ready to honour the version of you that’s emerging,
ready to take one step instead of replaying old stories.

We don’t get to rewrite the past.
But we can choose the identity we bring into the next chapter.

Start where you are.
With the capacity you have today.
With the truth you’re finally willing to name.

Beginnings don’t need to be dramatic or grand. In fact, they are often quiet without much fanfare or thought, even a little experimental.
They just need to be honest.
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One of my teachers Sherwin at (KPY) does an amazing Yin + Sound Therapy classes that I drop in monthly for a dose of magic. I always leave his classes
- stretched out well
- smile on my face
- sanity restored.

A distinctive gentle spirit but no wallflower. He's a living example of how you don’t need to be the loudest voice, or biggest talker, to change others powerfully.

He doles out spiritual sayings, drawn from a wide variety of sources - tarot, to explorers, to philosophers to unknown - that I could not resist documenting in this fortnightly series of “Sherwinisms” that has stuck with me.

05/12/2025

"I thought I'd be more comfortable."
I've been on bigger stages, addressed larger audiences.
But standing in that padded music room, singing before 12 people—my voice was strangled, weak, nothing like what I hear in the shower.

This was lesson 3 of 8 in the Musical Theatre Intensive I signed up for in November.
It broke me down in ways I didn't expect. My a ca****la training had me obsessed with sounding beautiful, but that was exactly what kept me stuck.
The breakthrough came when my instructors gave me permission to sound ugly—to let go of perfection and surrender to feeling.

The scariest part?
Not the high belt. It was being seen.
Allowing myself to inhabit the song instead of hiding behind technique or persona.

But here's the paradox I'm still exploring: I had to connect to songs from my authentic experience.
Yet when assigned a song about unbridled joy, I couldn't access it.
"What makes you happy?" Pistachio ice cream? Moments with my kids? Nothing dopamine-spiking.

Most of my life is spent creating peace, practicing wholeness.
Not chasing highs that come with slumps.
So how do I authentically convey something so remote from my experience - "Gail with the responsibilities of life"?

That tension—sourcing from within VS reaching beyond what I know—is where my next chapter lies.

Last night, I sang that happy song at my first open mic.
Bucket list: checked.
My classmates were there with raucous celebration
I'm not used to receiving, saying it was my best yet.

Here's the thing about breakthroughs—they're enlivening.
Almost addictive in the best way.
When you prove you're capable of something you've not done yet, your ceiling of possibility lifts.

Watch out 2026 - there will be more open mics.
Maybe even some comedic songs. Like strength training, this is entering my practice.

Enjoy this imperfect snippet of last night's song—On My Way, from Violet.

🎤 Tell me: What do you want to hear me sing?

02/11/2025

I love how this quote captures the essence of transformative change.

Incremental change improves on what we know and can see.
To rethink futures calls for the act of letting all our “knowns” go - what we know of the situation, of our environment, and also of ourselves.

Even if our next voyage may not be on the same scale as the New World... knowing what Christopher Columbus discovered adds wind to the sails of this exhortation.

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One of my yoga teachers Sherwin at (KPY) does an amazing Yin + Sound Therapy classes that I drop in every few weeks for a dose of magic. I always leave his classes
- stretched out well
- smile on my face
- sanity restored.

He has a distinctive gentle spirit - make no mistake, he’s no wallflower and a living example of how you don’t need to be the loudest voice, or biggest talker, to change others powerfully.

He also doles out a few spiritual sayings, drawn from a wide variety of sources - tarot, to explorers, to philosophers to unknown - that I could not resist documenting in this series. Every Sunday I’ll share a “Sherwinism” that has stuck with me.

If you enjoy today’s Sherwinism, I’d love to hear why.

19/10/2025

Sunday Sherwinisms

“I don’t know” was a phrase that invoked paralyzing fear in me for the first 3 decades of life.

Call it a product of the Singapore education system, where model answers are the holy grail and the name of the game is to eliminate ambiguity.

When I became a business owner of a soul-led practice...
As a coach to breakthrough-seeking folks whose answers to the biggest questions lie within themselves...

When I invested in transformational ventures, where the only guarantee is that their projections will be wrong...
As an excel goddess who encountered more variables with each scenario modelling...

I’ve re-wired my relationship to uncertainty.

Instead of a death knell or suffering, the unknown could also be:
- discovery + wonder
- possibility (beyond the 2-3 outcomes you can list)
- an invitation to partner with the Universe
- an opportunity to birth your heart’s desire.

And a reminder to savour the present because that is the only thing that’s real.

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One of my yoga teachers Sherwin at (KPY) does an amazing Yin + Sound Therapy classes that I drop in every few weeks for a dose of magic. I always leave his classes
- stretched out well
- smile on my face
- sanity restored.

He has a distinctive gentle spirit - make no mistake, he’s no wallflower and a living example of how you don’t need to be the loudest voice, or biggest talker, to change others powerfully.

He also doles out a few spiritual sayings, drawn from a wide variety of sources - tarot, to explorers, to philosophers to unknown - that I could not resist documenting in this series. Every Sunday I’ll share a “Sherwinism” that has stuck with me.

If you enjoy today’s Sherwinism, I’d love to hear why.

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