Posted On: March 15, 2020
Sexual energy is often referred to as lifeforce energy. Hence this is my definition of Sexuality: Your relationship with your lifeforce energy (the innate energy that resides inside you). You can born with strong energy (nature) and/ or cultivate it (nurture) e.g. exercise/ food. Regardless whether you have strong/ weak energy (vitality), you can learn […]
Posted On: March 7, 2020
Contrary to what people might believe, many couples actually stay together after an affair. These are some books on dealing an emotional and/ or physical affair in a marriage. 1.) After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful, 2nd Edition “Dr. Spring possesses a remarkable combination of clarity, […]
Posted On: February 27, 2020
Based on bestseller The Five Love Languages, I think Asians parents should do more of the below: Hug us more; Tell us how much they love us, how proud they are of us and in non-academic ways; Buy us unique presents that are just for us only (not a future handme down to our younger […]
Posted On: January 20, 2020
Several years ago, a guy I started to see and liked a lot called it quits saying he felt intuitively that I wasn’t the “right person” ending with “It’s not you. It’s me.” Even then, I took it quite personal and wondered if I did anything wrong. Shortly after, he started to date somebody else […]
Posted On: January 2, 2020
Many years ago, a client who overcame Vaginismus (inability to have vaginal penetration) came back with her husband to thank me for my work with them and complete our last session. She said this and I would never forgot it: Her: “Martha.. it wasn’t what you taught us that mattered… Honestly, we could have learned […]
Posted On: December 29, 2019
In present time, I would look at the beautiful orchids in my office and feel sad knowing they will die one day soon. Why do they have to die? Do they know they are going to die? If they knew, would they bother to bloom so brightly and as radiantly as they do? One might […]
Posted On: December 23, 2019
I had set the goal of reading 150 books in 2013; 200 in 2014, 2015 and 2016; 100 in 2017 and 2018. This is how I fared 152 books in 2013, (Reached goal) 202 in 2014, (Reached goal) 168 in 2015, (Reached goal) 110 in 2016, (Didn’t reach goal) 80 in 2017, (Didn’t reach goal) […]
Posted On: December 21, 2019
This is a list of events I hosted or conducted which counts as my achievements of the year – big and small. I first started doing these annual milestones as a way for me to keep track of my own progress, and only decided to keep doing and resharing them later. In 2019, I ran […]
Posted On: December 17, 2019
Since I have clients who visit me from neighbouring countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Pakistan and beyond), I decided to put together this post of the different housing options while seeing me in person in Singapore. My office is in Chinatown and there are actually many options for people of different budgets. Just to be […]
Posted On: December 8, 2019
These are some pictures from the event Love, Sex & Spirit I conducted alongside my friends Luke Elijah Lim and Lionel on Fri 6 Dec 2019. Event details here. We are discussing doing another similar one for Fri 13 Feb 2020 so stay tuned by subscribing to my newsletter if you are not already on […]
Posted On: December 2, 2019
It took me a while to finish reading this book because carrying it around for weeks doesn’t mean a book gets read – you actually need to read it, and I finally did. It took me a while because I really wanted to absorb not just the words, but the essence of who Dr Tererai […]
Posted On: November 21, 2019
Why I do what I do is a weekly series where AsiaOne showcases uncommon professions and what it takes to go down that career path. In their final episode, they feature me (Dr Martha Tara Lee, a clinical sexologist and relationship counsellor). Having a desire at a young age to understand sex and how it […]
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