I gained 3kg travelling. And the weight was never the problem. I have a running joke with my husband that I’m my own little ecosystem, tough on the outside but really fragile on the inside, so my entire job is to disturb it as little as possible. And for the past few years it was soooo easy. I lived in Singapore, a 3-minute walk from literally the best gym, with trainers who built my programme so I never had to think, just show up. Same bed, same breakfast, same daily habits, my whole little...

You Can't Win at Being Calm. Trust Me, I Tried. I’ve downloaded, deleted, and redownloaded the meditation app Headspace so many times, it should come with a loyalty card. I’ve also done 200-hour yoga teacher training. I am literally certified to teach people how to be more present. And I still catch myself treating mindfulness like a performance metric. I can’t help it, I turn everything into striving. Meditation, nutrition, sleep, exercise, even rest. Part of it is just how I’m wired, the...

The Burnout Diagnosis Most Industries Refuse to Make Imagine being in a ballroom, listening to Singapore’s Chief Justice deliver an opening address, and somewhere around the middle of it, having to physically restrain yourself from jumping up and down. That is basically what happened to me last July at the Legal Profession Symposium. Not because anything shocking was said. But because the quiet part was FINALLY being said. Out loud, in public. By one of the most respected voices in...