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Andrea McKenna Brankin
Aug 19, 20223 min read
Mental Health Help: How and Where to Get It
As a mental health advocate, suicide survivor and a person living with Bipolar Disorder, I get asked this question the most often: how...
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Glenn van Zutphen
Aug 12, 20224 min read
Welcome to Singapore!
Landing at Changi Airport and driving into town on the clean, tree-lined expressway, you’ve likely realized that you’re in a very...
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Andrea McKenna Brankin
Jul 15, 20223 min read
Resilience is Key
How do you bounce back from mental health setbacks? Here are some tips from around the world! Some of my best coaches in sports told me...
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Richard Hartung
Jul 8, 20223 min read
Setting Up Your Own Business
Setting up your own business can be very attractive for trailing spouses or people who want to escape life in a large corporation....
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Kyle D. Hegarty
Jul 1, 20224 min read
Are You a Seagull or a Chameleon?
Managing Cross-Cultural Teams Here is the first lesson for managing people across cultures: don’t be a seagull. Seagulls are those big,...
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Dr. Clara Gibson
Jun 24, 20222 min read
Bruxism:What a Pain in the Jaw!
You may not even realize it, but you might be grinding your teeth at night which can lead to all sorts of health issues. Dr. Clara Gibson...
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Charlotte Dawson
Jun 17, 20222 min read
Friends of the Museums
“Stick with me, baby, I’ll take you places.” A truer prediction could not have been made: 23 years married, 16 years abroad, six...
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Julie Woods
Jun 10, 20223 min read
ONE PLANET PLATE
I'm very excited about a new food sustainability initiative I helped launch recently in Singapore. I represent the “One Planet Plate”...
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Melinda Murphy
Jun 3, 20221 min read
What is Dixieland Jazz anyway?
This year, American Association of Singapore is hosting an old-fashioned Fourth of July complete with a Dixieland Jazz Band, the New...
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Melinda Murphy
May 27, 20222 min read
Is US Independence Celebrated on the Wrong Date?
This year, the American Association of Singapore and Singapore American School are celebrating American Independence Day on July 2. Why?...
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Melinda Murphy
May 13, 20221 min read
Giving Back: as American as apple pie
I was at lunch with somebody the other day who told me how it seemed like every American she knew in Singapore volunteers. Um. Yes. Of...
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Melinda Murphy
May 5, 20229 min read
The Art of Repatriating
It seems counterintuitive really. You’re moving home. You know what to expect there and you probably have friends and family there. Heck,...
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Richard Hartung
Apr 29, 20223 min read
Travel Sustainably, Enjoy Life and Save the Planet
After two years with little or no travel, many people are ready to fly away as soon as they can. Travel for pleasure or business has a...
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Faith Chanda
Apr 22, 20223 min read
Business travelers return to less-crowded skies
Global crises have a way of exposing truths. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, we learned how essential our “essential workers” truly are,...
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Marc Servos
Apr 16, 20225 min read
Easter: Connections between the Christian and Cultural Aspects
Similar to Christmas, Easter is celebrated as a Christian holiday as well as a cultural one. It is characterized with church services...
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Melinda Murphy
Apr 8, 20224 min read
HEAD SPACE: Happy Tails and Tales - Dogs Make Everything Better
Welcome to the Head Space column, where we’ll discuss all matters related to mental health and how it relates to our lives here in...
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Melinda Murphy
Apr 6, 20226 min read
The Practice of Ramadan: More Than a Hunger Game
About two billion Muslims around the world will soon start the annual observation of the month-long Ramadan. Most non-Muslims, and even...
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Melinda Murphy
Apr 1, 20222 min read
Getting Your Helper Home to the Philippines
The past two years have been hard on us all, being so far away from family, unable to travel easily. This hardship includes helpers from...
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Melinda Murphy
Mar 25, 20224 min read
Helping Children Cope with News
The haunting images are hard to escape ... and impossible to forget. As adults, the news out of Ukraine is painful and hard to...
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