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BY Karen Tsui

Welcome to Where My Heart Leads, an online zine of musings and life stories.

Journeys

Kefir in a bottle

Relationship with food and our wellbeing

Published by Karen

Four or five of us gathered around some chocolates. No labels on the chocolate. We have no idea what brand, what flavour. The facilitator led us to “taste” the...

August 27, 2020
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Journey
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Secret to Happy. Piano Four Hands.

Published by Karen

My friend Yee sends over Whatsapp:  The song always reminds me of high school. I didn’t realise she plays so well…and she looks so happy. In the video, Karen...

June 18, 2020
Journey
Exterior of Paranakan Museum Singapore | Where My Heart Leads

WMHL explores Merlion city (plus Bonus trivia!)

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I used to visit Singapore often as a kid as we visited my Aunt who lived here. I had fond memories strolling with my cousin to a nearby arcade...

March 12, 2020
Journey
KOUBA 2019 Tsubame Sanjo | Where My Heart Leads

Contemporising heritage and culture: Tsubame-Sanjo

Published by Karen

Making history, local stories and communities relevant again.

March 5, 2020
Journey
Inner physician and You | Where My Heart Leads

Your Inner Physician and You

Published by Karen

Written by the founder of Craniosacral Therapy (CST). The title is apt – our bodies are the ones doing the repair, the growth, the healing. We all have an...

February 27, 2020
Journey
Five students in the sun at the farm at Milton Mountain School

Schooled on an Organic Farm

Published by Karen

Two decades back, I was digging up potatoes, feeding hens and taking high school classes on an organic farm in Vershire, Vermont. With just forty-odd kids all in 11th...

December 10, 2019
Journey

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Welcome to Where My Heart Leads.

I am Karen. Where My Heart Leads is where you will find experiences and stories that may seem unusual at first, yet might be inspiring in some way. Connect with us over on Facebook where we most regularly share or get in touch with comments, invites or more at hello@wheremyheartleads.com.

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Mindsets: Tortoise and Hare in PracticeA modern day real life Tortoise and Hare story of persistence, growth, and strategy...October 7, 2020

Relationship with food and our wellbeingFour or five of us gathered around some chocolates. No labels on the chocolate....August 27, 2020

Secret to Happy. Piano Four Hands.My friend Yee sends over Whatsapp:  The song always reminds me of high school....June 18, 2020

Developing Ourselves

Woman in sports gear running, training

Mindsets: Tortoise and Hare in Practice

Published by Karen

A modern day real life Tortoise and Hare story of persistence, growth, and strategy to achieve where you've set your sights on.

October 7, 2020
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Personal Development
Bouquet of Pink and white flowers against light grey background

Grace at the Oyster Bar

Published by Karen

It wasn’t until a chance encounter at City ‘super that I felt the power of grace. Standing at the long metallic bench table by the oyster bar, I was...

April 2, 2020
Personal Development
Triangle |Where my heart leads

Mystery Triangles

Published by Karen

You’d be surprised to find TOTO toilets in wooden shacks. TOTO toilets are swanky Japanese toilets complete with customisable bidet functions and most appreciated of all – the perennially...

February 5, 2020
Personal Development
Two heads of giraffes looking opposite directions | Where My Heart Leads

Focus Which Way

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My friend Karen went to a retreat in Bali to learn surfing. She was very annoyed that the random people bobbing about in the water were checking out how...

January 22, 2020
Personal Development

On the radar

Dandelion and spores flying across blue skies | Where my Heart Leads
January 29, 2020

A Film Festival fosters inclusivity

In a breezy corner of a mall-slash-hall, 20-30 seat-long rows arched before the stage. Neighborhood folks came in their...

by Karen
Portrait photo of Isamu Noguchi by Mimi Jacobs 1977 | Where My Heart Leads
September 26, 2019

Meet Noguchi: Design & Art for a better world

Prologue Twenty years ago, I first saw Noguchi’s work at his museum in New York. I assumed he was...

by Karen
September 5, 2019

What shocked me about the world as I knew it

It was like a revelation. A shocker – my life as I had known it has been like a...

by Karen
August 28, 2019

Alain Ducasse secret sauce

Alain Ducasse may be known for his Michelin stars, but he is so much for than a chef. Food...

by Karen

Lessons from the Tea room

Steaming hot Chinese tea is poured from the "fairness jug" | Where My Heart Leads
November 21, 2019

Cultivation of one self and Chinese Tea Drinking

Chinese tea drinking is simply about the taste of teas, I was once told. Whilst Japanese tea ceremony aims...

by Karen
October 3, 2019

Tea lessons: let go of control

Tea Practice is a bit like a world of its own. It’s somewhat of an insular practice space, a...

by Karen
Pouring Sake for others | Where My Heart Leads
June 12, 2019

Can we experience Harmony in everyday life?

Japan stepped into a new era – Reiwa (Enabling Harmony) – when Crown Prince took the throne on May...

by Karen
View of tearoom for Japanese Tea Ceremony | Where My Heart Leads
May 7, 2019

Finding One’s Way in Japanese Tea Ceremony

As an ‘outsider’ to Japanese culture, I notice a stark contrast in how Japanese tea ceremony is taught versus...

by Karen

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