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06/01/2026

Welcome back. I hope you made some good memories during the hoilday period.

If January means going back to your day job or school, take time to welcome the return of routine, and here's why:

Structure: You found out what worked for you in 2025, time to go back to good habits without all the holiday distractions.

Connection: We often use the holidays to reconnect with distant friends and relateives. But it is the people closer in proximity to us that can offer support readily.

Progress: An ongoing job or school responsibility can help us feel validated, promote self worth, and sense of achievement as we compare to ourselves from last year.

Rest: No more party invites, no more Christmas Pop Ups, .. yes it's time to give yourself time to recharge. Enjoy the mundane yet beneficial things you have brought into your life.

So go ahead, load up the laundary machine with your favorite detergent and optimal spin cycle and catch up on some Netflix.

#輔導

23/12/2025

(Part 7 of 7)

Spending holiday seasons away from family and loved ones can be very tough.
Maybe you are away due to work, studies, or other factors outside your control.

Here are some key things to beware of—and ways to manage them—so loneliness doesn’t quietly take over.

Remember you are not the only one feeling this way.

- Think of years past how would people deal with being away from family and friend?
- Think of your parent's generation, how did they deal with being away?
- Create your tradition with the resources and connection that you have. It doesn't have to be the same as what other people do.
- Sets goals for yourself to achieve this hoilday season, try something different, add to your own experiences.
- Make plans for after the holidays so you have other things to look forward to.

#輔導

22/12/2025

(Part 6 of 7)

Spending holiday seasons away from family and loved ones can be very tough.
Maybe you are away due to work, studies, or other factors outside your control.

Here are some key things to beware of—and ways to manage them—so loneliness doesn’t quietly take over.

6. Not Creating New Meaning

Beware:�Waiting for holidays to “pass” can make them feel empty and endless.
What helps:
* Volunteer (shelters, community kitchens, spiritual or community groups).
* Start a personal ritual: a yearly hike, letter to yourself, special meal.
* Focus on contribution, not just celebration.

#輔導

20/12/2025

(Part 5 of 7)

Spending holiday seasons away from family and loved ones can be very tough.
Maybe you are away due to work, studies, or other factors outside your control.

Here are some key things to beware of—and ways to manage them—so loneliness doesn’t quietly take over.

5. Silence About Your Feelings

Beware:�Thinking “others have it worse” or “I should be grateful” can keep you from acknowledging loneliness.

What helps:
- Remind yourself it's ok to be in need. It's ok to text a friend because you want to chat.
- Talk about it with a trusted person - a friend, community member, or therapist. Even a familiar barista or barberer will do.
- Remember: gratitude and loneliness can coexist. It's ok to be the friend in need sometimes.

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19/12/2025

(Part 4 of 7)
Spending holiday seasons away from family and loved ones can be very tough.
Maybe you are away due to work, studies, or other factors outside your control.

Here are some key things to beware of—and ways to manage them—so loneliness doesn’t quietly take over.

4. Overworking or Over-Scrolling

Beware:�Using work or screens to numb feelings can increase emptiness later.

What helps:
* Set gentle boundaries on work and phone use. Mix it up with interactions with people.
* Balance distractions with something grounding: journaling, walking, cooking. So you are not passively receiving information.
* Ask yourself: Is this helping me rest, or helping me avoid? If it is to avoid, go outside for a walk, call a friend, text a friend, initiate conversations.

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18/12/2025

(Part 3 of 7)
Spending holiday seasons away from family and loved ones can be very tough.
Maybe you are away due to work, studies, or other factors outside your control.

Here are some key things to beware of—and ways to manage them—so loneliness doesn’t quietly take over.

3. Isolation Through Withdrawal

Beware:�Loneliness can push you to stay inside, avoid invitations, or tell yourself you “don’t belong.”

What helps:
* Say yes to low-pressure invitations (coffee, walks, volunteering).
* Create structure: plan your days instead of letting things happen as if on auto-pilot.
* Even brief human contact (gym, phone calls, café) is good to instill sense of connected ness.

#輔導

17/12/2025

(Part 2 of 7)
Spending holiday seasons away from family and loved ones can be very tough.
Maybe you are away due to work, studies, or other factors outside your control.

Here are some key things to beware of—and ways to manage them—so loneliness doesn’t quietly take over.

2. Cultural Disconnection

Beware:�Seeing others celebrate traditions you don’t share—or missing the ones from home—can intensify isolation.

What helps:
* Recreate one small tradition from your culture (food, music, a ritual).
* Share your culture with someone else—it can create unexpected connection.
* Allow yourself to grieve missing home; that feeling is valid.

#輔導

16/12/2025

Spending holiday seasons away from family and loved ones can be very tough.
Maybe you are away due to work, studies, or other factors outside your control.

Here are some key things to beware of—and ways to manage them—so loneliness doesn’t quietly take over:

(Part 1 of 7)

1. Unrealistic Holiday Expectations

Beware:�Movies, social media, and coworkers may make it seem like everyone is surrounded by family, traditions, and joy.

What helps:

* Remind yourself that many people (including locals) feel lonely during holidays.
* Limit social media if it amplifies comparison.
* Redefine what “a good holiday” means for you, not what it’s “supposed” to look like.

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08/12/2025

Relieved—a bit giddy, really—to finally be able to say that I have become an accredited member psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Thousands before me have achieved this distinction, and thousands more hold similar beacons of excellence through other platforms.

But I am here simply happy for myself: that I can set and achieve new goals, that life doesn’t go downhill after 25, and that I am greatly blessed with friends and family who support me and allow me the opportunity to achieve such feat.

This coming from a rejected enginner-wanna-be and an amateur-everything who came to accept it's ̶g̶o̶o̶d̶ ̶ great to hone in his passion for understanding and uplifting those around him.

With the accreditation comes the recognition for my practice compentency and my personal and professional development, and a promise to ever-improving the quality of my service to my clients.

This giddiness rank right up there with the time I changed my car's suspension all by myself and didn't die.

Letsgooooo

What are your unique goals and wins?

30/11/2025

Photos and souvenirs are good for reminding us who we were and what we went through.

But sometimes the efforts of maintaining those keepsakes start negatively impacting our current life.

They keep us in the past, reminiscing with rose tinted glasses and leads to regret.
They hinder us from being present in our current lives, saps motivation.
They become clutter both mentally and physically, costing time and money.

If you know someone struggling to declutter, each piece of memorabilia just as important as the next, it might be time to speak to a professional to process the feelings and emotions behind it, so they can create more room for their present life.

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27/11/2025

Free of Charge: One emergency trauma-relief counselling session for those affected by the housing complex fire in Hong Kong.
Email for details: info@myakupsychotherapy.com

Repost from Hong Kong Counsellors Hub CIC
《為大埔宏福苑火災的死難和受傷者及其親屬送上慰問》
雖然人在外地，但我們來自香港，心仍連繫著。一副副畫面，一個個訊息都震撼著我們的身心。縱然自己不自身其中，但情緒也會被牽動。
英國香港輔導員協會聚集一班有大型事故後情緒支援訓練及相關經驗的在英輔導員，他們樂意提供情緒支援比受事件影響的在英港人。
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05/11/2025

Keepsakes and memoribilias remind us of the highlights of our past, but if you find yourself spending more time reminiscing and less on living your present life, it can lead to a constant state of regret, disappointment, and general dissatisfaction.

Accepting our present allow us to florish in our current environment, feeling useful, and free us up to enjoy and participate the life that we have now.

Are you tying your identity to your past self?
Are struggling to accept your current self?

Nobody is pefect, nobody needs to be perfect. There is freedom in accepting yourself, and with it comes motivation and creativity to bring yourself to the next height.

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