by Melanie Tan | Embrace life
Addiction is a topic very close to my heart. I wrote this piece shortly after my 37th birthday in 2014… A few weeks ago, a couple of new girlfriends and I were chatting about us changing our lives for the better. I say ‘new’ because we only recently got to know...
by Melanie Tan | Empower body, Healthy Body, Injury, Performance
Forget about running. People are dropping dead while running. Running does not need much skill. It’s just so one dimensional. If you are like me and don’t like to run, you should try skipping. Ever since I got kicked off my secondary school’s track team, I...
by Melanie Tan | Health, Lifestyle, Motivation, Self Actualisation, Sports
I felt it the moment he said, ‘Wow! Sounds like wakeboarding saved your life.’ I had never thought about it that way before. As I pondered my friend’s statement, my pre wakeboarding life flashed before me… ‘I guess you can say that’, I replied. The more I...
by Melanie Tan | Self Actualisation
When I read this poem, I fell in love with it and became inspired. A mindset worth adopting. YOUTH by Samuel Ullman Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality...
by Melanie Tan | Enable Mind, Healthy Body
If you are reading this now, then like me, you have chosen Life. And since you have chosen Life, why not Live well? I am talking about the most basic of basics… the performance of your body, together with your mind and spirit to function without problems, on a daily...