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Even Emotionally Intelligent Couples Struggle With Emotional Conversations

Published April 2026

Why Even Emotionally Intelligent Couples Struggle With Emotional Conversations (And What That Says About Love, Vulnerability, and the Way We’re Wired) You are, by most measures, good at life. You handle pressure at work. You communicate clearly with colleagues. You …

Putting Down My Baggage: Finding Growth Through Counselling

Published April 2026

Alamin, 37, works in family services, supporting individuals through counselling and casework. Having recently completed a Master’s in Counselling, his journey into the helping profession spans working with children, youth, and adults. Having grown up with a father in the …

Emotion-Focused Coping or Avoidance? Understanding Escapism as a Coping Strategy

Published March 2026

It often begins with a search bar. After a difficult week, someone types how to cope with anxiety at work. After a relationship ends, they search how to cope with break-up. On quieter evenings, the question might be how to …

Building Understanding Before “I Do”: How MPP Helped Us Prepare for Marriage

Published March 2026

Hong Cho (31) and Esther (30) met in the most modern way possible: through a dating app during the COVID-19 period. After two months of texting through lockdown, they finally met in person and have now been together for over …

“I Thought I Just Had to Persevere”

Published February 2026

How Jun Wei found clarity and steadiness after years of carrying stress alone. Jun Wei, 28, is a teacher who had been quietly carrying work stress for several years. What began as internal pressure and self-doubt eventually manifested physically in …

Is There Always Wisdom Gleaned Through Pain?

Published February 2026

We love to romanticise our scars. Every heartbreak becomes a “lesson in self-worth.” Every failure is a “stepping stone.” Every loss must have a “reason.” But what if it doesn’t? What if some pain simply exists in its raw, unjust, …

You Don’t Need to Reinvent Your Whole Life in January

Published January 2026

January arrives in our country with the quiet authority of a school principal. New year, new goals, new identity. Suddenly, everyone is auditing their life as if it’s an annual performance review: career trajectory, relationships, body, bank balance, and emotional …

A New Year, A Gentle Beginning

Published January 2026

A new year does not always call for dramatic change. Sometimes, it simply invites us to pause, reflect, and take one small step towards healing. We hope *Lydia’s story offers hope for a fresh season ahead. What led you to …

A Letter from EMCC’s Executive Director

Published January 2026

Dear Friend of EMCC, As we step into another new year, I feel a great sense of gratitude. Last year reminded me, why EMCC exists and why early, compassionate support matters. We believe that wounds don’t have to be seen …

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