How My Coaching Journey Began
As an emergency medicine physician for about 20 years, my journey began with curiosity, when I started wondering about the spectrum of life & wellness, healing & dying. I couldn’t help but wonder if there are other ways to heal & help.
Initially my curiosity lay in other ways to treat people with methods outside of classical Western medicine ranging from future-forward technology-guided customised treatments, to traditional and homeopathic treatments and that started me on my health coaching journey.
Subsequently I couldn’t help but wonder about the impact of emotional & mental health on physical health. What helped me gain a deeper understanding was studying for my Masters in Trauma Sciences and other courses on healing from trauma, including psychological trauma. Then I started exploring ways to help people, including those who are well, experience positive change and transform their lives without the use of any form of medicinal treatment at all. And that’s when I discovered life coaching.
This has really allowed me to explore one of my biggest curiosities, if there more to living than being alive. What are worthy goals to strive for? How can we be incrementally better versions ourselves even if we can never be conventionally perfect?
Since then, I’ve studied with the International Coaching Federation and been accredited as a master certified coach. I also studied with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and am an accredited Senior Practitioner. I’m a dual-board certified team coach. I love coaching so much that I’ve founded my own coaching academy to develop professional coaches at both Level 1 and Level 2!
I’m looking forward to more amazing milestones on the journey we can create together as coach & client, teacher & student or mentor & mentee, and really, simply fellow humans on this journey of life & wellness.
Be curious, brave & well.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr Jade
What People Are Saying
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I’ve always felt like there are three elements I look for in a personal coach — chemistry, trust and empathy. Receiving coaching is a very personal thing, and it requires you to be vulnerable and to really reflect on all aspects of your life. And you need a safe space for that. Jade provided that for me and I’m grateful that we had our sessions together — it always left me feeling surer about my goals and how to get closer to what I want in life. Thanks Jade!
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— Rebekah Lin, Co-Founder, The Social Co.
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Dr Jade is super supportive and assuring. As first-time parents, we are mostly clueless about what to expect, while coping with changes in all aspects of our lives. With Dr Jade's coaching, we feel much more prepared, calm and confident
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— Cheryl & Jason, First Time Parents
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Truly grateful to have the opportunity to work with Dr Jade whilst starting my journey as a start-up founder. Many episodes of highs and lows, I felt stuck and needed help. I was certainly a little apprehensive about the idea of ‘coaching’ because it’s foreign to me but decided to keep an open mind. Dr Jade freely shares her business and also life knowledge, helps me in discovering myself through thoughtful questions and exercises. After a number of weekly meetings, I couldn’t be happier with where I am and the perspective I now have for my start-up and also in life. It’s definitely just a start and I foresee many more challenges but I know I can always count on Dr Jade’s guidance to take them on.
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— Ana Ng, Co-Founder, Pretepop
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Dr Kua was a God sent - she came into my life when I was in my most self-conflicted state. The noise of the world around me got so loud - I couldn’t tell what was my own voice and what wasn’t. She helped me manoeuvre through my messy headspace by giving me the courage I so desperately needed to be authentic about the things that matter to me. She saw how jitteriness and was always there to reassure me with her brightest smile - I’m in control of my life story, I just need to have a little more faith in the little voice within me. To trust the process. To know that I can always switch the narrative when things aren’t going as planned and that there’s always a precious lesson life is teaching me. To me, she’s not just the best mentor but also a gem I’d want to keep in my life for as long as I live.
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— Lynette Lim, Law Student
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Being coached by Jade was a great experience to say the least. Given her background in the medical industry, Jade is empathetic, experienced and kind. She listens to her clients with full intention and is able to lead them down a path of realisation smoothly. I would end the session with a certain lightness, and was very appreciative of the time she spent coaching me. Her high -achieving attitude is also an inspiration for her clients, as she juggles many work and personal commitments. Nothing like a coach you can look up to! I would recommend Jade to anyone.
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— Naina Kapoor, Performance coach
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