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The Self-Love Oracle

The Self-Love Oracle

The Self-Love Oracle is a guidebook and deck of 44 cards, each bearing an affirming and loving message.

2021

Stories

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

Knowing Who to Trust and Why “Nice” Doesn’t Mean Trustworthy

Emotional maturity and healing will help us to value authenticity over appearance.

7 min readApr 21, 2024

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Knowing Who to Trust and Why “Nice” Doesn’t Mean Trustworthy

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Artful Counseling

“It’s Generational Trauma” Doesn’t Help an Abuse Survivor

It’s not a free pass for abuse. There’s also something better we can offer to survivors than an explanation.

6 min readMar 28, 2024

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“It’s Generational Trauma” Doesn’t Help an Abuse Survivor

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Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse

Hyper-independence Was My Trauma Response

Reflections on why I’m wary of elders and how I hate asking for help.

7 min readMar 27, 2024

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Hyper-independence Was My Trauma Response

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ILLUMINATION

Do you have “Obey Authority” Anxiety or “Question Authority” Anxiety?

What psychology and the pandemic taught me about compliance and conspiracy thinking.

9 min readMar 26, 2024

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Do you have “Obey Authority” Anxiety or “Question Authority” Anxiety?

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Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse

What The Spare Room Revealed

Decades after my childhood, I‘m still discovering the workings and long-term effects of narcissistic parenting.

8 min readMar 1, 2024

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What The Spare Room Revealed

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Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs

Stop Sticking Your Hand into Elevator Doors

The ways you were taught to be helpful aren’t always needed — or smart.

8 min readFeb 5, 2024

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Stop Sticking Your Hand into Elevator Doors

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On The Couch

Begin Your Year With These Journal Prompts for Healing and Hope

If you can make sense of your story you can change it.

4 min readDec 19, 2023

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Begin Your Year With These Journal Prompts for Healing and Hope

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Fourth Wave

This armor? I paid dearly for it

I’m done apologizing for protecting myself from toxic attitudes towards younger Asian women from “my own kind”

11 min readDec 19, 2023

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This armor? I paid dearly for it

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Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs

Here’s What I Don’t Want to Read in Your Motivational Self-Help Book

Is there a formula you’re using that just needs to be ditched?

7 min readDec 15, 2023

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Here’s What I Don’t Want to Read in Your Motivational Self-Help Book

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The Orange Journal

“I Need Human Interaction” & Other Reasonable Requests

We all benefit from identifying and voicing our needs. Unfortunately, it’s not a skill most of us were taught, and I learned it the hard…

8 min readNov 23, 2023

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“I Need Human Interaction” & Other Reasonable Requests

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Janet Chui

Janet Chui

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I'm a counselor, therapist, artist, and creator of the Self-Love Oracle (https://bit.ly/selfloveo). I write about mental health, culture, psychology, and woo.

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