Living Well: When judgment gets in the way of love

Letting go of the past and being mindful in the present can help people to lead lives with less emotional pain

ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA
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I teach a mindfulness-based module, The Undefeated Mind, at the National University of Singapore. It has given me a peek into the world of some of the students.

With the permission of one of them, I am sharing parts of her essay, one of the 30 testimonials shared by the students in the last semester:

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 01, 2020, with the headline Living Well: When judgment gets in the way of love. Subscribe