Background
I’m an ABC. That’s an Australian Born Chinese or now sometimes referred to as Asian Between Cultures.
Racial Discrimination
As a baby boomer, whilst growing up, I experienced a lot of racial discrimination outside of home including on the street whilst walking to school and at school.
Today I still experience racial discrimination in other ways, such as
- from men who prefer Asian women,
- from ignorant well meaning people who come across as being condescending (eg. being repeatedly asked what my real name is when I introduce myself as Linda),
- from the Asian community (for example, as I speak English in an Asian store in Sydney, I have heard unflattering comments about me in Chinese which I can understand).
Health, Wealth and Relationships
Due to current situation requiring social distancing, I have started this Self-Empowerment Talkapedia to share my 7 step process to feeling empowered within 5 minutes in the areas of health, wealth and relationships.
Working Life and Career
My working life started at the age of 11 in a Chinese restaurant.
After starting my professional career as a Process Engineer, I moved to Port Moresby to be a founding member of a medical mission team.
Philanthropy
For a majority of my life, I have been involved in some kind of volunteering work, teaching English as a second language, being a volunteer friend to people with intellectual disabilities, visiting nursing homes, visiting the elderly in their homes, volunteer at wildlife rehabilitation centre, volunteer helping establish plants for a Botanical Garden.
On returning to Australia, I worked as a Consulting Engineer, but then moved to the Gold Coast for health reasons.
I went on to working as a Carer for people with intellectual disabilities.
Personal Development
I started my conscious journey of personal development through Michael Domeyko Rowland.
I have continued my journey through other channels such as Stuart Zadel and EQ Events.
Life and Business Coach
I transitioned from being an employee to being a sole trader by starting my own business as a Life and Business Coach, specialising in retirement coaching which I called 3rd age coaching.
I gained my training initially with Results Coaching Systems and then went on to do further training with Chris Howard
Published Author
During this time I wrote articles that was published in a section created for Baby Boomers the Gold Coast Sun, local Gold Coast community newspaper – My Time.
I will upload these articles onto this website, so you can enjoy and learn from them. Please look out for them
Holistic Health
Living on the Gold Coast, you are exposed to holistic health and I feel very fortunate to have been introduced to this.
I have had my amalgam fillings replace, been introduced to colon hydrotherapy, meditation, chanting, designing my own life for example.
Investing and Trading in the Stock Market
I have also invested and traded shares and Options in the Australian and US stock markets.
I met my husband when we were both volunteer crew members at an Option Trading Course.
My husband and I have done numerous courses and also traded CFDs and currencies.
When my husband secured a full time FIFO job in the mining industry at the end of the boom, his new employer relocated us from the Gold Coast to Perth.
Property Investor
During this time, we purchased a couple of investment properties.
Although I purchased my first property in my early 20s when interest rates were up at around 18%, when the GFC hit, I panicked.
Having become accustomed to the low rates for such a long time, I forgot how high interest rates were when I first started investing.
I put on makeup, got dressed up and went to work as an on-hired employee in administrative roles (reception, legal secretary, executive assistant, counting cars, cooking demonstrations in supermarkets, purchase officer, contracts administrator, filing, etc, etc) and before I knew it, I was stuck in a rut and my property investment took a back seat.
Property Developer
After a few financial challenges created by defaulting tenants, I learnt to add value to our properties by developing them.
The first, I designed and had the home built as an owner builder.
The second, I worked with a builder to create a modern, comfortable, increased storage and low maintenance home.
Entrepreneur
Looking back on my life, I see myself as an entrepreneur.
When faced with challenges, I always came up with viable and practical solutions to more than overcome.
Things were always improved following a challenge.
FIFO to “Feed the bank”
I do work full time as a FIFO utility bus driver, and whilst at work I work hard with the aim to provide massive value to my employer.
However, the primary goals of my employment is to demonstrate a stable income to the bank for obtaining loans and to pay off existing loans, which I call “feeding the bank”.
7 Steps to Feeling Empowered Within 5 Minutes
In my life’s journey, I have experienced some sad moments and have been deeply hurt by people I love.
One example is having my first marriage end abruptly when I was granted a domestic violence order.
Another example is when colleagues make hurtful remarks disguised as jokes as I don’t relate to them (I don’t drink, smoke, swear,I’m not interested in the footy nor am I interested in talking about problems without seeking a solution) and I feel hurt when my colleagues ignore me when I smile and say hello to them as we are passing each other.
However, at every junction, even with my track record of success, I have panicked and today I focus on keeping calm and knowing that everything will turn out for the better.
I have grown stronger and it pleases me to share my journey and my life lessons with others to assist them to empowerment as smoothly and easily as possible, minimising pain and fast tracking results.
I have put together 7 simple steps to feeling empowered within 5 minutes.
Overcoming Perfectionism
If I do anything, I want it to be excellent.
People have called me a perfectionist for this wonderful quality of mine.
In the past, I have wanted everything to be perfect before I revealed anything.
With this website, I am going to reveal things as I develop them.
Web Designer
I believe in learning from people I trust and respect and have gained my web design stripes from the eBusinessInstitute.
Collaboration and Feedback
As I build up the resources in this website, in the future, I will be inviting others to join in on this Self-Empowerment Talkapedia.
I will also be seeking for feedback to improve this to help as many people as possible.