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Below is just a short list of the many feedback I have received from readers and coachees since I started CelestineChua.com. Thank you everyone for your support! 
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From 1-1 Coaching Clients
“The coaching by Celes exceeded my expectations. I had eurekas almost every week! I got my life, which was eluding me for years, back. I didn’t only get it back; I improved on it. What I feel are the best things about her coaching are her Socrates coaching method, her genuine energy and dedication to see you through and her almost immediate SMS responses.
Celes is a great coach because she asks the right questions. She is a great coach because she is an enabler and a genuine listener. It’s amazing that, she is right all long – the answers are all within ourselves. I will definitely recommend her to other people!”
- Stevens, Assistant General Manager, 30
“The coaching results was beyond my expectation. I rate it a 10/10. At first I was hesitant because I was not sure whether it was worth enough to spend on self development which I think I could learn by myself. But within the first 3 sessions of coaching, I found out what I knew was the theory on living my best life had actually never been applied by me into my life.
And Celes helped me to point out the past experiences and peoples’ opinion should not stop me to move forward and getting what I want. Now my confidence increased and I smile everyday happily to welcome my new day. My relationships with my family and friends are getting better and I feel surrounded by love more and more each day.
I can feel Celes’ energy and her passion on what she does as a coach, so I am very fortunate to get to know her, and her positive attitude as a coach really affected me. I know if she can, I can be as positive as her too.
I am surely will recommend her to others who really want to improve their life.
Thank you very much Celes.
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- Name withheld for confidentiality reasons, IT Manager, 35
“I did not expect to see the results so fast. It is so magical! I am more confident to cope with life challenges. Celes is the best coach I have seen, no motherhood statement, no bluffs, she come across as a very authentic and genuine coach during the coaching sessions. The best things about the coaching is she is able to steer me the right issue to focus on, she does not make judgment and session is professionally conducted. I will recommend her to others.” -
- Name withheld for confidentiality reasons, Business Woman, 44
“When I came for my first lesson, I didn’t expect anything, such as thinking I will become more confidence and decisive after the sessions. But after the 8 sessions, I realize that I’m conscious abt how I live my life, why I need to have a purpose & values, how to achieve my goals, that to see real results one must make drastic change.
Through the sessions, Celes explored wtith me my problems, such as having no confidence and being indecisive. She worked with me to establish my mission statement and my values. She taught me how to establish and achieve my goals. She also taught me to discover my purpose and there are no limits to what I want to achieve – it is all in the mindset.
These 8 sessions taught me what it means to live my life to my full potential, the importance of developing my mission statement and purpose and to remind myself to live consciously daily. The coaching experience has boosted up my confidence, unlocked my inner self, triggered me to think deeply how to develop myself to live everyday in accordance to my ideal life.”
- Chan Siew Yin, 34, Nurse
“I’m extremely satisfied with Celes’ coaching. While I entered into the coaching with hopes but few expectations, what expectations I had were far exceeded. What worked was in the coaching was that Celes was able to get me go beyond in the obvious in seeing what my passions were. The obvious passions, past and present, were for sports, exercise, and using the computer. What wasn’t so obvious was a passion for learning. The realization of the passion for learning has heightened my awareness to continually examine how I can expand my life with learning experiences.
Celes has a passion and a natural ability for guiding people to discover their passion(s). She is an active listener, which involves not only listening, but responding with questions and observations. As a result, she was able to get me to view things out of the box, from a different perspective. I felt comfortable during the coaching sessions because of Celes’ flexible thinking. She goes with the flow. While she had observations, she never tried to impose her ideas or thoughts on me.
She was also constantly focused during our sessions. She was attentive in not only listening, but in probing to make me work harder to discover my answers. Like any good coach, Celes did not provide answers. She guided me professionally, without personal bias, to discover my own path. Thank you Celes.”
- Larry Kahn, Teacher, 58
“I’m very satisfied by the coaching by Celes. What especially worked in the coching were Celes’ explanations using diagrams and drawings, her creative methods and her relentless and never give up attitude.
She is a very responsible and professional coach and a very positive and confident person. Really appreciate her relentless attitude towards coaching a difficult coachee like me. Through the coaching, I learnt more about myself. I learnt more about my obstacles and the ways and methods to overcome them. One major obstacle is low sense of self worth and I’m glad that Celes helped me have a clearer picture of this issue. I would say Celes have in one way or another given me a whole new perspective and straighten out thoughts that have been blocks in my mind.
Thank you Celes for everything!”
- Name withheld for confidentiality reasons, Male, Nurse, 30
“The coaching experience on a whole was awesome. A real fruitful 8 weeks. At the start, I wasn’t too sure as to what to expect. At times I was even skeptical as this was the first time I signed up for such sessions. This perception quickly changed when we sat down and really identified my key goals, broke them down into milestones and set deadlines on when to achieve them by.
To tell the truth, I was clueless at first when it came to planning. All along, all the ideas, wants, goals and what not were all just a jumbled up mess in my mind. But through the 8 weeks, I began to learn how to organize them in such a way so as to make them clearer to myself. The best part was seeing the results, especially in terms of milestones achieved.
Celes as a coach – I think I couldn’t have asked for anyone better
I’d say, one of the most invaluable lessons I got out of the whole experience was the application of ESPER. I think people in general tend to underestimate the power of proper planning and the benefits it can actually bring to their lives. All in all, I’m all set and ready to apply what I’ve learnt from the 8 weeks into my life.
To put it simply, if not for Celes, I’d probably still be where i was at 8 weeks ago – lost and messy.
I’ve learnt to identify the key reasons behind my frustrations and also learnt a lot about myself in the process.”- Trey Cyrus (Alias), Entrepreneur, 20
“The coaching has exceeded my expectations. More new ideas were introduced than I expected. Celes is an agressive coach, in a positive way, to make sure I take action on my plan and make them come true.
I think most of us have our own goals, which remain only a vision with random efforts on them. Taking up the coaching is a significant start to achieve my desired life. It has helped me develop a clearer and tangible plan for my goals and create workable steps towards my goals. Now, I have higher self awareness compared to who I was before taking up the coaching.”
- Jess Tsen, Engineer, 28
“The coaching experience was enriching. I found out several barriers that were holding my back and worked towards removing these barriers. Celes as a coach was excellent. She was lively and constantly giving encouragement to think big. She tries to help beyond the sessions and constantly checks on progress.
I have learnt that I am in control of my own life, I should live by my own values.”
- Name withheld for confidentiality reasons, Male, 24
“I am really blessed and satisfied with the coaching by Celes. Being with positive people is something I need and indeed Celes had given me the positive energy throughout the coaching. I know I wouldn’t be able to be on my two feet after what had happened in my life but I was surprised that I am able to do it. I never notice differences until I do little things in my life, like smiling at strangers, reading self-help books, attending yoga classes, and upgrading my skills. After the coaching, I have become more focused on loving myself, being more confident and achieving happiness as a result. With her wide knowledge of spectrum of life perspectives and her sincerity, I would definitely recommend Celes to others. I wish the coaching wouldn’t end so fast.
“In my interactions with Celes both as a friend, coachee of hers and also (very importantly) a fellow life path seeker, she has been most encouraging and inspiring. What I like most about her (and perhaps indeed what drew me most to her as a friend) is her absolute positivity and great energy: that is something that is so incredibly rare, especially in Singapore. It is such a fresh breath of wonderfully invigorating air, to be able to converse freely and share ideas and dreams with someone who is not cramped and who does not cramp others, by stigmas, fears, negativity or pessimism.
Second would be her aptitude in coaching. It is friendly, direct and exploratory without being overly confrontational, deep yet peaceful and peace-seeking. The realisation that I obtained from my coaching session with her was quite fabulous, and yet I was not at all tired out or dampened or scared or depressed by what transpired to get to that realisation.
All in all – a terrific coach and guide; and even more so – a much treasured friend, confidante and someone whom I’m altogether proud and delighted to be marching on in life with.
You go, Celes!!!”
- Denvie (Alias), 25
“Before I entered coaching I was doubtful that coaching could help me, but since I had committed to the coaching I had to also commit to being coachable. The coaching was more useful that I imagined it would be. I think the thing I’ve begun to realize is that since the future is indeterminate (at least in the way we experience it), so any way we choose to orientate ourselves to it is perfectly valid. There is no one perfect choice to be made.
Celes has been a very careful coach. She is alert to possible areas of concern and attempts to uncover the actual issues you might be having. What was most helpful about the coaching was Celes pushing me to define my values and the discussion of value in relation to career and business. Before I begun the coaching I was directionless, so it’s as if she put a compass in my hand and nudged me forward. The coaching progressed very smoothly and was very structured and focused on actionable things.”
- Name withheld for confidentiality reasons, Female, 24
“Hey Celes! I can say with total honesty that you have been one of the greatest and most positive influences on my life to date. A lot of people have contributed to the potential I have, for which I’m eternally grateful. But you have done so much more than that. What you’ve contributed was allowing me to really SEE that potential within myself, and ignited a fire within which propels me to actually work on giving that potential to the world around me.
I always had an inkling inside that I could be capable of something amazing, but it wasn’t until meeting you and spending a lot of time talking with you that I realized just how narrow my view of amazing really was. I always thought of it as accomplishing something that people would recognize me for. What you managed to get through to me is that that’s barely a first step in the life I want to live! I never knew I don’t have to stop after accomplishing one thing, one significant goal. How you’ve opened my eyes!
Some may say that at your age, what could you possibly know about life? But I now know that what you know about life is what a lot of us older folks have long since forgotten. That big things are often not accomplished by people who think they’re impossible. They are accomplished by people who know they are possible.
I owe my life to you, and I’m not talking about living and breathing, I’m talking about everything I experience and everything I’ll accomplish for the rest of my life. Those are the things I owe you, because had it not been for you, I never would have even tried to accomplish them. Thank you so much! And thank you for who you are and what you stand for.
Keep doing what you’re doing! You reach not just me, but everyone I reach, and everyone reached by everyone you reach. You’re doing a good thing.
- Keith Dunnigan, 34
“Through coaching, I began to see a clearer picture on what exactly I want in life, the type of life that I will want to lead and the person I hope to be in future. I came to realise that I have been procrastinating many things that I want to accomplish because of the attachment to the belief that I had developed subconsciously. The little exercises for each session has helped me rediscover my life once again and I hope to be able to fulfill all the goals that I have set.”
- Name withheld for confidentiality reasons, Female, 21
“I’m very satisfied with the coaching by Celes. I learned quite alot from it as well as skills I can use in the future. Especially the study techniques and how to improve my confidence level. Now, I understand the meaning of what is self-worth and I always think about the motivational techniques she taught me which keeps my momentum going. Thank you Celes for your time and your effort in teaching me. Really appreciate you for being here throughout these 2 months and helping me to endure during this tough period!”
- Albin Ng, Student, 18
Albin sought life coaching to achieve top grades for his A level exams. His grades transformed from BCDE (Prelims, before coaching) to ABBC for his A levels after coaching (2009).
From Readers
“I’m total amazed at the wealth of knowledge you have about life. Your articles have changed my life. I’m a man of 28 years teaching Mathematics in a high school here in my country, Botswana, Africa. I always advise my students making reference to your articles and they are always motivated to excel in their studies and all other areas of their life. Thank you very much. You are gift to the whole world. Keep it up.” - Keorapetse, South Africa
“I’d like to say thank you for your amazing articles. I had been struggling a lot trying to become a better person, and when I stumbled across your website, it was like a miracle. Your articles have helped me SO much. My friends and relatives are noticing, and I’m almost always optimistic now. I used to struggle giving compliments, thinking they didn’t deserve them, but now I know better. Keep on writing and inspiring, please.” – Allison, America
“I just want to say thank you for all the effort in putting up this blog. I was actually debating with myself earlier whether to write a thank you note to you or not. After all, I’ve read lots of self-improvement articles on lots of different websites and did nothing to show my gratitude to the authors. However, I decided to push through with sending my first ever thank-you email to an author because 1) it would kill me to not say thank you to someone who made such a profound positive impact in my life; and 2) this blog is so AWESOME (I have around 14 tabs with different articles in my browser opened)!
So there, I just want to say that you are an amazing person for doing all this. I know your work will continually improve other people’s lives all over the world (like it did to me), so keep it up.
Again, thank you very much.” – Krys, Philippines
“Hello Celes, I just wanna say that you have really inspired me to do what I’ve always wanted to do in my life but never had the guts to. I am currently working in finance and though I’m doing pretty well, I dislike it. It’s not making me happy at all. Like you said, money will just come on its own when you do your best in what u believe in and what you love. Thank you so much for introducing yourself to the world.” – Nikka, Australia
“Hi Celes, I was going through a very bad time since last two days. As I was looking for some mental support in the Internet, I came across your site. I don’t know how to thank you, but you have helped me to live again. Thank you very much.” – Liz
“My word…Celes, l just read a few articles of yours, and l just can’t believe all these came from someone so young. lt is heartwarming for me to see how deeply, deeply wise you are. What a wonderful soul. Clearly you are a gifted individual. l am happy for you, perhaps someday our paths will cross.” - Chek Juan
“Hey Celes, your site has had a really positive impact on my life, and it is amazing to see someone pursuing their dreams so passionately, especially at such a young age! My mom was in town the other day and I recommended the site to her (she is very into personal development, and the types of things you talk about), and she has really enjoyed reading your articles too! Her comment was that it was especially impressive that a woman as young as you can be so highly developed. Thanks again for your great site!” - Kyle
“Hi Celes, I was thoroughly impressed by your insights into life and how you’ve pushed yourself to achieve your life purpose.
I live in the United States, Santa Barbara, CA to be exact. I just finished reading your recent post, “Passion or Money?“, and again am struck by the depth of your life knowledge. This particular article has really struck a chord with me because it is exactly the position I find myself in – “Golden Handcuffs” is a great explanation. I’m married, 34, and making more money than I ever expected to, and now find that this is not what I truly enjoy nor is it my life purpose.
I find myself at a crossroads in my life and being guided by my intuition and desire for bringing higher consciousness into the world. Herein lies the rub – my intuition is guiding me away from what is stable and known towards a life of my own creation and of course this is a bit frightening, not to mention potentially bad timing with the economic downturns we’ve seen recently. Regardless of this, I will continue to push on and build the life I envision.
I wanted to thank you for your posts. They are very helpful and insightful and I will pursue the exercises you suggest to architect the life of my dreams.” - Sean Gill, 34
“Firstly, I am amazed how much wisdom is on your site for one so young! I sat up in bed this morning and decided to dig deep for my purpose and passion. It was as you say the first 50 ideas that came up were social conditioned garbage! One resonated with me and made me pause: Business with heart, but I somehow knew this was not the end story. I pressed on at the end of this two hour session up popped: To Find Love and To Teach It. Bingo, I know that I know that I know!!! As Love is all there is, the statement is simple and yet profound. Your site is a blessing. Thank you.” - Joseph Geraghty, 70
“I’d just like to say thank you for such an uplifting article. My brother passed away last week and I have been doing much soul-searching since. Your article has given me hope to find something more meaningful in my life and I plan to begin working on finding my real purpose this evening.” - Bob
“I am your biggest fan of your writings on embrace living. Your writings are deep, insightful, reflective and true. It was introduced to me by a friend and i found it is to be one of my staple diet on the net ever since. It taught me alot on how to think and some of the similarities I share with you.”- Clement
“Hi Celes, I love your articles, and have helped me a lot in my journeys of self actualization. It is very refreshing to have you pen a step by step guide to self-actualization. Most authors don’t talk about the How-tos. Thank you very much. “- Stevens
“I just wanted to commend you on a wonderful resource. I have done the self-help and therapy thing many times over, but you offer a fresh perspective and really have zeroed in on some of my key issues–perfectionism, disappointment, etc. Great job and thanks!” - Troy
“Hi Celes, just thought I drop you a note to let you know how much I enjoyed reading your articles. The content is logical, easily understood and motivating. If you ever write a book (on personal development), I won’t be surprised if it becomes a New York Times bestseller. For some reason, I really hope that you’ll achieve immense success because I think you deserve it. =)” - Emeraldiel
“I just wanted to commend you on your recent article. It’s not everyday that someone manages to teach me something new, but today I learned something new and fascinating. I have spent a lot of time thinking about this very topic and had a similar kind of understanding, but quantifying it through that scale just put everything into perspective. Again, I offer my thanks.” - Serge
“Dear Celes, Your articles are very inspiring and uplifting. I truly enjoy reading them. I have been feeling lost the past couple of years and you have started me thinking about my purpose in life. It’s really great to hear that you are doing so well. I was feeling really down at work, but your work gave me courage to think positive and keep going. Thank you for that.” =)” - Yanni
“Hi Celes, like your series of articles on life coaching. I am amazed with your insight on life and your skill of writing, such few simple phrases to bring out your ideas across… I am currently going through some form of life transitions and am quite happy to have found your site. Can’t wait to read the rest of your articles. Keep up the good work and hope that we could meet one day!” - Pearl
“Hi Celestine. I came across your blog and was very inspired. Thank God for the blog. It helped to give me some perspective, especially on the part of living each day in line with my purpose in life. I’ll introduce your blog to my friends. Hope they find it as useful as it did for me. Have a good day ahead! =)” - Noella
“Hi Celes, I have just finished reading your article series on Disappointment. Let me admit that I liked your style of writing. It just felt like you are talking to me in person. I am happy for you that you ultimately pursued your passion to coach and are successful. I wish you all the best and I am sure you will achieve unimaginable heights with what you are doing. Believe me, the success you have seen so far is just a fraction of what you are going to experience in future.” - Hari
“Celes, your great work really inspires a lot of people (of course included me) by helping people to awake from unconscious sleepwalk to live life in a more conscious & empowered way! By just reading your blog, I am experiencing a gradual paradigm shift of my narrow & shallow thinking. This is a truly an awesome experience and I love it =) Many thanks, Celes.” - Jenny Leow
“Hi Celestine, your mindset is distinctly well-developed than ur age. I’ve the same thoughts as I went through ur blog. Great minds think alike?
Congratulations that you are on ur desired path. Thank you so much for coming up with this blog. ” - Jeff
“Hi Celes! I got to know about your blog from my dad and I think you’re awesome!! Thank you for your great entries!!
“I find your approach to the subject refreshing. I’ve read all kinds of blogs and books on the subject and well, there is something different going on here…I can’t verbalize it just yet but I know one thing, there is a sense of thoroughness and a level of understanding I am learning about myself through your writing. Many thanks!” - J
“Hi Celes! I am Desiree, a Filipino college student currently struggling to figure out who I really am, while striving to enjoy life the best I can. I just want to say that I feel deeply inspired with what you are doing and what you have been able to achieve. Continue to inspire and motivate others! I wish you all the very happiness in life.
“I write this to tell you that your articles have been an eye opener. I have subscribed to many personal development sites and blogs, and most of them just seem to rehash, rewrite and publish the same advice over and over again. But I was surprised to see that you don’t do that. I feel that you really live the life of higher consciousness from what you have written. The clarity and truth of your reasoning of why things happen and why one should act in a particular way, resonates deep. I have to say, that I am one step ahead in my enlightenment just from reading what you have written.
I wish all the best in all your endeavors, and I hope that I will be able to meet you one day. I am truly inspired. Take care, and looking forward to reading more from you,” - Anonymous
when I came for my first lesson, I didnt expect anything, e.g. I will become more confidence and decisive. but after the 8 sessions
I realise that I’m conscious abt how i live my life, why i need to have a purpose & values, how to achieve my goals, to see real results one must make drastic change.
