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Janet Chui

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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

Published in
Coping with Capitalism

Therapy Changed My Relationship with Material Things

It wasn’t decluttering strategies or decor manuals that helped me to let things go. It was understanding myself and my needs.

Oct 19

Therapy Changed My Relationship with Material Things

Oct 19

Published in
Artful Counseling

Anxious and Over-responsible? Revisiting the Type A Personality

Anxiety, guilt-proneness, and hyper-responsibility can create individuals who stress out their colleagues, relationships, and personal…

Sep 4

Anxious and Over-responsible? Revisiting the Type A Personality

Sep 4

Published in
Curated Newsletters

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

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

Apr 21

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

Apr 21

Published in
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.

Mar 28

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

Mar 28

Published in
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.

Mar 27

Hyper-independence Was My Trauma Response

Mar 27

Published in
ILLUMINATION

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

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

Mar 26

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

Mar 26

Published in
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.

Mar 1

What The Spare Room Revealed

Mar 1

Published in
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.

Feb 5

Stop Sticking Your Hand into Elevator Doors

Feb 5

Published in
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.

Dec 19, 2023

Begin Your Year With These Journal Prompts for Healing and Hope

Dec 19, 2023

Published in
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”

Dec 19, 2023

This armor? I paid dearly for it

Dec 19, 2023

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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