This week, I speak to Fiona Tan, who is a beauty expert, trainer and Miss Top of the World Plus Size 2016. If you’ve been following me, you would find her familiar as I’ve interviewed her about 3 years ago. Pardon us as we digressed throughout the interview because we’ve known each other for so...
What Do Women Want? With Angela Hou
I met Angela through my former business partner and at point in time, she was actively promoting Healsi Water but unfortunately, I couldn’t use Healsi Water for my Kombucha because it is alkaline in nature. Nonetheless, we were still in a lot of common female entrepreneur circles and I finally managed to do an interview...
Melissa’s Interview on CallumConnects
I recently did a podcast interview with Callum, who is a very successful entrepreneur, and we talked about the hurdles I faced as a business owner and how I overcame them. For those who were wondering why I moved my website from thewellnessinsider.sg to thewellnessinsider.asia, here’s your answer. Do take a listen to the podcast...
What do Women Want? With Christine Looi
I’ve started a new series under “Melissa’s Table Top Talk” called “What do women want?”. Although I do know that there are more genders than the usual binary of men and women, I’m just gonna keep things a bit simple and explore this topic (amongst others) with people who identify as women. In the first...
My Dilemma Over The Wellness Insider
As many of you already know, I founded The Wellness Insider 3 years ago and I now have a dilemma. To close it down or not. After reading this post by Mumbrella’s content director on why they’re closing Mumbrella Asia, the points he made really hit home. Firstly, let’s be practical. The Wellness Insider is...
Need Your Help to Name Kombucha Flavours
I’m so excited to share with you my latest product – kombucha! Well…technically speaking, it isn’t new since I have been teaching people how to make booch since last year. However, I’m now ready to do retail and I need your help. I have a few flavours of kombucha going and I would like to...
A Tumultuous 2017…Hopefully a Better 2018
It’s that time of the year where we look at the year in review and think about what we’ve accomplished, what had happened and perhaps, what are some of our New Year Resolutions. As I think back on 2017, I must say that it has been quite an eventful year. A lot of emotional upheavals...
Basic Kombucha Workshop For CNY
Come join me in this basic kombucha workshop where I will teach you how to make this fermented tea as well as educate you about nutrition and the benefits of probiotics. Your first batch will just be in time for Chinese New Year, where you can serve up some healthier options to your relatives and...
Giving back through Project #MakeShoppingMeaningful
If you’ve been following me through The Wellness Insider, you would know that one of my partners is Euforia which is a social enterprise. From 2 Dec to 1 Jan 2017, they’ll be launching a charity drive called Project #MakeShoppingMeaningful and I’m also supporting them by donating some of my apparels. For every sale that...
Wellness Insider Needs Your Opinions
Hi ladies and gents! I need your help to fill in this very short survey which would take only 1-2 minutes of your precious time. Your response will really help me decide whether to go ahead with this project or not. Many thanks in advance! Loading…