Singaporean jeweller Choo Yilin on what she learned during her hiatus

I learnt that I had been prioritising my head above all else—this was the brain that so many of us believed was the safest to use when making life’s most important decisions. Yet, just as it was pivotally important to have each department communicate and collaborate with each other, I began to feel the significance of hearing my heart and body speak.

Gift 2: The Practice   

The stories my heart and gut have been telling me were unrecognisable from what I was used to hearing from my head. It took me a long time to begin trusting the stories from those two intelligence centres.  

I initially rejected the stories I was hearing from them—one of which was to step away from being CEO of my company. 

Stepping away brought up shame, like I had abdicated responsibility to the most emotionally significant endeavour I had taken in this lifetime. 

Stepping away was acknowledging the…