High Heels, from Yang-May Ooi's memoir Bound Feet Blues - A Life Told in Shoes

Do High Heels Make You More of a Woman? ¦ Bound Feet Blues

Does wearing high heels make you more of a woman? Does wearing clumpy boots make you less of a woman? As women, do we have to be feminine to be considered beautiful? These are the intriguing questions asked…

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Friends hanging out - illustrating a blog post by Yang-May Ooi about making friends with your procrastination

Make Friends with Your Procrastination ¦ Fearless Creativity

Procrastination is our enemy, many self-help guides tell us, and we are urged to deal with it through metaphors of violence and war – we are told to “battle” procrastination, “beat”, “overcome” it or “break through” it. But…

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Clocks to illustrate a blog post by Yang-May Ooi about making time to achieve anything

How to create time for anything ¦ Fearless Creativity

So you want to write a book but somehow you never find the time. You have a creative passion you long to pursue but your day job gets in the way. Don’t wait, creative actionista Yang-May Ooi  says, you…

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James Zarzana talks to Yang-May Ooi on Creative Conversations, a Tiger Spirit podcast

James Zarzana on the benefits and challenges of self-publishing

James Zarzana joins Creative Conversations to talk with Yang-May Ooi about the benefits and challenges of self-publishing.  James is the author of the Marsco Saga – www.jamesazarzana.com. This is an AUDIO podcast enhanced with images and video clips.…

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Photos from International Women’s Day 2017 – Strengthening Women’s Voices

Here is a report and short slideshow from the Pan Asian Women’s Association (PAWA) event for International Women’s Day 2017 at the University Women’s Club (UWC) by “creative actionista” Yang-May Ooi who joined a panel discussion there on Strengthening…

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Terence Bailey, author of Dead in Time, chats with Yang-May Ooi on Tiger Spirit Video Bytes

In this “byte-sized” video, writer and “creative actionista” Yang-May Ooi chats with Terence Bailey, author of paranormal thriller Dead in Time.   This video was first posted on Facebook.   ~~

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Writer and creative actionista Yang-May Ooi signing her memoir Bound Feet Blues

How author Yang-May Ooi wrote her memoir in 28 days ¦ Fearless Creativity

In this video, writer/ performer Yang-May Ooi explains how she was able to write her memoir Bound Feet Blues in 28 days. She also adds in this blog post some tips on what can help you write quickly. …

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young child writing to illustrate reclaiming our creativity in a blogpost by Yang-May Ooi

Our creativity touches everything we do ¦ Fearless Creativity

We have outsourced “creativity” to a select few, says author Yang-May Ooi, and the world is a lesser place for it. In this essay, she invites each of us to see our creative impact at home, at work…

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