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Yong Kang Chan

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Born

in Singapore

May 01, 1984

Website

http://www.nerdycreator.com

Twitter

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Genre

Spirituality, Philosophy, Psychology

Member Since

July 2014

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"Being Peaceful when the Mind is Noisy"

Doing more and achieving more don’t always make you happy. When you have low self-esteem and a critical voice in your head, it’s tough to enjoy your life in peace. Reaching your goals is important, but you have to enjoy the process too.

In his books, Yong Kang provides insights on self-compassion and mindfulness to help you be kinder to yourself and transcend your suffering. Unlike other psychology and spiritual books, his content is easy to understand. He uses simple, modern examples in life to explain complex concepts and ideas. You can learn the teachings in his books without any technical or scientific knowledge.

Best known as “Nerdy Creator” online, Yong Kang is both analytical and creative. If some ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 1,217 ratings · 153 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Parent Yourself Again: Love Yourself the Way You Have Always Wanted to Be Loved (Self-Compassion Book 3) 3.75 avg rating — 496 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empty Your Cup: Why We Have Low Self-Esteem and How Mindfulness Can Help (Self-Compassion Book 1) 3.76 avg rating — 430 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disbelief Habit: How to Use Doubt to Make Peace with Your Inner Critic (Self-Compassion Book 2) 3.85 avg rating — 107 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emotional Gift: Memoir of a Highly Sensitive Person Who Overcame Depression 3.80 avg rating — 60 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fearless passion: find the courage to do what you love 3.91 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reconnect to Love: A Journey From Loneliness to Deep Connection (Spiritual Love Book 1) 3.93 avg rating — 56 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Your Body: How to Appreciate Beauty and Wellness Beyond the Physical Form (Spiritual Love Book 2) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disbelief Habit 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Yong Chan rated a book really liked it Nice Girls Don't Win: How I Burned It All Down to Claim My Power by Parvati Shallow	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Your inner child is waiting for a genuine, heartfelt apology.”
― Yong Kang Chan, Parent Yourself Again: Love Yourself the Way You Have Always Wanted to Be Loved

tags: apology, healing-the-emotional-self, healing-the-past, inner-child, inner-child-healing, self-compassion

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“The more you don’t want to be like your parents, the more you will resemble them.”
― Yong Kang Chan, Parent Yourself Again: Love Yourself the Way You Have Always Wanted to Be Loved

tags: healing, inner-child, inner-child-healing, parents, parents-and-children

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“True acceptance doesn’t require you to fit in or change who you are. It doesn’t have to be sought; it’s given to you.”
― Yong Kang Chan, Reconnect to Love: A Journey From Loneliness to Deep Connection

tags: acceptance, belonging, fitting-in, loneliness, loner, outcast, people-pleasing, relationships, seeking-approval

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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

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“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
― Herbert Bayard Swope

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“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
― Herman Melville

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“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
― Maya Angelou

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“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
― Truman Capote

tags: experience, failure, metaphor, success, wisdom

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