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The last magic we have

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The In-Between Spaces

What success truly means

My personal journey in defining it.

Jul 11, 2024 • Rachel Ooi

Motherhood is a contradiction

Juggling motherhood, creativity, and multicultural and diaspora challenges.

May 22, 2024 • Rachel Ooi

Should you ask me where I am from?

And my personal struggle to find the answer.

Mar 28, 2024 • Rachel Ooi

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Essays

The last magic we have

My father came unbidden into my memory yesterday as I was putting my daughter to bed.

Jul 10 • Rachel Ooi

Is that consciousness?

I almost asked AI what to cook for dinner. Then I looked up. A meditation on consciousness, attention, and the small acts of staying present.

Jun 12 • Rachel Ooi

I've been missing because of AI

Quick 2 minutes on what happened + curious where you are

May 22 • Rachel Ooi

In which I'm no longer the other

A story for International Women's Day: Give to Gain

Mar 31 • Rachel Ooi

Crossing bridges

On conversation and the space between us

Mar 3 • Rachel Ooi

Letters

Conscious living letter #10

A new year, a new word, a quiet beginning

Jan 24 • Rachel Ooi

Conscious living letter #9

Living by the seasons, staying connected, and navigating life, work, and AI.

Sep 26, 2025 • Rachel Ooi

Conscious living letter #8

Freiburg art biennale, The Happy Place, nostalgia and melancholy.

Jul 4, 2025 • Rachel Ooi

Conscious Living letter #7

Time dilation, emotions are data, AI and something heavy

May 9, 2025 • Rachel Ooi

Conscious Living Practices

The delightful lightness of being

Conscious living practice #6

Jun 4, 2025 • Rachel Ooi

The space between belief and choice

Conscious Living Practice #5

Apr 30, 2025 • Rachel Ooi

Conscious Living practice #4

Mar 3, 2025 • Rachel Ooi

Embrace slow. Take a pause.

Conscious Living practice #3

Jan 16, 2025 • Rachel Ooi

What truly matters

A repost of last year's Conscious Living practices #2

Dec 19, 2025 • Rachel Ooi

Conscious Living

Navigating the messy "in-betweens" of identity and modern life. Searching for what stays human and conscious in an increasingly automated world.

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