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I did not build a personal brand to go viral; I built one so I never needed to beg to be seen.
Last week, from 16 to 21 June, I lived the kind of week I used to believe someone like me would never be invited into.
I say that with full clarity, not false humility.
I remember when being queer in corporate meant being polite, presentable, and palatable. I remember when my identity was something I navigated around, not moved from.
I remember writing in private, scared my truth would cost me credibility. That’s what years in media, agency life, and newsroom culture taught me about speaking up just enough without risking being too much.
And then last week happened.
On Tuesday, I gave a paid keynote at Edrington’s Rejoice in Pride 2025 as their first-ever LGBTQIA+ speaker across Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
On Wednesday, I was interviewed by Timothy Oh and Benedict Tan on Give It To Me Strait, a podcast about identity, self-trust, and reinvention.
On Thursday, I was paid to co-lead a Pride Month workshop with Kelsey Kate for Ogilvy and Safe Space, helping teams build culture beyond rainbow logos.
On Friday, Nicolette J Nierras invited me onto You’re Worthless. The Juxtaposition of Your Very Soul, where we went deep into shame, visibility, and wholeness.
And on Saturday, I co-hosted a journaling and storytelling circle with Julian Wong, in partnership with RICE Media and Trapeze Rec Club, a full-circle moment after RICE published my story earlier this year.
Every single one of those opportunities was inbound, not pitched, chased and bargained for.
Eight months ago, I started writing publicly. Not to “build a personal brand.”
I did it to survive. To process the grief and beauty of raising a neurodiverse daughter, to make sense of the burnout I never admitted I was in and to explore queerness in a society still learning how to hold it.
I wrote to feel real again.
And I kept going, quietly and consistently. Through the doubt and the days when the words felt stuck in my throat, I wrote even when I did not know where it would lead.
Now I get paid to speak, trusted to lead and invited to share my voice on platforms I once only watched from the sidelines.
Not because I went viral, but because I got clear.
That is the quiet power of human-first storytelling, and that is what I teach inside the H.A.L.O. Masterclass.
Cohort 1 just graduated this week. I watched 12 people show up, write from their truth, and build their identity not around tactics, but around clarity.
Cohort 2 is coming soon. But I’m not opening it to everyone yet.
I’m starting with the waitlist, the ones already tuned in.
Waitlist members get:
🔐 Early access to secure your seat at a discounted price
🔐 A 5-day warm-up series to prime your mindset and messaging
🔐 Complimentary bonus support for 1 week after the masterclass ends via WhatsApp and email (choose from coaching, feedback, or strategy support)
This is not for everyone.
It is for the 12 people ready to show up and be seen.
Because you don’t need to go viral, you need to get clear.
The waitlist is now open: https://lnkd.in/ghUFknY9
I hope to see you inside.