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Sam Tan

Goodreads Author

Born

Singapore, Singapore

Website

https://www.samerictan.com/

Genre

Psychology, Self Help

Influences

Terry Pratchett, Natasha Pulley, Jack Kornfield, Josephy Goldstein, Jo ...more

Member Since

January 2018

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Sam grew up in Singapore in a house littered with books. He spent most of his waking hours in a foggy book-induced dream-state and only comes back to reality when his teachers screamed at him.

He stayed grounded in reality long enough to finish school and qualify as a psychologist and now spends his time diving into others' minds and feelings.

He currently resides in Australia and is happy that pasty humidity is not the order of the day. Sam likes to dabble in different things and is awful at some of these and OK with the rest. The dabbling has resulted in 2 books with a 3rd on the way. ...more

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Sam Tan I am working with my co-author (Eric Tan) on a children's version of my most recent work ("A Little Book On Being Naturally Joyful") at the request of…moreI am working with my co-author (Eric Tan) on a children's version of my most recent work ("A Little Book On Being Naturally Joyful") at the request of my sister who has 2 young kids.(less)

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Sam Tan I'm inspired to write by reading good works from other authors (I know, this is a cliche answer!) and also from the interactions I have with my client…moreI'm inspired to write by reading good works from other authors (I know, this is a cliche answer!) and also from the interactions I have with my client. They are the one who would sometimes say "why don't you write a book based on what we talked about?" and that "there's nothing out there about these ideas you are telling me".(less)

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Sam’s Quotes

“When I can relax, and be close to the transcendental core of me, then I may behave in strange and impulsive ways in the relationship, ways I cannot justify rationally, which have nothing to do with my thought processes. But these strange behaviors turn out to be right in some odd way. At these moments it seems that my inner spirit has reached out and touched the inner spirit of the other. Our relationship transcends itself and has become something larger.”
― Carl R. Rogers

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