Category: Personal

  • The Woman Who Carried Everything in Silence

    Who is a woman who’s made an impact on your career? People sometimes look at my life and see achievement. Fourteen years across multiple countries. A career that took me from Indonesia to Malaysia to Singapore to Australia. Awards with my name on them. A business I built from scratch. A LinkedIn profile that reads…

  • The Version of Me I Had to Outgrow

    “I didn’t abandon who I was. I honoured her by becoming more.” There was a version of me that worked very hard to survive. She stayed agreeable. She avoided taking up too much space. She said yes even when she was unsure. She believed that being capable meant doing everything herself. For a long time,…

  • If I Could Talk to My Younger Self, I’d Say This..

    “The version of me I used to worry about was already doing her best with what she knew.” I used to think my younger self needed better advice. More confidence. A clearer plan. Less fear. Now, looking back, I don’t think she was lacking any of that. She was brave in the only way she…

  • What’s in a Name: Becoming Elsya Goullet

    Sometimes growth isn’t about becoming someone new, but about choosing what you carry forward. I never imagined I would change my surname. For most of my life, my name was simply Elsya Fhani. It carried my roots, my upbringing, and the version of myself who built her career step by step, often far from home.…