About Me

Shen-Li is a writer and stay-at-home mother.  On Figur8, she blogs about parenting, writing, sports, and life.  She is also a freelance writer on Helium and HubPages and an expert author on Ezine Articles.  Shen-Li’s other work involve moonlighting as the website manager and accounts manager for The Haute Food Co.

Shen-Li has aspired to be a writer from the tender age of sixteen.  Derailed from her pursuit of a career in writing, she ended up at The University of Melbourne in Australia where she studied to become a dentist.  After a year of practice, she left the profession to join the health industry where she worked for various companies such as 3M, Roche Pharmaceutical, and Colgate-Palmolive.

Never having given up on the dream of becoming a writer, she decided to follow in the footsteps of author Frank Herbert who held an armoury of life experiences under his belt which no doubt influenced his writing. She made it her quest in life to explore new pursuits and undertake various adventures in her spare time.  She began hiking and caving, took on the challenge of running a marathon, and began rock climbing.

During her exploration, she entered into a passionate affair with rock climbing and spent countless hours at various rock climbing gyms and the local crag which had fast become her second home. She made three pilgrimages to climb at Krabi, the rock climbing mecca of Asia and discovered an ability to achieve an excellence in sports that had eluded her all through her childhood and teenage years.  In the course of her exploration of life, she left the workforce, got married and became a mother.

A firm believer in evidence-based parenting, Shen-Li follows the Science of Parenting and observes the philosophies of attachment parenting and what is encompasses – gentle discipline, baby wearing, breastfeeding, and co-sleeping.  Currently, her priorities lie in raising her children, however, Shen-Li also believes strongly in the need for self-actualisation.  For her own personal development, she began to focus on her writing.  Shen-Li’s works include a range of informative articles as well as some creative writing pieces.  One of her writing aspirations is to publish her own novel.