Take Time to Travel Within, and Cultivate What You Find
In a world obsessed with fast growth, The Curious Bonsai takes a different stance: small, deliberate changes create deep, lasting impact.Like the ancient art that inspired our name, we believe transformation isn’t about force or speed. It’s about curiosity meeting skilled cultivation, where you learn what to trim, what to nurture, and how to shape a life that’s both resilient and authentically yours.
Every person carries their own landscape of experiences and aspirations.
We don’t offer universal or “cookie-cutter” solutions. Instead, we partner with you in the artful work of tending to your growth, weaving evidence-based therapy and coaching with curious exploration that allows spaciousness for impactful changes to stick.
Just as a bonsai finds strength by learning to thrive within constraints, we help you discover your own resilient wisdom and craft a life that honors both who you’ve been and who you’re becoming.
At The Curious Bonsai, your growth isn’t rushed.
It’s witnessed, shaped, and celebrated.
Trusted by 100+ Clients From:
Committed to Supporting Your Journey
Individuals
Whether you're navigating stress, burnout, anxiety, trauma, identity issues, life transitions, or seeking personal mastery, we’ll journey with you together.
Couples
Whether you're facing recurring conflict, navigating a life-stage transition, or wanting to deepen intimacy, couples therapy provides a space to pause, listen, and reshape patterns together.
Teams
We tailor workshops and learning journeys to fit your organization's culture and challenges. Areas of Expertise: wellbeing, leadership, mentoring, psychometric tools, employee engagement and career skills.
Michelle Mah is a psychotherapist, mindfulness practitioner, and wellbeing advocate who has transformed lives through her work with individuals and organizations.
Drawing from her personal journey overcoming mental health challenges including an eating disorder at the peak of her corporate career, she has been featured on TEDx, CNA, TODAY, and MoneyFM and aims to inspire others to achieve personal transformation and sustainable growth.
With expertise in delivering evidence-based wellbeing programs, Michelle integrates a variety of tools and modalities within psychotherapy, organisational development, mindfulness, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to help clients enhance resilience, self-awareness, and emotional wellbeing. Her credentials include an Advanced Psychotherapy Certification in Perinatal Mental Health and a 300-hour Yoga Alliance certification, having curated corporate wellbeing retreats across Asia.
She is also an adjunct lecturer at Nanyang Technological University and delivers programmes for Singapore Management University, bringing a unique blend of academic insight and practical strategies to empower individuals and youths.
Michelle Mah (M.Couns)
Psychotherapist & Coach
Stuart Tan is a globally sought-after executive coach, psychotherapist, and trauma specialist with over 30 years of experience empowering leaders and teams. Having trained 500,000 individuals across 11 countries, Stuart integrates neuroscience, leadership psychology, and counseling to deliver measurable, transformative results.
Leveraging advanced tools like MBTI, Hogan Assessments, 16PF, FIRO-B, and proprietary frameworks like Life Stratoscope™, Elevated Presence™ and Bulletproof Leadership™, Stuart provides deep insights into leadership mastery, team dynamics, and resilience. As a Certified PROSCI® Change Management Practitioner and NLP Master Trainer, he equips leaders with actionable strategies to manage change, enhance communication, and drive performance in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments.
Stuart’s unique expertise as a qualified counselor and trauma therapist ensures leaders are supported holistically—navigating stress, building resilience, and fostering long-term growth. Trusted by global corporations like Siemens and government agencies, Stuart empowers organizations to lead boldly and thrive in complexity.
Stuart Tan (MSc., MBA)
Executive Coach & Psychotherapist
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Chief Cheerleader