After a decade in corporate communications - most recently leading comms across Asia Pacific for a global crypto firm - Sheryl found herself at a crossroads. Burnt out from 16-hour days, late-night Zoom calls, and an always-on mindset, an unexpected layoff in late 2024 became the permission slip she didn’t know she needed.

What followed wasn’t a scramble back into the job market, but a meaningful recalibration. She called it a “micro-retirement”: a pause long enough to unlearn the idea that self-worth had to be measured in productivity, and to relearn what it meant to feel alive again.

In that space, something shifted. From fronting comms strategies to fronting a yoga studio front desk, she began reconnecting with the kind of work that filled her cup instead of draining it. Slowly, the vision for The Palm began to take root.

Sheryl co-founded The Palm as a response to the burnout culture she once called normal. It’s designed to be everything her old life wasn’t: calm, intentional, nourishing. At The Palm, she blends her strategic instincts with a deep commitment to building a space where people can breathe, move, recover, and reconnect - with themselves and with others.

Today, she channels her communications background into creating inclusive spaces, thoughtful client experiences, and honest conversations about wellness, worth, and balance. Her hope is that The Palm becomes more than a studio - and becomes a place that’s rooted in balance.

When not on the mats, Sheryl is an avid social pickleball player.

Read her story in CNA at: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/today/big-read/fresh-graduates-retrenched-workers-job-market-5217811