7 powerful females who remind us that self-love is the best type of love there is

This February 14, we’re all for celebrating all types love – including (and especially), self-love.

So if you’re feeling a certain way about being single, here are some words of motivation; on why you should always remember you don’t need a relationship to feel whole.

As Carrie Bradshaw famously said on the hit television series Sex and the City: “Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you’re pretty sexy and you’re taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with.”

From Jolin Tsai to Hebe Tien, we’ve looked to these empowering women who have been flying solo and living their (best) single life.

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Last November, local celebrity Jacelyn Tay called it quits with her husband of eight years, Brian Wong. They have a seven-year-old son, Zavier. The 43-year-old actress and founder of wellness centre Body Inc wasted no time getting her groove back, as she’s been spending quality time with family, treating herself to vacations, and sharing gorgeous selfies on social media.

She wants you to know that:

“There are so many good things we can find and put back into our lives to replace the past bad habits, diets, thoughts, beliefs… Sometimes even people. Life is a road of discovery about ourselves, not others.”

Photo: Jacelyn Tay/Instagram

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The Taiwanese Mandopop sensation broke up with model Vivian Dawson in 2016, after six years of dating.

Although she has been romantically linked to lead singer of boyband Mayday, Ashin,  Jolin seems to be living the drama-free single life these days.

She recently release her album entitled “Ugly Beauty “that reflects her thoughts on societal expectations of beauty. While the 39-year-old revealed that she hopes to meet someone with a big heart and sees the good in people, as well as make her feel young again, she emphasised that self-love is also very (if not more) important.

She wants you to know that:

“When you learn to take care and love oneself, you will find that life becomes less complicated”

Photo: Jolin Tsai/Instagram
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While the “The Lead” star has always maintained that she is and has been single for years, Rebecca has been romantically linked to fellow actors Desmond Tan and Ian Fang.

Keeping up with the unrelenting pace of her television projects from last year, which includes Life Less Ordinary, Eat Already 4, Doppelganger – The Prequel and Doppelganger, the actress will be starring in the fifth installment of the hit police procedural series “C.L.I.F” and martial arts drama “The Good Fight.”

She wants you to know that:

“You should have confidence in yourself. Don’t change to win someone over. Be the best version of yourself. That’s what matters the most.”

Photo: Rebecca Lim/Instagram

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The local actress made her single status quite clear during an interview with the local media to promote her drama “Babies on Board,” where she plays a bubbly model who turns surrogate mother for an obstetrician (played by Jesseca Liu) and her surgeon-turned-chef husband (played by Tay Ping Hui).

In the interview, she candidly admitted that she eventually would like to get married but she hasn’t found the right one. She added that: “being single is also quite good. A lot of my friends who are attached have relationship problems. And after they get married, they quarrel over money and kids. So I think I’m fortunate.” A girl after our own hearts.

She wants you to know that:

“Just let nature take its course”

Photo: Ya Hui/Instagram

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The 41-year-old Singaporean actress-host has had a tumultuous love life. In 2012, she went through a very public break-up with her fiancé after a six-year-long courtship. A lesser being would have thrown a pity party. Instead, she turned her sob story into a smashing success story. The turning point for Belinda came after her breakup when she was still travelling and working.

In an interview with the local media, she revealed that she met people who were in worse situations than she was: “Can you imagine a cancer patient in Mongolia telling me that life is worth living even though she knew she was dying? It made the breakup seem like nothing at all! That was when I knew I cannot just sit there and do nothing about my life.” Since then, Belinda has been active in social work, especially with causes like animal and women’s rights.

She wants you to know that:

“When you know your self worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts and the power to devalue you with their words and actions. Those who don’t value you, don’t deserve you”

Photo: Belinda Lee/Instagram

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The Taiwanese singer has been romantically linked to fellow singers Jay Chou and JJ Lin, but none of them seemed to have blossomed into a relationship. When probed by the media about her marriage plans at a charity event held by the Children Are Us Foundation, the singer, who has always kept her love life low-profile, retorted and said: ““What kind of era are we in? Why are you asking me this? Marriage is not something that happens just because I want it to.” It seems like she is just enjoying her single life while her singing career is keeping her busy.

She wants you to know that:

“Staying happy no matter what, I think that’s the most important.”

Photo: Hebe Tien/Instagram

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The Taiwanese girl group S.H.E member Selina Jen has been single since splitting from her husband husband of five years, lawyer Richard Chang.

The news took everyone by surprise, as there were no prior reports of conflict of any sort between the duo. The singer has spoken of wanting romance when it comes to dating but is happy, for now, to pour her energy into herself.

At the promotion of a cosmetics brand in Hong Kong, when asked if she was ready for new love, Selina said she would not insist and for the moment she’d just let things happen naturally.

She wants you to know that:

“Now I need to love myself first to give out a nice feeling so that something may be possible in the future.”

Photo: Selena Jen/Instagram

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