Mental Health

Christmas

It’s the most… awful time of the year?

Seasonal depression, also known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is real. It’s the most wonderful time of the year There’ll be much mistletoeing And hearts will be glowing When loved...

Discipleship

Supernatural encounters: The battle for my soul

It’s strange, but whenever I had supernatural encounters, they would come at a pivotal point in my journey with God. I will never forget the night I accepted Christ on 23 December 2008. I woke...

Personalities

Enjoy the Process: Krysta Joy on finding purpose, good tunes and redemption

Winner of 2017’s edition of the Noise Music Mentorship Programme, singer-songwriter Krysta Joy released her debut album, Enjoy the Process, in August 2019. We have a chat with the Burning Hearts...

Friendship

He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother

Bruce and I have been close friends for over a decade. My journey with Bruce’s struggle with depression and anxiety started around 2010. We had just completed our National Service and came to a...

Sermons

Overcoming depression: Will I ever be okay?

In Singapore, 1 in 7 people have suffered from a mental disorder in their lifetime. This is an increase compared to the 1 in 8 ratio recorded by a landmark study six years earlier.  Most of these...

Mental Health

I saw hope even when it felt like I was drowning

It was during a season of transitions that I fell into depression. It wasn’t a sudden fall. It was happening, but I just hadn’t realised it. At the time, I was in NS (National Service) and in...

Mental Health

Depression may be a giant, but God is greater

It has been more than four years in my struggle with depression.  In the first three years I thought to myself: “I just need to find someone to be there for me, to save me out of my misery.”...

How-tos & Handles

5 ways to refocus your thoughts

Do you find it hard to take control of your thought life? Are you often besieged with negative thoughts, or do you find yourself constantly battling fears? Paul wrote to the Philippians church,...

Mental Health

Learning how to say no: 3 Ps to liberate your life

Lord of my life, finances, family and job… But how about Lord of my schedule? I love planning my life so much that I have it down to the hour. Even without the intense workload of teaching, I...