Mental Health

After years of eating disorders, I struggled to conceive my first child

I didn’t struggle with my body through most of my younger years. As a badminton player who represented my school, I was very muscular, especially in my lower limbs, from the sheer amount of...

Sermons

No more guilt and shame: Day of His Power 2019

Repentance, reconciliation and restoration. This year’s Day of His Power saw about 5,000 people fill up the seats in Suntec Convention Centre on August 8, 2019 for a night of worship and...

Surveys & Reports

Strong and silent: A dying breed of men

I came across some shocking statistics regarding suicides in Singapore a few days ago. Here are three key figures: The number of suicides in Singapore rose by 10% last year  19 boys between 10 and...

Mental Health

When depression drove me away from God

I have been struggling with depression all my life, but I hit a breaking point recently. I was furious at the Lord for still not having taken this illness away. In an attempt to spite God for leaving...

Mental Health

You are not enough, and that’s okay

Self-doubt. Inadequacy. Not-enoughness. Sound familiar? Whether you’re 17 or 70, this seems to be a universal part of the human condition that never seems to go away. Even one of Israel’s...

Mental Health

In the wake of my mother’s passing, I hid my grief away

“Your mother was highly successful. A scholar. By the time she was your age, she was giving tuition to multiple children, holding a part-time job and supporting her sister’s university...

Health

The ACL injury that changed my life

As a footballer, playing as a defender requires you to be tough enough to fend off attackers that come your way. And as a petite girl, it never really made sense to me why I loved that position so...

Mental Health

My journey through grief, guilt and self-harm

In 2016, I went through something I never expected – losing my dad to brain cancer. At the time, I really thought that my dad would be fully healed. But he wasn’t, and I lost him. His death...

Mental Health

3 things to remember when feeling overwhelmed

Recently, I’ve been getting so overwhelmed by the demands of life that there are times I feel like I can’t breathe. I’m consumed with panic when I meet someone new at school and simply forget...