How-tos & Handles

Struggling to get to grips with a particular issue in life? Peep the tips within — these practical guides are meant to help you to make sense and make moves.

Mental Health

How to journey with those grieving the suicide of a loved one

Three years ago, my brother committed suicide. Facing that was a real struggle — I felt so lonely during the first couple of years, since it’s not something we talk about in our culture and there...

How-tos & Handles

How should we pray for healing?

“So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in...

How-tos & Handles

3 survival tips as we go back to the office

I’ll be honest here: I died a little inside when the news broke that work-from-home (WFH) would no longer be the default from August 19. On April 5, when Singapore had relaxed regulations on Safe...

News

How can we pray for Afghanistan?

This sentence took hours. Honestly, I didn’t know how to begin this article. Have you seen the images and videos of Afghans falling from the sky? They had clung on to aircraft, even though...

University

Help, I’m a blur sotong: How to start freshman year well (from a senior who didn’t!)

I’ve never liked planning. In fact, I used to think that plans were boring, as were the people who made them. To me, random was better. Haphazard was fun. Why be so careful, you know? Now, it...

How-tos & Handles

How can we grieve well?

Every day, we will hear and witness death around us. It is normal for us to grieve, especially when our loved ones die. Yet, grief can be debilitating and incapacitating. Grief can rob one of the...

Mental Health

How to deal with trauma after a life-threatening event

In 2017, I was blessed with the opportunity to go to London alone for five months on a university exchange programme. It was truly a memorable period of time, being able to learn about a new culture,...

Marriage

4 tips to carry you through the healing process

It’s been four months since the miscarriage. Some days grief shows up, more intensely for me and more subtly for Aaron, and we continue to practise what we’ve learnt on how to love and help each...

Mental Health

How to beat that languishing feeling

When 2020 ticked over into 2021, we were hopeful that the new year would be a better one. And for awhile, it did look promising – we were back to dining in, we could physically attend church again...