Who Is Left When the Mind Fades? A PATH Journey Through Illness, Identity, and Love Inspired by Crystal Jing Jing Yeo, “Who is left, when illness takes away your mind or body?”, The Straits Times, Opinion, 5 December 2025. When illness quietly unravels someone you love, the hardest questions are not medical. They sound more like this: Who is left when memory disappears? Who is left when a body you recognise no longer responds? Who are we  in the face of that? In her Straits Times article,...

Some families are held together not by dramatic gestures, but by the quiet presence of a single person who carries kindness like a steady flame. No fanfare. No attention-seeking. Just a way of showing up that makes others feel safe. These quiet leaders rarely call themselves leaders. Yet they shape the emotional atmosphere of a family more deeply than they realise. Recently, I celebrated my brother-in-law’s birthday. It became a moment of reflection on how emotional safety is often created by...

By Dr. Ivan Zy Lim, Clinical Psychologist & PATH Trauma Consultant, Doctor of Psychology, MSocSc, Founder of Psychotherapy Anchored in...