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A Letter To Myself - Diagnosed with dementia in her 50s, Alison Lim fights to remember words

When Alison Lim was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia in her fifties, a form of dementia that affects speech, she feared losing everything - her words, her mind, her active life until then. But in her daughter, Jamie Buitelaar, she found a pillar to lean on. In this episode of A Letter to Myself, Alison and Jamie recount how humour and resilience trumped darkness and despair. 

Joel Chua

Joel Chua

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A Letter To Myself - How TikTok's "tired gen-z mum' gives her kids the love she never had

Cynthia Ong, otherwise known to thousands as "tiredgenzmum" on TikTok, is a devoted mother who works tirelessly to provide her children with the love and care she lacked growing up. In this episode of A Letter to Myself, Cynthia shares her journey of overcoming a tumultuous childhood and has a powerful message to her younger self.

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