How my journey began

My journey to living longer in better health is deeply personal.

It began with my family’s struggles with dementia. I grew up in a Peranakan Chinese multi-generational home in Singapore. At the age of 9, my grandpa (then 70 years old) suffered a stroke in his sleep. The next ten years was tough for my family but especially for his primary caregivers: my mom and helper. 

Watching his gradual decline from a fully functioning person to wheelchair-bound and then bedridden was heart-wrenching.  Dementia in the 1990s lacked social support, widespread knowledge and medical literacy. We simply didn’t know what’s going on.

Fast forward to 2022.  The isolation caused by two years of COVID lockdown took a toll on my dad, threatening to push him towards a similar fate.  This time, we spotted the signs and intervened early. A customised nutrition plan and personal trainer helped him rebuild his strength and muscle mass and delayed cognitive decline. 

I’ve found deep inspiration in the words of Dr. Peter Attia from his book Outlive:

Medicine’s biggest failing is in attempting to treat all these conditions at the wrong end of the timescale - after they are entrenched - rather than before they take root.

Here, I don’t wait for that once-in-a-year health screening to measure the ‘3 Highs’ (cholesterol, blood pressure, glucose levels). I am intent to proactively track different health metrics for myself and my parents - exploring what really works and what doesn’t. Being alive is an ongoing process that is influenced by our habits, environment, life stage, genetics.

But this journey isn't mine alone; IT IS OURS. I share my experiences and the lessons I've learned hoping they might help or inspire you on your own path to health. And I’m here to learn from you, too. This website is all about us coming together, sharing our stories, and supporting each other.

Let's go on this journey together, to not just live longer, but live better.

— Caroline