community – Social Working, Everything

Rethinking Money: Its Role in Society and Wellbeing

What follows is a raw synthesis of my hurried, functional readings on money (This is a write to think kind of post) – In titling the piece as such, I believe the key to understanding money and finding solutions to the issues it has contributed to is that money is seen as a currency, amongContinue reading “Rethinking Money: Its Role in Society and Wellbeing”

Empowering Intergenerational Programming for Aging Communities

2025 is shaping out to be a year where ‘writing for fun’ is at an all-time low. I’ve been preoccupied with writing and editing a book chapter on community work with older people (a follow up from this journal piece- unfortunately paywalled but happy to share the PDF), and the second piece on the dualContinue reading “Empowering Intergenerational Programming for Aging Communities”

Life Story for All Ages

The greatest gift someone can give is their life story, as it fosters connections and community. Reminiscence of significant milestones benefits seniors’ psychological well-being. Reminiscence benefits children too, where maternal support in reminiscing promotes autobiographical memory development, essential for self-identity and emotional regulation. Encouraging storytelling across all ages nurtures positive connections and well-being.

Our Spirituality as Embodied Beings

Does the title seem like an oxymoron to you? As a Christian, I believe that Christianity is one of the few (have not researched enough to say that it is the only one; not the aim here anyway) religions that exalt the human body. Still, there has been an inclination amongst those who put theirContinue reading “Our Spirituality as Embodied Beings”

Supporting PhD Students: A Case Study

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is an arduous and time-consuming journey fraught with uncertainties. At the same time, given that only about 1.3% of adults hold a PhD based on a 2021 projection from OECD countries, those pursuing a PhD (henceforth termed PhDs) tend to be the only ones within their social circles. The paper here uses a case study (n=1) approach to examine the microsystem (Bronfenbrenner, 1974) support (or lack thereof) given to a PhD student.

hello darkness, you are not my friend

Something more personal for SWE 🙃 hello darkness, you are not my friend there is some comfort in knowing, i am not exceptional. i don’t want to be exceptional right now, i longingly look at another’s life, and wish it were mine. maybe i will be happy just doing a waitressing job? or any otherContinue reading “hello darkness, you are not my friend”

“How we as a community, provide support?”

This post will be a mini sharing on the development of theoretical thoughts (i.e. emergent theory) from the interviews thus far. Writing this after a morning of manuscript editing (a painful chore for me) and afternoon of axial coding/diagramming the emergent theory, I can truly see why PhD is also known as ‘Permanent Head Damage’Continue reading ““How we as a community, provide support?””

Is Racism Prevalent in Singapore?

Hello! Can you believe we are reaching the end of 2020? 😦 This is a year that no one expects you to achieve anything, so I’d believe that it’s okay that SWE has been left dormant for longer than expected. (I know I kind of said that I’d be posting more of my reflections fromContinue reading “Is Racism Prevalent in Singapore?”