Living alone made me tougher: Swimmer Quah Ting Wen on ST Podcasts’ 5th anniversary live event

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Living alone made me tougher: Swimmer Quah Ting Wen on ST Podcasts’ 5th anniversary live event
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SINGAPORE - National swimmer Quah Ting Wen has struggled with mental health issues, and was diagnosed with depression in 2017. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - National swimmer Quah Ting Wen has struggled with mental health issues, and was diagnosed with depression in 2017.

In her second year of university, Quah broke her arm and needed surgery. She said: “To me, it was normal, doing everything by myself. I think only looking back, I realised how much I had taken on when I had left , so I think a lot of that shaped me. As part of the celebrations, episodes of two podcasts – Green Pulse and Health Check – were recorded in front of a live audience at Temasek Shophouse.

As at 2023, ST has about 10 podcast channels pushing out episodes every week covering health, social and eco-issues, geopolitics from an Asian perspective, money and career tips, and sports and pop culture talking points.bagged the Best Podcast / Digital Audio Project – Gold awardPodcast editor Ernest Luis said: “I’m very surprised that we have made it until this stage, and at this kind of performance level.

Mr Luis moderated the 102nd Green Pulse episode on rising sea levels, which was recorded live at the event. It featured Ms Kong Man Jing, co-founder of Just Keep Thinking, a YouTube channel dedicated to educational videos about biodiversity in everyday life, as well as Ms Audrey Tan, Science Communications & Outreach lead at the National University of Singapore Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions.ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo moderated the panel for the Health Check episode.

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