Benjamin Low CY, Clinical Psychologist

12/03/2026

‘Cope’ and ‘cure’ are two different concepts. AI can help with the first, but there’s little support for the latter.

Intense interaction with AI chatbots has been linked to delusions, paranoia or a loss of touch with reality.

11/02/2026

I saw a patient who could not articulate what rest felt like. After decades of efficiency and productivity habits, in multiple life areas, the natural state of rest was no longer familiar or recognisable. This tends happens to doctors, business owners, senior professionals, and higher executives. If that’s you, I hope that this article helps you find reprieve. If nothing else, I often point out that “rest is sustainable work”.

Medicine teaches heroic endurance even when research says rest restores emotional bandwidth and cognitive clarity. The result: Few doctors know how to disengage.

31/12/2025

Love is not something that can be whipped out of another person. But the healing can start when we want to change.

The action star reflects on his fatherhood mistakes, revealing how years of harsh discipline created fear and distance between him and Jaycee Chan.

27/12/2025

Cut your losses to your quality of life early in the new year. Else, to use Buffet’s “anchor” analogy, you’ll simply be dragging down the value of your quality of life.

As Warren Buffett goes into his last week as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO, a 2010 CNBC video clip has him explaining why buying the company was his biggest mistake.

19/12/2025

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01/11/2025

What a great evening with old friends and new at the Australian Alumni Association’s gala. The Singapore-Australia relationship in education, research, and business is a long-standing one. Now, more than ever, like-minded countries must stand together in good faith and collaboration.

25/10/2025

Discrimination, exclusion, and marginalisation are known to adversely affect a broad array of mental health outcomes. However, DEI cannot be understood with its historical and contemporary context. Please take a look or ChatGPT it!

While the term "diversity, equity and inclusion" has become politically charged in the United States, companies and experts say companies elsewhere around the world continue to embrace inclusivity, in ways big and small.

13/10/2025

And this is how we also repair relationships with loved ones, when valid.

In 1968, Japan Airlines pilot Kohei Asoh made a navigational error that brought his DC-8 jet down several miles short of San Francisco International Airport — landing directly in the shallow waters of the bay. Miraculously, every passenger survived, and the aircraft was later salvaged. But what history remembers most is not the mistake, but his response.

When questioned by investigators, Asoh didn’t reach for excuses, weather reports, or technical jargon. He simply said,

“As you Americans say, I f—ed up.”

The blunt honesty stunned officials. In an era when most leaders deflected blame, Asoh stood out for his disarming humility. He accepted full responsibility, proving that character is often defined not by success, but by how we face failure.

That moment became known as the “Asoh Defense” — a term that lives on in business, law, and leadership circles as a symbol of radical accountability. His courage showed that truth, even when painful, restores trust faster than denial ever could.

More than fifty years later, Asoh’s lesson still echoes: mistakes do not destroy integrity — hiding them does. Sometimes the simplest words, spoken with honesty, can save a reputation, inspire generations, and remind us that even in failure, there is dignity.

06/10/2025

Clinical perfectionism and unrelenting standards tend to start off as virtues before they become addictive vices. It’s important to know when you own them, and when they own you.

Wilma Ramony de Souza became an executive director by her thirties and worked across the world, figuring out how to excel in male-dominated offices.

17/09/2025

Look out for the warnings signs. Protect your loved ones… or yourself?

These acute warning signs include substance abuse, purposelessness, anxiety and withdrawal, among others, and typically appear a week before a su***de attempt, the study found.