About me

a little bit More about me

My Story

Unlike most other practitioners of natural medicine, I found my path in relatively decent health—no major medical history, probably fell sick once or twice a year. However, for two decades since childhood, I suffered very often from rhinitis and sinusitis. I always had a blocked nose and tissue pack with me. It wasn’t till sometime in the fall of 2022, while I was still sneezing in my dusty bunk serving the Singapore army in my two year full-time national service, did I come across a curious book called Breath: The New Science of A Lost Art by James Nestor. I was curious about whether learning to breathe better would get me a better score for my 2.4km run test coming up in a week. Boy, that gift to myself kept on giving. Half-way through the book, I realized that I had been mouth-breathing while I slept—for my whole life. So I promptly followed his recommendation to try taping my mouth when I slept. After one week, the results were astonishing. For the first time in my life, I consistently woke up with my nostrils clear.

Since that little revelation in nose-breathing, I realized that there was so much more to health than just eating your vegetables and avoiding junk foods. If this little gold nugget of knowledge made such a massive difference to my quality of life, what else was out there for me to uncover? What started as an innocent curiosity turned into a dispassionate investigation into the multitudinous facets of health. For the last three years, I read widely and extensively into anything I suspected could improve my health and vitality. I experimented with myself, learned to listened closely to my body and breath, and started feeling pretty dang awesome all the time.

In fall 2023, I decided to have my first rock climbing trip in Asia spanning seven months. Along the way, I discovered that I was becoming rather well-versed with the topics and engaged in many discussions with anyone that had a professional background in healthcare or nutrition. Thus, in the summer of 2024, I decided to enrol into a properly curated program on nutritional therapy.

Fast forward to the present, spring 2026, I virtually never get a stuffed nose, rarely fall sick, and my breaths are always deep, relaxed, and diaphragmatic. Unsurprisingly, or perhaps surprisingly to you my reader, I am always extremely calm, never anxious, rarely stressed beyond a few minutes, and rarely irritated. Fun fact: since my lung volume increased dramatically after learning to breathe properly, I have a lot of fun singing nowadays.

Zombie Roof 5.12d, 3 months into trad climbing, Squamish, Canada

Education

I am currently on track to graduating as a nutritional therapist from the College of Naturopathic Medicine UK in July 2027.
Despite that, it isn’t stopping me from gaining real-world experience by applying and sharing what I’ve learnt through my own readings.

I continue to read extensively beyond what school teaches, analyzing any source that can broaden my perspectives. I am now currently focused on honing my abilities to educate through consultations, coaching, and writing, and on deciphering the quality of evidence from scientific papers—which always makes me feel somewhat smooth-brained.

Rock Climbing

I’ve been fanatic about rock climbing since 2019, initially starting indoors. For the past three years, I have travelled around the world to climb outdoors. This is my original raison d'être.

Climbing Journey Highlights:
Sport (No sightseeing! 8a+/5.13c),
Trad (Zombie Roof, Trippet Out 7c/12d),
Boulder (Tatonka, Bee Professor V9)

‘Half-Star Michelin Home Cook’ (Self Anointed)

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” — Hippocrates

I truly live by that quote above. Travelling all around the world to rock climb with a tight budget while still maintaining high standards for my personal nutrition as an athlete is only possible if one is willing to cook (unless you don’t mind oatmeal everyday—joke don’t).

Understanding culinary ideas and having fun with the creativity and skills involved maintains my intrinsic motivation to prepare my own food. I often receive compliments on my cooking.

Disclaimer: Although I’m a nutritional coach, I’m no saint, only human. I do occasionally enjoy a beer or ice cream, but I don’t suffer from guilt or experience any physical symptoms because I know my diet and lifestyle are S-tier.

Personal Thoughts About Myself

I always strive to understand the fundamental truths behind my endeavours—the truth is effective, and effective means you don’t waste time on inefficacy. Time is our true currency in life.

I don’t take myself too seriously and I love to play. Life is too short not to play. My work is play.

I don’t impose myself on people because I hate people doing it to me. I respect your freedom and you respect mine.

So I suppose if you’ve made it this far, then I imagine you’re somewhat curious.
If you’d like to take your health into your own hands, then check out the reading list below. These are my top picks of my library thus far.
If you feel like you’d like my guidance, then feel free to schedule a consultation with me.

P.S. My practice is named after the book Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Love that guy. He kept it real.