Natural Therapies, Speaker on Natural therapies, TV/Radio/Lectures

TV/Radio/Lectures

Throughout her 12 years working in Singapore, Tina was a highly sought after speaker on natural therapies and was often interviewed by newspapers, magazines and local TV stations. Tina frequently gave presentations on natural medicines and health care to educational organisations and health care associations throughout South-East Asia including Tan Tock Seng Hospital Communicable Disease Centre (Singapore); the Podiatry Association of Singapore; the National Library of Singapore; the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore and the Jurong Town Council (Singapore). Tina was also an in-house speaker at Humana Chiropractic Centre; Complementary Therapies Clinic; Christopher Chen Centre for Reproductive Medicine; and Healthy Planet Wellness Centre on health care and natural medicines. Her many public education services are outlined below.

April 2008	INTERVIEW FOR YOUNG PARENTS MAGAZINE “First Aid Naturally”
Sept/Oct 2007	INTERVIEW FOR SPRING NEWSLETTER “Beating Baby Blues”: article on infertility
August 2006	INTERVIEW FOR TODAYS PARENTS MAGAZINE “Complementary breastfeeding”: article on herbal medicine and breastfeeding
October 2005	INTERVIEW THE NEWPAPER NEWSPAPER “Act early on Joint Pain”: article on arthritis
Sept 2005	INTERVIEW FOR DARE MAGAZINE “Food Allergies”
May 2005	INTERVIEW FOR NEW MOTHERS’ SUPPORT GROUP NEWSLETTER “Post Natal Insomnia”
April 2005	INTERVIEW FOR DARE MAGAZINE “Organic guru”
March 2005	INTERVIEW TODAY NEWSPAPER “Unwinding the Tension: Three Ways to get rid of tension Headaches”
March 2005	INTERVIEW FOR SHAPE MAGAZINE “Live Healthy”: article on naturopathy
Jan-March 2005	INTERVIEW FOR PRIORITY MAGAZINE Magazine published by Singapore Airlines exclusively for PPS Members “Nature’s Farm”: article on herbal remedies
August 2003	INTERVIEW FOR KIDS COMPANY “The Kitchen Pharmacy”: article on natural health remedies found in the kitchen
August 2003	INTERVIEW FOR KIDS COMPANY “Are we over-medicating our kids?”
June 2003	INTERVIEW FOR KIDS COMPANY MAGAZINE “Spring-clean your body” : article on detoxifaction
May 2003	INTERVIEW FOR KIDS COMPANY MAGAZINE “SARS alert Boost Your Immune Sytem”
March 2003	INTERVIEW FOR HER WORLD MAGAZINE “Deep cleanse”: article on detoxification
Jan 2003	INTERVIEW FOR HER WORLD MAGAZINE “The Guru’s In”: article on various healthcare professionals
December 2002	INTERVIEW FOR ELLE MAGAZINE “Banish the Blahs”: article on recovering your health
October 2002	INTERVIEW FOR LOOKBOOK MAGAZINE “Bonne Sante”: article on supplement and juice combinations
September 2002	FEATURE INTERVIEW FOR LOOKBOOK MAGAZINE “Hanging out with the girls”: article on In the Company of Women health clinic
August 2002	INTERVIEW FOR HARPER’S BAZAAR MAGAZINE “Gut reaction”: article on Irritable Bowel Syndrome
April 2002	INTERVIEW FOR KIDS COMPANY MAGAZINE “Alternative Answers”: article on holistic treatment options
April 2002	INTERVIEW HEALTH TODAY “Vegetables The Real Story”: article on therapeutic action of vegetables

October 2001	FEATURE INTERVIEW FOR THE BUSINESS TIMES “Designer Care”: article on alternative health care centres in Singapore
Feb 2001	INTERVIEW FOR FAMILY MAGAZINE “Alternative Medicine and your child: is it safe?”
December 2000	INTERVIEW FOR EXPAT MAGAZINE “Pork Belly Futures”: article on nutritional content of local Singaporean food
	INTERVIEW FOR BE. MAGAZINE What’s in your food?”; article on food additives
Feb 2001	RADIO INTERVIEW – 93.8 FM Panel for health care advice
Feb 2001	INTERVIEW FOR FAMILY MAGAZINE Herbal medicine for your children
July 2000	SEMINAR FOR FEMALE MAGAZINE “Complementing Your Health Naturally”
July 2000	SEMINAR FOR INLAND REVENUE AUTHORITY SINGAPORE (IRAS) “Detoxification – What is it and Do I Need to Detoxify?”
July 2000	SEMINAR FOR ESSO SINGAPORE “Aromatherapy for the Workplace and Home”
May 2000	AUTHOR OF ARTICLE IN HEALTH MAGAZINE HEALTH DIGEST “Natural Health Care for Your Children”
April/May 2000	INTERVIEW FOR BE. MAGAZINE “The Eyes Have It”; article on Iridology
April 2000	UNITY NTUC HEALTHCARE Seminar conducted: “Help! I Need to Detoxify”
Dec 99/Jan 2000	INTERVIEW FOR BE. MAGAZINE Article on Natural First Aid Kit ADVISORY PANEL EXPERT FOR HEALTH SECTION (Be. Magazine)
Dec 1999	ARTICLE FOR PACIFIC INTERNET WELLBEING PAGE “Treating allergies with natural remedies”
Nov 1999	BIOLIFE PTE LTD (Company supplying and distributing various natural medicines) Seminar for customers on “Detoxification”
Oct 1999	INTERVIEW FOR EZYHEALTH.COM Homeopathy and Natural Health Care
Sept 1999	PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE Training/educational seminar conducted to pharmacistson" Homeopathy"
Sept 1999	ARTICLE FOR PACIFIC INTERNET WELLBEING PAGE “Banish the Blahs”: article on recovering your health
Sept 1999	CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION CENTRE Talk conducted to parents on "The Loving Art of Infant Massage"
Sept 1999	AUTHOR OF ARTICLE IN HEALTH MAGAZINE HEALTH DIGEST "Do I need to Detoxify?"
Sept 1999	NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW FOR "THE BUSINESS TIMES" Article "Altered States…Coming to Terms with genetically modified food."
August 1999	ARTICLE FOR PACIFIC INTERNET WELLBEING PAGE “No meat, I’m going vegetarian”
July 1999	INTERVIEW FOR "YOUNG PARENTS" MAGAZINE Article "Homeopathy and Kids"
July 1999	ARTICLE FOR PACIFIC INTERNET WELLBEING PAGE “Let’s detox our bodies”
July 1999	INTERVIEW FOR "TODAYS PARENTS" MAGAZINE Article "Thrush it Out" : Candida and natural medicines
June 1999	TV INTERVIEW, Channel News Asia Programme "Healing with Food" Interview regarding naturopathy and it's role in using food as medicine
May 1999	TV INTERVIEW, Channel News Asia Programme "Healing with Food" Interviewed on Western Herbal Medicine for alternative medicine programme
March 1999	TV INTERVIEW, Caldecott Productions, Premiere 12 (Channel) Programme "An Apple a Day" Interviewed on the use of St. John's Wort for depression
April 1999	NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW FOR "THE BUSINESS TIMES" Article "A More Food-Savvy Singapore"' ; interviewed on the dietary habits of Singaporeans and how these habits contribute to their health problems
Jan 1999	TALK CONDUCTED FOR NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SINGAPORE “Naturopathy in the City”
Dec 1998	RADIO INTERVIEW, NewsRadio FM Talk-back radio interview on "Subfertility" and Natural Medicine (with co-guest Professor Kuma OB/GYN from Singapore General Hospital)
Dec 1998	NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW FOR "THE STRAITS TIMES" SUNDAY PLUS Article "Boss, Can I Have a Massage?"
Dec 1998	WOMENS MAGAZINE INTERVIEW, Singapore Women's Weekly Interviewed for article on the herb St. John's Wort
Nov 1998	SEMINAR FOR HEALTHY PLANET WELLNESS CENTRE “Homeopathy; what is it, and how to use it to treat common health complaints”
Oct 1998	SEMINAR FOR HEALTHY PLANET WELLNESS CENTRE “Preventing colds, flu’s and infections - supporting your immune system naturally”
Sept/Oct1998	HEALTH MAGAZINE INTERVIEW, Singapore Health Interviewed for article on the herb St. John's Wort
August 1998	SEMINAR FOR HEALTHY PLANET WELLNESS CENTRE “Stress!!!! How it affects your health and what you can do about it.”
July/August1998	HEALTH MAGAZINE INTERVIEW, Singapore Health Interviewed for article on Endometriosis and Natural Therapies
May 1998	PUBLIC FORUM "Fertility and Conception" (with Dr. Christopher Chen)
April 1998	RADIO INTERVIEW, Radio One FM Interviewed on Health Segment regarding "Natural Medicine and Fertility"
Nov/Dec 1997	AUTHOR OF ARTICLE IN HEALTH MAGAZINE HEALTH DIGEST Article "Keeping Away Colds, Flu's and Infections: Supporting Your Immune System Naturally"
Oct 1997	PODIATRY ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE Educational seminar on natural medicines and their use in podiatric medicine
Sept 1997	AUTHOR OF ARTICLE IN "THE FINDER" MAGAZINE Article "I'm pregnant….what should I eat?"
1996-1997	ADVISORY PANEL EXPERT FOR HEALTH SECTION IN BE. MAGAZINE