CLOSER with Rachel Lim
by Rachel Lim
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About this podcast
CLOSER with Rachel Lim is about the conversations beneath the surface.
Rachel sits down with people who fascinate her to explore not just what they’ve done, but what has shaped who they are: the experiences, relationships, contradictions, failures, beliefs and questions that have made them who they are today.
Alongside long-form conversations are personal reflections from Rachel on what she is learning, unlearning and seeing differently in her own life. There may not always be a clear answer.. but perhaps the point is to come away seeing someone differently, seeing ourselves differently, and feeling a little closer.
To ourselves.
To each other.
To what matters.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 87 episodes
- Raising Conscious Humans: Raising Children Who Still Tell Us the Hard Things · 47 minOur children will tell us things we don’t want to hear. What we do in that moment teaches them what to bring us next. In Episode 3 of Raising Conscious Humans, Hwee Keng Maeder…
- #62: Chloe Tong: Marriage First, Life Beyond Labels & Growing With Grab · 1 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 62Chloe Tong opens up about the life behind the roles she is most known for: daughter, wife, mother of five, partner to Grab co-founder and CEO Anthony Tan, and now the work she is…
- Raising Conscious Humans: Raising Children With an Inner Compass · 41 minWhen do children stop trusting themselves? They start out asking why about everything. They know what they like. They challenge us. They follow their curiosity without wondering…
- #61: Dr. Ramani: The Signs of a Narcissistic Relationship & How Not to Lose Yourself · 39 min · Episode 61The word narcissist gets thrown around a lot. But what does narcissism actually look like in a relationship, and what happens to us when we spend too long trying to manage…
- Raising Conscious Humans: Raising the Child You Have, Not the Child You Want · 43 minHwee Keng said: “There is a personality in that small human being... you don’t know the settings. First, I think you need to find out the settings.” As parents, we spend so much…
- #60: SG's Fastest Woman on What Success Never Taught Her · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 60Before Shanti Pereira became Singapore's fastest woman, before she made history on some of the world's biggest stages, she was a ten-year-old girl who lost a few races in primary…
- #59: What Success Never Prepared Me For with Ingck · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 59Most people know Ing as the founder of INGU - the skincare brand that sold out 30,000 units in three minutes with zero advertising. The trusted voice who built a community of…
- #58: What If Your Next Chapter Is Bigger Than You've Imagined? · 24 min · Episode 58You don't need a crisis to enter a new chapter. Sometimes life is moving along just fine. And yet, you find yourself carrying questions you can't quite shake. This conversation…
- #57: What 'Kiasu' Culture Is Really Costing Us with Teo You Yenn · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 57Most of us have been taught that the pressure Singaporean parents feel is a mindset problem. That we just need to relax. Stop being so kiasu. The data tells a completely…
- #56: Minister Indranee Rajah: What Does It Take to Want a Future in Singapore? · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 56Singapore's total fertility rate has hit a historic low. But this conversation was never really about birth rates. It was about what modern life actually feels like for many…
- #55: The Fertility Convo That's Long Overdue ft. Margaret Wang · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 55Most of us only start thinking about fertility when something suddenly feels urgent; a doctor’s appointment, a breakup, a birthday, or the quiet realisation that time may not…
- #54: Nathania Ong: First Singaporean to Lead the West End, And She Almost Gave Up · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 54Nathania Ong is the first Singaporean to lead both Les Misérables and Hamilton on London’s West End. But before any of that, she was 18, alone in a foreign city, rejected by…
- #53: Diane von Furstenberg: How She Became the Woman She Wanted to Be · 22 min · Season 2 Episode 53“I did not know what I wanted to do. But I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.” Diane von Furstenberg’s mother survived Auschwitz at 29 kilos. Doctors said she would die in…
- #52: 450 People Depending on Her — Then She Lost Her Job · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 52Jennifer Baile is the Vice President of Global Services & Solutions at HP; one of the world's most recognised technology companies. But what drew me to her wasn't the title or…
- #51: Tan Kheng Hua: On Choosing Yourself Without Apology · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 51Tan Kheng Hua is one of Singapore’s most beloved actors; known for Phua Chu Kang, Crazy Rich Asians, and three seasons of Kung Fu on The CW. She has spent a lifetime choosing…
- #50: What a Trial Lawyer Learned About Love, Arguments & Raising Kids · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 50What does a trial lawyer — someone trained to win arguments — learn about love, emotional regulation, and parenting? In this episode, Jefferson Fisher shares the courtroom…
- #49: Leo: "The Most Humbling Season Of My Life" · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 49Over the past year, I’ve watched Leo move through what he describes as one of the most humbling seasons of his life. In this conversation, he reflects openly on what it has…
- #48: First Episode of 2026: A Solo Reflection with Rachel Lim · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 48As we step into 2026, I wanted to begin the year with space to reflect. This solo episode is a pause and a check-in. A chance to look back on the year that was and share what it…
- #47: CLOSER with Steven Bartlett: Live in Singapore · 55 min · Season 2 Episode 47Recorded live at CLOSER in Singapore, this was one of those rare sessions that reminded me of the heart behind CLOSER: to hold space for real, honest, soul-level conversations…
- #46: Infertility, Miscarriage & Quiet Grief · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 46Infertility is more common than we think; and it doesn’t just mean struggling to get pregnant. It can also mean waiting for years. Losing a pregnancy. Trying, again and again…
