I learned to care for someone I loved long before I learned to care for myself.
But what happens when the person who gives the most has nothing left to give?
Nurturing the Nurturer will be published by Penguin Random House SEA this October 2026!
Hi, I am Eric Lim
I help people develop a healthier relationship with sleep through mindfulness and evidence-based sleep wellness approaches, so they can thrive in their lives even while managing life's challenges.
In 2013, at twenty-four, I became a caregiver. I was not ready. Few of us are.
My father had three strokes, and vascular dementia followed. For the years I cared for him I learned what caring costs when no one teaches you what those would be. I lost sleep. I lost myself for a while. Slowly, I found my way back, and found tools that held.
Now I teach mindfulness and advocate for satisfying sleep, helping others carry what I once carried alone.
Eric Lim speaks on sleep wellness, managing stress through mindfulness, and finding resilience through caregiving.
As seen and heard on
Zaobao Live Your Dream (Mandarin)
Season two, episode one, "Dad, now I'll care for you."
Three strokes left my father with vascular dementia, and for a long time his whole world was the ceiling above his bed. I cared for him with everything I had. Zaobao’s Live Your Dream followed our story, and asked what dream it might help me fulfil.