The Resilience Planner - Cammie Tan

26/10/2026

Other recommendations by the Tripartite Workgroup on Senior Employment (TWG-SE) include greater financial support for seniors who cannot secure re-employment. The details: https://asia1.news/4intgxT

08/10/2026

The art of a graceful, quiet exit — so love remains where you expected. 🕊️✨

We spend a lifetime building for our families, but stepping softly off the stage takes deliberate foresight. In Singapore, leaving things unwritten means frozen accounts and default state formulas deciding what happens next.

Estate planning isn’t fear; it’s making sure peace is all that lingers.

Comment ‘CHECKLIST’ or visit the link in bio for a complimentary 1-page estate planning diagnostic.

05/10/2026

Leaving wealth behind without guidance often creates a target rather than security.

​This acoustic piece explores the quiet dilemma of sudden inheritance: when the funds arrive, but the guardrails are missing.

​A Will passes down assets. A well-structured trust passes down protection.

​Have you put safeguards in place for your family’s future?

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22/09/2026

商界女强人逾19亿元遗产掀遗嘱之争 八旬外甥跨港新两地追查 | 联合早报

https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20260921-9706526

80多岁外甥，坚信已故姨妈生前曾立遗嘱，但两名外孙却以姨妈无遗嘱为由取得逾19亿元遗产的管理权。外甥为查清遗嘱下落，先后在香港和新加坡提起诉讼，却被香港高庭裁定没有适当的诉讼资格。

20/09/2026

坐拥11房产 富商第五份遗嘱遭质疑 儿女外孙对簿公堂 | 联合早报

坐拥包括优质洋房等11栋房产的九旬富商，离世前立下第五份遗嘱，但女儿、养子和外孙质疑，称富商立这份遗嘱时已丧失心智能力且受人不当影响，因此与身为遗嘱最大受益人的富商儿子对簿公堂。

27/08/2026

Recently, I watched a conversation completely derail the moment money entered the room. Not because anything unreasonable was asked, but simply because money was spoken about plainly, without the usual tiptoeing.

It’s a dynamic many of us recognize. When someone carries unspoken anxiety or shame around money, straightforward questions don't register as neutral. A calm remark about a budget, a practical question about spending, or a simple mention of income suddenly feels like an accusation. The defense goes up, and the messenger takes the hit.

Money is simply a tool of exchange. It only feels shameful when it carries the weight of guilt, judgment, or fear.

If talking about money tends to bring up tension for you, the first step is creating a space to have honest, practical conversations, with someone who won't flinch, and won't shame you for where you are.

26/08/2026

Elderly man loses $70k to fake 'AI Robot' investment scheme despite son telling him it's a scam, Singapore News - AsiaOne

https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/elderly-man-ai-robot-investment-scam-losses

An elderly man who hoped to grow his nest egg put about $40,000 into an "AI Robot" product over the course of November 2025.While James (pseudonym) saw his projected investment returns surge, he experienced just as quickly various difficulties in managing and withdrawing his funds.Pressured to conti...

25/08/2026

Recently I saw the news: a woman arrested in Singapore, part of a probe into the Fun Coffee investment scheme. It brought back a memory.

A friend invited me to join months ago. She sent me the pitch deck, professionally done. But something didn't feel right. I'd thought it was a lifestyle app. The deck never said the word investment.

I said no. Wasn't interested in a lifestyle app that needed membership fees. Now it's in the news.

It's why I always ask clients one question: what criteria do you use to review your investments?

Most can't answer. Mine are simple.

1. Based in Singapore, licensed by MAS.
2. Minimal maintenance effort and fees.
3. Capable of appreciation over time.
4. Flexibility to convert into passive dividend income.

If you've bought a few investment products over the years but aren't sure what they actually are, that's exactly what I help clients untangle.

DM me if that's you.

24/08/2026

I saw a post in a public forum recently. Someone asked a financial planning question. One of the replies told them: "Just ask AI."

I actually use AI. It's useful. But that reply sat wrong with me.

Because AI predicts. It tells you what's statistically likely based on the data it has. What it can't do is account for your family, your season of life, and the trade-offs that don't show up in any dataset.

The professional in the room does that. And it takes years of real cases, real clients, real consequences, before that judgment becomes reliable.

Knowing how to ask AI the right question is already a skill most people haven't developed yet. Knowing how to verify what it gives you is another one entirely.

The people who built that capacity over years deserve more than "just ask AI."

23/08/2026

Today, I turn 44.

From studying structural architecture in my 20s to navigating a brainstem tumour diagnosis at 27 that stripped away my insurability, I learned early on that when life shifts, theoretical plans don't work.

Only structures hold.

Swipe through for the 44 quiet, structural lessons I’ve gathered across life, money mistakes, estate realities, and inner work.

Save this post for the season when you need to be reminded: you are not behind.. You are simply building the floor.