Book Launch: Welcome Home by Dr Bee Lim in conversation with Lisa Barlin

We warmly invite you to join us when we welcome Dr Bee Lim to celebrate the launch of her debut book Welcome Home: Healing Trauma and Reclaiming Wholeness. Bee will be joined in conversation for this event by Lisa Barlin.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Welcome Home is seen through the eyes of Isabel Meilin, who wanders through a mysterious house built from memory, where she meets Rabbit, Ox, Wolf, and Crane, inner protectors shaped by fear, duty, rage, and distance. Each carries a question: What do I need to feel safe enough to be seen?

Blending clinical insight with trauma-informed storytelling and the emotional landscape of diasporic identity, Welcome Home speaks to those who carry much, feel deeply and rarely feel safe, especially readers navigating intergenerational silence, diaspora identity, and emotional suppression.

Tender, validating and giftable, this book is a soft place to land when the world feels sharp, and an invitation to remember the wholeness that has always been yours.

PRAISE FOR WELCOME HOME

“Welcome Home is a deeply moving story that captures the essence of recovery from complex and intergenerational trauma with great sensitivity and heart. It blends narrative, allegory, art, and psychology in a uniquely creative way that offers readers an opportunity for gentle self-reflection.” - Dr. Valerie Lieu, clinical psychologist and director of Head in the Clouds.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Bee Teng Lim is a clinical psychologist whose work explores the subtle wounds of trauma. She is known for her commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed care. She is the co-founder of Mind Health Collective, and co-founder of BeTuned, a game-based therapeutic and performance platform.

Bee's in conversation partner Lisa Barlin’s life has spanned the courtroom, the family home, and the unexpected terrain of illness. A long‑term Canberran, solicitor, wife, and mother of two, she has always been a storyteller at heart. Now, after navigating cancer, she brings that voice to her first novel - weaving humour, resilience, and humanity into her work.