Published Writings and Press Features
Published Works
Learning to Recognize—and Heal from—Toxic Productivity, GOOP
How to Find Support If Social Media Is Hurting Your Mental Health, SELF Magazine
8 Tips for Talking About Mental Health With Your Asian Family, SELF Magazine
5 Essential Emotional Wellness Days to Schedule Each Month, According to a Therapist, PopSugar
The ‘orientalist’ view of women of colour, The Belle Jar
Keynotes and Speaking Engagements Highlights
Mental Health America Annual Conference 2023: Re-imagining Preventative Mental Health Care and the Role of Technology in the Future
Google: AAPI Awareness Month 2023
Meta (Instagram): API Community Summit 2022
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics: Leadership Wellness Retreat 2023
Microsoft: AAPI ERG Session
Features
When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America, North Atlantic Books, November 2023.
Sunday Scaries: How to Deal With the Stress of Returning to Work or School, Teen Vogue
How to politely get out of a meeting that’s not a good use of your time, Stylist Magazine
How TikTok’s ‘October Theory’ can make you happier and more successful by the end of the year, Fortune Well
LA Times: Toxic masculinity and ‘Sex and The City’
Bustle: The ultimate couples, the gamer boyfriends and reader girlfriends.
Business Insider: What each generation talks about in therapy
Popsugar: Is Narcissist being overused?
Well + Good: Emotional Monitoring Can Keep You Stuck in an Unhealthy Relationship Pattern—Here’s How To Break the Cycle
Vox Media: The couples’ guide to moving in together
Business Insider: The eldest daughters of immigrants are exhausted. They're banding together for support.
NBC News: Harms of social media 'therapy speak' in relationships
Business Insider: From Gen Alpha to boomers, we asked 6 therapists what each generation is talking about in therapy
Business Insider: Cringe couples are everywhere — and they're just as insecure as the rest of us
PopSugar: What Your Childhood Halloween Costume Says About You, According to Psychologists
Vox Media: Actually, you should say something if you hate your friend's partner
Vox Media: The limits of therapy-speak
Teen Vogue: How Financial Stress Is Impacting Young People's Mental Health
Byrdie: How to Create Your Own Holiday Traditions for a Meaningful Season
Well + Good Magazine: Fika Is the Swedish Coffee Tradition That Will Help You Press Reset on Stressful Days
Eat this, not that Magazine: I Took All Social Media Apps Off My Phone 14 Months Ago, and I'm a Totally Different Person
The New Arab: The silent epidemic: Islamophobia, communal trauma and mental health in Muslim communities
Vice Media: Pregnant Women in Rural Pakistan Have an Unusual New Ally: Voicemail
Hindustan Times: 6 ways to become an inter-dependent couple
HuffPost: The Most Common Issues Gen Zers Bring Up In Therapy
HuffPost: What Therapists Personally Do To Handle Their Holiday Stress
HuffPost: 11 New Year's Resolutions That Can Actually Improve Your Health
HuffPost: 8 Things Therapists Do When They're Stressed While Traveling
HuffPost: If You Feel Guilty When You Go On Holiday, This Is For You
Huff Post: 5 Ways Therapists Personally Deal With FOMO
Stony Brook Press: Therapy-speak can ruin your relationships: The drawback of mental health advocacy in the name of self-care
The Swaddle: How Peer Support During the Pandemic Redefined Kindness and Empathy at Work