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GOOP: Learning to Recognize—and Heal from—Toxic Productivity
SELF Magazine: 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
PopSugar: 5 Essential Emotional Wellness Days to Schedule Each Month, According to a Therapist
Ciaooo! Magazine: A Psychotherapist’s Guide to Self Care
Thrive Global: In defence of rest
The Belle Jar: The ‘orientalist’ view of women of colour

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.

Teen Vogue: Sunday Scaries: How to Deal With the Stress of Returning to Work or School
Stylist Magazine: How to politely get out of a meeting that’s not a good use of your time
Fortune Well: How TikTok’s ‘October Theory’ can make you happier and more successful by the end of the year
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: Social media can’t be your couples’ therapist
Vox Media: How to talk to a loved one about their health
Vox Media: The limits of therapy-speak
Teen Vogue: How Financial Stress Is Impacting Young People's Mental Health
Joysauce: So, what if we don’t speak the same language as our parents? More ways to connect across generational gaps than language
Byrdie: How to Create Your Own Holiday Traditions for a Meaningful Season
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
Hypebae: How to avoid breakups with relationship rituals
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 Little Ways To Practice Self-Care On A Flight
HuffPost: 8 Things Therapists Do When They're Stressed While Traveling
Stony Brook Press: Therapy-speak can ruin your relationships: The drawback of mental health advocacy in the name of self-care