Published Writings and Press Features
Published Works
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
The ‘orientalist’ view of women of colour, The Belle Jar
Keynotes and Speaking Engagements Highlights
Mental Health America: Being more intentional about our mental health
Mental Health America: Embracing Winter Wellness: Navigating the Season with Mindful Practices
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
We are loud: Realize Labs 2023 - The influence of friendships
Microsoft: AAPI ERG Session
Ohio State University: Ohio Prevention Conference: Leveraging the Power of Partnerships to Address Social Determinants of Health
Saaz O Awaz: Maternal Mortality, Reproductive Healthcare, and the use of Technology in Pakistan.
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.
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: 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
The Swaddle: How Peer Support During the Pandemic Redefined Kindness and Empathy at Work
Podcasts
Axios: The rise of “therapy speak.
Immigrantly Podcast: Loving through boundaries
The Kicks Shrink Mental Health Podcast: Culture, Identity, & Mental Health in South Asian Immigrants
Crushing the myth: Dear Asian families, stop denying mental illness
Dear Asian Americans: Let’s talk about mental health
Voices of experience: Mental health and COVID
The Modern Millennial: Exploring Modern Relationships
The Craft: Creativity and Community
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