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Our community blog is a space to learn about a variety of mental health issues for Asian diaspora communities in the US. You can search our collection of personal stories, articles, news and other musings by a range of topics.

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Ep. 17 School Anxiety and You Pt. 2

This week we’re continuing our conversation on school anxiety. We explore a few more of the specifics regarding school anxiety

Mental Health Mukbang

Ep. 16: How School Anxiety Affects Us

This week we’re continuing our conversations on anxiety, more specifically we focused on the anxieties of going back to school,

Mental Health Mukbang

Ep. 15: How We Can Understand Anxiety

We took a break last week for self-care, but we’re back this week to discuss anxiety. We tried to cover

Mental Health Mukbang

Ep. 14: How We Can Practice Self-Care

With everything going on in the world, we decided that it would be a good time to address the issue

Mental Health Mukbang

Ep. 13: Boundaries in Action

This week we’re wrapping up this series on boundaries and we’re exploring what boundaries might look like at work and

Mental Health Mukbang

Ep. 12: Boundaries: How Do You Know If They’re Unhealthy?

This week we’re continuing our series on boundaries. In this episode, we explore some of the factors that make boundaries

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Ep. 11: Boundaries: An Introduction

This week we’re starting a new series on boundaries. We hope that you’re able to get some helpful background information

Mental Health Mukbang

Ep. 10: What You Can Expect From Therapy as a Client

We’re wrapping up from last week with the continuation of what clients can expect from therapy. We hope that this

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Ep. 9: What You Can Expect From Therapy as a Client Pt. 1

This week we decided it would be helpful to go a little more into the details of what people can

Mental Health Mukbang

Ep. 8: How the Model Minority Hurts You

As BIPOC mental health awareness month draws to a close, we decided it would be a great opportunity for us

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Ep. 7: How to Get Started With Therapy

We know that people have a lot of questions when it comes to therapy, so we decided to try to

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Ep. 6: Therapists’ Perspectives on Therapy

This week we take a look at how we, as therapists, view therapy and explore some of our own experiences.

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Ep 5: Asian Identity and Mental Health

This week we explore how being Asian influences the way that we perceive and interact with the world. Through our

Mental Health Mukbang

Ep 4: Why a Mukbang?

This week we finally talk about why we chose to have use a Mukbang as the medium for us to

Mental Health Mukbang

Find Your People: On Queer & Trans Affirming Therapy, Coming Out to Your Asian Family & More

This month, we chat Sara Stanizai - a licensed therapist, clinical supervisor, and the owner of Prospect Therapy, a queer-
Advancing Asian Mental Health

You Are Enough: On Mango Tree Counselling & Consulting, LGBTQ+ Asian Identity, and Community

In celebration of Pride Month and to celebrate our Asian queer, trans, non-binary and genderqueer friends and allies - we
Advancing Asian Mental Health

Between Worlds: Navigating Gender and Asian Identity

Transgender athlete Schuyler Bailar has broken many records in his life, one of the most notable being that he is

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Ep. 3: A Conversation About Activism

This week we’re continuing the discussion on activism and what that looks like for Asian communities. We brought on a

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Ep. 2: George Floyd: Where do we go from here?

We decided to deviate from our previously planned episode and take time to address the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder.

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Nick Chen

Wrestling with body positivity has been an important struggle for me throughout my life. Growing up as an Asian-American male
My Asian Mental Health

AMHC WAVES Spotlight – From Monolith to Mosaic: Repainting the Asian Diaspora

In honor of Asian/API Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month, AMHC hosted a special WAVES virtual roundtable discussion featuring
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Coby

In Hong Kong, we barely talk about mental health - in Asian culture this is the norm. I had never
My Asian Mental Health

Trace

My Asian identity has shaped every corner of my mental health. As I get older, my awareness of my prejudices
My Asian Mental Health

Connecting with NAPIESV on Sexual Violence in the Asian Community

The main goal for sexual violence survivors is healing and to be able to describe what happened to them. Healing
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