The Mental Health Boost That You’ve Been Missing: Fun and Novelty
Discover how small bursts of fun and novelty - like learning pickleball - can lift your mood, spark connection, and energize your daily life.
The Heavy Cost of People Pleasing: Understanding the Roots and Finding Your Way Back to Yourself
Why self-sacrifice may feel safer than self-expression—and how therapy can help you reconnect with your needs, boundaries, and sense of self.
Five Fiction Books by Asian Authors I’ve Loved
One of the ways I recharge and reflect outside of the therapy room is through reading. Stories are a powerful way in which we can feel seen, comforted, or simply learn something new. And as a Psychologist and mental health therapist, reading stories has also been a way to deepen my empathy for others.
It’s the “Hot Girl Summer” Updated: Welcome to Self-Care Summer
Here in Toronto, the temperature is finally starting to rise after an unusually cool and rainy May. As the days get longer and people flock to outdoor patios, I’ve been reflecting on the phrase “Hot Girl Summer”…
Breaking the Cycle: Healing Attachment Trauma to Become the Parent You Want to Be
A common concern I hear from clients in therapy is the fear of repeating the harmful patterns of their own upbringing.
Celebrating Asian Canadian Identity in the Year of the Snake
Happy Lunar New Year!
Gong hei fat choi! 新年快乐! 새해 복 많이 받으세요! Chúc mừng Năm Mới!
Feeling Safe in Love: The Beauty of Attachment Security
Like many young children, my daughter is scared of the dark. At bedtime, our routine is for me to read her a story, and then lie with her as she falls asleep.
Healing Attachment Trauma through Memory Reconsolidation: Examining How Therapy Works (Part 1)
Attachment wounds - formed through early repeated experiences of abuse, neglect, or emotional inconsistency - can leave lasting impacts on how we relate to ourselves and others.
Understanding the Impact of Racism and Internalized Racism on Asian Canadians' Mental Health
“That’s so Asian!”. Back in the 1990s when I was growing up in Toronto, this was not a positive comment.