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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. 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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-
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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
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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
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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
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Trace

My Asian identity has shaped every corner of my mental health. As I get older, my awareness of my prejudices
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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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Highlighting Subtle Asian Mental Health’s Mod Team

This month, we’re highlighting Subtle Asian Mental Health (SAMH)—the amazing Facebook community that gave AMHC its start!
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Women’s HerStory: Imposter Syndrome

The month of March brings AMHC to highlight standout volunteers in our community, Alex San Diego and Elisha-Rio Apilado, and
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Celebrating Women’s HerStory

The month of March brings us to highlight important Asian women in our community Asian women activists, Asian women advocates,
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Grief, Dissociation, and Ancestral Worship: Reflecting on My First Lunar New Year Without My Grandma

That night as I stared at the impressive spread that lay between her portrait and me, I tensed up, bracing
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