Rage cannot be suppressed, and so we practice expressing it intentionally, in structured and consensual ways. A personal share on my journey with my rage.
Some guidelines for practicing intentional and loving grief during heartbreak. On negotiations, self-extension, closing ceremonies, and oscillating.
How are we perpetuating individualism and abled supremacy in the so-called left? What does it look like to align our values with actions?
Mental health practitioners can play a key role in resisting abled supremacy and the disposability of our disabled kin. May we center Disability Justice in our justice-oriented practices.
Centering our interconnectedness as community members, beyond the "professional” therapist-client relationship allows me to blur traditional ideas of what therapy is and is not.
May we frame pandemic safety practices as part of our political commitment to interdependence, disability justice and solidarity.
An anti-oppressive or justice-oriented approach to mental health care must also be anti-carceral. Further resources to get started.
A conversation with Gabes Torres on the mental health industry’s complicities in the Prison Industrial Complex. Transcript included.
Who is deemed sane and reasonable in an oppressive society? Who is deemed insane and unreasonable? May we embrace Madness and Mad knowing in revolution.
Rage cannot be suppressed, and so we practice expressing it intentionally, in structured and consensual ways. A personal share on my journey with my rage.
Some guidelines for practicing intentional and loving grief during heartbreak. On negotiations, self-extension, closing ceremonies, and oscillating.
How might learning to process anger equip team members in navigating conflict and difference at work? Some information on Processing Rage as professional development.
What are the political lineages of queer Asians in Canada today? I dive into the digital archives of newsletter publications of the 80s’ and 90s’ for an intimate glimpse into history.
How can resisting compulsory monogamy and relationship hierarchy help us cultivate decentralized networks of care and intimacy, into more loving futures?
May we embody and commit to a love ethic that is rooted in Disability Justice, interconnectedness, and collective responsibility, rather than solely relying on public policy to determine our practices.
How are we perpetuating individualism and abled supremacy in the so-called left? What does it look like to align our values with actions?
An annual tradition of reflecting on some things I learned: compulsory monogamy, liberatory world-building, Disability Justice, and more.
Mental health practitioners can play a key role in resisting abled supremacy and the disposability of our disabled kin. May we center Disability Justice in our justice-oriented practices.
Centering our interconnectedness as community members, beyond the "professional” therapist-client relationship allows me to blur traditional ideas of what therapy is and is not.
May we frame pandemic safety practices as part of our political commitment to interdependence, disability justice and solidarity.
An anti-oppressive or justice-oriented approach to mental health care must also be anti-carceral. Further resources to get started.
How do we navigate our desire for belonging as peoples of diasporas in a way that doesn’t further perpetuate colonial erasure, displacement, and dispossession of Indigenous peoples here on Turtle Island?
A conversation with Jordan Pickell about justice-oriented practice & it became one of my favourite podcast interviews ever! Transcript included.
An expansion of some things I learned about the power of lived experience, grieving with, de-institutionalized forms of care, and radical imagination.
A conversation with Gabes Torres on the mental health industry’s complicities in the Prison Industrial Complex. Transcript included.
This is the story of my name — a reclamation of who I am and what I aim to embody.
"I am Asian-American", "I am Asian-Canadian", as attempts to say, "I belong here" but the impact being: legitimizing the settler colonial state, perpetuating colonial erasure of Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island.
Anyone else feeling exhausted by their social media use, consuming and resharing so much information? Take a moment to reflect on how you use it as a tool. Here are some questions to get you started.
Many prospective clients ask me on the consult call, “so how DO you decolonize therapy in your practice?” There is no “one” or “right” way to decolonize, but here are some ways on how I try.
Therapy is supposed to be a safe(r), healing space, but white supremacy can make its way in the counselling room as well. Here are some signs to look out for, for both clients and practitioners.
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How do we navigate our desire for belonging as peoples of diasporas in a way that doesn’t further perpetuate colonial erasure, displacement, and dispossession of Indigenous peoples here on Turtle Island?