Reflections
The Parentified Child
Many adults who pride themselves on being the dependable one don't realize they were once children who had to become caregivers too soon. Parentification teaches children to put everyone else's needs before their own, often shaping relationships, boundaries, and self-worth well into adulthood. Learn how this hidden childhood role develops, how it continues to affect your life, and what healing can look like when you finally give yourself the care you've always offered everyone else.
"Other People Have It Worse"
It's a phrase many of us use to dismiss our own struggles, believing we're gaining perspective when we're actually denying ourselves compassion. In this blog, Dr. Vicky Huangfu explores why minimizing your pain is a learned defense, how it disconnects us from healing, and why acknowledging your experience is not self-pity—it's self-honesty.
The Model Minority Myth and Mental Health
How the pressure to perform masks suffering — and why Asian American mental health deserves a more honest conversation.