“I found a lot of similarities between my current beliefs and my Buddhist upbringing in that both systems require me to be responsible for healing my own suffering and facilitating my own growth.”
Michelle Nguyen grapples with the religious traditions of her parents and how it led her to studying astrology and reading tarot.
"I didn’t tell my parents about the session. I was worried about their reaction; therapy wasn’t popular among the South Asians I knew."
Tasnia Habib tells her mental health journey and the choice to reveal it to her South Asian parents.
"Over the years, I have grown to embrace both my Korean collective and American individualistic identities. I’ve come to understand that not all families operate the way we see them on American TV."
Kyosin Kang unpacks Asian parental relationships and why her experiences growing up were dissonant from the families on American TV.