Permission to Come Home

Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans

De: Jenny Wang

Narrado por: Jenny Wang

Strengthen your sense of well-being and embrace empowering new approaches with this invaluable investigation into mental health in the Asian American community.

Asian Americans are experiencing a racial reckoning regarding their identity, inspiring them to radically reconsider the cultural frameworks that enabled their assimilation into American culture. As Asian Americans investigate the personal and societal effects of longstanding cultural narratives suggesting they take up as little space as possible, their mental health becomes critically important. Yet despite the fact that over 18 million people of Asian descent live in the United States today—they are the racial group least likely to seek out mental health services.

Permission to Come Home takes Asian Americans on an empowering journey toward reclaiming their mental health. Weaving her personal narrative as a Taiwanese American together with her insights as a clinician and evidence-based tools, Dr. Jenny T. Wang explores a range of life areas that call for attention, offering readers the permission to question, feel, rage, say no, take up space, choose, play, fail, and grieve. Above all, she offers permission to return closer to home, a place of acceptance, belonging, healing, and freedom. For Asian Americans and Diaspora, this book is a necessary road map for the journey to wholeness.

“Dr. Jenny T. Wang has been an incredible resource for Asian mental health. I believe that her knowledge, presence, and activism for mental health in the Asian American/Immigrant community have been invaluable and groundbreaking. I am so very grateful that she exists.”—Steven Yeun, actor, The Walking Dead and Minari

Wonderful book!

Made me reflect on my experience. Very soothing to listen to. I highly recommend this book!

Permission to come home

I went through years with sadness from the memories of painful childhood. Great book and well written. I feel that the journey the author went through will assist many people to find their peaceful home and in their heart.

The words I needed to hear

A message and delivery that was simultaneously gentle, validating and clear. Have recommended to multiple friends and family members.

I feel heard and seen

Thank you for this book. I feel seen, heard and validate. As the child of immigrants, this book make me feel not alone and giving me language to gain clarity with my life experience with my family and myself.

Grateful that you shared this story

Very refreshing. It was so healing hearing your experiences and journey. And I think this definitely helps us wake up and form our community to establish our identity

Dr Jenny Wang gently nudges us home!

A timely book. Dr Wang speaks to our inner voices. A book to revisit and reflect on.

Deep understanding of Asian American experience

This author and her professional expertise have eloquently not only described, but provided realistic tips to deal with the common issues that many Asian Americans struggle with that are dismissed by American society and mental health professionals who lack cultural competence to even acknowledge this common theme. Kudos to the author for writing a book on this topic and also being vulnerable enough to share her personal experiences. Your book artfully combines both your personal experiences and journey along with your professional background to acknowledge our experiences. - A second gen Taiwanese American woman, professional, wife, daughter, and mom to third gen pan-Asian teens.

Get this if u have cptsd from racial trauma

If you’re at all on the fence about buying this book, let me tell you what to do. By this book, or audiobook. I have never heard in my 47 years anyone discuss the trauma associated with being Asian American within the framework of psychology. I am grateful for the authors hard work and drive, this topic is under addressed. Thank you.

thank you

Thank you Jenny for writing this story that we all so sorely needed. Thank you for putting to words the experiences of so many of us and giving us the light to walk down the road to our own freedom.

Impactful

Amazing book that resonates so much with being Asian in America. Highly recommend it for Asian Americans and Americans in general. It brings so much into focus and brings me peace about my journey in this country and my life.