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Hello! If this is your first visit to Lily Pond, welcome! At the Pond, you will find topics at the intersection of mental and emotional health…
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Deep Dive: A New Take on The Little Mermaid
Listen now | Listen to two podcast hosts chat about my interpretation of this classic fairy tale
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Diverse Voices around Substack and My Comments Roundup #7
Essays on the dehumanization of women in the context of patriarchy — a selection of highly evocative newsletters worthy of your attention
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What Does It Mean to Live in an Asian Female Body in America?
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Why Do We Struggle to Find Our True Self?
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Defining Menopause with Powerful Metaphors
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Cross-Cultural Experiences

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No, Kamala Harris Is Not a 'DEI Hire'
Why this attack is deeply disturbing to women, people of color and immigrants
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Unpacking the Asian Woman Stereotype and Passport Bros
What I learned from YOU after I published my last newsletter
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What Does It Mean to Live in an Asian Female Body in America?
How I've lived under covert racism without realizing it
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Self-Discovery & Growth

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Cry, Baby, Cry
How stoicism and the need to look unfazed or to 'save face' sabotage our emotional health, true healing and connection with others
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The Healing Power of Tears
How giving myself the permission to cry a good cry helped me process unspeakable pain and lifted me out of deep depression
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A New Take on The Little Mermaid
On authenticity vs. attachment, and the female sacrifice
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Lily Pond
Lily Pond
Lily Pond covers cross-cultural experiences, plural identities and intergenerational clashes within the immigrant communities, dysfunctional family dynamics, violence & abuse against women, relational trauma, racism, emotional repression and healing.
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