January 2026 Community Newsletter: Happy New Year!

January: Welcome back!

Hello there,

Happy new year! I hope that you've had an easeful start to the new year.

We're delighted to share our first newsletter back and look forward to staying connected with you going forward.

To ensure that our work directly supports you, we'd like to start the year by asking you if there are any topics in particular that you would like us to share more information on.

For example, we noticed last year that there was plenty of interest around the topic of internalised racism, as well as invalidating childhood experiences. If there are other topics that come to mind for you, please let us know and we'll create learning modules that speak to these themes.

Any and all suggestions are welcomed, please hit "reply" to this email - we look forward to hearing from you!

❤️ Asami

Mental health resources

Recently, we shared our thoughts and tips on navigating the impacts of an invalidating family environment/childhood within Asian families, based on our discussion on Season 4 of our Asian Mental Health Podcast. 

See a preview of the fact sheet for this topic here

These fact sheets aim to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and offer practical insights for your wellbeing. They’re all free on our website so keep an eye out as we're currently sharing one new resource per week!

P.S. Have a topic you'd like us to create a resource around? Reply to this email and let me know!

🔎 Searching for a therapist?

Connect with our new practitioners via the Asian Mental Health Practitioner List, or share this page with someone who may need this.   
 

🎤 Therapist spotlight.

Get to know counsellor, Siew-Wei Hooke via our interview:

"Celebrate your wins big or small and know that you are exactly where you should be right now."

✨Thank you for reading up to this point!

We rely heavily on your generous support to provide ongoing and free mental health resources to Asian communities in Australia.

Support Shapes and Sounds HERE.

🐌 And last but not least:

Recently in social media land,

We shared our interview with clinical psychologist and director of Mind Body Heart Psychology, Chenhong Xu, where she shared some very insightful tips on navigating Asian parenting! Stay tuned for more content on our Instagram!