Hi all, On Wednesday, I decided to read Ronan Farrow's New Yorker profile of Elon Musk - mainly so I would not have to read Walter Isaacson's hagiography-in-process. It'll take you an hour to read, longer if it makes your blood boil. My tl;dr - The TLDR - on this article by Ronan Farrow, which is worth the time - 1. Musk comes from a culture/nature/nurture in South Africa that amplified a dominating attitude. He was an abused child, saw his mother beaten, tried to defend her. The victim-perpetrator is probably th ...Continue Reading

Hi all, I vehemently disagree with the SCOTUS majority opinions on Affirmative Action, and those empowering homophobia and disempowering student loan borrowers. I have notes. Please also check out the references on my East Wind articles for a lot more detail. I think the truth and the evidence are in favor of Affirmative Action. I've just heard about some research by Stanford GSB Professor Deborah Gruenfeld "Diverse Teams Produce Better Decisions." A conservative supermajority in SCOTUS is producing ...Continue Reading

Hi all, You have til this Saturday, June 25 to order a t-shirt! Thanks to those who have already ordered, raising $290 for mental health and BIPOC arts! I am matching the total raised to $1000 - so please sign up and get this awesome t-shirt! It's based on what Daniel Kwan said at the Oscars, see link below to purchase and read more! https://www.customink.com/fundraising/withcollectivegenius?side=front&type=1&zoom=false   Brown’s Asian American Alumni Association is co-sponsoring a pan-Ivy-plus movie screenin ...Continue Reading

Hi all, My op-med article just got published on Doximity - based on a talk at the APA - Megalomania in the American Psyche: A Dangerous Conscious and Unconscious Influence  (May 30, 2023) Megalomaniacs don’t typically present for therapy, but the people they affect do. As psychiatrists, we must offer them insight and compassion. What agency, insight, compassion, and checks and balances can we, as psychiatrists, offer to a society with megalomaniac tendencies and possibilities? What insights do we need to hol ...Continue Reading

Hi all, Here are my latest since my last email - for your viewing pleasure! CAAMFest goes on for another week! Catch some films and food events! MOSF 18.3: CAAMFest 2023 Shorts – Finding Our Way Home in an Emotional Multiverse A review of some of the 60+ shorts in this year's festival, including RUNNING with COMMUNITY's Danny Pudi! MOSF 18.2: Celine Song’s Past Lives: Ambition and Emptiness (EAAPAAO Part 3)  The disrupted heart beats in many places, irregularly, achingly, disconsolately, but never steadily in o ...Continue Reading

Here are two essays - and if you are interested, my lecture on Burnout and Self-Care to the Brown University Alumni Network is now on my YouTube channel! *“Self-care and Dealing with Burnout” with Dr. Ravi Chandra (about 40 minutes with Q and A)* Just watched BEEF, with Ali Wong and Steven Yeun - it just premiered on April 6.   Netflix’s "Beef" Spotlights Squalor of Our Hidden Inner Life | Psychology Today (April 10, 2023)   "/Beef/ is an existential dramedy, a dark dom-com as I put ...Continue Reading

Hi all, Hope you're staying warm and dry as February turns to March! East Wind Ezine Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love” is nominated for a 2023 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. This outstanding film stirred me to think about the fires within our hearts, minds, and societies as we erupt into a new world. (February 28, 2023) MOSF 18.1: Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love…and the Fires Within and from Psychology Today:   12 Tools to Help Cope With Catastrophic Anxiety and Worry  Catastrophic anxiety can be debilitating and ...Continue Reading

Hi all, Happy Lunar New Year! Two articles just published on Wednesday, Feb 1 online - the first on racism and casteism, the second with reflections and advice for those helping loved ones who are suffering, including a nod to Mindful Self-Compassion. The first is in Lion's Roar - thus a good harbinger of the year to come, I hope!  Someone I Love Is Hurting  - Lion’s Roar, online 2/2/2023 We empathize with people with obvious physical health conditions; we sign their casts and send get-well cards ...Continue Reading

Dear all, Thanks for your continued indulgence - I hope I can add something for your interest and ongoing growth. As always, I welcome comments either directly or on my East Wind essays :) MOSF 17.14: Young, Asian American, and All the Feels: Hua Hsu’s Stay True (EAAPAAO Part 2) Hua Hsu’s /Stay True/ is a memoir about collegiate friendship, but also a cultural and mental health intervention, emphasizing that we stay true to the people in our lives and what truly sustains us. It is of particular interest for ...Continue Reading

Hi all, Just one essay for your attention this month :) I'm starting a new series at East Wind - Everything Asian American Psychology All At Once or EAAPAAO! MOSF 17.13: EAAPAAO Part 1: Dutybound Model Minorities, Dependent Sense of Self, and Dying Inside   erin Khuê Ninh (pronounced “AIR-in KWAY NING”) Associate Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies at UC Santa Barbara, does a stellar cartography of pain points in the Asian American psyche in her two monographs to date, Passing for P ...Continue Reading