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Hope Rising

Published in
Age of Empathy

Driving Lessons With Miss Hannah

A story of the mom who didn’t have to be

Oct 29

Driving Lessons With Miss Hannah

Oct 29

Published in
Corporate Underbelly

The Foster Care Industry Runs On Greed

The children caught in its crosshairs are just collateral

Oct 15

The Foster Care Industry Runs On Greed

Oct 15

Published in
A-Culturated

My Grandfather’s Secret to Longevity

Maybe we really are what we eat

Oct 7

My Grandfather’s Secret to Longevity

Oct 7

Published in
The Memoirist

Two Pairs of Kiwi Eyes

A love story

Oct 3

Two Pairs of Kiwi Eyes

Oct 3

Published in
Black Bear

Diagnosing My Family Members

Or, trying to make sense of multigenerational trauma

Oct 1

Diagnosing My Family Members

Oct 1

Published in
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

Pink is the Color of My Recovery

On healing from domestic violence

Sep 23

A tidy room with a pink wall

Sep 23

Published in
A-Culturated

9/11 is My Father’s Birthday

The wave of violence unleashed on 9/12/2001 changed everything

Sep 15

9/11 is My Father’s Birthday

Sep 15

Published in
Age of Empathy

My Clients Visit Me in Nightmares

What happens when we can’t clock out?

Sep 9

My Clients Visit Me in Nightmares

Sep 9

Published in
A-Culturated

To Alleviate My Seasonal Depression, I Moved South

Sunshine is abundant here…and so is racism

Sep 6

A field of sunflowers

Sep 6

Published in
The Virago

I Refuse to Jump on the “Very Demure” Bandwagon

As a South Asian woman in the diaspora, this TikTok trend hits home in the worst way

Aug 30

I Refuse to Jump on the “Very Demure” Bandwagon

Aug 30

Hope Rising

Hope Rising

Mixed race and multicultural | Cat mom | Editor for Out of the Woods | I write to heal myself and others | Support me at https://ko-fi.com/aashaanna ❤

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