In fairytales, a true love’s kiss conquers all evils and vanquishes all illnesses, but true love isn’t always pleasant in real life. Love means allowing your kids to fail; setting boundaries so there would be
Hear the saddening childhood of an autistic boy and how it could have been prevented. “If my grandparents had taught him how to feel, he wouldn’t be so cruel.”
Cultural Identity and Multicultural Experiences Both my parents are Taiwanese and I was born and raised in Taiwan before moving to NZ for a significant period of my early adulthood after high school. I hold
“Asian Doesn’t Start With A+” In a TED talk featuring Olivia Lai’s ‘Asian Doesn’t Start with A+’ at TEDxPhillipsAcademyAndover, she shared that she had been conditioned to accept herself as nothing less than perfection. Like
Neutral and Diverse: Unbiased Emotional Wellness At curaJOY, we aspire to reduce the suffering of as many people as possible. Our digital social-emotional learning and behavioral health support programs are designed to broadly apply to
Be Happy Don’t we all want to be happy? curaJOY is all about joy, and long-lasting happiness, and we are a non-profit formed to build and support children’s inner strengths—emotional fitness—in fun yet effective ways
My Journey with Autism: Learning Empathy and Finding Understanding I have autism, it’s not a sercret I try to hide. Growing up with autism, I didn’t really understand other people and their views, and I
Understanding the Complexities of ABA: Positive Impact and Potential Harms Short answer? Yes, it can potentially be, but it’s a lot more complicated than that. While the application of the science of ABA can be
Dealing With The Suffering of My Beloved Cat I’m so sad. My cat is dying before my eyes from a very aggressive form of lymphoma. We are going through chemo and a demanding home care
Challenges and Reflections on Caring for a Dying Pet My cat in Taiwan was diagnosed with large-cell lymphoma last month. It’s a disease with a grim prognosis, even with aggressive and successful treatments. I
curaJOY, a non-profit organization that focuses on building emotional wellness in marginalized families, aims to reduce social disparities in healthcare with its latest programs. Amazon’s Health Equity Initiative has selected the organization to support its digital wellness solutions.
If you can’t regulate your emotions, your kid will struggle to regulate their own. You ask your kid to do something. They say something rude or snippy in return. You feel the need to correct
