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OT Bay Area Providing a holistic approach to health and wellness at home and in the workplace. Helping busy indi

08/25/2025

Humility isn’t often valued as a leadership skill. But it’s the foundation of systems that actually support people.

What could humility transform in the systems you’re part of?

👉🏾 If your organization is ready to explore how to build systems that truly support people, let’s chat: https://calendly.com/wellwrx/15

My session “Care as Resistance: Global Lessons for Liberation in Our Own Communities” was accepted to the . This year’s...
08/21/2025

My session “Care as Resistance: Global Lessons for Liberation in Our Own Communities” was accepted to the . This year’s theme is “Fight Supremacy: Actions Against Authoritarianism.”

From Palestine to Aotearoa, everyday acts of care are tools of resistance against global systems of oppression! This session will draw from my book Occupational Therapy Disruptors: What Global OT Practice Can Teach Us About Innovation, Culture, and Community, a collection of 16 first-person stories I authored after interviewing therapists across Palestine, Uganda, Haiti, Aotearoa, and beyond. In each, community members resist supremacist systems—settler violence, medical colonialism, and structural neglect—through culturally grounded care, often with limited resources.

The book was written in 2022, published November 2023. Every landmark and location described in Gaza has now been destroyed. When I was asked to write this book and accepted, I knew that Palestine had to be included and it was appropriate for the release to be dedicated to the people of Palestine. To date, all of my earnings from this book have been given back to our colleagues in Gaza, to fund their survival and provision of OT services for those that need it the most.

There’s a huge community to be grateful for making this timeless work possible, including for the invitation and honoring the words written.

🌿 Last week to vote! 🌿Help us bring Senses of Care to SXSW—reimagining care as a leadership strategy. With real tools, n...
08/18/2025

🌿 Last week to vote! 🌿

Help us bring Senses of Care to SXSW—reimagining care as a leadership strategy. With real tools, neuroscience, and cultural awareness, we’re helping leaders build systems that last. We believe leadership rooted in care can transform how we work and create together.

�🗳️ Vote here: https://tinyurl.com/SensesCare�
❤️ Tap the heart (1 second if you have an account, 2 minutes if not)

🌿 Last week to vote! 🌿Help us bring Senses of Care to SXSW—reimagining care as a leadership strategy. With real tools, n...
08/18/2025

🌿 Last week to vote! 🌿

Help us bring Senses of Care to SXSW—reimagining care as a leadership strategy. With real tools, neuroscience, and cultural awareness, we’re helping leaders build systems that last. We believe leadership rooted in care can transform how we work and create together.

🗳️ Vote here: https://tinyurl.com/SensesCare
❤️ Tap the heart (1 second if you have an account, 2 minutes if not)

08/07/2025

🌿 Help bring care-centered leadership to SXSW 2026 🌿

Our session Senses of Care is live for community voting!

We’re inviting leaders across industries—executives, founders, organizers—to explore how care, culture, and sensory awareness can become real tools for building sustainable, human-centered systems.

This isn’t about self-care. It’s about reimagining care as a leadership strategy—with neuroscience-backed tools and real-world strategies you can actually use.

You’ll leave with a practical, customizable toolkit—not just ideas.

🗳 Vote here: https://tinyurl.com/SensesCare�❤️ Takes 1 second if you have an account (just tap the heart)
⏱️ Less than 2 minutes to sign up and vote, if you don’t

If this resonates, please share—we’d love your support!

Tomorrow, Friday, is our last session of the season! 🌱As Shikor comes to a close for the season, we celebrate the streng...
07/17/2025

Tomorrow, Friday, is our last session of the season! 🌱

As Shikor comes to a close for the season, we celebrate the strength we’ve cultivated together. The deep roots of strength and support we’ve built will continue to ground and sustain us as we move forward.

​Shikor (Roots) is a peer wellness group for Pan Asian caregivers, community leaders/organizers, and helping professionals across the diaspora wanting to tend to our own needs and plant roots in a supportive community that nourishes us. Throughout this season, we will follow the lifecycle of a plant, starting as a seed to understand our own needs and growing to a tree with deep roots, knowing how to give and receive support sustainably. We will incorporate Expressive Arts, somatic and traditional healing, and open sharing.

​Join us weekly on Fridays @ 5 - 6 pm Pacific to exhale and let go of what you’ve been holding on to while taking in communal nourishment to sustain you

​We hope to see you there!

​Sign up for all events on https://lu.ma/amhp-shikor

🙌🏾 Bodies of Culture Healing Circle👏🏾 Sunday, July 27, 2025 @ 10-11am Pacific Time on Zoom (FREE)🤲🏾 Open to BIPOC only, ...
07/15/2025

🙌🏾 Bodies of Culture Healing Circle
👏🏾 Sunday, July 27, 2025 @ 10-11am Pacific Time on Zoom (FREE)
🤲🏾 Open to BIPOC only, space is limited and active participation expected
👉🏾 Complete questionnaire for registration approval: http://tinyurl.com/DisruptOTHealing

This healing circle is an annual tradition for BIPOC Mental Health Month. All bodies of culture (anyone who identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color) are welcome to attend this virtual group with the intention of fostering their own community of healing. This is why active participation is required. This is not a space to learn about or question people’s experiences of racism. This is a space to heal together and grow our capacities for communal care.

Business as usual is not the best way to operate a business. Caring about your employees and having compassion will resu...
06/10/2025

Business as usual is not the best way to operate a business. Caring about your employees and having compassion will result in ROI and will always be a business best practice.

I previously contributed to this article aptly titled “How to Focus at Work When the World Is Falling Apart,” which discusses how social injustices impact people from marginalized communities at work and ways to help us cope. In recent context, this is more than just heartache; people are rightly scared for their lives, so how can you expect them to function at work as if nothing is happening? https://hbr.org/2023/02/how-to-focus-at-work-when-the-world-is-falling-apart

Here are some local resources for migrants, community members, and healthcare workers -
🌴 For LA: https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/la-ice-protests-how-to-help
🌁 For the Bay: https://www.everyonebelongshere.net

FRIDAY 🌱 First leaves and photosynthesis - First leaves represent personal growth, and photosynthesis symbolizes derivin...
06/04/2025

FRIDAY 🌱 First leaves and photosynthesis - First leaves represent personal growth, and photosynthesis symbolizes deriving strength from our environments and internal resources. We will identify and build on our strengths to support our growth.

Shikor (Roots) is a peer wellness group for Pan Asian caregivers, community leaders/organizers, and helping professionals across the diaspora wanting to tend to our own needs and plant roots in a supportive community that nourishes us. Throughout this season, we will follow the lifecycle of a plant, starting as a seed to understand our own needs and growing to a tree with deep roots, knowing how to give and receive support sustainably. We will incorporate Expressive Arts, somatic and traditional healing, and open sharing.

Join us weekly on Fridays @ 5 pm Pacific to exhale and let go of what you’ve been holding on to while taking in communal nourishment to sustain you.

👉🏾 Sign up on the community calendar - lu.ma/amhp-shikor

TOMORROW 🌱 Germinating seed - We will explore the necessary ingredients to tend to our needs, growth, and how to receive...
05/22/2025

TOMORROW 🌱 Germinating seed - We will explore the necessary ingredients to tend to our needs, growth, and how to receive what we need.

Shikor (Roots) is a peer wellness group for Pan Asian caregivers, community leaders/organizers, and helping professionals across the diaspora wanting to tend to our own needs and plant roots in a supportive community that nourishes us. Throughout this season, we will follow the lifecycle of a plant, starting as a seed to understand our own needs and growing to a tree with deep roots, knowing how to give and receive support sustainably. We will incorporate Expressive Arts, somatic and traditional healing, and open sharing.

Join us weekly on Fridays @ 5 pm Pacific to exhale and let go of what you’ve been holding on to while taking in communal nourishment to sustain you.

👉🏾 Sign up on the community calendar - lu.ma/amhp-shikor

05/19/2025

Exciting news – our waitlist is now open! 🎉

After 14 years as an occupational therapist—and as someone who’s neurodivergent myself—I’m building an on‑demand, personalized sensory‑wellness app to help you and your loved ones manage overload, overwhelm, and emotional dysregulation. No more one‑size‑fits‑all solutions: our app adapts to your unique sensory profile and supports your therapy journey.

📲 Join the waitlist and be the first to access: www.wellwrxconsulting.com/waitlist

Thank you to Kimberly Szeto and for bringing together such a powerful lineup of voices for Rooted & Rising: AAPI Herita...
05/12/2025

Thank you to Kimberly Szeto and for bringing together such a powerful lineup of voices for Rooted & Rising: AAPI Heritage, Entrepreneurship & Mental Health.

🌱 Hearing vulnerable personal stories reminds us we’re not alone—healing happens in community, when we share our struggles as much as our successes.

🙏🏾 Deep gratitude to the speakers and performers: Anna Yuan · Jimmy Hua · Jhillika Kumar · Michael Ng · Sandy Li · Shuo Yang · Dr. .ty.c · Angela Tang · Dr. Lisa Choi · Teri Yu · Karina Hsieh · seba chang

🎬 Presented by  ,  ,  , and  —your dedication to breaking stigma and building community is what real change looks like.

📸 Photography by Frédéric Neema

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About Me

Early in my career, I learned to provide my patients with the highest level of care while working for top Bay Area hospitals, including Stanford Health Care, Sutter Health's Mills-Peninsula, and San Francisco VA Health Care System. As an occupational therapist, I treat both physical and mental health and address every area of a person's life.

In my experience as a clinical educator, while running an independent occupational therapy mental health clinic, and working in hospitals, I found the greatest gaps in care were in mental health and wellness. My focus is on helping individuals and professionals meet their personal goals to improve daily life and work performance.

My strategy is simple, celebrate all successes. Goals must be realistic and achievable to be met. Together we will meet your milestones step-by-step and build on your growth. All sessions are personalized, whether group or individual.