Permission to Come Home

Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans

By: Jenny Wang

Narrated by: Jenny Wang

Strengthen your sense of well-being and embrace empowering new approaches with this invaluable investigation into mental health in the Asian American community.

Asian Americans are experiencing a racial reckoning regarding their identity, inspiring them to radically reconsider the cultural frameworks that enabled their assimilation into American culture. As Asian Americans investigate the personal and societal effects of longstanding cultural narratives suggesting they take up as little space as possible, their mental health becomes critically important. Yet despite the fact that over 18 million people of Asian descent live in the United States today—they are the racial group least likely to seek out mental health services.

Permission to Come Home takes Asian Americans on an empowering journey toward reclaiming their mental health. Weaving her personal narrative as a Taiwanese American together with her insights as a clinician and evidence-based tools, Dr. Jenny T. Wang explores a range of life areas that call for attention, offering readers the permission to question, feel, rage, say no, take up space, choose, play, fail, and grieve. Above all, she offers permission to return closer to home, a place of acceptance, belonging, healing, and freedom. For Asian Americans and Diaspora, this book is a necessary road map for the journey to wholeness.

“Dr. Jenny T. Wang has been an incredible resource for Asian mental health. I believe that her knowledge, presence, and activism for mental health in the Asian American/Immigrant community have been invaluable and groundbreaking. I am so very grateful that she exists.”—Steven Yeun, actor, The Walking Dead and Minari

Wonderful book!

Made me reflect on my experience. Very soothing to listen to. I highly recommend this book!

The words I needed to hear

A message and delivery that was simultaneously gentle, validating and clear. Have recommended to multiple friends and family members.

I feel heard and seen

Thank you for this book. I feel seen, heard and validate. As the child of immigrants, this book make me feel not alone and giving me language to gain clarity with my life experience with my family and myself.

Grateful that you shared this story

Very refreshing. It was so healing hearing your experiences and journey. And I think this definitely helps us wake up and form our community to establish our identity

Permission to come home

I went through years with sadness from the memories of painful childhood. Great book and well written. I feel that the journey the author went through will assist many people to find their peaceful home and in their heart.