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I am a licensed psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist. I love reading and writing anything related to our collective mental health, modern parenting, and the general state of the world.
Author of THE BLUE DRESS, a novel based on her childhood as an Iranian immigrant w/body image & mother-daughter relationship struggles, published March 24, 2026, from Macmillan's FSG.
Psychological futurist; AI & mental health; CSO @Arcade Therapeutics; Author of The Future of Sanity on Substack and the book Future Tense: Why Anxiety is Good For You Even Though it Feels Bad.
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