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Articles Wellness 

How to Fail by Elizabeth Day: A Raw, Relatable Look at Fertility, Feminism, and Failing Forward

May 14, 2025 Health Collective Asma G, Books, Elizabeth Day, Infertility, Mental health and books, Mental Health Books

By Asma G Content warning: The book contains mentions of fertility struggles including miscarriages. When I first considered reviewing How

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Out of Her Mind: How Society Fails Women’s Mental Health – A Review

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 Health Collective Asma G, Books, Mental health and books, Mental Health Books

By Asma G Content warning: The book reviewed here contains mentions of self-harm, suicide, sexual abuse, trauma and mental illness.

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Articles Entertainment 

Therapists Have Problems Too—Apple TV+’s Shrinking Delivers Laughs with a Side of Chaos

March 9, 2025March 9, 2025 Health Collective Asma G, Reviews, TV Shows

Apple TV+’s latest sitcom offers laughs, great performances, and a refreshing take on mental health professionals — just don’t mistake it for a therapy manual.

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Book Review: Matt Haig’s The Life Impossible

December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 Health Collective Asma G, Books, Matt Haig, Mental health and books, Mental Health Books

By Asma G “Eating watermelon in the sun was such a wonderful feeling I wondered why I hadn’t spent more

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Articles FEATURED TOP STORIES 

Unpacking Love and Life: A Review of Red, Green, and Sometimes Beige

November 16, 2024March 21, 2025 Health Collective Asma G, Books, Mental health and books, Mental Health Books, Understanding Relationships

By Asma G “It feels like whiplash; for 20 years, my parents forbade me from dating and pushed me to

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Fed Up: A Book that Unpacks Emotional Labour

November 2, 2024December 12, 2024 Health Collective Asma G, Books, Health Collective Book Club, Long Read, Mental health and books

By Asma G “Stop being such a nag,” my cousin says to his wife when she reminds him to go

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But What Will People Say? A Book Review

September 30, 2024December 12, 2024 Health Collective Asma G, Mental health and books, Mental Health Books

By Asma Title: But What Will People Say? Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures  “What will people

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