Liz Zhou
Holistic Trauma Therapist, Coach, Speaker
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I help highly sensitive, neurodivergent adults & couples heal their nervous systems & connect with their authentic selves.
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For Neurodiverse Couples: 8 Tips for Healthy Conversations about Money
What if financial conversations could feel compassionate, curious, and connecting? (Instead of devolving into arguments and frying your nervous systems.) Here’s a neurodivergent-friendly guide to talking to your partner about money – in a way that works with your brains and brings you closer together.
Giving & Receiving Care: The 5 Love Languages of Building Community
This is your (neurodivergent-friendly) guide to building community in a world that so desperately needs it. Let’s explore the 5 love languages of collective care — quality time, gifts, words of affirmation, collective presence, and acts of service.
Why Autism is Underdiagnosed in BIPOC Communities (and Why Self-Diagnosis is Valid)
If you’re an autistic person of color who feels alone — that makes sense, and you’re also not alone. Autism is often depicted as a white experience, though it shows up across all races, cultures, and identities. Let’s explore why self-diagnosis is valid, especially in the context of systemic challenges faced by BIPOC communities.
How to Cope with End-of-Life & Death Anxiety
Explore practical tips and compassionate reflections, from a death-aware therapist, on navigating our very human fears and concerns around loss, end of life, death, and dying.
The Impacts of Ableism & Racial Trauma on Autistic People of Color
An autistic therapist of color explains the challenges of under-diagnosis in BIPOC communities — and the impact of systemic oppression on nervous system regulation.
5 Powerful Books about Asian American Mental Health
In a society that often overlooks the struggles of Asian Americans (model minority myth, anyone?), these 5 books offer a powerful and intimate look at mental health within this diverse community.
What is Bilateral Stimulation? (The Key to Brain-Body Healing in EMDR Therapy)
What do eye movements, self-tapping, and audio tones have in common? They’re all forms of bilateral stimulation that can help your brain heal from stress & trauma. Explore EMDR therapy in Colorado.
Asian American Mental Health: How to Begin Your Healing Journey
Beneath the “model minority” mask: it’s OK to not be OK. Here are 5 ways to support your mental health.