In the spirit of World Mental Health Day in Oct, our long-time partner, Bearapy, published a book to mitigate the gendered stigma surrounding mental health. Facing mental wellbeing is a challenging task in itself, but imagine having to tackle it from an even more disadvantaged position? Though many may not realize or be willing to admit, it is more taboo for men to open up about their feelings and emotions as compared to women. Part of this is due to cultural reasons, but it

Mental health issues are ubiquitous. That’s the message Xiaojie’s making known to the world. In May 2018, Xiaojie joined a journalist from the China Development Brief to discuss her work with CandleX, her views on mental health, and the importance behind understanding it for the benefit of the community. Besides introducing her purpose behind the founding of CandleX, she also explained some ongoing CandleX activities: community workshops, art campaigns, public education and m

As we approach the end of summer, we will be saying our farewells to another generation of high school students leaving Beijing to study abroad. Though many have taken notice of the difficult transition from going to high school in one’s hometown to living independently in a country 7000km away, we often overlook that it is an equally, if not more, challenging transition from the parents’ perspective too. In collaboration ESC, a college counselling firm, CandleX held a Parent