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Do you find there’s something missing in your relationships at work? Are you concerned about your connection with colleagues and senior...

Our CandleX’s Weekly  Silent meditation refers to meditation without verbal guidance. In today’s fast-paced and often disconnected world,...

Xiaojie Qin Director of CandleX I am a mentor, besides being a psychotherapist. I like being in the role of a mentor because it gives me...

Katie Lai became my mentee last year, as a participant of our Teens Empowerment Program at CandleX. She’s a multi-talented young lady,...

‘Over the last eight years, I have encountered many challenges both as a facilitator and as the manager of our mental health peer support...

I am a psychotherapist; director of CandleX. I am also an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, a mentor, an interviewer and a story teller, a...

I took Leo Yu, my new teen mentee, to a story night by Startup Grind where I was invited to talk about my startup journey with CandleX. I...

Updated on Dec 2025 Moving to a new country, going through a breakup, losing a job, or living with mental conditions can be very challenging. Yet, there’s no reason to suffer alone when one can choose to join hands with others and let the power of connection and group support encourage and heal us. In the absence of such social support in Beijing, CandleX established the peer support group in October, 2015, with the goal to provide psychosocial support to the Beijing communit