Dear Younger Me: Becoming the Hero I Needed

What if healing the past could change what you pass on?

Through a series of intimate conversations with her younger self and another of letters to her daughter, Yollanda Zhang traces her journey through childhood trauma and mental health challenges - including a diagnosis of bipolar disorder - to a career and motherhood.

With raw honesty, heart, and wisdom, Zhang examines themes of intergenerational trauma, cultural identity, inner-child reparenting, and mental health stigma in immigrant communities. She also provides her Dear Younger Me- toolkit: practical methods, frameworks, and healing practices rooted in her lived experience and therapeutic training that can help you overcome shame and gain self-acceptance.

Perfect for parents, young adults, and anyone seeking hope after hardship, Dear Younger Me is more than a story of healing from the past - it's an invitation to begin again.

Available May 25, 2027