
Community Writing | CandleX Projects
Since the very start, we have wanted CandleX to be a platform for sharing stories and advice about mental health. Throughout previous...
May 31, 2020


Event Review | Online Mental Health Workshop with ESC 2020
Times have changed; We are living during a global pandemic and life as we knew it no longer exists. Most of us have been on lockdown in...
May 31, 2020

Letters to parents | I Seem to Do Well
Hi CandleXers, Here’s the next installment of our “Letters to Parents” series, in which we give Beijing high school or college-aged young...
May 26, 2020

Letters to my parents | “English Class reminded me of you”
Hi CandleXers! Thanks for the great feedback on our “letters to parents” series, in which we’ve been asking teenage Beijingers to write...
Apr 5, 2020

“It’s been instrumental for me” | Emily’s Story
Last year we published a video interview with David, a Washington participant in a mental health peer support group. The coronavirus...
Mar 16, 2020


Joel Lewin on Addiction,Anxiety and CBT|My Story with Depression
This week, we are reposting a blog from Joel Lewin, a journalist turned counselor and recovering addict. This piece was originally posted...
Feb 24, 2020