Israa Nasir

Israa Nasir is a New York City based psychotherapist, writer and author of 'Toxic Productivity: Reclaim your time and emotional energy in a world that always demands more". She is also founder of WellGuide - a digital community for mental health education and awareness.

Her work is centered on transforming the way we talk about mental health, taking it from a place of shame to a place of empowerment. A Pakistani-Canadian child of immigrants, she has a specific focus on mental health, identity formation and healing for the AAPI first and second generation immigrant community.

Israa has been featured in NBC, Vox, Huffpost, Teen Vogue and other major publications. She has been invited to speak at Mental Health America, Google, Meta, and Yale, among other corporations, nonprofits and educational institutions. Israa sits on the Mental Health Advisory Board for both PopSugar (Vox Media) and the menstrual health product and advocacy brand, August.