Insights - Esther Oh

September 19, 2025

How We May Be Creating Our Own Social Anxiety in Our Increasingly Tech-Focused Culture

How We May Be Creating Our Own Social Anxiety in Our Increasingly Tech-Focused Culture https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/friends-sitting-in-a-row-with-smartphones-2025-03-13-02-29-14-utc-scaled.jpg 2560 1708 Esther Oh Esther Oh https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/friends-sitting-in-a-row-with-smartphones-2025-03-13-02-29-14-utc-scaled.jpg September 19, 2025 September 19, 2025

Human beings crave relationships. Studies have consistently shown that those with social connections live longer, are happier, and feel more…

September 8, 2025

How to Put a Stop to Harmful Relationship Patterns

How to Put a Stop to Harmful Relationship Patterns https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/angry-couple-has-intense-argument-on-city-sidewalk-2025-07-15-15-29-54-utc-scaled.jpg 2560 1707 Esther Oh Esther Oh https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/angry-couple-has-intense-argument-on-city-sidewalk-2025-07-15-15-29-54-utc-scaled.jpg September 8, 2025 September 8, 2025

There are times when it can seem like there are no good single people out there. When you’ve had no…

July 29, 2025

How Tech-Reliant Dating is Hurting Relationships

How Tech-Reliant Dating is Hurting Relationships https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/smiling-biracial-young-woman-with-bouquet-video-ca-2025-04-03-21-24-52-utc-scaled.jpg 2560 1707 Esther Oh Esther Oh https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/smiling-biracial-young-woman-with-bouquet-video-ca-2025-04-03-21-24-52-utc-scaled.jpg July 29, 2025 July 29, 2025

Online Dating is One of the Best Ways We Have to Meet Partners, But it Comes at a Cost Many,…

July 17, 2025

High Functioning Anxiety and the Challenges of the Bay Area Culture

High Functioning Anxiety and the Challenges of the Bay Area Culture https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/asian-woman-headache-or-strain-with-stress-in-cit-2025-04-06-11-29-42-utc.jpg 1601 844 Esther Oh Esther Oh https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/asian-woman-headache-or-strain-with-stress-in-cit-2025-04-06-11-29-42-utc.jpg July 17, 2025 July 17, 2025

San Francisco’s economic culture is demanding. Part of that is the high cost of living, which makes people feel like…

May 12, 2025

Why We Need to Stop Thinking About Diagnosis and Ask: How Are You?

Why We Need to Stop Thinking About Diagnosis and Ask: How Are You? https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/female-psychologist-holding-hand-of-woman-coach-w-2024-10-18-05-12-31-utc-scaled.jpg 2560 1707 Esther Oh Esther Oh https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/female-psychologist-holding-hand-of-woman-coach-w-2024-10-18-05-12-31-utc-scaled.jpg May 12, 2025 May 12, 2025

Anxiety. Depression. ADHD. For many of us here, our mental health is struggling, and we use these terms to explain…

May 1, 2025

Work Stress is a Real Issue That Deserves a Real Therapist

Work Stress is a Real Issue That Deserves a Real Therapist https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/businesswoman-stress-at-work-young-asian-business-2025-01-16-21-57-31-utc-scaled.jpg 1707 2560 Esther Oh Esther Oh https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/businesswoman-stress-at-work-young-asian-business-2025-01-16-21-57-31-utc-scaled.jpg May 1, 2025 August 25, 2025

It’s Not Just Stress at Work – It’s Something that Can Be Extremely Damaging Few of us would describe work…

April 25, 2025

What is Mental Load, and Why Does it Matter?

What is Mental Load, and Why Does it Matter? https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/human-head-with-gears-on-yellow-background-2025-01-15-12-53-46-utc-scaled.jpg 2560 1707 Esther Oh Esther Oh https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/human-head-with-gears-on-yellow-background-2025-01-15-12-53-46-utc-scaled.jpg April 25, 2025 April 25, 2025

Let me know if this sounds like you: You have an every-growing task list of things you need to remember…

April 16, 2025

Layoff Fears: How SF’s Tech World Can Keep People Stressed and Anxious

Layoff Fears: How SF’s Tech World Can Keep People Stressed and Anxious https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/closeup-woman-holding-brown-paper-envelope-in-a-ca-2024-12-07-03-56-53-utc-scaled.jpg 2560 1707 Esther Oh Esther Oh https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/closeup-woman-holding-brown-paper-envelope-in-a-ca-2024-12-07-03-56-53-utc-scaled.jpg April 16, 2025 April 16, 2025

I’m here in San Francisco. I know what it’s like. As we prepare to navigate an increasingly complex economy, one…

April 1, 2025

What Makes Burnout So Common in San Francisco?

What Makes Burnout So Common in San Francisco? https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/busy-office-people-and-a-black-woman-with-a-heada-2023-11-27-05-00-28-utc-scaled.jpg 2560 1772 Esther Oh Esther Oh https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/busy-office-people-and-a-black-woman-with-a-heada-2023-11-27-05-00-28-utc-scaled.jpg April 1, 2025 April 1, 2025

There’s an argument to be made that we’re more burnt out than ever – that more and more people are…

March 20, 2025

Create More Successful Relationships by Recognizing Communication Needs

Create More Successful Relationships by Recognizing Communication Needs https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/multi-ethnic-hipster-couple-talking-at-sidewalk-ca-2024-06-27-19-08-20-utc-scaled.jpg 2560 1707 Esther Oh Esther Oh https://esthersoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/multi-ethnic-hipster-couple-talking-at-sidewalk-ca-2024-06-27-19-08-20-utc-scaled.jpg March 20, 2025 March 20, 2025

We live in a different dating world – one where it’s become harder to meet people we connect with, and…