BookPeople Presents: Dr. Han Ren - The Hyphenated Life

Please welcome Dr. Han Ren and Dr. Pooja Lakshmin to celebrate The Hyphenated Life: Bridging the In-Between Spaces of Intersectional Identities!

This event is free and open to the public.

• Start time: 7:00 P.M.
• Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.
• Location: The second floor of BookPeople.

The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event.

• To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.
• For high volume events, post-talk signing lines can become very long. For such events, we recommend arriving and checking in to the event early as that will get you into an earlier signing group.

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• Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis and is not guaranteed.
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• There will not be a live stream or recording available.

About the book:

Han Ren, PhD, is a hyphenated professional: licensed clinical and school psychologist, speaker, educator, and content creator. She is also a 1.5-generation Chinese-American immigrant, neurodivergent mind, mother, partner, and only child. Dr. Ren holds a doctorate in Child Clinical and School Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Education in Special Education from the University of Houston, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan. She was an adjunct professor at UT Austin and a former pre-K special educator. Han lives in Austin, Texas, where she co-leads Pivot Psychology Austin, a group private practice.

About the author:

Dr. Pooja Lakshmin MD is a best-selling author, board-certified psychiatrist, keynote speaker, and a contributor to The New York Times. Dr. Lakshmin’s numerous New York Times essays, including the viral How Society Has Turned its Backs on Mothers and Saying No Is Self-Care for Parents’ have been read and shared by millions. As a women’s mental health thought leader, she has been featured by top media outlets like Good Morning America, The Today Show, NPR, The New York Times, The Guardian, and many more. Her debut book, REAL SELF-CARE: Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble-Baths Not Included, was named an NPR Best Book of 2023 and is a national best-seller. She is currently working on her second book. She lives in Austin with her family. Her second book, titled QUANTUM SHIFTS, is a guide to surviving life's biggest changes and will be released by Penguin Life in March 2027.

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