About Me

I’m Dr. Sahar Martinez, a therapist, professor, writer, and generational healer. My work lives at the intersection of mental health, identity, and systemic change. As a daughter of Iranian immigrants and a mother raising first-generation children, I hold deep reverence for the stories we carry—and the ways we learn to soften, unlearn, and rebuild. This Substack is a space for reflection, truth-telling, and witnessing. Here, I write about therapy, lineage, womanhood, grief, midlife, and what it means to come home to yourself in a world that constantly pulls you away.

If you’d like to learn more about my work:
🌿 my personal website
🌿 my group therapy practice
🌿 my nonprofit foundation

Why subscribe?

This is a space for the tender-hearted, the curious, and the weary. If you’re navigating healing, caregiving, identity, or burnout—this newsletter offers essays, tools, and stories to help you feel less alone. Subscribers get access to reflections that aren’t shared anywhere else, grounded in clinical wisdom and lived experience. My hope is that each post feels like a deep exhale: honest, resonant, and rooted in care.

For Paid Subscribers

If you’d like to go deeper, the paid tier offers more intimate access to my work and ongoing offerings. This includes monthly deep-dive essays, audio reflections, journal prompts, behind-the-scenes peeks into my clinical and creative process, and occasional live Q&A gatherings or virtual circles. Your support helps sustain this space, uplifts my nonprofit work at The Process Wellness Foundation, and allows me to create thoughtful, heart-led content rooted in accessibility and care.