helping daughters of immigrants break cycles and live free.
AT NOOR, WE HELP children of immigrants and intercultural couples break free from patterns of intergenerational, racial, and cultural trauma and navigate cultural differences in relationships so they can live fully, freely, and with ease.
our frame? we believe that it all starts with the relationship so we prioritize safety, lead with cultural curiosity, invite collaboration, and emphasize flexibility. we aim to create spaces for anti-oppressive and liberation work that contribute to decolonizing therapy as a whole.
our method? We combine the latest in trauma work with psychodynamic, feminist, and multicultural theory. we infuse self-compassion, mindfulness, spirituality, neurobiology, and more to support you in harnessing your deep and inherent capacity for healing. our flexibility allows us to meet you where you are and customize the experience to help you meet your goals.
you may be asking yourself:
For someone so intellectual, why is it so hard to understand and manage my emotions?
For someone so capable, why do I keep making some of the same mistakes and repeating some of the same patterns?
For someone so determined, why can’t I seem to change?
For someone so mature, why do I get so triggered by my partner and turn into a 12-year old around my parents?
For someone so analytical, why can’t I figure out how to have deep, meaningful relationships that work?
For someone who “has it together,” why do I feel so unfulfilled?
Nothing is wrong in your life, and yet, something is not right. Although objectively everything in your life is going well, just beneath the surface, there are things you know you haven’t addressed.
we understand what you’re going through.
You have been called an over-achiever, a go-getter, a perfectionist. People think you are ambitious, even successful. But you don’t feel this way. In fact, you don’t feel like you do enough or are enough. You struggle with imposter syndrome. There is a drive within you to keep moving, keep improving, keep proving.
Maybe what gives you purpose is how you serve others. Maybe you do this professionally but even when you’re off the clock, you’re often thinking about other's’ needs and wants above your own. You struggle with people-pleasing and boundaries.
You compare yourself to others and feel like you often come up short. You feel like you’re behind in your life.
You find comfort in being cognitive, logical, and analytical... but this time, you can’t seem to think your way out of this. “On paper,” you should be happy.
Maybe you’ve cobbled together an understanding of emotions based on bits of info here and there. You’ve read pop psych books and eagerly listened to podcasts. Maybe you’ve learned from your relationships … which isn’t super helpful because those people also don’t fully understand their own emotional world either.
Maybe you’ve developed a whole host of coping mechanisms to help you. You’ve learned to compartmentalize, deny, suppress, and displace.
How’s all this working for you?
You want to feel more confident in all areas of your life.
You want to understand yourself better so that you’re not living from one confusing trigger to the next.
You want to feel like an integrated whole rather than just bits and pieces of a person.
You want to feel unstuck and able to move forward.
You want to take better care of yourself emotionally and to not be so afraid of feeling.
You want to be able to understand and meet your emotional needs and to communicate those needs to others.
You want to learn to take it slow and not be riddled with guilt for doing “nothing.”
You want to stop pursuing the next accomplishment or challenge as a way to prove your worth.
You want to learn how to communicate better and have stronger relationships.
You want to be more present in your life and full of joy.
You want more peace, more ease, and more joy!
you can’t just use intellect for this part of your life. You’ll need to wade in the emotional waters – and for that, you need an experienced guide.
let us be your guide:
check out these resources like: a free translation guide, an educational program (the culture & connection transformation program), and a free book club to connect with like-minded folks.
I’m Dr. Pauline Yeghnazar Peck
Licensed psychologist, Iranian-Armenian daughter of immigrants, and a middle eastern mama married to a man outside of my culture.
Having moved to the US from Iran as a young child, I know what it’s like to have grown up without a template for how to take care of my mental health, combined with an emphasis on achievement. The skills my parents taught me may have helped me to survive, but they were not built for living and thriving. In fact, not knowing how to navigate my emotional world was the biggest obstacle to finding fulfillment in life, as well as to developing meaningful relationships, including the one with myself. It took me years to figure this out alone, and now my life’s purpose is to make sure others have support to do the same.
More on the name ‘Noor’
May the light + pomegranate and everything that ‘Noor’ represents help you find your way.
Find your light, Live bright.
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The more I work with all the dark and difficult things, the more I believe in the truth, the potency, and the healing power of light. Light refers to love, to the body and spirit’s natural capacity for healing, to resilience through softness, to connection and belonging. When we can sit with the dark winters of our hearts and our lives, we can savor the feeling of the sun on our skin that much more.
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The pomegranate, other than being my favorite fruit, is an Armenian national symbol for fertility, life, and abundance. Armenian lore holds that a perfectly mature pomegranate is 365 kernels, one for each day of the year. The idea of many parts within one whole speaks to me as a psychologist and multicultural woman who knows we are all made of different parts. Recognizing and returning to our wholeness while honoring the many parts of our unique mosaic is what I love most about the transformation process.
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My dad, like many immigrant parents, showed his love through preparing fruit. Still to this day, he will sit for hours, carefully peeling each pomegranate kernel to keep it intact. There are many things my parents didn’t and couldn’t give me, like most immigrant parents, and I have had to do the work of reparenting myself. Yet, the image of my father thoughtfully preparing pomegranate for me is evidence that I am deeply, deeply loved.
