Author: erasingshame.com

Co-hosts Pastor Sam Yoon and DJ Chuang will have conversations about pastors, church leaders, and mental health throughout the month of October, on this occasion of National Clergy Appreciation Month. We discuss how pastors can have healthier lives amidst a very stressful and demanding vocation, and where their help can come from.

SHOW NOTES

Pastor Sam Yoon https://www.samuelyoon.com/

Sam Yoon’s book, “Your First Year As a Campus Pastor: A Practical Leadership Guide to Build a Healthy Team and Culture“

List of Pastoral Care Ministries and Resources
https://mentalhealth.bible/care/

Caring for Pastors and their Families https://www.focusonthefamily.com/faith/church/

Background music = Cello Suite no. 1 – Prelude in G, BWV 1007 performed by Colin Carr is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. https://musopen.org/music/3998-cello-suite-no-1-in-g-major-bwv-1007/

#CW #TW Trigger Warning: Attempted Suicide

Next Gen Pastor Phyllis Myung speaks personally from her lived experiences of surviving suicide attempts and what it was like to be at that moment of despair, being overwhelmed with pain. 

By the grace of God, working hard to find her way to living healthy now, she shares what can save the life of someone who might have suicidal ideation and normal struggles with the stresses of everyday life – whether that’s school, work, marriage, or family. Thank you Phyllis, for sharing words of life.

Show Notes

• Are you in a crisis? Please call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. Or, contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.

• QPR Institute https://qprinstitute.com – 3 steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide.

• The Best Way To Save People From Suicide – “What if this is what we should be doing? What if it’s that simple?” https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/how-to-help-someone-who-is-suicidal/

• Caring Letters Prevent Suicide https://sparq.stanford.edu/solutions/caring-letters-prevent-suicide

#CW #TW trigger warning: depression, suicide, suicidal ideation.

DJ Chuang and his Son Jeremiah Chuang (Chinese American) talk about depression and suicidal ideation, based on their lived experiences and how they’ve been impacted by suicide loss, and suicide prevention warning signs.

SHOW NOTES

• DJ’s personal crisis in 2017 djchuang.com/my2017

• Are you in a crisis? Please call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. Or, contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.

• September is National Suicide Prevention Month.

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention https://afsp.org

#RealConvo Guides from AFSP

• How to Start (and Continue!) a Conversation About Mental Health
• If Someone Tells You They’re Thinking About Suicide

Having a mental health ministry in any church can be very challenging. It’s all the more challenging in ethnic Asian American churches because of our cultural contexts. 

We take a closer look at the practical details for how to start a mental health ministry in an ethic Asian church, based on the experiences at Chinese Christian Church of Thousand Oaks, in California. You’ll hear about the divine provisions that made it possible for mental health to be addressed in their church; and then again, isn’t all that we have a gift and provision of God anyways? Our hope is that your church will be encouraged to address mental health too, because this is such an urgent need for many.

Pastor Curtis Lowe and wife Carol started the Enlighten Mental Health Ministry in 2018 to enlighten, encourage, and educate people facing the realities of mental illness to lighten our burden. 

And, you’re invited to come in-person or join online for the free Enlighten Seminar on October 1, 2022 – get seminar info and register at enlightenmentalhealth.org/2022-seminar

Show Notes

Personal mental health experiences of Pastor Curtis Lowe and Carol (Sept 2019)
erasingshame.com/mental-health-ministry-in-a-chinese-church

#CW Content Warning #TW Trigger Warning: Suicides. 

How do you make sense of your own life and everything else in world, when someone you love dies by suicide? Research has found that each suicide affects around 115 lives, with 1 in 5 reporting that this experience had a devastating impact.

Korean American Erica Kang opens up and shares her poignantly honest story of surviving suicides in her very own family. She shares how she got through those devastating hard times and what she does to stay healthy and caring for herself and others. 

Our prayer is that her honesty will empower you and those you know to take the first step to get help when/if you need to express your painful feelings. Call 988 anywhere and anytime for the crisis & suicide lifeline. You’e not alone. There are people who care and can help.

Introducing a new chapter of the Erasing Shame podcast, as we embark on a faith adventure to advance compassion and care for Asians and Asian Americans. Listen to how this nationwide initiative will bring together collaboration in our communities to help nearly a million people in experiencing the abundant life. Welcome to Season 6!

Show Notes

• The mental health testimony of DJ Chuang djchuang.com/my2017
• #book MultiAsian.Church: A Future for Asian Americans in a Multiethnic World
• Background music = Cello Suite no. 1 – Prelude in G, BWV 1007 performed by Colin Carr is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. https://musopen.org/music/3998-cello-suite-no-1-in-g-major-bwv-1007/

Asian American mental health podcasts

• Asians Do Therapy https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asians-do-therapy/id149746789 
• Thrive Spice https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrive-spice/id1566240919 
• Mannmukti Mental Health https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mannmukti-mental-health-podcast/id1230819620 
• Full Well Therapy https://www.fullwelltherapy.com/thefullwell 
• Better Men Podcast https://www.bettermenpodcast.com 
• Asian Lifing https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asian-lifing/id1548770017 
• Cup of Chai with South Asian Youth Mental Health  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cup-of-chai-with-south-asian-youth-mental-health-saymh/id1624961135
• Minor Feelings  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minor-feelings/id1523310294 
• Asian Women for Health https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asian-women-for-health/id1453580873 
• The South Asian Mind https://www.thesouthasianmind.com 
• Mental Health Mukbang https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-health-mukbang/id1516686547 (Asian Mental Health Collective)
• Brown Taboo Project https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brown-taboo-project/id1388002152
• Waves of Change https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waves-of-change-modern-perspectives-in-asian/id1341544913
• Presence and Practice https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/presence-and-practice/id1498024339
• Two Addys and a Coffee Please https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-addys-and-a-coffee-please/id1536160220
• Research Sense for Korean American Therapy https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/research-sense-for-korean-american-therapy/id1612729853
• Beyond the Couch https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-couch-with-bridges/id1593451360
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alaap-with-bmhm/id1537181605
• Tackling Minds https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tackling-minds/id1510074302
• Noggin Notes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/noggin-notes-cambodia/id1547401362
• Healing Out Laod https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healing-out-laod/id1446243481
• Fundamentally Human https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fundamentally-human/id1553839995
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-active-optimist/id1561421524
• The Elephant in the Asian Room https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-elephant-in-the-asian-room/id1525138591 
• Breaking Taboo https://breaking-taboo.org/