As social media gets used, actually misused, for cancel culture, our four co-hosts talk about its effects from different Asian American perspectives. Season 5 co-hosts are Hannah Lee Sandoval, George Xiong, Leah Abraham, and DJ Chuang.
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With all of the recent hate crimes, violence, and atrocities in our American society, what does wokeness mean and are we doing enough? That’s what our co-hosts discuss and explore, after checking-in with each other to see how we’re doing.
We’d like to know how you’re doing too. Please add a comment or voice message on our website at erasingshame.com.
Show Notes
Resources for Anti-Asian Hate Crimes – stopasianhate.info
Follow @asiansformentalhealth on Instagram, for great quotes, insights, and resources
Asian Mental Health Collective – asianmhc.org
People have different church experiences, some helpful, some hurtful. Lillian So, transformation life coach and more, shares her life experiences of growing up in a Korean American church and how she’s helping Asian Americans to heal from past church hurts, that they’re not the only ones. Interviewed by co-host DJ Chuang.
Show Notes
Lillian So – https://meetlillianso.com
Follow on Instagram – instagram.com/@meetlillianso
Like on Facebook – facebook.com/meetlillianso
facebook.com/groups/sofitmagic – private Facebook group, a community for high achievers who want to FEEL as good as they LOOK on paper.
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bumper music credit: Dexter Britain—The Time To Run (Finale)
Asian American therapist Jeanie Chang and co-host DJ Chuang have a mock counseling session to show people what happens, demystifying psychological benefits, and that there’s nothing to be anxious or afraid of when someone vulnerably shares their inner thoughts in a safe place and in confidentiality.
Counseling is a very helpful resource to process emotions, feelings, and thoughts in a healthy way that reduces stress and other symptoms that hold people back from a better quality of life. Managing mental health increases one’s happiness in life so one can go from surviving to thriving.
Show Notes
Jeanie Chang http://yourchangeprovider.com + author of new book, “A is for Authentic: Not for Anxieties or for Straight A’s”
Noona’s Noonchi on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/NoonasNoonchi
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bumper music credit: Dexter Britain—The Time To Run (Finale)
The Erasing Shame co-hosts discuss recent events and how they trigger those red flags that Asian Americans don’t belong here in America. Specifically, the 2 events we discuss are: the impeachment trial about the Capitol insurrection riot and the growing number of anti-Asian hate crimes.
Show Notes
Petition to get Mainstream News Coverage about Anti-Asian Hate Crimes, at Change.org https://www.change.org/p/get-mainstream-news-coverage-of-national-elderly-asian-american-assaults-cnn-msnbc-fox-vice-buzzfeed-nyt-washpost-latimes-axios
https://stopaapihate.org/reportsreleases/ – reporting site for Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
https://stopasianhate.info – info and important links in support of the #StopAsianHate movement
The Black Church series on PBS – https://www.pbs.org/show/black-church/
Working with Asian Americans, including high achievers, Lillian So (fitness instructor and transformational life coach) has an insider perspective on the lives of successful people. Watch this video to hear the surprising revelation as Lillian So shares some of her learnings and coaching tips with Erasing Shame co-host DJ Chuang.
Show Notes
Lillian So – meetlillianso.com
Follow on Instagram – @meetlillianso
Like on Facebook – facebook.com/meetlillianso
facebook.com/groups/sofitmagic – private Facebook group, a community for high achievers who want to FEEL as good as they LOOK on paper.
2 historical events in Washington DC happened in January 2021: the insurrection and the inauguration. While these events affected all Americans and triggered concerns for people around the world, what did this mean for Asian Americans? Our 4 co-hosts can’t speak for all Asian Americans, but each of us can share our different perspectives.
bumper music credit: Dexter Britain—The Time To Run (Finale)
On this first episode of season 5, you’ll hear the back stories of our 4 co-hosts: Hannah Lee Sandoval, George Xiong, Leah Abraham, and DJ Chuang.
Each will where they’re coming from along a diverse spectrum of four different Asian American perspectives: Chinese, Korean, Hmong, Asian Indian. And, we’ll talk about how erasing shame has brought us health and freedom for living; we’re talking about what matters.
Show Notes
- DJ Chuang’s back story—a longer version about managing mental health and his lived experiences with mood disorder
- There are 113 terms for shame in the Chinese language. (“The organisation of Chinese shame concepts?”, by Jin Li, Lianqin Wang, Kurt Fischer. Cognition and Emotion, 18:6, Sept 2004, 767-797)
- Shame, Live from Seattle (The Liturgists’ podcast episode)
- Podcast: Left, Right & Center (KCRW, NPR)
bumper music credit: Dexter Britain—The Time To Run (Finale)
We talk about trauma and healing amidst the cultural dynamics of Korean and Asian American families. Trauma-informed therapist Toni Kim joins co-hosts Helen Choi and DJ Chuang on this season 4 finale and explore how soju and jugeullae intersect with a culture of shame.
Show Notes
Toni D. Kim tonidkim.com – Holistic & Integrative Psychotherapy
Open Path Collective openpathcollective.org
“Can We Really Inherit Trauma?” Headlines suggest that the epigenetic marks of trauma can be passed from one generation to the next. But the evidence, at least in humans, is circumstantial at best. (New York Times, December 2018)
“Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Korean American Immigrants: Moving Toward a Community Partnership Between Religious and Mental Health Services” by Hochang B. Lee, MD. Psychiatry Investigation. 2008 Mar; 5(1): 14–20.
In this conversation with J.S. Park, you’ll hear the shocking revelation when he first learned that what he grew up with was not normal and actually tramatic, how he went from surviving to thriving, lived to tell about it, write about it, and helping others to experience health and wellness.
And, you’ll love the part where he talks about his high school experience that was like a Napolean Dynamite moment.
J.S. Park works as a hospital chaplain in Florida and author of “The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise.” He blogs at https://jsparkblog.com
Show Notes
J.S. Park’s new book – The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise
J.S. Park blog at jsparkblog.com + on Twitter @jsparkblog + on Instagram @jspark3000 + Like on Facebook facebook.com/pastorjspark
J.S. Park’s special high school moment – photo