#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 […]
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 […]
Be among the first to hear what’s coming next for the Erasing Shame podcast, as we take a leap of faith into a new chapter and venture into new challenges and horizons. Listen in with co-hosts DJ Chuang, George Xiong, and Hannah Lee Sandoval. As they say, we’re building the plane as it flies. Wheeeee….
Emily Wu Truong childhood wasn’t easy as a Taiwanese-American for so many reasons, being compared to high achievers, having depression, got bullied, and other challenges. Through the support of friends and personal growth, she’s become a mental health advocate and motivational speaker in the San Gabriel Valley area, outside of Los Angeles, for almost a […]
Japanese-American therapist Robyn Tamanaha talks with Erasing Shame co-host DJ Chuang during the month of May—AAPI heritage month and mental health month about those 2 themes. We chat about what helps Asian Americans most to get that first appointment with a therapist or counselor, the difference between Bipolar Disorder I and Bipolar II, some books […]
Are you worn down from trying to fulfill your parents’ expectations? Your Asian community’s expectations? Your manager’s expectations? Even God’s expectations? On this special episode of Erasing Shame, Eunice Lee (author of “More Christ, More Me: One Woman’s Spiritual Journey of Finding Her True Self“) talks with co-host Hannah Lee Sandoval about her experiences of […]
Our foursome (Hannah Lee Sandoval, George Xiong, Leah Abraham, and DJ Chuang) chat one last time for Season 5 of Erasing Shame. Top 10 Episodes of Season 5
What does lament and Thanksgiving have to do with shame? That’s what our four co-hosts explore and discover on this November episode. You’ll have to watch and listen to see how it unfolds! Plus, you can support the work of Erasing Shame with your tax-deductible donation – go to erasingshame.com/donate
What is the deal with our fears, phobia, anxiety, and shame? Yes, fear is a natural part of our humanity and it’s designed to protect us from dangers and threats. Fear triggers that instant jolt to get our attention and put our muscles into action, whether fight or flight, or paralyzing us into stillness like […]
Erasing Shame pulls back the curtains and talks with Tara Teng, an Embodiment Coach who works in the intersections of spirituality and sexuality. Co-hosts Leah, George, and DJ chat with Tara for over an hour about a whole bunch of things, too many to name, here’s some of the topics we explored: how we learn […]