Erasing Shame
157 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsencouraging Christian Asian mental health by erasing shame and stopping stigma to advance compassion and care for every person
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Filipino-American identity, history, and cultural expectations (s3e14)
May 10, 2019 02:30 - 24 minutes - 19.1 MBDr. Amanda Solomon Amorao chats with co-host Nancy Ly at UCSD between classes and they explore the complexities of understanding identity, historical context and cultural expectations within the Filipino-American community. About our guest Dr. Amanda Solomon Amorao received her PhD from the University of California San Diego. Her research specialty is in Filipino American cultural […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
What if You Revealed Your Secret Struggles? (s3e13)
May 03, 2019 02:34 - 47 minutes - 36.6 MBYes it is scary to share your struggles and pains with someone for the first time. And what’s surprising is how it can be (part of) the path to healing, for yourself and for others too. Joie Cheng joins co-hosts DJ Chuang and Nancy Ly, to discuss how we all have struggles in life and […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Living Bi-Culturally: Family, College, and Dating (s3e12)
April 26, 2019 02:21 - 44 minutes - 33.8 MBWhat do two Vietnamese-American women have to talk about when they haven’t talked for years? A lot of things, like growing up, defying stereotypes, not becoming a doctor or lawyer, going to community college, intergenerational trauma, dynamics of diversity, friends, relatives, interracial dating, and so much more. Nellie Tran, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Faith and Shame, Religion and Spirituality (s3e11)
April 19, 2019 02:03 - 33 minutes - 25.8 MBHave you experienced times when it’s hard to talk about what you believe or what you don’t believe, especially when it comes to faith, spirituality, or religion? This can happen when you’re talking with someone of a different faith as well as those with the same faith. What’s up with that? Co-hosts Nancy Ly and […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Shame and Technology (s3e10)
April 12, 2019 02:07 - 41 minutes - 31.5 MBOn this episode of Erasing Shame, Nancy Ly interviews Danny Kim about shame and technology. Danny Kim elevates humanity in the workplace as an Organizational Consultant for Centauric. He is a faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership and is currently pursuing his doctorate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Show Notes centauric.com dannykimm.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Authenticity and leadership as an Asian American (s3e09)
April 05, 2019 02:07 - 32 minutes - 24.6 MBWhat happens when you bring together two Asian American leaders to speak about the journey of authenticity and leadership? Wendy Kim is a #1 International Best-Selling Amazon Author of the book, “Beyond Blending In: An Immigrant Daughter’s Guide to Overcoming Cultural Bonds For A Life of Authenticity and Abundance.” She is also a Speaker and […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
How Truth and Lies Get Distorted with Shame (s3e08)
March 29, 2019 02:00 - 29 minutes - 23.1 MBHow I was living a big lie! Learn about the impact of shame on truth, lies, and how to receive the best for yourself in this life. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
How High Achievers Can Mask Mental Health Issues (s3e07)
March 22, 2019 02:00 - 27 minutes - 21.3 MBMichelle Yang was a very successful teenager on paper. Michelle was outgoing, earned excellent grades, and worked hard at her immigrant family’s small restaurant. Her constant battle with depression, anxiety and insomnia was less obvious to the world. The stigma against mental health conditions, especially within her family, prevented her from accessing proper help for […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Why and How Honest Conversations are Erasing Shame
March 14, 2019 14:00 - 36 minutes - 30.6 MBSince shame festers in silence, the opposite is that healthy talk will break thru and start erasing shame about mental health and other secrets that make us sick. Hear the back story of why we launched the Erasing Shame podcast, with no budget and no staff at that. Co-Founder DJ Chuang explains how people can […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
[Seen 4] A Conversation About Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
March 12, 2019 18:06 - 34 minutes - 30.7 MB“When we’re talking about shame—and so much of shame manifests itself in silence and what we don’t say and what we don’t share—to find the courage and bravery within yourself to put these things out there, that you’re having a hard time and you need help… That’s strong, that’s being a strong mom. That’s doing […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Identifying Cultural Shame in Your Life (s3e05)
March 08, 2019 03:22 - 31 minutes - 24.1 MBAre you fully embracing your physical & cultural identity? Or are you possibly carrying cultural shame and self-hatred? When you deny a part of your physical/cultural makeup, you are denying the beautiful person you were born to be, both inside and out. Begin to embrace all parts of who you are in order to live […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
If your family history has dysfunction and trauma (s3e04)
March 01, 2019 03:00 - 51 minutes - 38.9 MBShame is a hefty word. The complexities get greater as you unpack it. To unravel that shame is a lifetime process and that’s when the adventure begins. Irene Cho poignantly opens up about her lived experiences of erasing shame, dealing with her imperfections, discovering her family history, and why immigrant Asian parents are the way […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Healthy ways to release painful and toxic emotions (s3e03)
February 22, 2019 03:00 - 33 minutes - 25.3 MBWhat happens when we don’t process our emotions? Pent up emotional toxicity weighs us down in our body, mind and spirit. Emotions are meant to be fully processed and follow a full course of action within our physical body, and then be released outward from our body into productive spaces/activities. When the expression of those natural […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
What Brené Brown Overlooks about Shame (s3e02)
February 14, 2019 02:15 - 24 minutes - 18.8 MBThere’s so much more to shame than just feeling bad or unworthy. Chinese American blogger Fred Mok (a pastor at Garden City Church, San Jose, California) shares poignant insights from Asian and Asian American cultures that reveal other dimensions of shame that are objective, communal, and relational. Show Notes Fred Mok’s blog post— How Asian […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Growing and Thriving – Season 3 Opener
February 08, 2019 03:30 - 19 minutes - 14.9 MBSeason 3 opener with co-hosts DJ Chuang and Nancy Ly, introductions and overview of what’s coming up in this new season of Erasing Shame. Show Notes Facebook Group: Erasing Shame… One Story at a Time Text or call the Erasing Shame Hotline at (619) 493-0597 and leave a… text message, picture of something you have written, or voicemail. […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
[Seen 3] Hollywood Representation & Crazy Rich Asians
January 25, 2019 03:37 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBOn this episode of “Seen: An Erasing Shame Podcast,” Senior Reporter at the Hollywood Reporter Rebecca Sun joins Eunice Lee to discuss the history of Asian-American representation in the media, the effects of whitewashing, and the triumph of seeing Asian-American representation on screen. “Onscreen representation matters. It gives words or it gives visuals to experiences […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Season 2 Finale of Erasing Shame
December 28, 2018 04:47 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBOn this season 2 finale, DJ Chuang shares highlights from the year of 2018, that is, the first 2 seasons of Erasing Shame, plus the special summer series on Erasing Shame about Mental Health in Asian American Communities. This episode wraps up with a Top 10 Countdown of the most popular episodes that you won’t […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Are your painful feelings becoming a crisis? (s2e10)
December 21, 2018 20:47 - 29 minutes - 27 MBReal feelings don’t always tell the truth. Dave Dicken is a Crisis Counselor at Crisis Text Line and he shares a bunch of very practical tips for how to help yourself or someone you know to have courage, find resilience, and get healing. When the pain is overwhelming, it doesn’t have to be a crisis. […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Shame, singleness, and the holidays (s2e09)
December 10, 2018 00:19 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBSingles already know they’re single. They don’t need pressure or shame, especially around the holidays. DJ Chuang and Maylee Chang Tao talk about this personal and poignant topic that affects like 50% of the adult population. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Why it’s harder for Filipino-Americans to talk about shame (s2e08)
December 01, 2018 20:21 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBGrace Sangalang Ng is our special guest. Grace is a Ed.D. student (Talbot School of Theology) researching how shame affects Asian Americans in the classroom, so she is more than well qualified to talk intelligibly about shame. She also shares from her own experiences of shame as a second-generation Filipino-American. DJ Chuang hosts this episode. […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
[Seen 2] Developing Effective Cancer Treatments for Asian Americans
November 22, 2018 03:30 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MB“Asian-Americans haven’t been included in the process of cancer research. Recent clinical trials helping develop new drugs or therapies show that Asian-Americans only represent about 3% of people in those studies. As a result, a lot of the drugs that are currently available for cancer treatments may not be effective within our own populations.” Eunice […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Home for the holidays, and more? (s2e07)
November 20, 2018 03:50 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MBWe give thanks for you, our viewers and listeners, as we enter the holiday season at the end of 2018. Holidays are family and relatives; and those memories can bring mixed emotions, highs and lows, amidst all the food and feasting. Maylee Chang and DJ Chuang talk about what those experiences might be like, especially […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
[Seen 1] A Conversation about Race, Power and Privilege in the Asian-American Experience
November 09, 2018 04:00 - 41 minutes - 73.7 MBAdrian Pei, author of The Minority Experience, chats with Eunice Lee about race, power, privilege and pain in the minority experience. He discusses his own journey as an Asian-American in navigating large organizations and the injustices of not being heard and feeling “other.” Adrian talks about the journey that our brothers and sisters of color […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
What if shame happened in a leadership context? (s2e06)
October 27, 2018 23:08 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBMargaret Yu (National Director of Epic Movement, the Asian American ministry of Cru) talks with DJ Chuang about how leaders can be debilitated by shame and become derailed. Not good. But there’s an antidote to shame that can help the leader to be honest with their humanity, to confess the occasional mistake, and to recover […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
My Painful and Shameful Day in Atlanta (s2e05)
October 21, 2018 02:25 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBThis one is a personal story of a day in the life of DJ Chuang, who works as a consultant and sometimes travels for work. After landing in Atlanta on an uneventful flight, he gets taken on an unforgettable adventure that started with the rental car. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
How many positive aspects of shame can you count? (s2e04)
October 12, 2018 03:21 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBMaylee Chang and DJ Chuang grapple with understanding both the positive and the negative aspects of shame. Yes, of course, shame is a painful feeling. But it so much more than that. Towards the end of the episode, we count up at least 5 positive aspects of shame when respond with honest talk and healthy […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Refugees Experience More Trauma and Shame (s2e03)
October 07, 2018 16:57 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBMaylee Chang and DJ Chuang have an honest talk about how refugees experience the hardest life challenges, resulting in trauma, and how some are able to move out of survival mode and towards a healthier life of relationships and dealing with past memories --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Learn More about Hmong Americans with Dr. Pang Rhodes (s2e02)
September 30, 2018 03:57 - 24 minutes - 23.2 MBOn this episode of Erasing Shame, Dr. Pang Rhodes joins host DJ Chuang to have an honest talk about Hmong Americans, community, and shame. Dr. Pang Foua Yang Rhodes is an Assistant Professor at Argosy University and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, specializing in premarital and couples therapy, spiritual development, and immigrant mental health. […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Season 2 Opener of Erasing Shame (s2e01)
September 21, 2018 04:33 - 24 minutes - 17.6 MBErasing Shame co-hosts DJ Chuang and Maylee Chang welcomes everyone to a new season of honest talk about healthy living. We mention different aspects of shame, Crazy Rich Asians, and Clint Eastwood too. Plus, we did share about topics we will cover and reveal the name of one very special guest in upcoming episodes. Show […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Summer series finale for Erasing Shame about Mental Health
August 24, 2018 04:43 - 32 minutes - 59.5 MBSummer series finale with Jeremiah Chuang and DJ Chuang SHOW NOTES Watch the episode with Hanna’s story, What If Saving Sex for Marriage Wasn’t So Great? Watch the entire summer series via this YouTube playlist—Erasing Shame about Mental Health in Asian American Communities Watch and listen to Season 1 of Erasing Shame ABOUT THE SERIES: […]
Series finale for Erasing Shame about Mental Health
August 24, 2018 04:43 - 32 minutes - 59.5 MBSeries finale with Jeremiah Chuang and DJ Chuang SHOW NOTES Watch the episode with Hanna’s story, What If Saving Sex for Marriage Wasn’t So Great? Watch the entire summer series via this YouTube playlist—Erasing Shame about Mental Health in Asian American Communities Watch and listen to Season 1 of Erasing Shame ABOUT THE SERIES: Our […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Asian American, Christian, and Queer?
August 17, 2018 20:31 - 26 minutes - 9.2 MBWhat happens when these three things intersect and collide? Dr. Jessica ChenFeng speaks compassionately to the complexities of being Asian American, Christian, and queer. How does fear affect parental and community reactions? Is there a clear journey toward healing? It is not always clear, but always possible. ABOUT THE SERIES: Our summer series, Erasing Shame […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
When People Think You’re OK But You’re Not OK
August 10, 2018 02:09 - 17 minutes - 30.9 MBWhy is it difficult to express feelings as an Asian American? How does one learn to understand and express one’s own emotions? How does social media contribute to stereotypes about depression? Meagan shares about her struggles with both anxiety and depression in high school and college. ABOUT THIS SERIES: We are having honest talk about healthy […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Going to College was the Hardest Thing in Her Life
August 03, 2018 01:30 - 32 minutes - 59.6 MBWhat does a balanced healthy life look like? Brooke Lee interviews her therapist mother Dr. Rachel Lee. Here’s a Korean American daughter and mother having a heart-to-heart conversation and we get to listen in. They have an honest talk about how her family prepared Brooke for life, but hard times still come. Brooke details difficulties […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
When Her Secret Life Fell Apart, She Couldn’t Hide Anymore
July 27, 2018 00:30 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBKaris grew up feeling confused and isolated about her ethnic backgrounds, both Caucasian and Asian. She didn’t know who she was or where she belonged. That loss of identity turned into many kinds of personal struggles and issues: eating disorder, drinking, and hurting. When she finally told someone, she began her journey towards healthy living. […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Family Feelings of Insecurity are Contagious
July 20, 2018 00:30 - 25 minutes - 47.6 MBHow can Asian American immigration cause mental health problems? Did you know that anxiety and self-esteem issues could get passed down from one generation to the next? Dan shares how he was affected by his mom’s psychological state. He also details the history of Chinese immigration into Mexico! ABOUT THE SERIES Our summer series, Erasing […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
What if saving sex for marriage isn’t so great?
July 16, 2018 00:30 - 26 minutes - 48.2 MBThis is a sex talk from a Korean American Christian woman. Not the kind of talk that’s a presentation or lecture. Hanna talks honestly about her very own story of discovering quite a number of unexpected things that she even described as traumatic. Here’s why it’s important. Because when talking about sex is taboo growing […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Korean American Pressures to be Perfect
July 06, 2018 00:51 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBHow do social pressures in Korean and Asian American families contribute to mental health disorders? Can feelings of failure turn into depression? Andrew has seen a lot: emotional neglect and performance anxiety. But he hit a breaking point when he tried to make everyone else happy. Listen to him reveal how he learned to express […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Finding Strength to Recover from Anxiety
June 29, 2018 04:36 - 25 minutes - 8.85 MBHow does mental health get affected by career changes? How is mental health related to fear of disappointment? Annie Choi shares her story and healing journey. She learns that acceptance is a step on the path towards future health. ABOUT THE SERIES: Our 2018 summer series, Erasing Shame about Mental Health in Asian American communities. […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
The surprising truth about depression for Japanese Americans
June 22, 2018 00:32 - 28 minutes - 52.7 MBDr. Rie Mizuki shares about her experiences with having depression, anxiety, and insomnia. She has lived in Japan and the USA and speaks to the cultural shame involved. As a therapist, having both professional training and personal experiences greatly helps people cope with depression. If you think you might have depression, there is help. Consider […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Erasing Shame about Mental Health- New Summer Series
June 15, 2018 03:42 - 26 minutes - 47.9 MBLet’s kickoff our special summer series, Erasing Shame about Mental Health! DJ Chuang and Dan Jeung describes what we will be doing in the next 10 weeks, why we’re doing this, and reveal our special interviewer. We are having honest talk about healthy living. We will talk about hard topics like sexuality, depression, anxiety, family […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
What do you wish someone would have told you? (Episode 15)
June 01, 2018 02:00 - 37 minutes - 64.8 MBAdulting is not easy. Annie Choi (owner of Found Coffee) shares her 3 wishes—for what she wished someone would have told her about life after college. She talks about her life experiences with careers, gratitude and failure. Beyond the formalities, this episode is just two Korean-American ladies joking around and having real talk about culture, […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Top 3 Reasons People Get Help: Episode 14
May 18, 2018 02:00 - 32 minutes - 58.8 MBOn this episode, Fannie Tam, licensed family counselor, brings a unique and valuable perspective from both Asian and American cultures along with many years of experiences in helping people out of their issues of shame. We cover a wide range of topics, including the reasons people get help, how to motivate people to get help […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Breaking Free of Generational Addictions: Episode 13
May 11, 2018 04:15 - 29 minutes - 52.3 MBClose-knit community culture and trauma can intensify cycles of shame and addiction. Psychotherapist Sam Louie shares insights on how to break free. Show Notes at erasingshame.com/breaking-free-of-generational-addictions-episode-13/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
What’s so bad about sex addiction? Episode 12 with Roy Kim
May 04, 2018 03:09 - 32 minutes - 58 MBLet’s talk about sex. Therapist Roy Kim will share with us his perspectives on human sexuality and what to do when it becomes harmful and shameful. Show Notes Roy Kim – Licensed Family & Marriage Therapist, New Legacy Counseling Services The Same Boat podcast on iTunes – there are others in the same boat as you and who […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Moving from Shame to Self-Compassion: Episode 11
April 27, 2018 03:23 - 34 minutes - 61.6 MBOur special guest Dr. Lisa Chu shares her perspectives about facing shame head-on and moving toward self-compassion and authenticity Show Notes Connect with Dr. Lisa Chu at her website themusicwithinus.com Tian Dayton’s books and videos on Relational Trauma Repair, Emotional Sobriety, ACOA Trauma Syndrome, and Neuropsychodrama Alice Miller, The Drama of the Gifted Child Non-Violent […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Parenting without shame: Episode 10
April 20, 2018 03:13 - 29 minutes - 51.9 MBSpecial guest Iris Chen describers herself as a “deconstructing tiger mother.” She joins us on Erasing Shame to have an honest talk about parenting well and recovering from the tiger parenting generation. You’ll hear about her fascinating approach of parenting and unschooling. Yes, both at the same time. Show Notes Iris Chen blogs at www.untigering.com Facebook Page: facebook.com/untigering Facebook […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Handling Questions about Shame: Episode 9
April 13, 2018 03:53 - 30 minutes - 52.1 MBWe change the pace on this episode. No special guest interview. No co-host. Just one host. DJ Chuang takes some questions from Quora (an expert community) and answers them honestly. Show Notes National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s Online Chat / phone 800-273-8255 Los Angeles Co. Mental Health/Crisis Line……..800-854-7771 Suicide Prevention Center (24 Hours)…….213-381-5111 Suicide Prevention Crisis Center…….310-391-1253 (24 Hours) NAMI […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spo...
A community without shame? Episode 8
April 06, 2018 03:31 - 41 minutes - 74.7 MBEunice Lee talks with Liz Lin of Progressive Asian American Christians about how shame plays a role in Asian-American and immigrant faith communities, and what it could look like to have an Asian-American faith community that isn’t shame-based. Whether you’re conservative, progressive, religious or not, this is a very cool episode! Show Notes Liz Lin’s […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message
Breaking Free of Shame and Anxiety: Episode 7
March 30, 2018 03:05 - 31 minutes - 55.6 MBThere are so many things to be anxious about in today’s world. And when that’s connected to shame, whether because of relationships with others or one’s own personal self-image, life can be overwhelming and paralyzing. Eunice Lee interviews our special guest, Dr. Martin Hsia (OCD, Anxiety, and Insomnia Specialist) and have an honest talk about […] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/erasingshame/message