Healing the Tigress

Healing the Tigress Podcast
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Healing the Tigress

A podcast that focuses on conversations & stories around Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) maternal mental health, hosted by Taiwanese American mothers Peggy (LCSW, PMH-C) & Jasmine (PharmD, PMH-C) who are also postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety survivors. Mental health is not talked about enough in our AAPI communities, and we want to break these stigmas especially for mothers and partners. As AAPI healthcare providers who personally struggled during postpartum and are now perinatal mental health certified, we want to see more representation of other AAPI parents who know how important it is to take care of our mental health.We talk with AAPI guests about a variety of themes in mental health and parenting, particularly what that looks like through the lens of our culture within the Western world. There are also discussions with professionals in the field, to help our providers and allies. We're not afraid to talk about the hard things that might seem taboo. We hope this podcast reminds you that you are not alone in your struggles as an AAPI parent!

  1. Ep. 29 - Rethinking Motherhood Through Adoption with Katy Wang

    12/03/2024

    Ep. 29 - Rethinking Motherhood Through Adoption with Katy Wang

    The episode today explores two big themes we haven't touched upon yet on this podcast-- being child-free by choice and then the journey of adoption. Our guest today is Katy Wang, a Taiwanese American early childhood educator for the past 15 years in both private and independent schools all over the Bay Area. Katy has held a variety of positions--everything from an assistant teacher to teacher to site director to program director to now assistant principal. Katy and her husband fondly call the...

    1h 7m
  2. Ep. 28 - From Military Service to Motherhood Sanctuary with Stephiney Foley

    11/19/2024

    Ep. 28 - From Military Service to Motherhood Sanctuary with Stephiney Foley

    In honor of Veterans’ Day this month, we wanted to highlight a motherhood journey of a veteran who not only served her country but also now serves the needs of so many mothers in their postpartum period.Our guest today is none other than Stephiney Foley, CEO and Founder of Yuzi Care. She is a postpartum doula, army veteran, military spouse, West Point Grad, and mother of two biracial boys.Stephiney is first generation Chinese American, born in Shanghai and raised in New York City. She served ...

    57 min
  3. Ep. 27 - The Manicurist's Daughter: A Story of Death and Rebirth of Motherhood with Susan Lieu

    11/05/2024

    Ep. 27 - The Manicurist's Daughter: A Story of Death and Rebirth of Motherhood with Susan Lieu

    For this next episode, we were so excited to interview Susan Lieu, the Vietnamese American author of the moving memoir The Manicurist's Daughter. This debut memoir has been featured not only on Apple but in the New York Times, NPR books, Elle Magazine, LA Times, and the Washington Post. We talk with Susan about how losing her mother at a young age (11) was such a pivotal event in her life, that everything going forward went through the sieve of her mother's death, especially while she was bec...

    1h 6m
  4. Ep. 26 - To Tend and To Hold: Pregnancy and Infant Loss with Eileen Santos Rosete

    10/22/2024

    Ep. 26 - To Tend and To Hold: Pregnancy and Infant Loss with Eileen Santos Rosete

    Trigger Warning: We will be discussing pregnancy loss in this episode.In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Month, we wanted to share the story of our next guest, Eileen Santos Rosete. Eileen is Filipino American and it's fitting she is our guest this month too, as October is also Filipino American History Month. She holds a master of science in marriage and family therapy, is certified as a DONA International postpartum doula, trauma-informed yoga teacher and grief educator. Her brand, ...

    1h 5m
  5. Ep. 25 - The Impact of a Fitness Blogger's Postpartum Depression Story with Sia Clyde

    10/08/2024

    Ep. 25 - The Impact of a Fitness Blogger's Postpartum Depression Story with Sia Clyde

    Today's guest has a personal story behind it, and we're very honored to have on Sia Clyde, an influential mommy fitness blogger and NASM-certified personal trainer! When Jasmine (one of our show's co-hosts) was in the depths of her postpartum depression and insomnia, her husband sent her an email late one night with some blog posts talking about postpartum depression and medications. At the time, Jasmine was really worried about started antidepressants, even as a pharmacist. But reading some ...

    48 min
  6. Ep. 24 - Remembering Nima: A Husband's Voice in the Fight Against Maternal Suicide with Deven Bhakta

    09/24/2024

    Ep. 24 - Remembering Nima: A Husband's Voice in the Fight Against Maternal Suicide with Deven Bhakta

    Maternal suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in the U.S. and up to 20% of maternal deaths are due to suicide. People of color are more likely to report suicidal ideation in the immediate postpartum period as compared to their white counterparts, with Asian women cited as 9x more likely.Yet, we don't hear about the stories as much. This is why it is so important to continue the conversation about maternal suicide. For the month of September, we like to honor National Sui...

    1h 1m
  7. Ep. 23 - Love Makes A Family: A Gay Father's Surrogacy Journey with Henry Tieu

    09/17/2024

    Ep. 23 - Love Makes A Family: A Gay Father's Surrogacy Journey with Henry Tieu

    One of the things we really wanted to make sure to do on Healing the Tigress was to be as inclusive as possible of all our AAPI folks’ stories. And that also means we want to make sure to highlight stories of AAPI LGBTQ+ parents and their mental health as well. For our first guest of this season, we were very excited to have the popular wedding and elopement photographer and former cardiac ICU RN, Henry Tieu (@henrysdiary), to talk about his journey with IVF/international surrogacy with...

    1h 4m
  8. Ep. 22 - Kicking off Season Two: Big Announcements and Surprises!

    09/10/2024

    Ep. 22 - Kicking off Season Two: Big Announcements and Surprises!

    We are baaack!! We can't believe we're in a second season of Healing the Tigress and we truly have you, the listeners, to thank!In this opening episode for the season, Jasmine and Peggy catch everyone up with what Peggy has been up to over the summer break--including passing her own PMH-C (perinatal mental health certification) test. So now, we have TWO PMH-C clinicians co-hosting this podcast! And the bigger news to share is that Peggy decided to start pursuing private practice as a therapis...

    33 min
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A podcast that focuses on conversations & stories around Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) maternal mental health, hosted by Taiwanese American mothers Peggy (LCSW, PMH-C) & Jasmine (PharmD, PMH-C) who are also postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety survivors. Mental health is not talked about enough in our AAPI communities, and we want to break these stigmas especially for mothers and partners. As AAPI healthcare providers who personally struggled during postpartum and are now perinatal mental health certified, we want to see more representation of other AAPI parents who know how important it is to take care of our mental health.We talk with AAPI guests about a variety of themes in mental health and parenting, particularly what that looks like through the lens of our culture within the Western world. There are also discussions with professionals in the field, to help our providers and allies. We're not afraid to talk about the hard things that might seem taboo. We hope this podcast reminds you that you are not alone in your struggles as an AAPI parent!

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  • Creator
    Healing the Tigress Podcast
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    31
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Healing the Tigress
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    Healing the Tigress

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