F*ck Saving Face Podcast Episodes:
EPISODE 31: THERE’S NO SHAME IN BEING DIFFERENT
Asian Americans grapple with a lot of guilt and shame. During this “Asian American month” where we’re highlighting underrepresented voices, let’s explore guilt and shame as it pertain to two key topics: 1) money, and 2) children with special needs.
EPISODE 30: [MINDFULNESS] FIND YOUR VOICE
How do you find your voice if you’ve been used to being accommodating, people-pleasing and saving face? The practices in today’s mindfulness practice will help you learn how to communicate more clearly — with yourself and with others.
EPISODE 29: HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR HEALTH WITH MARY DEE
Mary Dee is Chair of The Breasties.org, and she was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer at 40 years old. She became an advocate for her care when she realized doctors weren’t addressing her unique Asian American needs. Mary has been featured on NBC, ABC, Fox, CBS and more.
EPISODE 28: HOW TO PROTECT YOUR BODY
What do you do if you’ve never been taught to have healthy boundaries, to value your own body, and to trust authority? How do you protect your own body when boundaries have been crossed? This week, we explore medical advocacy and speaking up that treatments are right for YOU as an Asian
EPISODE 27: [MINDFULNESS] HOW TO DEEPEN YOUR INTUITION
T.S. Eliot has said, “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” In today’s episode, we’ll learn how to get to know ourselves better through building our sense of intuition.
EPISODE 26: LIVE IN LESS HUSTLE & MORE FLOW WITH VICTORIA JANE
Learn about Human Design from expert, Victoria Jane, as she shares with you how to live in less hustle and more flow — all with the power of modern physics, the chakra system, astrology, kabbalah, and the I Ching.
EPISODE 25: WHAT DO THE STARS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR LIFE?
After becoming a yoga teacher and a Reiki practitioner, I became surrounded by people who could read auras, tell you about your chakras, connect with otherworldly forces, guide your life based on your astrology, and more. But, what happens when there are people who are truly powerful — yet also dark?
EPISODE 24: [MINDFULNESS] SHIFT YOUR MINDSET WITH THESE AFFIRMATIONS
Listen to my version of a series of affirmations as today’s mindfulness practice, after this week of learning about failing, pursuing your childhood pursuits, and more.
EPISODE 23: TAP INTO YOUR CHILDHOOD CREATIVITY WITH AUTHOR KAT ZHANG
Kat Zhang has been an avid reader for as long as she can remember. After a childhood spent living in books, she now builds stories for other people to visit, including Amy Wu & the Perfect Bao and Amy Wu & the Patchwork Dragon.
EPISODE 22: MY DAUGHTER TALKS ABOUT FAILING
What’s it like to fail according to a 6 year-old? Recently, my daughter was under the weather and we watched a movie together that taught how failure is good, why the idea “keep moving forward” is important, and how to create a growth mindset for yourself and your children.
EPISODE 21: [MINDFULNESS] HOW TO HANDLE DIFFICULT EMOTIONS (LIKE GRIEF)
Whether your emotions are grief, anger, confusion, fear, loneliness, sadness, or any of the spectrum of feelings you may currently be experiencing from any type of loss, today’s mindfulness practice is for you.
EPISODE 20: TRANSFORM TRAGEDY INTO PURPOSE WITH CHRISTINA LAGDAMEOEdit Page
How did Christina Lagdameo transform the tragedy of the suicide of her brother and her husband’s cousin to create a positive impact for her family and a greater community? Her spiritual quest catapulted Christina into rigorous spiritual training… it was when she lived in Mysore, India for 3 years that Christina witnessed the transformative powers of yoga and meditation.
EPISODE 19: WHEN DEPRESSION MAKES YOU WANT TO COMMIT SUICIDE
In this episode, you'll hear the three times I felt like I wanted to commit suicide — namely my experience with postpartum depression.
EPISODE 18: [MINDFULNESS] GIVE YOURSELF LOVINGKINDNESS
Feeling a bit of self-doubt in going after your dreams? Whether it’s in pursuit of career or personal passions, there’ll likely be a lot of moments of challenge, triumph, celebration, and disappointment.
EPISODE 17: BECOME AN INFLUENCER WITH JANE KO
Jane Ko is the blogger behind A Taste of Koko, Austin's top food and travel blog. Listen as she shares things about her Asian American identity and experience — things she’s never talked about publicly before!
EPISODE 16: PICK A DIFFERENT CAREER
In this episode, you'll learn why – even though your Asian parents may want you to become a lawyer or a doctor – there's an opportunity for you to explore what truly makes you come alive professionally and personally
EPISODE 15: [MINDFULNESS] IT’S OKAY TO FEEL YOUR FEELINGS
After this week's episodes all about mental & emotional health, if you find yourself feeling raw, you're in the midst of going through therapy, or you're considering finding a therapist, then good on you! This mindfulness practice is designed to help support you.
EPISODE 14: MENTAL HEALTH WITH SHARON KWON
Sharon Kwon is a psychotherapist for BIPOC and immigrant populations struggling with racial trauma and identity at Yellow Chair Collective. Recently, she wrote two articles for The Huffington Post that have gone viral, titled This Is What No One Tells You About Being Asian In America In 2021 and I Hated Myself For Not Being White For Most Of My Life
EPISODE 13: YOU SHOULD GO TO THERAPY
In this episode, you’ll find out why I’m such an advocate of mental & emotional health — and my own journey into therapy. You’ll hear about my eating disorder, my living in Shanghai, China and working as an editor, and what I had to do to get the kind of help I needed.
EPISODE 12: [MINDFULNESS] INTEGRATING ALL LAYERS OF YOU
In this mindfulness practice, I talk about the different koshas (sheaths) that cover your soul, and how to integrate all the parts of you, to remove blocks, and to feel all your feelings
The F*ck Saving Face Podcast
with JudyTsuei
If you’re an Asian-American who grew up learning that you had to “save face” and be a “good girl,” let’s remove all the guilt, shame, and taboos to talk about the things we weren’t given permission to explore.
Rather than upholding the “model minority” standard, let’s redefine what it means to be strong, courageous, and bold in a brave new world. Let’s finally have a voice after being the silent generation for too long.
Join me, your host, Judy Tsuei, every week as I explore mental, emotional and physical health like never before, telling it like it is. We might shock the generation before us, but hopefully, you and I will create a more conscious way of being for the generation after us.
Wherever you are in celebrating your Asian-ness, I got you. Let’s roar together.