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Healing the Tigress

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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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Episodes

Ep. 9 - The Grief Catcher: Fatherhood in Postpartum with J.S. Park

TW: We do discuss suicidal thoughts and miscarriage in this episode. Even though Healing the Tigress is about maternal mental health, we cannot have these conversations with just moms. Men, dads, partners all play a role in the healing process as well, and they themselves also deserve the same support and care for their own mental health as they step into parenthood. Their mental health ties in closely with maternal mental health too. So we really wanted to feature a male voice on our podcast, a...

Jan 30, 202445 minSeason 1Ep. 9

Ep. 8 - Motherhood Overseas: Navigating Traumatic Birth and Postpartum Abroad with Tisha Kachhapati, MBPsS, MBACP

Please help us welcome our first international guest! Tisha Kachhapati, MBPsS, MBACP, is a Nepalese American psychodynamic counselor now living abroad and based in the United Kingdom for the past decade. She is what we would consider an ex-pat, but as we discuss, she mentions that because she is a person of color, people often call her an “immigrant” instead. In this episode, Tisha describes her experience giving birth in the UK and the traumatic birth that followed, which left her getting an em...

Jan 16, 202456 minSeason 1Ep. 8

Bonus Episode - Re-cap Before the Holidays!

We took a short break while Jasmine was studying for her PMH-C test, but now that she has taken it and passed (yay!), we wanted to throw in one last bonus episode for 2023. Pull up a chair and grab a mug of hot cocoa (or your drink of choice) to listen in on an open, completely unedited conversation between Peggy and Jasmine, reflecting on how this experience of starting Healing the Tigress has been. Find out what surprised us most after starting this podcast, what our favorite moments of the pa...

Dec 22, 202332 minSeason 1Ep. 8

Ep. 7 - How Gentle Parenting Started the Journey to Healing and Identity with KJ Althoff

A lot of AAPI parents these days are breaking generational cycles by parenting differently. You may know KJ Althoff as "Gentle Healing Mom" on Instagram, and in today's episode, we have the honor to hear her share her story for the very first time about her Filipino background and how it plays a role in her childhood traumas and motherhood journey today. In this episode, KJ graciously opens up to us about how she was actually brought up to suppress her Filipino heritage to fit in with her Americ...

Nov 28, 20231 hrSeason 1Ep. 7

Ep. 6 - Postpartum Depression Cannot Be Boxed Into One Year with Leah Kim

Leah Kim has been a long-time writer and champion of mental health, narrating her personal stories and essays so poignantly about her childhood trauma, growing up a daughter of a mentally unwell mother, and then battling postpartum depression (PPD), anxiety, panic disorder, and PTSD when she became a mother. We were so fortunate to sit down with Leah to dive deeper into her long-term experience with mental health in this episode. Leah is a second-generation Korean American, born in Chicago and r...

Nov 14, 202358 minSeason 1Ep. 6

Ep. 5 - Holding Onto Joy After Pregnancy Losses with Katrina dela Cruz, LCSW

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses Pregnancy Loss and Termination For Medical Reasons “The Sun shone brightest the day you returned to the sky,” writes Katrina dela Cruz to her son, Zeo Thomas, who was 19 weeks in the womb when she lost him. It happened to be Summer Solstice that day. Not long after, she unexpectedly had a miscarriage of another baby, Solis Vida, and bled over Zeo’s due date. And despite all of heartbreak, Katrina still finds ways to hold onto joy after these pregnancy loss...

Oct 31, 202353 minSeason 1Ep. 5

Ep. 3 - Single Teen Mom Overcomes PPD and Finds New Success with Tiffany Cheung

"It takes a village," we're often told about motherhood. But what happens when you're a single teen mom who had to move out of the home she grew up in while pregnant and even your (Asian) church community isolated your parents? Add on top of that the Asian mentality of "saving face" and there's a whole other complex layer that everything is stacked against you going into new motherhood. That is what Tiffany Cheung talks with us about in this episode. Together, we discuss all the obstacles Tiffan...

Oct 10, 20231 hr 8 minSeason 1Ep. 3

Ep. 2 - Break the Stigma for Nima: A Conversation on Maternal Suicide with Priya Bhakta

Trigger Warning: This episode will discuss maternal suicide. On today's episode, we are sitting down with Priya Bhakta, the sister of Nima Bhakta, who died by suicide on July 24, 2020. Nima was a new mother suffering with postpartum depression (PPD) and unfortunately lost the battle when her son was just over half a year old. Priya graciously talked with us about Nima's background and described how her vibrant, loving sister changed almost as soon as she became a mother. In talking about the eve...

Sep 29, 202356 minSeason 1Ep. 2

Ep. 1 - When Eastern and Western Medicine Intersect During PPD with Dr. Jasmine, PharmD, PMH-C

You may have heard of Dr. Jasmine’s story of severe PPD and PPA on her blog or her Instagram— Pearls of Jasmine. She is one of the co-hosts of this podcast, a clinical pharmacist, perinatal mental health certified, mom of one, and a second-generation Taiwanese American. This episode dives deeper into the cultural layers and intersection of her identities that may have played a role in contributing to that PPD and PPA. Jasmine shares about her pregnancy and childbirth experience with her Ayurvedi...

Sep 27, 202359 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Ep. 0 - How "Healing the Tigress" was Born

Welcome to our pilot episode of Healing the Tigress! This episode introduces your hosts: Peggy, a licensed clinical social worker, and Jasmine, a clinical pharmacist. Both Peggy and Jasmine are second-generation Taiwanese-American mothers who are survivors of postpartum depression and anxiety and have a passion for making AAPI voices heard, especially around maternal mental health stories. We also have a background in high school journalism back in the days, so this podcast is a new way to repor...

Sep 22, 202323 min
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