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!
Episodes
37 episodes
Ep. 35 - The Truth About Postpartum Psychosis with Jigyna Patel, PMH-C
Of all the perinatal mental health disorders, postpartum psychosis is considered a medical emergency and absolutely requires treatment. It affects 1 to 2 in 1000 mothers and is often misunderstood. On this episode, our guest is Jigy...
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Episode 35
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Ep. 34 - Ayurvedic Nourishment for Breastfeeding and Postpartum Healing with Anhoni Patel
On today's episode, we sit down and talk about breastfeeding and mental health with Anhoni Patel, the founder of the popular Mrs. Patel's Ayurvedic Treats and Teas for lactation and pregnancy support. Anhoni started her small business in 2012 w...
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Episode 34
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59:46
Ep. 33 - From Head to Toe: Postpartum Recovery, Inside and Out with Jen Chae
Today's guest is someone Peggy and Jasmine have grown up with in their college years through early adulthood and motherhood, and we were so excited and honored to interview her. You may know her too as one of the OG YouTube content creators, Fr...
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Episode 33
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Ep. 32 - Expecting the Unexpected: A Realistic Look at Ways to Prepare for Postpartum
Last year, a Patreon member suggested that we should have an episode for the expectant new mom that they can refer friends to as a resource, not necessarily focused on just perinatal mental health disorders but how to better prepare for new mot...
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Episode 32
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Ep. 31 - After Therapy and Medications: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation with Stephanie Wu, OT, PMH-C
Today's episode dives into a different side of postpartum depression and treatment options that are not as widely discussed. We were joined on this episode by Stephanie Wu, a Taiwanese American occupational therapist and perinatal mental health...
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Episode 31
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46:50
Ep. 30 - Punchlines and Postpartum Rage: A Comedian Mom’s Healing Journey with Alyce Chan
To kick off 2025, we invited Alyce Chan, stand up comedian and founder of MomCom NYC onto the podcast! Alyce is a Chinese Canadian/American mom of two boys and has been featured in the New York Comedy Festival and placed finalist in...
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Episode 30
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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 yea...
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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...
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Episode 28
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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 book...
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Episode 27
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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 ...
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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 post...
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Episode 25
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47:39
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 t...
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Episode 24
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1:01:23
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 th...
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Episode 23
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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 bee...
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Episode 22
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Ep. 21 - Healing Our Makuahine with Dr. Kalena Kaopuuokalani Lanuza, DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CLC
For our season finale, we are joined by the wonderful Dr. Kalena Kaopuuokalani Lanuza, who is a doctorally prepared Certified Family and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Certified Lactation Counselor. She specializes in reproduc...
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Episode 21
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Ep. 20 - Becoming Dad: The Catalyst to Mental Health with Dr. Matt Dinh, PharmD
For Father's Day and Men's Mental Health Month, we wanted to get another AAPI dad on the show to talk about their experience in fatherhood in relationship to mental health. Joining us for this episode is Dr. Matt Dinh,...
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Episode 20
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Ep. 19 - Keeping Faith in the Journey of IVF with Dr. Joyce Park, MD
Infertility impacts one in six people of reproductive age and nearly one in four female physicians who are trying to have a baby face infertility issues. This statistic is no mystery to our guest, Dr. Joyce Park, who many of you may know as @Te...
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Episode 19
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42:00
Ep. 18 - Bipolar Disorder and the Pursuit of Motherhood with Michelle Yang
Bipolar disorder affects 2-3% of the general population, and about half of the women with bipolar disorder are first diagnosed in the postpartum period. In today's episode, we talk with a mother with lived experience of bipolar 1 disorder a...
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Episode 18
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57:47
Ep. 17 - Debunking Myths about Perinatal Psychiatric Medications with Dr. Niya Dhand, MD
For Maternal Mental Health Month, we knew we wanted to have a discussion on medications in the perinatal period. Because as much as AAPI folks can be reluctant to do therapy, they can also be just as wary about taking medications. But sometimes...
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Episode 17
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49:29
Ep. 16 - The Untold Story of Postpartum Insomnia with Dr. Jasmine, PharmD, PMH-C
Many of you have heard or read about Dr. Jasmine's postpartum depression story and know that insomnia was a huge piece of the story. While "postpartum ins...
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Episode 16
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54:50
Ep. 15 - Demystifying Perinatal Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with Allison Livingston
We are thrilled to have Allison Livingston on our podcast for today's episode to talk about her lived experience with perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and postpartum depression (PPD). Allison is a Korean-American adoptee and a ...
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Episode 15
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51:41
Ep. 14 - How We Break the Stigma Through Sharing Stories with Shivani Hiralal
TW: Topics of miscarriage and suicide are briefly discussed in this episode.You may recognize our next guest from a New York Times story featuring real-life women's stories on postpartum depression last summer. In this ep...
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Episode 14
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57:59
Ep. 13 - The Invisible Struggle of Miscarriage & Secondary Infertility with Val (@thewabisabimama)
Recently we had an episode on the decision to have just one child, but there is another side to “one and done” families who may not be this way by choice. We offer a Trigger Warning before you listen that this episode does talk about miscarriag...
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Ep. 12 - Public Policy, Prejudice, and Postpartum with Divya Kumar, LICSW, ScM, PMH-C
The episode today is rich with a wide range of topics from public policy, to race and racism, to PPD/PPA/PPOCD. A heartwarming message we also get to highlight is how it’s never too late to change your career and chase your dreams. <...
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Ep. 11 - Behind the Choice of Being One and Done with Shannon Eng
TW: Miscarriages are briefly discussed in this episode.If you asked Shannon Eng when she was younger how many kids she wanted, she might have told you ten! She thought she wanted a lot of children, despite being an only child herself. An...
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Episode 11
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