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!
Healing the Tigress
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 @TeaWithMD on social media.
Joyce's journey with IVF began when her firstborn was just 18 months old, after trying for a second child for quite some time, doctors determined she had infertility. Her and her husband decided they would pursue IVF while also trying to move from the Bay Area California to Seattle, Washington.
Joyce opens up with us in this episode about how lonely the journey of IVF can be, how it can take its toll on one's marriage, but how finding ways to include your partner as well as relying on her faith helped her push through to the end. Now, on the other side with beautiful Mei Mei, Joyce is hoping that sharing her story will allow other mothers going through IVF know they are not alone.
Dr. Joyce Park is a board-certified dermatologist based in Washington, founder of SkinRefinery, a teledermatology clinic, and creator of Tea With MD. She is a second generation Taiwanese American and attended college and medical school at Stanford University, while completing her dermatology residency at NYU. She has a background in medical journalism, having worked at NBC News and ABC News in their medical units.
For more of Joyce's personal IVF journey story, watch here on Youtube
Instagram: @TeaWithMD
Podcast: Spilling the Tea with Dr. Joyce
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Special Thanks: Today’s episode was brought to you by the editing support of Dr. Tony Huynh, PharmD. Thank you again, Tony, for lending your editing expertise and prowess to today’s episode! While Tony is a pharmacist and dad by day, he’s actually a DJ extraordinaire by night! You can check out his work at @toneymixes on Instagram.
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