Healing the Tigress

Oct 08 2024 3
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A podcast that focuses on conversations & stories around Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) maternal mental health, hosted by PPD and PPA survivors Peggy (LCSW, PMH-C) & Jasmine (PharmD, PMH-C). We know that mental health is not talked about enough in our AAPI communities, and we want to break these stigmas especially for mothers and partners. We talk with AAPI guests about different mood disorders and parenting, particularly what that looks like through the lens of our culture within the Western world. We hope this podcast reminds you that you are not alone in your struggles as an AAPI parent!

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

Oct 08 2024 47 mins  
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 medication

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

Sep 24 2024 61 mins  
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 importa

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

Sep 17 2024 63 mins  
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 form

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

Sep 10 2024 33 mins  
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

Ep. 21 - Healing Our Makuahine with Dr. Kalena Kaopuuokalani Lanuza, DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CLC

Jun 27 2024 60 mins  
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 reproductive psychiatric mental health and cares for Native Hawaiian and Pasifika wāhine (women) in Hawai'i and throughout the diaspora in Washingt

Ep. 20 - Becoming Dad: The Catalyst to Mental Health with Dr. Matt Dinh, PharmD

Jun 18 2024 62 mins  
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, PharmD, who is a Vietnamese American father of two and a pharmacist by trade. Matt talks to us about how his wife did not experience any postpartum mental health dis

Ep. 19 - Keeping Faith in the Journey of IVF with Dr. Joyce Park, MD

Jun 06 2024 42 mins  
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

Ep. 18 - Bipolar Disorder and the Pursuit of Motherhood with Michelle Yang

May 21 2024 57 mins  
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 and how it affected her journey to and through motherhood.Michelle Yang is third generation ethnic Chinese born in South Korea, and she immigrate

Ep. 17 - Debunking Myths about Perinatal Psychiatric Medications with Dr. Niya Dhand, MD

May 14 2024 49 mins  
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 medications can play an important role in recovery, just like therapy can. So we wanted to talk with an expert on the psychiatric medicatio

Ep. 16 - The Untold Story of Postpartum Insomnia with Dr. Jasmine, PharmD, PMH-C

May 07 2024 54 mins  
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 insomnia" is not a true technical diagnosis, many moms have reached out to her about feeling so lost, confused, and unseen in their insomnia struggles after having a baby too -- especially after Jasmine's recent appearance on Rachael