In this episode, we interview the author of Aloha Vietnam - Dr. Elizabeth Nguyen! We ask about tumultuous mother-daughter relationships, safer spaces, and biggest takeaways.
Elizabeth Nguyen, MD, is a Vietnamese-American writer and psychiatrist. She was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her parents were refugees from Vietnam who arrived in Honolulu in 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War. She received her BA from Stanford University in Human Biology, her MD from Northwestern University, and her Psychiatry Residency and Child Psychiatry Fellowship training at UC Davis. She started her career in community mental health, with specific interests in cross-cultural psychiatry, the intersection of spirituality and mental health, and the healing power of water and the natural world. She is currently in private practice in Davis, CA, and can be found online at MultidimensionalPsychiatry.com and on Instagram @MultidimensionalPsychiatry.
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