Erasing Shame

Having a mental health ministry in any church can be very challenging. It's all the more challenging in ethnic Asian American churches because of our cultural contexts. 

We take a closer look at the practical details for how to start a mental health ministry in an ethic Asian church, based on the experiences at Chinese Christian Church of Thousand Oaks, in California. You'll hear about the divine provisions that made it possible for mental health to be addressed in their church; and then again, isn't all that we have a gift and provision of God anyways? Our hope is that your church will be encouraged to address mental health too, because this is such an urgent need for many.

Pastor Curtis Lowe and wife Carole started the Enlighten Mental Health Ministry in 2018 to enlighten, encourage, and educate people facing the realities of mental illness to lighten our burden. 

And, you're invited to come in-person or join online for the free Enlighten Seminar on October 1, 2022, - get seminar info and register at https://enlightenmentalhealth.org/2022-seminar/

Video

https://youtu.be/i5HgLx_zkCY

Show Notes

Personal mental health experiences of Pastor Curtis Lowe and Carole (Sept 2019)
https://erasingshame.com/mental-health-ministry-in-a-chinese-church/

#CW Content Warning #TW Trigger Warning: Suicides. 

How do you make sense of your own life and everything else in world, when someone you love dies by suicide? Research has found that each suicide affects around 115 lives, with 1 in 5 reporting that this experience had a devastating impact.

Korean American Erica Kang opens up and shares her poignantly honest story of surviving suicides in her very own family. She shares how she got through those devastating hard times and what she does to stay healthy and caring for herself and others. 

Our prayer is that her honesty will empower you and those you know to take the first step to get help when/if you need to express your painful feelings. Call 988 anywhere and anytime for the crisis & suicide lifeline. You'e not alone. There are people who care and can help.

https://youtu.be/mpbmOMvzwEQ

Introducing a new chapter of the Erasing Shame podcast, as we embark on a faith adventure to advance compassion and care for Asians and Asian Americans. Listen to how this nationwide initiative will bring together collaboration in our communities to help nearly a million people in experiencing the abundant life. 

https://youtu.be/QFKNP6bPv0Y

Show Notes

The mental health testimony of DJ Chuang https://djchuang.com/my2017/

#book MultiAsian.Church: A Future for Asian Americans in a Multiethnic World

Asian American mental health podcasts

• Asians Do Therapy https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asians-do-therapy/id149746789 
• Thrive Spice https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrive-spice/id1566240919 
• Mannmukti Mental Health https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mannmukti-mental-health-podcast/id1230819620 
• Full Well Therapy https://www.fullwelltherapy.com/thefullwell 
• Better Men Podcast https://www.bettermenpodcast.com 
• Asian Lifing https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asian-lifing/id1548770017 
• Cup of Chai with South Asian Youth Mental Health  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cup-of-chai-with-south-asian-youth-mental-health-saymh/id1624961135
• Minor Feelings  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minor-feelings/id1523310294 
• Asian Women for Health https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asian-women-for-health/id1453580873 
• The South Asian Mind https://www.thesouthasianmind.com 

• Mental Health Mukbang https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-health-mukbang/id1516686547 

• Brown Taboo Project https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brown-taboo-project/id1388002152
• Waves of Change https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waves-of-change-modern-perspectives-in-asian/id1341544913
• Presence and Practice https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/presence-and-practice/id1498024339
• Two Addys and a Coffee Please https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-addys-and-a-coffee-please/id1536160220
• Research Sense for Korean American Therapy https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/research-sense-for-korean-american-therapy/id1612729853
• Beyond the Couch https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-couch-with-bridges/id1593451360
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alaap-with-bmhm/id1537181605
• Tackling Minds https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tackling-minds/id1510074302
• Noggin Notes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/noggin-notes-cambodia/id1547401362
• Healing Out Laod https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healing-out-laod/id1446243481
• Fundamentally Human https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fundamentally-human/id1553839995
• https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-active-optimist/id1561421524
• The Elephant in the Asian Room https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-elephant-in-the-asian-room/id1525138591 
• Breaking Taboo https://breaking-taboo.org/ 

Be among the first to hear what's coming next for the Erasing Shame podcast, as we take a leap of faith into a new chapter and venture into new challenges and horizons. Listen in with co-hosts DJ Chuang, George Xiong, and Hannah Lee Sandoval. As they say, we're building the plane as it flies. Wheeeee.... 

Emily Wu Truong childhood wasn't easy as a Taiwanese-American for so many reasons, being compared to high achievers, having depression, got bullied, and other challenges. Through the support of friends and personal growth, she's become a mental health advocate and motivational speaker in the San Gabriel Valley area, outside of Los Angeles, for almost a decade. She shares poignantly on this episode of Erasing Shame about finding self-worth, dreaming big, and helping others through life's ups and downs.

Japanese-American therapist Robyn Tamanaha talks with Erasing Shame co-host DJ Chuang during the month of May—AAPI heritage month and mental health month about those 2 themes. We chat about what helps Asian Americans most to get that first appointment with a therapist or counselor, the difference between Bipolar Disorder I and Bipolar II, some books Robyn’s reading, and how she hosts 2 podcasts, and more.

See the show notes at https://erasingshame.com/when-is-the-best-time-for-asian-americans-to-talk-about-mental-health/

Are you worn down from trying to fulfill your parents’ expectations? Your Asian community’s expectations? Your manager's expectations? Even God's expectations?

On this special episode of Erasing Shame, Eunice Lee (author of "More Christ, More Me: One Woman's Spiritual Journey of Finding Her True Self") talks with co-host Hannah Lee Sandoval about her experiences of erasing shame and feeling not enough, towards a fulfilling life of healing, health, and freedom.

Eunice Lee website https://www.byeunicelee.com/

What does lament and Thanksgiving have to do with shame? That's what our four co-hosts explore and discover on this November episode. You'll have to watch and listen to see how it unfolds!

Plus, you can support the work of Erasing Shame with your tax-deductible donation - go to erasingshame.com/donate

What is the deal with our fears, phobia, anxiety, and shame?