Sandwich Parenting

Vera Cheng is a Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist, Consultant, Media Expert and the founder of Talk Therapy with Vera (https://talktherapywithvera.com/). She identifies as a 1.5-generation Chinese Canadian and has openly shared the obstacles she has overcome in life that allowed her to accept and challenge herself. These experiences have allowed her to cultivate herself as a therapist and support individuals with similar challenges.

Vera has over 15 years of clinical experience working in community and medical settings with a diverse population ranging from teens to seniors. She is a mental health advocate for the Asian community, and currently works with clients who identify as Asian millennials who struggle with mental health. In addition, she facilitates anti-Asian racism and mental health workshops for organizations across Ontario. You can learn more about her from her website or Instagram account.

https://talktherapywithvera.com/

https://instagram.com/talktherapy.with.vera

TUNE IN TO HEAR:

00:25: Introduction

00:57: Origin Story

01:52: Not using Chinese name

05:17: Experiences of racism in the Asian community

06:30: Becoming a mental health worker

09:44: Not knowing how to have compassion for the self

13:03: Not dismissing our feelings

14:48: Current trends with Vera’s clients

15:41: “Right to Be”, a workshop on handling racism

18:39: One piece of advice for parents dealing with trauma

22:05: Vera’s work and getting in touch

26:31: Thank you

#talktherapywithvera #letstalk #asiancanadian #asiansdotherapy #mentalhealthforasians

Gabriela Blanco is a conscious parenting coach who helps parents embody their truest capacity for caregiving through all of life’s ups and downs. She believes in leaving shame behind for not only children, but parents as well.

Her journey to parenting was inspired by her older sisters - from nannying to business development to working at a preschool, what she deeply enjoys is the small moments of watching parents interact with their children.

Gabriela currently hosts a three-month course where parents are invited to show up just as they are, no homework or scripts required, to build a caring and compassionate parenting community.

TUNE IN TO HEAR:

0:25: Guest introduction

1:08: Gabriela's Origin Story

6:48: The Healing Parents Course

7:04: We Don’t Need Scripts

14:41: Integral Role of a Parenting Community

25:20: No Homework

28:31: One piece of advice to parents who have trauma of their own

31:06: Thank you

#gabrielablanco #consciousparenting #healingparentsapproach #reparenting #spanishspeakingparentingcoach

Bobbi Parish is the Founder and Executive Director of the International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching.  Bobbi started the association in 2017 to support a global need to heal from trauma. In transparency, I am certified as a Trauma Recovery Coach through the Association, having completed the Initial and Advanced certificates. 

A survivor of childhood abuse herself, Bobbi used her graduate degree in Marriage and Family Therapy to work with other trauma  survivors. She switched from therapy to coaching in 2014, finding the freedom to tell her clients that she loved them just as they are. 

After experiencing how powerfully coaching helped survivors of trauma heal, Bobbi decided to help others become Trauma Recovery Coaches. As one person she could help a limited number of survivors heal, but teaching other coaches and sending them into the world provides thousands of survivors with high quality, easily accessible help.

(Trigger Warning: In recounting her origin story, Bobbi shares her story of trauma and survival.)

Why is this such an important message to get out to the world? Because there is hope for trauma survivors.

She's created a program that welcomes you home, to a safe place, to be loved, seen, heard, understood and cared for. She is building an team of Trauma Recovery Coaches who have lived experience who want to support and help other trauma survivors. "I'm here with you. How do we get out together?"

A must listen.  Learn with us. Heal with us.

Come join the global movement of trauma recovery!

In this very special edition of Sandwich Parenting, Sherry Yuan Hunter has a conversation with

Bobbi Parish. Bobbi is our Executive Director of the International Association of Trauma

Recovery Coaching. She specializes in working with survivors of childhood trauma. As a

survivor of childhood trauma herself, Bobbi brings a great deal of compassion and

understanding to her work with clients.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

1. American therapy model is evolving

2. The 4 lies trauma teaches

3. New association developments

TUNE IN TO HEAR:

● 00:23 Guest introduction

● 00:32 The origin story of the International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching

● 05:15 New research on depression

● 06:10 The therapist that loved me

● 14:59 Transitioning into trauma recovery coaching

● 17:09 Starting a program to teach others

● 23:23 How the American model is evolving

● 30:01 What aspiring coaching professionals need before starting their healing journey

● 35:51 What aspiring coaching professionals need before starting their coaching journey

● 39:05 4 essential lies that trauma teaches

● 40:20 What would Bobbi now tell herself 10 years ago

● 42:37 New association developments

● 53:08 One piece of advice to parents

● 54:52 Thank You

https://certifiedtraumarecoverycoaching.com/

#iaotrc #healingfromtrauma #bobbiparish #traumarecovery #traumarecoverycoaching #trauma #depression #anxiety #mentalhealth

In this episode of Sandwich Parenting, I am incredibly honoured to speak with Susan Campbell. Susan is a psychologist and has worked as a professional speaker and a dating and relationship coach for over 35 years. She is the author of many books, including her ground-breaking The Couples Journey. Her most recent book is From Triggered to Tranquil and it's one of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. It’s incredibly practical and explains everything in a straightforward, logical way. To me, this is one of the few Human Life Handbooks that no one gives you when you are born and says "Read this. It will save you a lot of headaches; you don't have to muddle through this on your own." It's all about triggers and how they are the bridge into healing what we need to heal.

Please look her up and please Do the Work! You will not regret the time spent working on your triggers. It changes everything and all relationships you have, especially with your children, who might be the biggest source of all your triggers!

You can connect with her at:

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

TUNE IN TO HEAR:

● 00:16 Guest introduction

● 01:20 Origin story

● 04:23 The layers of unconsciousness in people

● 07:09 Why it’s important to live an authentic life?

● 08:37 Getting Real and unlearning the wrong thing

● 11:34 How Triggered to Tranquil lands differently with people

● 13:02 Trauma with nursing

● 21:14 Learning to pause and feel for healing unprocessed childhood wounds

● 26:26 Susan’s reason for writing the book

● 31:37 One piece of advice to parents who have trauma of their own

● 34:46 Thank You

#susancampbell #fromtriggeredtotranquil #triggers #relationships #couples #healingfromcomplextrauma

Pooja Shahani, founder of Kintsugi Consulting and co-found of Metamorphosis, is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategist. She has experience working with multinational organizations and non-profit across the globe, including in India, Hong Kong, and the US. Pooja has had a number of careers, including being a journalist, a development practitioner and a corporate leader. She believes in the power of courageous questioning and co-creating more sustainable and equitable ecosystems. 

Prior to launching Kintsugi, she led Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) for Goldman Sachs India and was the Country Manager for Community Business in India, a D&I consulting practice headquartered in Hong Kong. Pooja has co-authored a publication called “D&I: Building the Business Case – Stories from India” and has received the Global Diversity Leadership award by the World HRD Congress for her contribution in the diversity space in 2015 and 2016. Pooja graduated from Middlebury College, USA with a degree in English and has completed the Stanford Graduate Business School Ignite Program on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She is a certified executive coach leveraging a unique approach of brain-based methodologies and expressive arts. 

We talk about her unusual origin story, a generational story of migration that not many in the world know about.  She shares her amazing story and his she makes the world a better place through her DEI work.

00:00 Intro

01:01 Pooja’s Origin Story - Life as a ‘Sindhi’ displaced citizen of Pakistan, going to school in Hong Kong, and internalizing discrimination and racism

03:49 The language of her father - Cantonese through a thick Indian accent

14:06 - Having to work to constantly prove your worth as an immigrant, and how this belief might actually help, and hinder

17:32 - Pooja was unable to tell the stories she wanted to tell, how she wanted tell them, under today’s version of “journalism”

20:42 - Pooja’s move into equity, inclusion and diversity work

23:47 - The Changemakers program, helping the helpers

27:42 -  The big missing piece of the diversity movement is equity

29:23 - Dealing with diversity practitioner burn-out

31:16 - A story about balancing the needs of diversity employees and the resources available to create the infrastructure they need to work

38:41 - A constant series of tiny changes can add up to big differences over time

45:18 - Pooja’s advice to parents from a diversity lens: self-awareness

#EDI #DEI #equity #globalcitizen #poojashahani #kintsugiconsulting #metamorphosis #diversity #inclusion #coaching

In this episode of Sandwich Parenting, Sherry Yuan Hunter has a conversation with a special guest, Joyln Armstrong. Joyln is a trauma recovery coach and the founder of the FOTA project (family of the accused). She and her husband, Jim, have built a support system to meet the emotional needs of those who are supporting loved ones through the criminal justice system. She understands the challenges families face from accusation to trial to prison and life after prison. With Joylyn on your team, you never have to be alone or lost when going through something so difficult and unthinkable.

You can connect with her at https://gvtraumarecovery.com/sherry and https://thefotaproject.org/  

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 916.415.8619

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrapevineTraumaRecovery

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grapevinetraumarecovery

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

TUNE IN TO HEAR:

#FOTAProject #jolynarmstrong #traumarecovery #familyoftheaccused #prisonfamilies

In this episode of Sandwich Parenting, Sherry Yuan Hunter has a conversation with a special guest, Charisse Ng. Fluent in English and Mandarin, Dr. Charissa Ng is a psychologist in Singapore and has worked with individuals from as young as 4 to those in their 70s, helping them to cope with life struggles. Charissa believes in journeying with her clients with the help of personalized diagnostics, and a variety of therapeutic techniques that include CBT, acceptance & commitment therapy, schema therapy, inner child work, EMDR therapy, and other neuro-psychological techniques. Connect with her at https://care.putrastar.com/

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

TUNE IN TO HEAR:

#charissang #healingfromtrauma #innerchildwork 

In this episode of Sandwich Parenting, Sherry Yuan Hunter has a conversation with a special guest, Angela Wu. Angela is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Empowerment Coach who is passionate about de-stigmatizing mental health in the AAPI community as well as helping women of color reclaim and raise their voices in order to embody their empowered authentic selves! Angela was a high school math teacher who taught in Title 1 schools in Miami and in San Francisco. It was in the classroom where she witnessed how racial trauma and toxic stress impacted her students' ability to learn which led her to pursue a degree in counseling. She started her practice to be a much-needed resource for the Asian community. You can learn more about Angela at www.thesassyasiantherapist.com or on Instagram @thesassyasiantherapist.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

TUNE IN TO HEAR:

● 00:17 Guest introduction

● 01:47 The various layers of trauma being Taiwanese

● 06:22 Proud to be Taiwanese

● 08:31 Grandparents’ story

● 10:36 Family immigrating

● 13:04 Why choose to do both coaching and therapy?

● 15:10 Basic needs, emotional needs, & psychological needs

● 18:23 Angela’s group coaching program

● 22:54 Take Up Space program details

● 27:07 One piece of advice to parents

● 29:07 Thank You

#angelawu #thesassyasiantherapist #mentalhealth #aapi #asianmentalhealth #empowerment #taiwan #takeupspace #immigration #complextrauma #sandwichparenting #sherryyuanhunter

In this episode of Sandwich Parenting, Sherry Yuan Hunter has a conversation with a special guest, Jennifer Kindera, an instructor supervisor at The International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching. She is a mentor for many coaches that have come through the program after her. She's an expert in trauma recovery, but she's also an in-depth scholar in the area of shame and teaches continuing education courses. She really takes the shame and helps us see how this is impacting us on a day to day. She gets into the healing from trauma through an understanding and through healing from shame.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

TUNE IN TO HEAR:

#jenniferkindera #traumarecoverycoaching #iaotrc #trauma #shame #traumasurvivor #healingfromshame #healthyshame #selfcompassion

In this episode of Sandwich Parenting, Sherry Yuan Hunter has a conversation with a special guest, Mary Kerwin from Confident Families, a mother of four and a teacher turned coach with more than 45 years in education. She's on a mission to help mom home business owners balance running a business while raising a family. Listeners will walk away from this conversation having learned simple strategies to meet their maximum potential, bring balance into their homes, to raise happier, healthier kids.

TUNE IN TO HEAR:

● 00:14 Guest introduction

● 01:25 Origin story

● 03:19 School closing & retiring

● 04:43 Starting Confident Kids

● 05:17 COVID happened

● 06:20 Confident Families opened

● 07:00 From only working with kids to now working with the parents

● 08:09 Helping busy mompreneurs find confidence and balance

● 08:35 Seeing balance as a pizza

● 10:10 Juggling act example

● 11:59 We are the architects of our families

● 13:50 The ABC’s The Principles of Building Confidence

● 14:07 A- Acceptance

● 14:16 B- Build Resilience

● 14:42 C- Connect to your Core Values

● 15:34 D- Dream Big

● 16:05 What is the 1%

● 17:25 Our journey, take baby steps

● 18:20 Encourage Greatness Group for parents

● 20:25 One piece of advice to parents from Mary Kerwin

● 21:02 Practice your Navy Seal

● 22:10 Mantra

● 22:37 Thank You

#teacherturnedcoach #parentcoach #marykerwin #supportingbusymompreneurs #encouragegreatness #confidentfamilies #confidencecoachingforkids  

IG: @marykerwin