Your Mind; Your Narrative

Dr. Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos is a Filipino American board-certified women’s health nurse practitioner,  lactation consultant, author, and professor who studies the Filipino American experience and investigates sexual reproductive health disparities. In this episode, she gives us a look into what began the trend of Filipino nurses in America and why, despite the large demographic, they are not often seen in executive or doctoral roles. We further discuss why there is a lack of health research amongst Asian American culture. 

Dr Arunima Bera is a pediatric board certified MD,  neonatal critical care hospitalist, and award winning researcher.  She speaks today on topics of managing burn out in the hospital and recharging through creativity. We discuss reducing ego and understanding perspectives through curiosity.  And explore what it's like to transition to rural community hospital work.

*Trigger Warning for Suicide.* Inspired to make a difference in the lack of mental health resources that were available to her daughter, Kim switched careers from corporate to Psych NP, now serving as the psychiatric inpatient consult liaison lead of a hospital. 

Self Care has become a social media trend in our generation. Many of us want to promote the positivity of self-care, but let's be mindful about not doing it with the connotation of shaming others as a means to propel ourselves. 

In this episode, we discuss the disparities that Oakland youth and BIPOC students face in the current education system, the implications of mental health in violent neighborhoods, obstacles in these communities, and the pursuit of music careers for young creatives.

Rodrael Guadalupe is a singer/song-writer and teacher based in Oakland with a double major in both Psychology and Sociology from UC Santa Cruz and a Master’s Degree in Music Industry Administration, Cal State Northridge. 

Rather than screaming into the Instagram void as we constantly repost violence and trauma; we can heal ourselves and others by engaging our community on the ground.

This narrative episode interviews Alyssa Lumba, a first-generation Filipina mother, psych RN, charge nurse, instructor, and mental health advocate. We explore the realities of inpatient psychiatric nursing, involuntary holds, and the tragedy of Angelo Quinto's death by police during his mental health crisis.

We cannot break the stigma if we act as if mental health workers have to be perfect humans. We deal with real life issues also. We should be able to disclose more effectively and strategically in order to normalize this.

Therapy is often disregarded in Black, Brown, and Asian immigrant communities; especially among men. This episode dives in how therapy can be helpful.

Anxiety exists in all of us; it's a part of normal human function. This brief episodes differentiates pathological from non-pathological anxiety. It introduces a few non-pharmacological techniques to navigate through anxious states and utilize anxiety as a tool.