Chai with Ping | Immigrants | Cross-Cultures

What is addiction? Why do people have addictive behaviors? How do family and friends support those who struggle with addictions? Today Stephanie Ching, a therapist came to the show to talk about addictions. It's like Addiction 101 and she provided some insight for us to start understanding this underrepresented issue.  | Check out their Mexican restaurant: Mr. Pollo Asado, 5050 Factory Shops...

Ken grew up in 5 different countries including South Africa, Germany, Taiwan, Japan, and the U.S. How does he navigate all the changes in his life and school? How does he make friends?  Ken thinks TCKs are: 1) Flexible 2) Patient 3) More understanding about cultures ☕ Buy me chai?   https://anchor.fm/chaiwithpingcn/support 🎧 Chai with Ping 香料茶時間 https://linktr.ee/chaiwithping...

Alison grew up in a Vietnamese Chinese restaurant owner family and unlike other Chinese, she speaks Cantonese instead of Mandarin. How does it feel to grow up in a majority White community and find her identity when there's a lot of intersections in her upbringing? She shared unique stories of her family. She's also a realtor if you're interested in finding information about real estate in Colorad...

Manu, a very cool Italian woman who took the courage to talk about her experience with mental health and anxiety. She has been going to therapy and she shared her perspective as a social worker and as a Christ-follower. Some key takeaways for me are, taking the courage to talk about issues that you struggle with a therapist, maintaining hope in a higher power (for us, it's our God, Jesus), and rec...

Sara is from California and I was curious about how different California and Colorado are. We also talked about defining friendship and navigating in a new environment for her. | Email Sara: sara.n.divine@gmail.com | Sara's fave Pokebowl: https://www.mypokestory.com | HeartConvos bit.ly/3pAp8Ox |  ☕ Buy me chai?   https://anchor.fm/chaiwithpingcn/support 🎧 Chai with Ping 香料茶時間 htt...

Sadia is a doctoral candidate at National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan. She's from Kolkata and she talks about her experience being an Indian student in Taiwan and how she applied for her Taiwan Fellowship and Taiwan Scholarship. All the best for your dissertation on the Uighurs/Uyghurs/Uighers. | Find Sadia on FB: @sadia.rahman.5243 or rahmansadia366@gmail.com | ☕ Buy me chai?  ...

David is a content creator and a new podcaster like me. I invited him to talk about the journey of starting his show and how he puts content together. He's such an insightful thinker and I truly appreciate his podcast "Third Culture Kingdom. Give it a listen and find him on FB & IG.   | He was on "The Whole Truth | S 2 | E 3 | David & Aniya" https://youtu.be/Z7GbeQoVeFo | Sean's Episo...

Poonam and Manik are an Indian couple. Poonam's from Assam and Manik from Delhi. Their combination is like a cross-cultural couple already then they went to Taiwan to study! They shared their experiences as students and working professionals in Taiwan and how Taiwan progressed over the years. They've been in Taiwan for more than 10 years now. | Contact Poonam poonam@nctu.edu.tw | Manik FB @manikku...

Sneha comes from a multi-lingual background. Her interest in languages has been instilled and encouraged by her family from a very young age. Her interest in languages is innate and her natural flair took her to learn Mandarin with government scholarship in Taiwan for a year and three months. She is passionate about economics and development in Asia. She is currently pursuing her Master's in Econo...

Aneela is the President & Co-Founder of HabitAware and we had some awesome time talking about her mental health awareness and her solution for Trichotillomantia/hair pulling, which is one of the Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs).  Her narratives around her childhood and identities are shaped by being a generation of Indian Americans and a Third-Culture Kid. | Aneela's TEDTalk Over...

Andy is a senior of mine and we met in the same program. He shared about his journey of becoming an educator and all the education that he received including working with the different #NGOs and directly from his students. | The book Andy mentioned: The Outsiders | Andy went to Tamale, Ghana, Water Sanitation Challenges; World Vision | Drexel University | Dr. Taylor | Andy's program at the Univers...

Rachel is from Shanghai and moved to Dallas, Texas when she was 16. What does becoming bilingual and bicultural mean to her? We also talked about identity and navigating when she went to high school and college.  | Rachel's IG: rayqueen100 |  ☕ Buy me chai?  https://anchor.fm/chaiwithpingcn/support 🎧 Chai with Ping 香料茶時間 https://linktr.ee/chaiwithping 👍 IG & FB @chaiwith...

It's episode 30!!! I reflected on some of the key points throughout my podcast making period and responded to a couple of review from the listeners. There wasn't much to say but I just want to thank you all for listening! ☕ Buy me chai?  https://anchor.fm/chaiwithpingcn/support 🎧 Chai with Ping 香料茶時間 https://linktr.ee/chaiwithping 👍 IG & FB @chaiwithping 📧 chaiwithping@gmail.com...

I continued to chat with Krishna about her journey in the US and what she faced during job hunting. Don't forget to listen to her part 1! | Contact Krishna Instagram @krishnarparekh | ☕ Buy me chai?  https://anchor.fm/chaiwithpingcn/support 🎧 Chai with Ping 香料茶時間 https://linktr.ee/chaiwithping 👍 IG & FB @chaiwithping 📧 chaiwithping@gmail.com #entertainmentlawyer #StudyinUSA...

Krishna is such a witty student of mine and she's accomplished so much in the past years. Let's hear her stories of becoming an entertainment lawyer, coming to the US, and then what next? | Terms mentioned: GLC (Government Law College), graduation= college, OP Jindal University | Contact Krishna Instagram @krishnarparekh | ☕ Buy me chai?  https://anchor.fm/chaiwithpingcn/support 🎧 Chai with...

Apoorva is such a delight when I was teaching in #OPJGU in #Indian. She did her #internship in #Taipei after learning Mandarin. We also talked about her passion in learning languages and how she started as a #Japanese student and now a #sensai in Hyderabad, India. | Terms mentioned in the episode: OP Jindal University; Taiwan Education Center; AISEC; Wulai, Taiwan; Telugu, Sodexo; JLPTJLPT | VIOL...

Eli has been one of my proudest students here in the U.S. We worked on his Mandarin for a year during his senior year and I had the honor to interview him about his journey of learning Mandarin and how he transitioned to college. | Instagram: elimasket | CIEE | Denver Center for International Studies (Public School) |  ☕ Buy me chai?  https://anchor.fm/chaiwithpingcn/support 🎧 Chai wit...

Pooja and I are schoolmates and we just love each other. She's a number girl and I'm a language girl. She talked about her process of being an international student and having #parttime jobs in her "spare time". Pooja's hometown: #Coimbatore | IG: https://www.instagram.com/aarpoojaa/ | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pooja.27.radhakrishnan/ | WordPress: https://aarpoojaa.wordpress.com | Website...

I just adore Mary and her art. She's such a cool friend and today I had so much fun talking with her and listening to her stories of being #homeschooled and how she found the love of #art Check out her website: https://fragilegloryimpressions.com/ | Online Art Classes: https://fragile-glory-impressions.teachable.com/ | Fragile Glory Impressions Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/fragilegloryimpres...

Multiracial Identities and Gifted Education w/ Joi Lin Joi, being a super bright #multiracial student, had some rough patches along with her career life. She talked about her stories and how she wants to support #gifted adults in their #career #development! I'm excited to see how you progress, my dear friend. Scholars mentioned: Rena Subotnik, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Frank Worrell | Joi went for...

Don't forget to listen to part 1 if you haven't.  Agi and I started this conversation about fitting into the American culture. We both came to the US to study. Now Agi has been working for many years and I've been working and studying for the 4th year. How do we feel about being here? What do we miss the most? How do we deal with the culture shock? Join us for some friendly conversations. Don...

Agi and I started this conversation about fitting into the American culture. We both came to the US to study. Now Agi has been working for many years and I've been working and studying for the 4th year. How do we feel about being here? What do we miss the most? How do we deal with the culture shock? Join us for some friendly conversations. Don't forget to listen to the second episode, too! | Meetu...

Sasha continues to talk about her idealogy about non-faith and how she relates to Christianity. We had a small dialogue between me, a Christian, and her, an atheist. Fun! | Sasha's book: My Spiritual Journey by Dalai Lama and Sofia Stril-Rever (2010) |  Contact Sasha: sashavshadrina@gmail.com | ☕ Buy me chai?  https://anchor.fm/chaiwithpingcn/support 🎧 Chai with Ping 香料茶時間 https:/...

Pearl went to the UK to study #Translation & #Interpretation and started working with Friends International. We talked bout her experiences in this organization and how they support international students.  | https://www.facebook.com/globeinternationalcafe/ | Contact Pearl: pearl.lin@friendsinternational.uk |   ☕ Buy me chai?  https://anchor.fm/chaiwithpingcn/support ...

Sumaiya talks about her stories of choosing #Islam and the journey of finding her identity | Instagram: t.summyeah | Follow me on ISSS social media: https://www.facebook.com/isss.du/ | https://www.instagram.com/isss_du/ | https://twitter.com/IsssDu | ☕ Buy me chai?  https://anchor.fm/chaiwithpingcn/support 🎧 Chai with Ping 香料茶時間 https://linktr.ee/chaiwithping 👍 IG & FB @chaiwithpi...