Katharine Chan

Sum On Sleeve Podcast

Society EN ↓ 228 episodes

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/sumonsleeve/subscribe ***NEW EPISODE EVERY FRIDAY!***Katharine Chan has over a decade of experience working in healthcare. She’s worked in emergency health services, mental health, women’s health, facilitating, coaching, and promoting honest conversations among healthcare leaders to enable organizational change. She’s passionate about putting words to her feelings despite growing up in a culture that hides them. She empowers others by teaching them how to love themselves, embracing their culture and improving relationships

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Katharine Chan

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I’m a Recovering Perfectionist (Part 2 of 2: Self-harm, disordered eating and depression) 22.05.2019 7:58

This is the second part of my recovering perfectionism journey. Please check out my first part to get a better sense of my story Hitting my first rock bottom at the age of 16 made me grow up pretty quickly. How does a self-destructive teenager with a distorted view of the world climb back up?

13 Reasons Why I Watched 13 Reasons Why (Part 1 of 2: Self-Harm, Disordered Eating, Depression) 20.05.2019 9:38

I have a history of self-harm, disordered eating, and depression. The journey began during my pre-teens and I recovered before my 17th birthday. It started in Grade 6 I thought a lot about death, about what happens to our minds when we no longer exist, about how it feels to die, the experience, how I want to die and when, reincarnation, heaven, hell etc. It was my short stint as a goth girl and I...

3 Asian Stereotype Parenting Practices You Should Never Follow 17.05.2019 6:54

I’ve always been one of those kids who takes pleasure in defying stereotypes. I hate being put in a box. Don’t assume I’m submissive because of some show you saw about Asian women. Don’t assume I’m a whitewashed banana because your Asian friend is. Don’t assume I don’t know English because every time you see an Asian person, they’re talking, “Ching Chong”. When I became a mom, I started doing a to...