Model Minority Moms
By Kate Wang, Susan Lieu, Jeanette Park
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Episodes: 137
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Welcome to Model Minority Moms where we reckon with the myth of success in career, family and life. We’re Jeanette, Kate, and Susan - Harvard classmates and Asian American working moms who get real about the pressures of fitting in while standing out.
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Model Minority Moms is a project of Real Life Media LLC.
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Ep137: Faith & Spirituality series - Religion was weird, powerful, confusing, and beautiful for us as kids
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May 08, 2026 |
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Ep136: Faith & Spirituality series - The joys and hurts of being an Asian American Christian with Kristin Lee, author of We Mend with Gold
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Ep135: Peeing yourself, prolapse, pain - get the pelvic 411 with Dr. Jennifer Guan
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Ep134: Feeling hot and crazed? Could it be perimenopause - with Dr. Rebecca Dunsmoor-Su
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Ep133: Teaching kids their heritage language - a conversation with Jojo Learning Founder Christine Yang Barry
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Ep132: The Joys and Perils of being Mixed Asian
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Ep131: Dad postpartum depression and being a biracial dad - interview with Daniel Tam-Claiborne
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Ep130: Navigating belonging as a biracial person - interview with Daniel Tam-Claiborne
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Ep129: K-everything series- KDramas
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Ep128: K-everything series - Korean food (Warning: don't listen hungry!)
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Ep127: K-everything series - Kpop Demon Hunters
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Ep126: K-everything series - K beauty
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Ep125: To save your child, what would you do?
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Ep124: K-everything series - Kpop
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Ep123: Tired of being tired? We can relate...
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Ep122: Takebacksies... we repent!
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Ep121: Survival vs resistance, centering a marginalized experience and more with guest Yiming Ma, Author of These Memories Do Not Belong To Us
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Ep120: To will or not to will. Or trust or not to trust? Definitely gonna die tho...
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Ep119: Going on 40 (wrap up) - lessons learned and looking forward Part 2 of 2
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Ep118: Going on 40 (wrap up) - lessons learned and looking forward
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Ep117: Going on 40... has the role of career changed for you? (Part 2)
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Ep116: Going on 40... has the role of career changed for you? (Part 1)
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Ep115: Going on 40... body surprises
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Ep114: Going on 40… or 14 when we're with our parents and siblings
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Ep113: Going on 40... Midlife Crises... are more understandable now?
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Ep112: Going on 40... is success an existential mirage?
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May 23, 2025 |
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Ep111: Picking a kindergarten... who's this actually about?
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May 06, 2025 |
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Ep110: To have a baby or not to have a baby, that is the question
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Ep109: Talking to your kids about S-E-X - Interview with Justine Ang Fonte, M.Ed. MPH, a K-12 sexuality educator and author
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Ep108: Our 100th(-ish) episode retrospective
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Ep107: Stuck in a career rut? Burnt out? Don't know what to do next? Interview with executive coach Minal Mehta of The Ineffable Leader
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Ep106: Introducing: Add to Cart with with Susan Lieu
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Ep105: Considering marriage counseling? Talking to Jessica Sather, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Ep104: Suchin Pak - MTV host, mom, what it means to be married in sickness and in health
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Ep103: How your mental health affects your wealth
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Ep102: What it's like to be an Asian-American psychiatrist
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Ep101: Your Uterus is Not Hysterical - how men having dumb ideas about women's health has led to the situation we are in today
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Ep100: Finding out the truth about her parents - guest interview with actress, comedian and producer Kulap Vilaysack
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Ep99: Climate anxiety for parents!
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Ep98: Radically re-thinking education with teacher and school leader Susan Yao
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Ep97: The Golden Hour - our pop culture favs right now
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Ep96: Help - running out of RAM
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Ep95: So you want to be a dad
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Ep94: Party like it's your birthday
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Ep93: When Anxiety met Motherhood, Part 2 - Interview with Peipei Fiore
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Ep92: When Anxiety met Motherhood, Part 1 - Interview with Peipei Fiore
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Ep91: The Pivot - Making your passion a career with Kat Lieu from Subtle Asian Baking
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Ep 90: Mom burnout
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Ep89: Taking your kids to the homeland
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Ep88: Love after kids
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Ep87: Got a case of considerate-ness?
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Ep86: Are you Seattle-curious?
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May 24, 2024 |
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Ep85: Divorce FYI
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May 10, 2024 |
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Ep84: A divorce in real-life
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Ep83: The D-word
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Ep82: Maybe we're ok, maybe it's Maybelline
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Ep81: Mom Rage
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Ep80: An Exclusive with the author of A Manicurist's Daughter
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Ep79: Getting help as a mom
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Ep78: Discipline - you got it under control, right?
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Ep77: What's in a baby daddy?
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Ep76: Periods
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Ep75: Birthdays birthdays
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Ep74: Too Enriched for my blood?
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Ep73: [LIVE RECORDING] Almost over the hill - Confessions of a recovering, middle-aged overachiever
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Ep72: Downshifting careers as a Mom
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Ep71: Clinging to the Mother Tongue
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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The Back to School Episode
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Backstreet's Back -- All Right?
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Ep68 - Our Final Episode
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Ep67: The dreaded teenage years - a book with Dr. Emily Kline
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Ep66: Vacationing with kids - the big picture episode
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Ep65: Traveling with kids - the nuts and bolts
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Ep64: To au pair or not to au pair?
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Ep63: Potty training
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Ep62: For Real Tho - what we expect from our kids in our retirement
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Ep61: FOR REAL THO - supporting parents in old age
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Ep60: Bonus - Figuring Out the Santa Policy (repost)
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Ep59: FOR REAL THO - How do you find a decent therapist?
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Ep58: FOR REAL THO - Help! My mom distorted my body image growing up and now she is doing the same to my daughters.
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Ep57: Holding onto relationships when we disagree
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Ep56: Rupture and repair (or no repair?) between parents and kids
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Ep55: Second time around - navigating inter-sibling tension and rivalries
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Ep54: Second time around - can we maintain our sanity?
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Ep53: Second time around - we got a PhD in nursing, pumping, milk storage and formula!
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Ep52: Second time around - sleep is hard to come by
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Ep51: Second time around - the early days
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Ep50: Why does 'fusion' food make us so mad?
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Ep49: The Last Bite Rule (alternative title: How to eat with Asian Ladies)
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Ep48: Meal plan, grocery shop, wash, chop, cook, clean and repeat
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Ep47: Food is our sixth love language
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Ep46: What is the American in the Asian-American?
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Ep45: Let's have a real conversation about Roe vs Wade
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Ep44: Choosing self-expression
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Ep43: When kids get sick, how do working parents cope?
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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Ep42: What is the meaning of meaning in a career?
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Ep41: Inspiration for your career journey - interview with Maggie Hsu
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Ep40: Career and Money
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Ep39: Managing careers with your spouse
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Ep38: Tiger dad in a foreign land (Part 2 of 'what do your parents think about your career?')
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Ep37: What do your parents think about your career?
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May 27, 2022 |
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Ep36: Susan's large intestine career journey (Our mid-thirties career crisis Part 2)
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May 20, 2022 |
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Ep35: Our mid-thirties career crises
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May 13, 2022 |
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Ep34: Choosing to be a single mom
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May 06, 2022 |
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Ep33: When Moms are Judged
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Ep32: Sugar, Screens and Salt - What's your policy?
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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EP31: Dating Lessons Learned
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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EP30 Career + Kids = ?
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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EP29 The Realities of Childcare
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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EP28 The Midwestern Hapa Dad: Jeanette’s Husband Tells All
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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EP27 The Harvard-sized Crater in Our Life
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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EP26 How an MD Start-Up Dad Juggles Career and Family: Kate’s Husband Tells All
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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EP25 - How We Almost Broke Up (Part 2 of Adult Friendships)
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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EP24 The Awkwardness of Adult Friendships & How We Almost Broke Up (Part 1)
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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EP23 Asian Shame, Guilt, and Anger - the Tyranny of “Should”
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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EP22 Extreme Introvert Survives Extreme Extrovert: Susan’s Husband Tells All
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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EP21 COVID Holds Me Hostage
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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EP20 The FOMO and Fear of Having a Second Kid
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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EP18 (Bonus) Figuring Out the Santa Policy
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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EP19 (Bonus) Surviving the Holiday Chaos.
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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EP17: Triggered by your family? You're not alone!
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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EP16: Our bodies, our selves
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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EP15: Free range tiger (parenting)
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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EP14: So, what's your attachment style?
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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EP13: What's so great about being a mom?
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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EP12 The Fertility Journey
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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EP11 Mental Health // I’m Fine Until I’m Not Fine
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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EP10 Choosing the "Best" School
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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EP9 (Bonus) Why "Model Minority Moms"?
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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EP8 Never Feeling at Home with Race
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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EP7 "Hey Society, A Little Help Here?" Love, Moms
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May 28, 2021 |
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EP6 Intercultural and Interracial Relationships
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May 21, 2021 |
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EP5 The Anxiety and Pleasures of Money
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May 14, 2021 |
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EP4 I Like Like You
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May 06, 2021 |
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EP3 Now We're the Adults
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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EP2 Get me a Diaper, My Identity Just Imploded
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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EP1: What Really Happened During Birth
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Apr 28, 2021 |