Izzy's father left her home when she was nine so my mother raised us alone. She really did her best to raise three children alone but I think I've very much aligned with my Chinese heritage which has been problematic at times. So again there were these two very mixed messages and I had to kind of navigate my way through and find my own way in many ways. Well we ask everyone to bring a few objects in you don't have to physically bring all these in in fact I'd be really surprised if you thought the first one that you've brought to talk about is somewhere to breathe.
This week on the Penguin Podcast, Isy Suttie talks to author and psychoanalytic psychotherapist, Maxine Mei-Fung Chung. Maxine joins us to discuss her latest book, What Women Want, an intimate examination of female desire.
The two also discuss the importance of making time for yourself, the impulse to keep busy for fear we may break down, why many of our coping mechanisms are developed in childhood, and why eye contact is essential when sharing intimate information.
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