Yellow Chair Collective: The Podcast

This week, we talk to the Unprude team's Dr Rica Cruz & Trish Bautista, on sexual wellness & education! Dr Rica & Trish talks about the negative consequences of not having comprehensive sexual education in the Philippines, and why it's important to provide women with the language of sexual wellness. We discuss the impact of not being equipped with sexual knowledge, and how to take the first step of identifying sexual stages to help raise self-awareness. Please follow our podcast and our Instagram @yellowchaircollective to stay updated with us, and share this episode with your friends!  For more info about us and our services, visit https://yellowchaircollective.com. Music from our podcast by Dean Reed: https://fromthevalley.bandcamp.com/ - - - - - - Led by renowned sexologist Dr. Rica Cruz, Unprude is the First Stage-Sensitive Sex Store, a supportive space designed to help you identify your specific sexual stage through guided self-discovery and expert-curated products. For more info, check out unprude.com or Instagram @unprudeofficial.

We are so excited to have Dr Ken Fong, from "Asian America: The Ken Fong Podcast" on this episode! Dr Ken Fong talks about his experience in pastoral counseling, and how he sees the difference between counseling vs couples therapy. We discuss the importance for couples to engage in couples therapy, tips for interethnic couples, and shares his wisdom for couples who are hesitant about engaging in professional therapy. Please follow our podcast and our Instagram @yellowchaircollective to stay updated with us, and share this episode with your friends!  For more info about us and our services, visit https://yellowchaircollective.com. Music from our podcast by Dean Reed: https://fromthevalley.bandcamp.com/ - - - - - -  ASIAN AMERICA: THE KEN FONG PODCAST is a distinctive program that shines a spotlight on the manifold faces and facets of the diverse Asian American community. From the moment Ken launches each week’s episode with his current musings, you’ll feel like you’re sharing a booth with him at a local coffee shop. And when his guest joins him, you’ll get to listen in as he deftly invites them to talk about their pathways, their passions, and their latest pursuits.

This week, we talk to seasoned therapist Jessie Li, LMFT about couples therapy! We address some of the common questions that come up - is it always about communication? What if my partner doesn't want to do do couples therapy? Will my therapist tell me that my relationship doesn't work? In this episode, Jessie sheds light on what you can expect in a couples therapy session, and how couples therapy can improve your relationship in unexpected ways. Please follow our podcast and our Instagram @yellowchaircollective to stay updated with us, and share this episode with your friends!  For more info about us and our services, visit https://yellowchaircollective.com. Music from our podcast by Dean Reed: https://fromthevalley.bandcamp.com/

Next up in our season - we talk to Jeff Yeom, AMFT and our friend Nate Goh about dating & sex! Masculinity and Asian identity can often intersect in ways that can impact the way heterosexual Asian men date, especially in America. Jeff & Nate talk to us about their experiences dating, navigating sex and conversations around virginity, and debunking popular dating myths/stereotypes for men. Please follow our podcast and our Instagram @yellowchaircollective to stay updated with us, and share this episode with your friends!  For more info about us and our services, visit https://yellowchaircollective.com. Music from our podcast by Dean Reed: https://fromthevalley.bandcamp.com/

To kick off season 2 of our podcast, we are exploring modern dating through dating apps!  This week, we invite our two psychotherapists, Angelica Sun, MFT and Angela Nguyen, MSW to share their stories around navigating dating, dating apps. They talk about the experience of dating during the pandemic, navigating intentions with dating, and concerns around safety. Please follow our podcast and our Instagram @yellowchaircollective to stay updated with us, and share this episode with your friends!  For more info about us and our services, visit https://yellowchaircollective.com. Music from our podcast by Dean Reed: https://fromthevalley.bandcamp.com/

Each sibling role often comes with a set of cultural expectations that affect the way our families treat us, and the way we participate in our families in response. This week, we invite a panel of YCC staff to share their stories around their sibling roles. Our therapists talk about the responsibilities of the eldest sibling and being a "3rd parent", the inferiority complex of being the youngest sibling, and how these roles can shift when families experience hard times. Please follow our podcast and our Instagram @yellowchaircollective to stay updated with us, and share this episode with your friends!  For more info about us and our services, visit https://yellowchaircollective.com.

Holidays can be a difficult time for many, and maybe especially so for people who come from different cultural backgrounds. This week, we invite a panel of YCC therapists to share their stories about going through the holiday season. Our therapists talk about being in relationship with people of different cultural backgrounds, the role of grief for Asian immigrants celebrating holidays in the United States, and adapting to new traditions and ways of celebrating. Please follow our podcast and our Instagram @yellowchaircollective to stay updated with us, and share this episode with your friends!  For more info about us and our services, visit https://yellowchaircollective.com.

This past year has been a particularly rough one for Asians living in the United States, with our communities being targeted with racially hateful rhetoric and hate crimes. This week, we invite viral HuffPost Writer and our YCC therapist and Sharon Kwon, MSW, to share their reflections on racial stress and trauma in the past year. Sharon also shares helpful tips about how to identify internalized racism, what racial stress & trauma feels like, and how to draw healing from within our communities. Please follow our podcast and our Instagram @yellowchaircollective to stay updated with us, and share this episode with your friends!  For more info about us and our services, visit https://yellowchaircollective.com.

Asian Women are often subjected to not just body expectations from their families, but also from their respective cultural backgrounds. This week, we invite our YCC Asian Women & Femme Body Image group facilitators Angela Nguyen, MSW and Catherine Vu, LMFT, to share their personal stories of their body acceptance journeys. We talk about growing up with family members who comment on your weight, and living in communities with clashing body ideals. Angela & Catherine also share helpful tips about how we can reframe our thoughts, so we can begin seeing and accepting our bodies, free from societal expectations and judgment. Please follow our podcast and our Instagram @yellowchaircollective to stay updated with us, and share this episode with your friends!  For more info about us and our services, visit https://yellowchaircollective.com.

Have you been feeling more exhausted, detached and unsatisfied from your work? You may be experiencing burnout! This week, we invite our resident YCC expert, Kat Chan, LMFT, to share her personal story of burnout and her transition into the mental health field. We talk about the 3 dimensions of burnout to look out for, and what to do if you feel yourself burning out. Kat also shares the many different types of rest that we can tap into, so that we can take care of ourselves in ways that we might not have thought of before. Please follow our podcast and our Instagram @yellowchaircollective to stay updated with us, and share this episode with your friends! For more info about us and our services, visit https://yellowchaircollective.com