October Newsletter: Season 2 of the Asian Mental Health Podcast!

October: Season 2 of the Asian Mental Health Podcast!

Hello!

In the lead up to World Mental Health Day, we're excited to share the launch of the Asian Mental Health podcast (season 2) with you on Tuesday, October 8th!

This season, we're talking about the tangible, everyday strategies that we use to care for ourselves... in the hope that these conversations might offer you some ideas for your self-care too. We also deep dive into Asian men's mental health as well as creativity and mental health, and we're joined by some VIP guests too.

Another special update is that you'll also be able to watch season 2 on Youtube. We can't wait to welcome you into our weird and wonderful chats and hope that our openness to talk about our mental health might contribute to normalising mental health conversations within our community.

We would love your help in reaching more people. If you resonate with one of our season 2 episodes, please be sure to forward it to a friend, colleague or family member.

❤️Asami

PS. Please head over to our instagram on launch day (Tuesday 8th) as we'll be announcing a special giveaway🧳 🏆🎉

🌱Upcoming workshops:

For therapists: Develop your culturally-responsive practice at our next professional development session, Connect and Grow on November 14th at 7.30pm AEST.

Learning theme: Connecting with emerging mental health research and perspectives from Asia.

🦉 Interesting things relating to mental health and Asian Australian identity

📚 Academia: In this month's article, we explore whether differences in immigration cohort affects mental health within Asian immigrants - it is interesting to see which factors affect mental health across different generations! 

🤳🏻 Events: Check out the Melbourne International Jazz Festival which will be on from the 18-27th of October. It features Asian artists such as Japanese trio Trinfinity and Singaporean pianist Jeremy Monteiro!

🔎 Searching for a therapist?

Connect with our new practitioners below, or share this page with someone who may need this

🎤 Therapist spotlight.

Get to know clinical psychologist, Dr Suraj Samtani via our interview:

"Difficult times come and go. Be grateful for what you have and do something everyday that brings you joy." 

Get to know clinical psychotherapist and trauma-informed yoga teacher, Anita Wong via our interview:

"Breathe into your heart. Trust in the process and allow yourself to receive. You're capable of more than you think."

✨Thank you for reading up to this point!

We rely heavily on your generous support to provide ongoing and free mental health resources to Asian communities in Australia.

Support Shapes and Sounds HERE.

🐌 And last but not least:

Recently in social media land,

We shared a few more exciting clips from our conversations in Season 1 of the Asian Mental Health podcast.Explore our instagram to check out some more content, and get keen for Season 2 (coming very soon!)