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How Those Annoying Mandatory Chinese Family Dinners Have Changed (6 minute read)

It’s my time to reflect on those sometimes annoying, mandatory Chinese family dinners growing up and how they’ve changed as I got older. **Click Below To Listen**  So I’ve known how to make food for myself since I was very little, like elementary school times. I remember when I was 8, Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 7 yearsNovember 30, 2017 ago
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How I Stopped Resenting My Husband After Having Our Daughter (6 minute read)

After she was born, I started hating my husband like he was this evil asshole who only cared about himself and his needs. **Click Below To Listen** Our bundle of joy was more like a bundle of tangled Christmas lights. I was trying to figure out which end was which Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 8 yearsNovember 9, 2017 ago
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13 Reasons Why I Watched 13 Reasons Why (5 minute read)

Here are 13 Reasons Why I watched 13 Reasons Why **Click Below To Listen Now** This blog is dedicated to my high school self. You were a really important part of my life.  I’m so glad you saw the light at the end of the tunnel before your self-harming ways got Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 8 yearsOctober 20, 2017 ago
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Why Parents Want Their Children to Have Kids (4 minute read)

I’m going to preface this by saying this list is based on the assumptions that my daughter decides to have a kid and that I will be alive when this happens. **Click Below To Listen Now** I know this may not happen but I like to put these thoughts into Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 8 yearsOctober 5, 2017 ago
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When You Want To Give Up Breastfeeding But Feel Guilty (5 minute read)

Breastfeeding stressed me out. It was tiring and lonely. It was a mental game that I played with myself every day. **Click Below To Listen**  So I exclusively breastfed my daughter 2 weeks shy of 6 months. I completely weaned her on my birthday as a gift to myself. It was Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 8 yearsSeptember 28, 2017 ago
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Why I Don’t Let Strangers Touch My Baby (3 minute read)

I don’t touch other people’s kids without asking their parents or the kid themselves first. **Click Below To Listen** First of all, kids are gross. I know kids touch everything and anything. Aside from being a mom, I’ve been a babysitter, a camp counsellor, a tutor, a piano teacher and Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 8 yearsSeptember 15, 2017 ago
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How Teaching Your Husband or Boyfriend About Your Period Can Make Your Relationship Better (3 minute read)

The men in our lives, our boyfriends, friends, husbands, brothers, fathers will never understand what getting a period feels like. I hate being a woman sometimes because I get periods. I menstruate; I bleed every month for several days on end. **Click Below To Listen** I’ve been doing this for Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 8 yearsSeptember 8, 2017 ago
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How I Preserve My Culture As An Asian Canadian Mom (3 minute read)

In my life, I’ve been called many things. **Click Below To Listen**  Growing up in the 90s in a predominantly Caucasian community, I got the usual questions and comments. Here’s a sample with answers I should have given back instead of silently seething. “What are you?” A Human Being “No…like Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 8 yearsAugust 25, 2017 ago
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Why Sum on Sleeve? (2 minute read)

Hi There! “WTF is Sum on Sleeve?” Like does that mean you have something on your sleeve? Why is Sum spelled that way? Why am I here? Where am I? Who am I? Maybe not that question unless you’re having an existential crisis…but perhaps reading my blog will help If Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 8 yearsAugust 4, 2017 ago

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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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