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Asian Culture

How To Teach Your Kid Grit Without Becoming A Tiger Parent – (7-minute read)

When you want your kid to grow up tough enough to face the world but you don’t want to become your parents…What do you do? “Suck it up.” “Stop crying.” “Toughen up.” “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.” Asian Values Around Hard Work and Perseverance Growing up with Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 6 yearsMay 30, 2019 ago
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How I Started Sharing The Mental Load of Motherhood With My Husband (5 minute read)

How I started sharing the invisible, mental, workload of motherhood with my husband and why it is working for our marriage. So it’s been over a year since I wrote about How I Stopped Resenting My Husband After Our Daughter Was Born. How has it been since? Smooth sailing? No. Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 7 yearsNovember 30, 2018 ago
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6 Types Of People Who Give Unsolicited Parenting Advice (Ranked In Order of Annoyance) – (4 minute read)

Unsolicited advice is one of my biggest pet peeves. Oh great, you have the number of a good housecleaner and you’re texting that to me as you stand in my “filthy” living room. Did I ask? No! I enjoy basking in my family’s dead skin cells. So mind your own damn Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 7 yearsSeptember 25, 2018 ago
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Asian Culture

Why You Don’t Have To Like Your Asian Immigrant Parents But You Can Still Love Them – (4 minute read)

Ever heard the phrase, “You choose your friends but not your family?” Here’s why you don’t have to like your Asian immigrant parents but you can still love them. You can learn to accept them for who they are. Each step in this series talks about Why What and How to Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 7 yearsJune 12, 2018 ago
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Asian Culture

How To Talk To Your Asian Immigrant Parents When They Don’t Understand Your Mindset – (4 minute read)

Asian immigrant parents don’t share our mindset. They grew up differently than us. How can we talk to them when they don’t understand you? Now that you’ve taken some time to think about why and what you want to improve in your relationship with your parents. How do you actually do it? Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 7 yearsJune 4, 2018 ago
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Asian Culture

What To Talk To Your Asian Immigrant Parents About When You Can’t Talk About Anything – (3 minute read)

Talking to my Asian parents wasn’t easy. For a long time, I didn’t know what to talk to them about because it seemed like we couldn’t talk about anything. Here’s what you need to know to figure out what you can talk to them about So hopefully you’ve read the Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 7 yearsMay 29, 2018 ago
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Asian Culture

How To Deal With Your Asian Immigrant Parents: The First Thing You Should Do – (3 minute read)

How can we deal with Asian immigrant parents when we barely understand one another? Here is the first thing you should do. Oh, Asian Parents. I am one and I have them. Can we all agree that our parents can be annoying? Different generations, different upbringings, different cultures, different languages…it’s Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 7 yearsMay 22, 2018 ago
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What No One Tells You About Asian Parent Expectations (4 minute read)

Growing up with Asian parents be like what? What is a Tiger Mom? Why is there a High Expectations Asian Father meme? **Click Below To Listen**  Remember Amy Chua back in the early 2010s when her controversial book about Tiger Mothers blew up around the world? Chua’s idea that Chinese mothers were superior Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 7 yearsMay 1, 2018 ago
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Asian Culture

How To Show And Earn Respect To Make Your Marriage Better – (4-minute read)

In a marriage, should respect be given or earned? To earn respect in a successful marriage, it means respecting yourself first R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me Cue Aretha, please. So I talked about Trust, Honesty, and Communication. Part 3 of my Marriage Series is about Respect. **Click Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 7 yearsApril 13, 2018 ago
Asian Culture

Why Following Asian Superstitions Won’t Help You Reach Your Goals (3 minute read)

I’m sure you’ve heard of Asian people celebrating Lunar New Year. And I can probably write about how I celebrate it with my family (the red pockets, food, family traditions, stories etc.) like a typical mom blogger. **Click Below To Listen Now** Instead, I want to talk about Luck. I Read more…

By sumonsleeve, 7 yearsFebruary 16, 2018 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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