Podcasts by Shit We Don
We have depression. Now what? We share vulnerable stories of how we manage anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder while figuring out the not-so-glamours parts of adulting, relationships, and our Asian-Canadian identities. Come join us as we share tools and personal experiences of how to normalize your mental health and well-being. New episodes every other Sunday! Winner of Best Wellness Podcast 2020 at Asian Podcast Awards. **Content Warning: depression, anxiety, suicide, eating disorders, violence, sex, racism, and death**⠀
Further podcasts by Kristy Yee & Angie Yu
Podcast on the topic Mentale Gesundheit
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53. Our Shit: What Happens After A Break Up? from 2022-10-23T00:00
It’s official, Kristy is now single after a 6-year relationship. In this episode, we process the emotions after a breakup, recognize what is “overly independent”, and discuss fears of the future...
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50. How to Heal from Childhood Trauma as a Vietnamese-American Daughter going into Motherhood ft. Tam Tran from 2022-09-11T00:00
Tam is in the “middle generation”. The balance between talking about mental health with her parents and learning how to teach her son to be in tune with his mental well-being. We discuss:
49. Attachment Style…It Makes You Feel Some Type of Way from 2022-08-28T01:00
What is your attachment style? Have you always wanted to do one but are not sure how it’ll go? We’ll do the quiz and narrate as we go and share some of our childhood memories and…well the answer...
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47. To Have or Not to Have Babies... and Why from 2022-07-31T00:00
Angie always imaged having babies. Kristy is on team no kids. But lately, they’ve both been having different thoughts. In this episode, we explore why we originally wanted/not wanted babies and ...
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46. Unlearning Internalized Sexism in Your Family and Learning Self-Validation ft. Shirvin Lee from 2022-07-17T01:00
**Content Warning: Death, Depression, Suicide**
We are joined by psychotherapist Shirvin Lee who gets vulnerable and shares her childhood traumas of facing sexism and insur...
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45. Our Shit: What I Learned from Breaking Up a 6 Year Relationship from 2022-07-03T00:00
This is an intimate story about my recent breakup with my partner of 6 years. I share my fear of judgment from friends, staying vs. leaving the relationship, the lessons learned, and how I plan ...
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44. Turning Red: Nostalgia and Intergenerational Trauma (Season 3 Finale) from 2022-04-03T01:00
Toronto. Teenhood. Puberty. Friendships. Filial Piety. Emotions! The movie Turning Red is about a 13-year-old girl who is torn between her duties to walk down the path paved by her ancestors and...
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43. How to Give Less F***s About Dating and Marriage&Find Your Own Happiness ft. Justine Ang Fonte from 2022-03-20T00:00
Justine shares stories of telling her Catholic Filipino parents about dating a black man, potentially not getting married, and potentially not having kids - even though she wants 4 of them. We e...
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42. How Do We Know If We're Loveable? from 2022-03-06T10:00
Are we loveable? Insecurities can stem from so many different sources but how do we manage them and prevent them from ruining our current and future relationships? We dive into our experiences w...
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41. Living a Secret Double Life w/o Mom Knowing ft. Carol from 2022-02-20T00:00
English teacher by day, gogo dancer by night. Mom doesn’t know about Carol’s double life. We discuss (rant) how we deal with nagging mothers, life as a gogo-dancer, struggling with body image, a...
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40. Hanging Out With Your Inner Child from 2022-02-06T01:00
Inner child. Trauma. Reparenting. The Little Prince. In this episode, we sit down to talk about the first time that we confronted our inner child and how we rekindled that relationship. We dive ...
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39. Using Witchcraft to Connect with Our Chinese Ancestry ft. Mimi Young from 2022-01-23T00:00
Mimi Young is a spirit communicator. She left the corporate 9-5 world to invest in a relationship with the unseen. In this episode, we explore how Shamanism is a way to honor our ancestry, what ...
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38. Experiences in the Psych Ward for Suicidal Ideations ft. Tanushree Sengupta from 2022-01-09T00:00
After being hospitalized for a week, Tanushree gets diagnosed with dysthymia. Then things got messy. Unintentionally triggering friends. Fighting with parents about using medication. And what se...
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36. Negative Self-Talk and Equating Our Self-Worth with Productivity ft. Lucas Ng from 2021-12-12T00:00
Self-shaming. Struggling relationship. Disappointing Chinese Christian parents. Lucas Ng, Canadian actor and co-host of “Have We Made It Yet” podcast, shares how he got fired from his job trigge...
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34. I Dated A Narcissist For 6 Years from 2021-11-14T00:00
What is it like to date a narcissist? What happens when you get triggered by other people’s breakup? Living with depression and bipolar, we sometimes wonder if we are the “bad” person in a relat...
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33. Forgiveness and Gratitude From a Queer Chinese Daughter ft. Xixi Wang from 2021-10-31T01:00
Xixi Wang, founder of Asians for Sex Positivity, discusses what sex positivity means for Xixi and her relationship with her immigrant parents as a queer Asian. We discuss mental health stigma an...
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32. Our Shit: How to Process and Manage Anxiety from 2021-10-17T02:00
Kristy discusses coping mechanisms for anxiety. What helps us vs. what makes it worse. Moving to a new city is not turning out to be the way she expected and she feels incredibly overwhelmed. Sh...
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31. Our Shit: Parenting Guilt and Living For Our Own Happiness from 2021-10-03T02:00
Kristy and Angie are back for a new season and they update everyone on what has been going on in their lives. Angie talks about (puppy) parenting guilt and Kristy talks about living her new life...
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30. Friendship, Forgiveness, and Childhood Trauma (Season 2 Finale) from 2021-08-08T01:00
Angie and Kristy go through the 36 Questions to Fall in Love questions to get to know each. Do they fall in love? Listen now to find out. Winky face. This episode was recorded on IG Live on the ...
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29. Judging Our Life Choices: Cultural Identities and Love vs. Sex ft. Stephen Yuan from 2021-07-18T00:00
Is there a gender difference in how we think about sex, cope with depression, and priorities in life? Stephen Yuan shares his thoughts on how he navigates a semi-open relationship, getting out o...
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28. Building Resiliency and Tearing Down Facades ft. Steven Ngo from 2021-07-04T02:00
27. Our Shit: Suicide Ideations and the Depression Roller Coaster from 2021-06-20T00:00
What is it like to have suicidal ideations? Kristy relapsed into depression and none of her usual depression management strategies worked. We talk about her obsessive behaviour to escape reality...
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26. Authenticity, Trauma Triggers, and Sex for Validation ft. Lisa Sam-Townsend from 2021-06-06T00:00
The lack of male role models in Lisa's childhood led her to use sexuality to get men’s attention. Her mom physically abused her and they have a complicatedly civil relationship. We talk abo...
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25. Fear of Parenthood and Other Scary Things from 2021-05-23T01:00
Kristy and Angie answer two questions: What are some shit that our kids might not tell us? And what are our Myer-Briggs personalities? Not surprisingly, we get raw and vulnerable debating whethe...
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25. Our Shit: Fear of Parenthood and Other Scary Things from 2021-05-23T01:00
Kristy and Angie answer two questions: What are some shit that our kids might not tell us? And what are our Myer-Briggs personalities? Not surprisingly, we get raw and vulnerable debating whethe...
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24. Guilt, Regrets, and Gratitude After Surviving Trauma ft. Kelli Chu from 2021-05-09T00:00
Kelli Chu survived a traumatic car accident from a drunk driver. She opens up about the regrets, the dark places, and what she hasn’t told her mom about from the incident. And of course, there’s...
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24. Life After Surviving a Traumatic Car Accident ft. Kelli Chu from 2021-05-09T00:00
Kelli Chu survived a traumatic car accident from a drunk driver. She opens up about the regrets, the dark places, and what she hasn’t told her mom about from the incident. And of course, there’s...
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23. Masculinity ft. Lance Gee & Eric Wu (Off the Wok) from 2021-04-25T02:00
2 Asian men get vulnerable with us and share their fears, shames, and insecurities. Lance Gee and Eric Wu from over at Off The Wok discuss losing a job, fee...
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22. Social Justice with Your Asian Parents ft. Irving Chong (Asians in Space) from 2021-04-11T01:00
Irving Chong from Asians in Space joins us to share his experience growing up in Alberta, Canada as one of the few Asian kids i...
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21. Managing Expectations as an Asian Millennial ft. Natalie Cheung from 2021-03-14T01:00
Natalie from Yellow Bee Pod joins us to share her experience transitioning out of her civil engineering job to an outspoken supporter of Asian identity and women in STEM.
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21. Managing Expectations as an Asian Millennial ft. Natalie Cheung (Yellow Bee Pod) from 2021-03-14T00:00
Natalie from Yellow Bee Pod joins us to share her experience transitioning out of her civil engineering job to an outspoken sup...
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20: What Makes Me Bipolar from 2021-02-28T02:00
Kristy and Angie sit down to finally talk about a long awaited topic: Angie’s bipolar disorder.
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19. The Handbook for Adulting ft. Angela Kim from 2021-02-14T01:00
Instructions on how to be an adult and live happily ever after. Do you want one? What if we were already given one but we just don’t like what is written? In this episode, we discuss the internal a...
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19. The Handbook for Adulting ft. Angela Kim (The Why Moments) from 2021-02-14T00:00
Instructions on how to be an adult and live happily ever after. Do you want one? What if we were already given one but we just don’t like what is written? In this episode, Angela Kim from Listen
18: Masturbation & Sexual Consent ft. MX Asian American (Part 2) from 2021-01-31T01:00
How did you learn about sex? Did you have sex first or masturbate first? Did you ever get the “sex talk” from your parents/guardians? This is a special episode where Karen from MX Asian American Po...
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18. Masturbation & Sexual Consent ft. Karen Zheng (MX Asian American) - Part 2 from 2021-01-31T00:00
How did you learn about sex? Did you have sex first or masturbate first? Did you ever get the “sex talk” from your parents/guardians? This is a special episode where Karen from MX Asian American...
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17. Exploring Our Sexual Identities ft. MX Asian American (Part 1) from 2021-01-17T02:00
Kristy and Angie invite Karen to discuss what it was like growing up closeted. We explore the society norms about female sexuality, porn, and body image.
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17. Exploring Our Sexual Identities ft. Karen Zheng (MX Asian American) - Part 1 from 2021-01-17T01:00
How are our sexual identities formed? Is it from the media that we consume like magazines and porn? And how do we go about unlearning the dysfunctional and destructive ideas around sexuality and...
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15. Flatulence, Love, and Discomfort (Season 1 Finale) from 2020-11-29T00:00
Kristy and Angie get together (virtually) to wrap up Season 1 by answer questions from our listeners and Season 1 guests. We discuss public flatulence, how we came up with our name, and most imp...
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15. Flatulence, Love, and Discomfort (S1 Finale) from 2020-11-29T00:00
Kristy and Angie get together (virtually) to wrap up Season 1 by answer questions from our listeners and Season 1 guests. We discuss public flatulence, how we came up with our name, and most imp...
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14. Ovulation, Breastfeeding, and Being A Chinese Daughter ft. Georgie Ma from 2020-11-15T01:00
The pressure is real when it comes to having kids. Georgie Ma from Chinese Chippy Girl Podcast shares how difficult it was trying to conceive for over a year. We discuss what society expects from w...
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14. Ovulation, Breastfeeding, and Being A Chinese Daughter ft. Georgie Ma (Chinese Chippy Girl) from 2020-11-15T00:00
The pressure is real when it comes to having kids. Georgie Ma from Chinese Chippy Girl Podcast talks about growing up as the only Chinese person in school and how it has shaped her to be the mot...
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13. Desire, Dreams, and Diaries from 2020-11-01T00:00
Angie & Kristy read each other’s diaries on the internet. We discuss what is desire, Angie’s dating life, workplace anxiety, murderous dreams, emotional boundaries/dependency, Kristy turns 3...
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13. Desire, Dreams, and Diaries from 2020-11-01T00:00
Angie & Kristy read each other’s diaries on the internet. We discuss what is desire, Angie’s dating life, workplace anxiety, murderous dreams, emotional boundaries/dependency, Kristy turns 3...
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12. Codependency and Intergenerational Trauma ft. William Shaw from 2020-10-18T01:00
Our new friend Will share's his childhood experience growing up biracial in the deep south. We discuss codependency, people-pleasing tendencies, team cat vs team dog, and cutting toxic pare...
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11. Imposter Syndrome and the Cyber-toothed Tiger from 2020-10-04T15:00
How do we find fulfillment in our day-to-day jobs? In this episode, Kristy and Angie talk about the career fog that many of us Millennials are trying to find a way out of as we grapple with impo...
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10. The F (ailure) Word ft. Calven Wang from 2020-09-20T00:00
Failure: the word we have learned to fear in an Asian household. In this episode, Calven Wang joins us with his perspective on how to overcome the fear of failure, relationship advice for single...
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9. Depression, Distractions, and Dopamine from 2020-09-06T00:00
This episode shows the realistic experience, thoughts, and feelings when we were both depressed at the same time. We talk about potential coping methods and understanding the different drivers t...
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8. Chinese Moms: From Confucianism to IUDs from 2020-08-23T00:00
This episode is all about our Chinese moms: their stories, our mother-daughter relationships, and the ever uncomfortable shit when we try to talk with them.
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7. Astrology, Gryffindor, and Chop Suey from 2020-08-09T00:00
Chop Suey literally translates to “random pieces” in Cantonese. In this episode, Kristy & Angie cook up some chop suey of random shit including filial piety, Chinese Canadian history, and As...
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6. Give Angie The D from 2020-07-26T00:00
It’s not what you think..or is it? It’s Angie’s turn to talk about her spiral down to depression, her diagnosis thereafter and her journey of revealing her condition to her mom. We explore how p...
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6. My Therapist Diagnosed Me with Clinical Depression from 2020-07-26T00:00
Trauma since 9 y.o. Diagnosed with depression at 29. Telling mom about it. It’s Angie’s turn to talk about her spirals, diagnoses, and how stigmas against mood disorders and medication had inhi...
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5. Give Kristy The D from 2020-07-12T00:00
Kristy talks about her diagnosis with depression and anxiety at age 12 as well as what happened after she got discharged from the psych ward. We explore how her first encounter with mental healt...
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5. Growing up with Depression - Give Kristy the D from 2020-07-12T00:00
Kristy talks about her diagnosis with depression and anxiety at age 12 as well as what happened after she got discharged from the psych ward. We explore how her first encounter with mental healt...
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4. Sitting With Our Discomfort - BLM from 2020-06-28T00:00
Kristy and Angie discuss the pervasive anti-black racism in society and in the Asian-diaspora community. We throw away our original episode 4 plans to talk about and sit with a heavy subject tha...
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4. Sitting With Our Discomfort from 2020-06-28T00:00
Kristy and Angie discuss the pervasive anti-black racism in society and in the Asian-diaspora community. We throw away our original episode 4 plans to talk about and sit with a heavy subject tha...
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4. Sitting With Our Discomfort - BLM from 2020-06-28T00:00
Kristy and Angie discuss the pervasive anti-black racism in society and in the Asian-diaspora community. We throw away our original episode 4 plans to talk about and sit with a heavy subject tha...
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3. Meet Angie at Emotional Baggage Claim from 2020-06-14T11:00
Angie shares a traumatic event that happened to her shortly after beginning her new life in Canada with her parents. We discuss how the coping mechanisms we develop as children to repress trauma...
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3. Meet Angie at Baggage Claim from 2020-06-14T11:00
Angie shares a traumatic event that happened to her shortly after beginning her new life in Canada with her parents. We discuss how the coping mechanisms we develop as children to repress trauma...
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2. Meet Kristy at Emotional Baggage Claim from 2020-06-14T09:00
Kristy shares the detailed story of when she was institutionalized and put in the psych ward in a Children's Hospital at age 12. We explore how well-meaning adults can significantly change ...
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2. Meet Kristy at Baggage Claim from 2020-06-14T09:00
Kristy shares the detailed story of when she was institutionalized and put in the psych ward in a Children's Hospital at age 12. We explore how well-meaning adults can significantly change ...
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1. What Is Our Shit? Introducing Kristy&Angie from 2020-06-14T08:00
In this episode, we get to know Kristy and Angie on a personal level about who they are and why they decided to share their personal stories with the internet. We touch briefly on what it was li...
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