Mind Your Margins

Michelle Myers draws on her experience as a professor, activist, and poet to foster a space for listeners where it’s humanly possible to make humanity possible. Each episode, Michelle discusses difficult topics with a focus on practicing mindfulness and self-care as well as on claiming a personal space of acceptance, healing, and compassion. In this Mother’s Day episode, Michelle addresses the topic of mental health and generational trauma among AAPI women through the lens of the 2022 movie, Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Below are links to articles about the topics discussed in the episode. This is not an exhaustive list and our listeners are encouraged to research these topics on their own as well:

Suicides Among American Indian or Alaska Native Persons — National Violent Death Reporting System, United States, 2015–2020
A24 Reddit Thread, "Life Has Changed After Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Daniels Duo's Tweet about Everything Everywhere All At Once quoted in the Salon article "The Daniels on the ADHD Theory of 'Everything Everywhere All At Once,' Paper Cuts and Butts" by Hanh Nguyen
“Everything Everywhere All At Once' has the best take on mental health you never expected” by Rebecca Ruiz
“Asian American young adults are the only racial group with suicide as their leading cause of death, so why is no one talking about this?” by Amelia Noor-Oshiro
NAPAWF's website, “Mental Health Among AAPI Women”
Newport Institute’s website, “The Facts About Asian American Mental Health and Suicide Rates”

Mental Health Resources:

Mango Tree Counseling and Consulting (Philadelphia Area)
Mango Tree Counseling Youtube Channel
Asian Mental Health Collective
Huffington Post article written by Brittany Wong, “How to Find a Therapist Who Focuses on Asian American Mental Health”
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
The Crisis Text Line
National Alliance on Mental Illness Helpline (NAMI)
The Trevor Project
The Trans Lifeline

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Host: Michelle Myers
Producer: Myong McCloud

What is Mind Your Margins?

Feeling world weary? Disheartened by politics? Enraged by racism? In MIND YOUR MARGINS, Michelle Myers draws on her experience as a professor, activist, and poet to foster a space for listeners where it’s humanly possible to make humanity possible. Each episode, Michelle discusses topics with a focus on marginalized identities. She also encourages healthy ways to manage anxiety and anger as well as emphasizes the importance of practicing daily affirmations of personal acceptance, healing, and compassion. As an Asian American woman, Michelle highlights the experiences of people of color, particularly people who identify as AAPI, immigrants/children of immigrants, and/or multiracial/multicultural.