Category: MENTAL HEALTH
Asian American Barriers to Mental Health Treatment & How Churches Can Help
posted on
Key Ministry started a new series on Mental Health Ministry and Cultural Competence and they invited me as one of their webinar speakers, for which I’m grateful to have shared from my lived experience in managing my mood disorder. 2020 brought rapid change to the worldwide Church, but one thing that has not changed much is that ethnically…
Free Care and Support for Women in Ministry
posted on
Self-care can only take you so far. There are also times you need help from other people to care for you. It’s not a sign of weakness to ask for help. Getting helpful support is simply a sign of humanity and humility. Standing Stone Ministry is developed specifically to come alongside Christian leaders—pastors, missionaries, heads of…
The #1 Reason You Have to Care about Mental Health
posted on
Your brain controls everything about you. Since you have a brain and a mind, you have to take care of your mental health, this brain health blog will help you a lot. If I may simply what mental health is all about, it’s about managing the stresses of life. And in this season we’re living in, every…
How to Stop Feeling Guilty All the Time
posted on
Can I make a confession? I’ve felt guilty very often for much of my life. It’s a terrible burden to carry around. Some of it comes from my personality, maybe because I have a sensitive, or over-sensitive, conscience. There’s guilt from both sides of the coin: the guilt of doing something wrong, and even doing…
Chinese health concerns, like depression and anxiety
posted on
Chinese and Asian Americans have health concerns, because the most important thing in life is being healthy and being reasonably happy in an imperfect world. Without health, one’s quality of life can be unbearable and push some people towards desperation and tragic consequences, the worst of which is suicide, for this reason a good depression treatment is…
Committing My Life to 3 Things = M.S.G.
posted on
3 things that I’m devoting my life to = MultiAsian + Shame + Generosity. Watch this quick personal update video where I explain. It’s taken me many years, several decades, to arrive at discovering what my ultimate contribution in life will be, or should be. My life was blessed to discover and receive clarity around this time last year. I’ve been waiting…
Mental Health Ministry at Orange County Churches
posted on
If you don’t struggle with mental health, you probably know someone who does. About 20% of Americans experience mental health issues every year. It’s not the easiest thing to find safe churches that embraces all aspects of a Christian person’s life that affects their mental illness—spiritually, mentally, emotionally, medically, physically, relationally, psychologically. To serve the 6th…
Mental health in Asian American communities
posted on
We the people of the United States of America, and any other nation or ethnicity, have the same human experiences when it comes to mental health and mental illness. Roughly 25% of people around the world will struggle with mental or neurological disorder in their lifetime. That’s huuuuge. And that includes Asians and Asian Americans. It goes…
Find Speaker for Resilience, Suicide Prevention and Self Harm
posted on
Isolation and shame are at an all time high. The challenges of mental illness and everyday life can be overwhelming for people you care about. David Dicken, of Make Someone Great Today, is a crisis counselor, and he’s now available as a speaker and presenter to address life’s challenges. This promotional video explains what David…
Chinese American Mental Health Seminar Videos
posted on
Very valuable resources are now available online: culturally-relevant informative videos about mental health in Chinese and Asian American communities. Watch the videos in this YouTube playlist from the 2018 Enlighten Mental Health Seminar. Enlighten seminar notes and video titles are posted at english.cccto.org/mental-health/videos-handouts 2018 Enlighten Seminar – Session Titles The Ministry of Presence to Broken People…
Asian American Sermons on Shame
posted on
What a shame that we can’t talk about our pains. It’s hard for anyone from whatever ethnic background to talk about their weaknesses and pains, it’s especially hard for Asians and Asian Americans. And, sadly it’s not talked about in churches, where it is the one place to be safe for pouring out our pain…
Enlighten, a Mental Health Seminar in a Chinese Church
posted on
Update: Please see the Enlighten website for the latest information, at enlightenmentalhealth.org/seminar Also watch videos from the 2018 Enlighten mental health seminar (info below kept online for historical reason)
