Best Aimée Suen, NTP Podcasts (2024)

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103 | How to Re-Enter in a Supportive and Aligned Way 32:14

3+ y ago32:14

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After over a year of living a very different way, things around us are changing again, mostly for the better. And, as more folks get vaccinated and things open back up, returning to whatever our new lives are could feel scary or anxiety-inducing. This episode invites you to check in with how you want to re-enter the post-vaccine life in a way that’…

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102 | Healing your Multiracial Inner Child with Farzana Nayani 47:51

3+ y ago47:51

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Being a mixed race can bring with it a wide range of experiences, cultures and microaggressions, all that can start at a young age. As mixed race people grow up, looking back and processing and working through the experiences when we were children can be incredibly healing and formative to our identities. Farzana Nayani talks about why it’s importa…

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101 | Finding and Going at your Own Pace 28:58

3+ y ago28:58

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Moving towards living your own definition of health and wellness can be a lot easier to do when you’re going at your own pace. So often, our societies push us to move faster and faster to keep up with the never ending newness in this interconnected world, and that may not actually work for everyone. This episode talks about how you can find, go at,…

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100 | Disordered Eating Recovery as a Person of Color with Kimmie Singh 45:39

3+ y ago45:39

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100 | Disordered Eating Recovery as a Person of Color with Kimmie Singh Working through disordered eating and eating disorders can be a lot to navigate and potentially adding navigating racial microaggressions can be even more overwhelming. There are many layers and nuances to working through your relationship with food as a person of color that ma…

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99 | How Diet Culture Effs with Our Relationship with Food 55:41

3+ y ago55:41

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Diet culture can cast a wide and sticky net in someone’s life and push them to live a word hyperfocused on getting thin at whatever cost. This episode dives deep into how “good” and “bad” foods and the food lists diet culture thrives on are harmful, especially for people of color who have rich food cultures. Small Steps in the Show: Know that the d…

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98 | Moving Towards Sex Positivity with Jayda Shuavarnnasri 1:15:26

3+ y ago1:15:26

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Sex positivity has become something that’s gotten a lot more attention in the past few years, but what does it mean, especially for folks of color? I invited sex positive Asian auntie Jayda Shuavarnnasri on the show to talk about this with me and unpack the things we all didn’t learn about sexuality, our bodies and how our sensuality is our birthri…

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97 | Seeing and Letting Go of What You’re Carrying 36:29

3+ y ago36:29

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Whether we realize it or not, we’re all carrying ideas, beliefs, and ways we live our lives based on our identities, experiences, how we were raised, and more. While some of these things can be helpful or fine, others can be out of alignment with who we truly are and take up too much mental and emotional energy. As the past year has led to a lot of…

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96 | What’s Next for the Podcast and More 35:29

3+ y ago35:29

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The Small Steps Podcast is back! Listen in to see what’s changing in the podcast, my nutrition business and where you can hear the most up to date information about the changes ahead. Mentioned in the Show: Small Steps #87 Sign up for the newsletter Buy the Health Care is a Human Right Pin Buy the Always Worthy Pin Buy the Mixed Kid Magic Pin Get t…

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95 | Redefining your Health, Wellness and Life with Shohreh Davoodi 1:08:51

4y ago1:08:51

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We all have moments where we feel it’s time for a change. Whether you can fully see things are out of alignment for you based on your values or you just know that something’s not working anymore. It can be scary (and totally normal!) to figure out where to go next, especially when it’s moving away from things you’ve done or believed for years. In t…

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94 | Ways to “Do the Work”: Sharing and Taking Action 48:58

4y ago48:58

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Learning about social justice and understanding the systems of oppression that affect us is extremely important. And it’s just as important to take action on what you’ve learned or in light of what you’ve learned to bring about changing the systems to create something new. This episode covers how to figure out where to share what you’re learning an…

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93 | Ways to “Do the Work”: Your Own Care 38:35

4y ago38:35

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Doing social justice work and learning can bring up a lot of feelings and trauma. As we continue to do this work for the long haul, it’s also important to also make our care and healing a priority. This episode covers how to also take care of yourself so you can continue to do social justice work, heal and not burn out. This is part four of five in…

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92 | Ways to “Do the Work”: Media and Money Audits 56:57

4y ago56:57

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As we learn more about social justice, it can be helpful to look at some major things in our lives: the media we consume and where and who we spend our money with to see if that’s aligned with our social justice values. This episode covers what to ask while you’re looking at your media and money and how to intentionally adjust in a way that aligns …

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91 | Ways to “Do the Work”: Gathering Information 41:44

4y ago41:44

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Dominant culture has rewritten history or made what actually happened harder to find. And as we continue our work in social justice, we’ve got to seek out this information, concepts, ideologies and more. This episode covers how to find that information, apply critical thinking as you read and search, and more. This is part two of five in a social-j…

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90 | Ways to “Do the Work”: Setting Up 52:39

4y ago52:39

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More time passes from the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others and the uprisings that sparked an increased awareness and openness to talk about racism, systemic oppression and social justice. “Doing the work” of learning these systems and contributing to change is lifelong. This series talks about ways you create a helpful framework to…

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89 | Important Things and Podcast Updates 23:14

4y ago23:14

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This episode talks about the essential fact that Black lives matter and the importance of Black voices in the Wellness World, why I started this podcast and what’s in store for the podcast in the future. Also a new podcast series is coming up later in July/early August that I talk about here. Mentioned in the Show: Small Steps #14: Being Biracial a…

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88 | The Importance of a Having a Culturally Affirming Therapist with Melody Li 1:05:07

4+ y ago1:05:07

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For those of us targeted identities, it can be hard to find places, spaces and people to work with who really see and can hold space for all of us or the parts of us that we hold especially dear. While “good enough” has been the norm, more and more people are coming together to, in their professions, make it clear that we can work with people who r…

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87 | 5 Things I’ve Been Working on Recently 46:18

4+ y ago46:18

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A more personal episode, I’m sharing 5 things I’ve been thinking about and working on during this time. I also share small steps that I’ve taken and am taking as I work through them. Small Steps in the Show: Internalized Capitalism/Rest/How to Show Up at this Time Recognizing how much of a thing that was that i work with, how big and old of a patte…

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86 | Turning Journaling into a Practice with Jess Song 57:11

4+ y ago57:11

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Journaling is a popular suggestion as a small step on this podcast and beyond as a way to get in touch with yourself. But if you’re new to journaling or have a block around it, figuring out where to start can feel confusing or overwhelming. In this episode, I talk with Jess Song about how journaling can help and how to make journaling a more approa…

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85 | 5 Ways to Add More Flavor to Your Cooking 40:10

4+ y ago40:10

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Adding a bit more flavor to our meals can take what’s on our plate from meh to WOW. Especially if you’re cooking more or a newer to cooking, it can feel a bit overwhelming to figure out how to make your food and also make it realllllly tasty. This episode covers 5 possible ways you can add more flavor to your food and make cooking a bit more fun. S…

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84 | How to Embrace that Your Body + All Bodies are Good with Amanda Martinez Beck 1:00:52

4+ y ago1:00:52

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A major part of moving away from diet culture can be embracing the bodies we currently have, regardless of our body’s size or how “acceptable” diet culture deems it. And in that journey, looking at and realizing our internalized fatphobia can come up and be a lot. In this episode I talk with fat activist Amanda Martinez Beck on fat activism, fatnes…

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83 | Noticing, Feeling and Creating Joy 37:18

4+ y ago37:18

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In all times of our lives, joy can be a vital part of our health and healing. And it can also feel a bit hard to access, or maybe even feel for a lot of us. This episode talks about how we can start to notice, feel and then create more joy in our lives, as well as honoring the full spectrum of our emotions, not just the bad. Small Steps in the Show…

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82 | How Are You?: A Self Care Check-In for Uncertain Times 17:02

4+ y ago17:02

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As we continue to move through and live in uncertain times, it can be helpful to check in with ourselves to see how we’re doing and taking care of ourselves. This episode invites you to take some time to check in with you and create small steps that can be supportive for you during this time. Small Steps in the Show: Set aside some time to think or…

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81 | Ways to Lower Stress and Anxiety 40:33

4+ y ago40:33

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Dealing with and sitting with your stress and anxiety can be a lot in normal times, and in not as normal times it can feel even more difficult. This episode talks about how you acknowledge your stress and/or anxiety, ways to work with it and lower it, and how you can take steps in your day to day to make you a little more resilient. Small Steps in …

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80 | Tips and Tricks for Working from Home 21:33

4+ y ago21:33

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More people are working from home, which can sound great, and if you’re new to it, feels way different than you imagine. In this episode, I share my work from home tips and tricks you can try to make working from home work for you, especially during these corona times. (There are additional considerations for noncorona times too!) Small Steps in th…

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79 | Taking Care of Yourself During Uncertain Times 49:40

4+ y ago49:40

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With the world being a bit upside down right now, it can be difficult to think about what to do and how to take care of yourself. This episode talks about the noise that’s out there that could be in the way of you taking care of yourself and many ways you can take care of yourself and others during this time. Small Steps in the Show: Check in with …

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Aimée Suen, NTP Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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103 | How to Re-Enter in a Supportive and Aligned Way 32:14

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102 | Healing your Multiracial Inner Child with Farzana Nayani 47:51

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101 | Finding and Going at your Own Pace 28:58

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100 | Disordered Eating Recovery as a Person of Color with Kimmie Singh 45:39

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99 | How Diet Culture Effs with Our Relationship with Food 55:41

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98 | Moving Towards Sex Positivity with Jayda Shuavarnnasri 1:15:26

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97 | Seeing and Letting Go of What You’re Carrying 36:29

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96 | What’s Next for the Podcast and More 35:29

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95 | Redefining your Health, Wellness and Life with Shohreh Davoodi 1:08:51

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94 | Ways to “Do the Work”: Sharing and Taking Action 48:58

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93 | Ways to “Do the Work”: Your Own Care 38:35

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92 | Ways to “Do the Work”: Media and Money Audits 56:57

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91 | Ways to “Do the Work”: Gathering Information 41:44

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90 | Ways to “Do the Work”: Setting Up 52:39

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89 | Important Things and Podcast Updates 23:14

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88 | The Importance of a Having a Culturally Affirming Therapist with Melody Li 1:05:07

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87 | 5 Things I’ve Been Working on Recently 46:18

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86 | Turning Journaling into a Practice with Jess Song 57:11

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85 | 5 Ways to Add More Flavor to Your Cooking 40:10

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84 | How to Embrace that Your Body + All Bodies are Good with Amanda Martinez Beck 1:00:52

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83 | Noticing, Feeling and Creating Joy 37:18

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82 | How Are You?: A Self Care Check-In for Uncertain Times 17:02

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81 | Ways to Lower Stress and Anxiety 40:33

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80 | Tips and Tricks for Working from Home 21:33

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79 | Taking Care of Yourself During Uncertain Times 49:40

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