Conversations With Your Chinese Auntie

By: Patricia Petersen
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  • Welcome to the Conversations with Your Chinese Auntie podcast. Your host, Patricia Petersen, is a Chinese therapist who has exciting and compelling conversations with BIPOC folks about life. In this podcast, we give voice to people of colour and learn more about their lives. Every episode is packed with relatable topics, hilarious stories, helpful advice, and even complex and painful stories. The topics are diverse, especially those related to our culture and mental, physical, and spiritual health. Sometimes we talk to delightful non-BIPOC folks with lots of wisdom.
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  • Building Deep Connections: Insights from Dinner with Strangers Founder Jess Janz

    Building Deep Connections: Insights from Dinner with Strangers Founder Jess Janz
    Feb 15 2025

    In this Conversations with Your Chinese Auntie episode, my guest is Jess Janz. Jess is a writer, community facilitator, and founder of Dinner with Strangers. Jess shares her journey from working in a band and restaurants to starting Dinner with Strangers in 2017. The conversation covers her challenges, like being an introvert in a social role, and the successes of her community-building project. They also discuss Jess's new ventures like 'Single with Strangers' and an upcoming book 'The Table Where We Meet', which reflects on her experiences and insights into fostering deep connections.

    Bio:

    Jess Janz is a writer, community facilitator, and the creator of Dinner With Strangers, which brings people from different walks of life to share their stories over a meal - all while omitting what anyone does for work. Her work examines identity, connection, and what binds us all together.

    Jess has hosted events for Wealthsimple, lululemon, Altea Active Club, The W Hotel, Staub, and Writers Collective of Canada, and runs monthly writing workshops and Poetry Club for her writing community of over 70k people. Her forthcoming book, 'The Table Where We Meet,' will be published by Source Books in March 2026.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Exploring the Depths of Friendship: Insights and Stories with Anna Jinja Mather, Lara Therrien Boulos, Luna Aixin & Sarah Whitehead

    Exploring the Depths of Friendship: Insights and Stories with Anna Jinja Mather, Lara Therrien Boulos, Luna Aixin & Sarah Whitehead
    Feb 11 2025

    This episode delves into the challenges and strategies of making and maintaining solid friendships. My dear friends Anna, Lara, Luna, and Sarah join me to discuss their personal experiences of making and maintaining friendships across different stages of life. The discussion covers how to find friends, the importance of community, navigating friendship breakups, and unique perspectives on what it means to be a friend.

    From touching on collectivist vs. individualist cultures to the challenges posed by modern life, this candid conversation offers thoughtful insights into building and sustaining meaningful connections.

    Bio: Anna Jinja Mather was adopted from Seoul, Korea, and grew up in Iowa. Her heart is filled with love for people and their stories. By sharing her adoption story and all that she is learning to help her navigate through personal and professional challenges, she hopes that this will lead us to believe, accept, and value the inherent worthiness of all people. She has dedicated her life to a number of nonprofit organizations and causes as a volunteer or employee, which has led to a myriad of unexpected opportunities and adventures – including stepping into the role of a radio producer and host at KHOI 89.1 FM. Anna's Website Lara Therrien Boulos is a community planner, facilitator, gardener, writer, witch, and artist of Egyptian and French-Canadian ancestry. She weaves all these threads of her life through her creative and spiritual practices and her animist orientation toward the world. She's also a cat lover and a Virgo.

    Luna Aixin 月愛心 (They/them/their) is a multiracial, non-binary, neurodivergent, disabled settler, community planner, facilitator and artist with ties to Southeast Asia, specifically Nusantara cultures and Pacific Islanders. As a neurodivergent person, Luna loves multimodal ways of creative expression and experiences the joy of witnessing others “play with imagination” on “very serious matters.” They work with local governments, non-profits, community organizations and personal projects through GaGiNang Productions (自己人创作) on ways to create equitable, just and safe systems and practises that can better serve our communities.

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    Sarah Whitehead (she/they) is a communication professional, writer, mom, and potter. She has over 20 years of experience in education and communication, including training and research effective communication, media literacy, and message management. Sarah recently left corporate life to focus on writing and her pottery business. Her writing focuses on current issues in interpersonal communication, media literacy and education and can be found on substack starting in March 2025. Her pottery can be found at www.rustedwheelpottery.com Patricia Petersen

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Dim Sum & Life: Finding Ground amidst the Noise

    Dim Sum & Life: Finding Ground amidst the Noise
    Feb 6 2025

    In this episode of the Conversations with Your Chinese Auntie Podcast, I share my thoughts on the importance of community and mindfulness in a busy world. I draw a vivid parallel between the bustling atmosphere of a dim sum restaurant and the distractions in our lives. Through this analogy, I explore how we can stay grounded and present amidst chaos by building connections, practicing mindfulness, and caring for our physical, mental, and spiritual health.

    I also describe various dim sum dishes and encourage listeners to experience them with loved ones. I hope you enjoy the podcast.

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    15 mins

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