Listen "BONUS: Author Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Nguyen (Book Club Pick 18)"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, we interview the author of Aloha Vietnam - Dr. Elizabeth Nguyen! We ask about tumultuous mother-daughter relationships, safer spaces, and biggest takeaways.
Elizabeth Nguyen, MD, is a Vietnamese-American writer and psychiatrist. She was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her parents were refugees from Vietnam who arrived in Honolulu in 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War. She received her BA from Stanford University in Human Biology, her MD from Northwestern University, and her Psychiatry Residency and Child Psychiatry Fellowship training at UC Davis. She started her career in community mental health, with specific interests in cross-cultural psychiatry, the intersection of spirituality and mental health, and the healing power of water and the natural world. She is currently in private practice in Davis, CA, and can be found online at MultidimensionalPsychiatry.com and on Instagram @MultidimensionalPsychiatry.
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Hosts: Jamae Ann Sabangan and Steven Park
Edits: Steven Park
Music: Drop It by Lunareh
Elizabeth Nguyen, MD, is a Vietnamese-American writer and psychiatrist. She was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her parents were refugees from Vietnam who arrived in Honolulu in 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War. She received her BA from Stanford University in Human Biology, her MD from Northwestern University, and her Psychiatry Residency and Child Psychiatry Fellowship training at UC Davis. She started her career in community mental health, with specific interests in cross-cultural psychiatry, the intersection of spirituality and mental health, and the healing power of water and the natural world. She is currently in private practice in Davis, CA, and can be found online at MultidimensionalPsychiatry.com and on Instagram @MultidimensionalPsychiatry.
Find us on AsianBookClubPod.com and on Instagram @AsianBookClubPod. You can also support us by buying books through Asian Book Club's Bookshop.
Hosts: Jamae Ann Sabangan and Steven Park
Edits: Steven Park
Music: Drop It by Lunareh
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