Episode 11

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2nd Nov 2022

11: How Asians show their love when they don't say "I love you", w/ Dr Amanda Chan

Do you feel like you have agency over your responses to life? Do you allow your emotions to surface and treat them as useful information?

All of us are socialized to respond to life in certain ways; through our families of origin, our culture of origin, and the dominant culture in which we live. Often, we need quite a lot of awareness and deconditioning to shift into a way of doing life that feels like it fits who we are, rather than what's expected of us.


In episode 11 of the Asian Detox Podcast, TJ Wey and guest Dr Amanda Chan discuss how childhood experiences form adult behavior, the emotional baggage we have inherited as Asian Americans, what connection looks like in Asian families, and working with emotions, highlighting:

  • How our Asian parent upbringing ends up incentivizing our behavior as adults
  • The gender divide we were raised with, how that impacted us and how we can change that pattern with our children
  • The wisdom available for letting things be, viewing chance occurrences as possibilities for growth and framing life in a more positive way
  • Our sense that we have to "earn our place" in the world as immigrants and the ways our Asian parents foster connection within the family and beyond
  • The role of emotion in healing and the cultural heritage of moving energy through the system in Tai Chi


"We're given a whole range of emotions so that we can use them and experience them and then change them, but they are just forms of energy. Things are always going to happen to you. There's no time in life that they're not, but you decide how you react to them. We need to know that we have more power than we think we do."


Dr Amanda Chan

S1 E11, Asian Detox Podcast


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About the Podcast

The Asian Detox Podcast
Reclaiming Asian American prosperity
Welcome to the ASIAN DETOX PODCAST, a podcast made for Asian Americans as we navigate life in two very different cultures, come to terms with our identity and share experiences of adjusting to a new way of being.

On this podcast, TJ Wey, a financial and abundance expert who is on track to retire by the age of 40, will share stories of people escaping the hustle culture in their lives and describing what that journey looks like for them.

As a financial expert, TJ's focus will be on the Asian money mindset, how to shift to an abundance mindset, discussing past money mindsets and how and if they need to be rewired and reframed and what - mind shift changes were needed when choosing the path of business over traditional career paths.

TJ is your #VeryAsian, non-binary, gluten-and-dairy-free money habits coach, helping Asian American small business owners escape the hustle culture and build their abundant life.

Zhi is on track to retire by 40, working independently and earning zir own way, after over a decade of working in corporate America as an IT Project Manager and following the Asian-Parent approved path.

TJ is known for zir work on Abundance and creating wealth systems that help others to reach their financial goals and desired lifestyle.

This is a bi-weekly podcast, with 12 episodes per season. TJ will be doing solo episodes speaking about zir own experiences as an Asian American, how zhi managed to be on track to retire by 40 and helping you understand how to create an abundant lifestyle that feels good to you and your culture. Zhi will also be bringing on guests to share their own shared experiences as an Asian American.

This podcast will leave you inspired, open your mind to understanding how much wealth is available to you and provide amazing lifestyle shifts that will help you feel great about your own culture while choosing to live a life that is off the beaten path.

We look forward to seeing you every other week

We hope that with this podcast you will come to realize that you can design your abundant life in a way that honors your heritage while enjoying a life of ease and alignment. And you can do it while making money and building generational wealth.

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TJ Wey

TJ Wey (zhi/zir) is your #VeryAsian, non-binary, gluten-and-dairy free money habits coach. After over a decade in corporate America as an IT Project Manager, zhi is on track to retire by 40. Zhi wants to help Asian American small business owners escape the hustle culture and live their abundant life through better money habits and financial foundations.