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10th Aug 2022

01: How Going to College White-Washed Me as An Asian American

Have you left behind parts of your cultural identity that feel unimportant or inconvenient?

In this first episode of the Asian Detox Podcast we explore some common experiences of being a child of immigrant parents in America and the repercussions of those experiences on our identity.

Host TJ Wey shares stories from zir personal experience of being a transplant from an Asian-American community in LA to a predominantly White community in Arizona, how some of those experiences impacted zir identity, and zir journey of detoxifying zir own perceptions of zir culture since that time, highlighting in particular:

  • Ways of fielding “othering” treatment by White Americans and by Asians
  • The experience of dealing with the tension between the culture we grow up surrounded by and our family culture
  • The difficulties in talking about our identities through the encultured Asian privacy wall
  • Why running your own business is the best way to learn about yourself
  • Exploring ways of embracing being visibly Asian and embracing our cultural heritage 


“I call it the Asian Detox Podcast because for me and a couple of my friends who have been outside of the Asian-American circles for a while, we view the Asian-American community as purely composed of this hustle culture - where all you do is work, work, work, or you study really hard and you do what your parents told you and then you make some money but you’re not actually happy and you’re not doing what you’re passionate about - that was our impression of what it’s like to exist in an Asian-American community, and that is not true. So the reason I call this the Asian Detox Podcast is because I’m detoxifying my own impressions or my internalised stereotypes about my own people.”


TJ Wey

S1 E1, 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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TheAsianDetoxPodcast.com

AbundanceFirst.com
RightWey.com

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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.