Many of my Asian friends and I have experienced parenting in the form of helicopter parenting or Asian guilt to motivate us. After decades of conditioning, this becomes ingrained as a part of our psyche.   And to be honest, for me, I’m still navigating and figuring out whenever I make a decision if I am being true to my heart center or doing it out of Asian guilt. “I have to do this to be a good Asian son”.   In this episode, we cover:

• My story of how I defied being a doctor

• Being compassionate with my family and their expectations

• Finding a career that my family doesn’t understand

• Filial piety and impact on us

• Compensatory strategies of being gay

• Is it wrong to defy parental expectations

• Why not following our truth has health consequences

• Tips on how to manage parental expectations

• What are the top 5 regrets of dying patients


  Resources:

• Gabor Mate - When the Body Says No, The Cost of Hidden Stress
• Bronnie Ware - Regrets of the Dying

  You can follow me at: Instagram (instagram.com/stevenwakabayashi) Weekly Newsletter (mindfulmoments.substack.com) Facebook (facebook.com/stevenwakabayashi) Twitter (twitter.com/wakuu) YouTube (youtube.com/stevenwakabayashi)   So much love for you and I’ll talk to you later. Bye! ♥️