Small Steps
by Aimée Suen, NTP
Aimée Suen, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, multi-passionate creative and mixed race woman of color is here to help mono and multiracial women of color get clear on what health and wellness truly means to them and leave the dominant narratives behind to feel aligned, empowered, and seen, one small step at a time. This podcast will share a health at every size, diet-free, social justice and culturally informed approach to health and wellness, as well as touch on the many different areas of health and wellness that goes beyond what we eat and how we move. You'll hear solo shows and conversations with other women of color wellness practitioners to share their expertise and show that we are out there, taking up space. Each show will have small steps so you can try things out and see how they work for you.
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103 | How to Re-Enter in a Supportive and Aligned Way
After over a year of living a very different way, things around us are changing again, mostly for the better. And, as more folks get vaccinated and things open back up, returning to whatever our new lives are could feel scary or anxiety-inducing. This episode invites you to check in with how you...
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102 | Healing your Multiracial Inner Child with Farzana Nayani
Being a mixed race can bring with it a wide range of experiences, cultures and microaggressions, all that can start at a young age. As mixed race people grow up, looking back and processing and working through the experiences when we were children can be incredibly healing and formative to our...
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101 | Finding and Going at your Own Pace
Moving towards living your own definition of health and wellness can be a lot easier to do when you're going at your own pace. So often, our societies push us to move faster and faster to keep up with the never ending newness in this interconnected world, and that may not actually work for...
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100 | Disordered Eating Recovery as a Person of Color with Kimmie Singh
100 | Disordered Eating Recovery as a Person of Color with Kimmie Singh Working through disordered eating and eating disorders can be a lot to navigate and potentially adding navigating racial microaggressions can be even more overwhelming. There are many layers and nuances to working through…
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99 | How Diet Culture Effs with Our Relationship with Food
Diet culture can cast a wide and sticky net in someone's life and push them to live a word hyperfocused on getting thin at whatever cost. This episode dives deep into how "good" and "bad" foods and the food lists diet culture thrives on are harmful, especially for people of color who have rich…
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98 | Moving Towards Sex Positivity with Jayda Shuavarnnasri
Sex positivity has become something that's gotten a lot more attention in the past few years, but what does it mean, especially for folks of color? I invited sex positive Asian auntie Jayda Shuavarnnasri on the show to talk about this with me and unpack the things we all didn't learn about...
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97 | Seeing and Letting Go of What You're Carrying
Whether we realize it or not, we're all carrying ideas, beliefs, and ways we live our lives based on our identities, experiences, how we were raised, and more. While some of these things can be helpful or fine, others can be out of alignment with who we truly are and take up too much mental and...
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96 | What's Next for the Podcast and More
The Small Steps Podcast is back! Listen in to see what's changing in the podcast, my nutrition business and where you can hear the most up to date information about the changes ahead. Mentioned in the Show: Small Steps #87 Sign up for the newsletter Buy the Health Care is a Human Right Pin Buy…
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95 | Redefining your Health, Wellness and Life with Shohreh Davoodi
We all have moments where we feel it's time for a change. Whether you can fully see things are out of alignment for you based on your values or you just know that something's not working anymore. It can be scary (and totally normal!) to figure out where to go next, especially when it's moving…
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94 | Ways to "Do the Work": Sharing and Taking Action
Learning about social justice and understanding the systems of oppression that affect us is extremely important. And it's just as important to take action on what you've learned or in light of what you've learned to bring about changing the systems to create something new. This episode covers how...
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93 | Ways to "Do the Work": Your Own Care
Doing social justice work and learning can bring up a lot of feelings and trauma. As we continue to do this work for the long haul, it's also important to also make our care and healing a priority. This episode covers how to also take care of yourself so you can continue to do social justice…
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92 | Ways to "Do the Work": Media and Money Audits
As we learn more about social justice, it can be helpful to look at some major things in our lives: the media we consume and where and who we spend our money with to see if that's aligned with our social justice values. This episode covers what to ask while you're looking at your media and money...
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91 | Ways to "Do the Work": Gathering Information
Dominant culture has rewritten history or made what actually happened harder to find. And as we continue our work in social justice, we've got to seek out this information, concepts, ideologies and more. This episode covers how to find that information, apply critical thinking as you read and...
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90 | Ways to "Do the Work": Setting Up
More time passes from the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others and the uprisings that sparked an increased awareness and openness to talk about racism, systemic oppression and social justice. "Doing the work" of learning these systems and contributing to change is lifelong. This…
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89 | Important Things and Podcast Updates
This episode talks about the essential fact that Black lives matter and the importance of Black voices in the Wellness World, why I started this podcast and what's in store for the podcast in the future. Also a new podcast series is coming up later in July/early August that I talk about here....
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88 | The Importance of a Having a Culturally Affirming Therapist with Melody Li
For those of us targeted identities, it can be hard to find places, spaces and people to work with who really see and can hold space for all of us or the parts of us that we hold especially dear. While "good enough" has been the norm, more and more people are coming together to, in their...
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87 | 5 Things I've Been Working on Recently
A more personal episode, I'm sharing 5 things I've been thinking about and working on during this time. I also share small steps that I've taken and am taking as I work through them. Small Steps in the Show: Internalized Capitalism/Rest/How to Show Up at this Time Recognizing how much of a thing...
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86 | Turning Journaling into a Practice with Jess Song
Journaling is a popular suggestion as a small step on this podcast and beyond as a way to get in touch with yourself. But if you're new to journaling or have a block around it, figuring out where to start can feel confusing or overwhelming. In this episode, I talk with Jess Song about how...
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85 | 5 Ways to Add More Flavor to Your Cooking
Adding a bit more flavor to our meals can take what's on our plate from meh to WOW. Especially if you're cooking more or a newer to cooking, it can feel a bit overwhelming to figure out how to make your food and also make it realllllly tasty. This episode covers 5 possible ways you can add more...
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84 | How to Embrace that Your Body + All Bodies are Good with Amanda Martinez Beck
A major part of moving away from diet culture can be embracing the bodies we currently have, regardless of our body's size or how "acceptable" diet culture deems it. And in that journey, looking at and realizing our internalized fatphobia can come up and be a lot. In this episode I talk with fat...
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83 | Noticing, Feeling and Creating Joy
In all times of our lives, joy can be a vital part of our health and healing. And it can also feel a bit hard to access, or maybe even feel for a lot of us. This episode talks about how we can start to notice, feel and then create more joy in our lives, as well as honoring the full spectrum of…
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82 | How Are You?: A Self Care Check-In for Uncertain Times
As we continue to move through and live in uncertain times, it can be helpful to check in with ourselves to see how we're doing and taking care of ourselves. This episode invites you to take some time to check in with you and create small steps that can be supportive for you during this time.…
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81 | Ways to Lower Stress and Anxiety
Dealing with and sitting with your stress and anxiety can be a lot in normal times, and in not as normal times it can feel even more difficult. This episode talks about how you acknowledge your stress and/or anxiety, ways to work with it and lower it, and how you can take steps in your day to day...
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80 | Tips and Tricks for Working from Home
More people are working from home, which can sound great, and if you're new to it, feels way different than you imagine. In this episode, I share my work from home tips and tricks you can try to make working from home work for you, especially during these corona times. (There are additional...
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79 | Taking Care of Yourself During Uncertain Times
With the world being a bit upside down right now, it can be difficult to think about what to do and how to take care of yourself. This episode talks about the noise that's out there that could be in the way of you taking care of yourself and many ways you can take care of yourself and others…
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78 | Owning Your Health and Your Culture with Krista Linares
Oftentimes what's described and accepted as "healthy" leaves out a lot of foods and dishes from most cultures. While we've been lead to believe that we have to leave our cultural foods behind to be healthy, there's a lot of talk about and look at how we have health AND our cultural foods and...
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77 | Becoming a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
A lot of people are passionate about learning more about nutrition to help themselves, their families or their community. In this episode I share my experiences becoming a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, how the program has evolved and how you can make the program a little more manageable if…
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76 | Demystifying Intuitive Eating with Naomi Katz
As more people learn about diets and diet culture can be harmful, they're unsure of how to find what to do next. Intuitive eating is a great option and often gets misunderstood or misconstrued. In this week's episode my guest Naomi Katz, Intuitive Eating Lay Facilitator in Training, and I dive…
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75 | Deciding What to Believe around Health Studies, Media and Reports
With the internet, 24 hour news and what seems like a never ending amount of content, we are able to learn so many things about so many things. That can be great, but also confusing when viral, controversial or scary news comes out about disease, disease prevention, potentially harmful products…
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74 | Connecting with Others + Yourself with Tea with Three Gems Tea
With the amount of busyness, neverending work or so much happening on our phones, it can be easy to forget to take the time we all need to connect with ourselves and the people we care about. In this episode I talk with Three Gems Tea, a tea company with the mission of helping you slow down to...
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73 | Ways to Drink More Water
Drinking enough or more water is one of the most common things I hear my clients (and a lot of other people) struggle with. This episode shares why water is important for the body and how you could add more water into your day. Small Steps in the Show: Find out your baseline for drinking water...
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72 | Creating Art as Healing with Eve Andry
While talk therapy can be a really helpful way to work through difficult things, there are also a lot of other and additional ways to process and move through things. Eve Andry is on the podcast today to talk about how creating art can be a powerful tool for healing, how to move through any...
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71 | Keeping the Momentum with Your Intentions
The excitement of setting and declaring intentions can fade a bit, often leaving us with an intention that falls by the wayside. This episode has steps and ways you can keep your intentions going and working for you in your life, as well as some important considerations around intentions. This is...
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70 | Choosing Your Intentions
After some investigation and brainstorming, it's time to choose your intentions! This week I talk about how to narrow down your brainstormed intentions and choose the ones that will work best for you and your life right now. This is part four of a five part Intention Setting series. Small Steps…
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69 | Brainstorming Your Intentions
Often when we think about creating intentions, we can get stuck wanting to pick the perfect intentions, or we feel overwhelmed by all of the ideas that we get stuck. This episode creates a space to brainstorm and brain dump all of your intentions first, in a lower pressure environment. I also…
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68 | Checking in and Looking Back for Intention Setting
We've learned and experienced so much in our lives, which should be acknowledged and can help us get clarity on any intentions we set. In this episode, I walk you through how to reflect on the past, what you've learned and more, including a Recognition and Release ritual. This is part two of a…
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67 | Setting the Stage for Intention Setting
If you're looking to set intentions for whatever period of time you want, it can be important to check in with some questions that make sure your intention setting is rooted in what you truly want and need. This is part one of a five part Intention Setting series. Small Steps in the Show: Ask...
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66 | Celebrating Your Small Steps
So often we're focused on the next thing that we forget to celebrate the steps we've taken and the progress we've made. Building on last week's episode, this week I invite you to reflect on the steps you've taken and also make space to celebrate them in a way that's meaningful to you. Small Steps...
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65 | Reflecting on the Year, Your Progress and More
So often in today's world, we're so fixated on what's next, that we forget to take a moment to reflect on what we've done, learned or realized in the last year or through any times. This week's episode invites you to create that space to look back on whatever amount of time or theme resonates…
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64 | Understanding Trauma and Cultivating Resilience with Sanaz Yaghmai
Trauma is being talked about more and more these days, but what exactly does it mean? If you've experienced trauma are you "stuck" with it forever? Sanaz Yaghmai, a trauma-informed coach and space holder is on the podcast today to talk about what trauma is and how we can cultivate our resilience...
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63 | 5 Ways to Boost Your Immunity
Colder or busier times of year always seem to take a bigger toll on our immune systems. And while getting sick isn't always a bad thing, constantly getting sick isn't helpful to our bodies or living the rest of our lives. This episode covers 5 ways you can boost your immunity that can also be...
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62 | Shifting Your Relationship with Exercise with Jessie Mundell
A lot of people come to exercise with the intention to keep their bodies smaller. And as more of us realize that's connected to diet culture and want to move away from that, exercise can feel a bit weird. On today's podcast I talk with fitness coach Jessie Mundell on how she shifted her...
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61 | Setting Intentions for the Holiday Season
So often we can get caught up in the holiday whirlwind of "what's always been done" or "what we're supposed to do" that we end up doing a lot things we don't want to do this time of year. That can be stressful, wear us down or get us sick. This episode invites you to take some time, set some...
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60 | Managing Family Dynamics Around the Holidays with Yin Li
As the holidays approach, we may be thinking on plans to visit our families and that can come with some tension and baggage. I talked with Yin Li, LMFT about how we can get clear on our fears or uneasiness and potentially try a different approach to being around our families than in years past.…
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59 | Lowering Anxiety around Food and the Holidays
With the holiday season starting, the anxiety around all of the "bad" or "unhealthy" foods making more appearances than normal in our day to day or at the many family or friend gatherings you may be attending. I talk about how to work through that anxiety and remember that you have choice and can...
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58 | Navigating Wellness and Stress as a High Performer with Kayla Nedza
When you're a high performer or high functioning person, it can be really easily to work through or miss signs that your lifestyle may not be the best for your overall health and wellness. My guest today, health coach and nutritionist Kayla Nedza shares how her high performing behaviors stopped...
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57 | Signs It Might Be Time to Take a Break
You can be adding things to improve your health and feel in the groove with in one day, and then after some days or weeks, those things feel so hard and overwhelming. While this may feel strange and upsetting, this can be normal. Today's show I share the signs it might be time to take a break…
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56 | Moving through Transitions with Kindness and Curiosity with Shanique Allen
As we move forward in our lives, we can often feel lost in where we're headed or feel stuck comparing ourselves to past versions of ourselves, even if we know they don't ring true for us anymore. Today's guest, health coach Shanique Allen is on the show to share her many transitions in her life…
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55 | What I've Learned After a Year of Podcasting
The Small Steps Podcast turns one! This week I reflect on what it's been like podcasting for a year and how it's helped me grow and feel more comfortable in my own voice. I also share some of my favorite podcast episodes from the past year, as well as your top five favorite episodes from this…
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54 | Connecting + Healing with Racial Identity Development with Lillian Farzan
It can feel normal to feel very out of place and confused as a person of color navigating how you fit in it, especially if you grew up or have been in the minority in your environments for a long time. Today's guest, Lillian Farzan, AMFT, talks about how there are stages to rejecting, connecting...
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Aimée Suen, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, multi-passionate creative and mixed race woman of color is here to help mono and multiracial women of color get clear on what health and wellness truly means to them and leave the dominant narratives behind to feel aligned, empowered, and seen, one small step at a time. This podcast will share a health at every size, diet-free, social justice and culturally informed approach to health and wellness, as well as touch on the many different areas of health and wellness that goes beyond what we eat and how we move. You'll hear solo shows and conversations with other women of color wellness practitioners to share their expertise and show that we are out there, taking up space. Each show will have small steps so you can try things out and see how they work for you.
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