Maileen: PEER Support and Empowerment
Therapist Interrupted Podcast
Season 1, Episode 10 Airs March 1, 2024
Maileen (she/hers/siya) is a Peer Support Specialist working for PEERS managing their Asian American Program HOPE (Healing from Our Past Expectations). She serves as a board member for NAPAFASA a national non-profit dedicated to the Asian American experiences in behavioral health and reducing drug abuse. She’s also on the board for her San Jose State University Filipino Alumni Network (FAN SJSU that provides scholarships. In this episode she shares her journey of finding meaningful work in the field of peer support and the process of coming back from the burnout that came as a result of obtaining her bachelor’s degree in Public Health. She emphases the importance of choices and options, finding community, and living a life in accordance to ones values. She brings awareness to the contributions of Filipino Americans, historical context, and the ways her culture has contributed to her life today. This episode was recorded on January 18, 2024.
Content Warning:
Some episodes may contain heavier subjects. Please tune into what is best for yourselves and whether or not a specific episode is helpful. This episode contains themes around decolonization, Asian hate crime, strong language, the challenges of going to school during the health crisis of 2020, and overcoming burn-out.
Disclaimer:
We are not here to give advice, diagnose, or treat any conditions. Rather, we bring a variety of perspectives, some of which might conflict with each other, or that we may even disagree with. It is our hope that by hearing different views and experiences listeners can be empowered with greater clarity and options to decide for themselves what avenues to pursue. The information on this podcast does not constitute a doctor-patient relationship and does not serve as providing psychological or medical advice.
A note about pronouns: Crystals uses both singular and plural pronouns when referring to themselves. Rather than editing pronouns to reflect either a singular or plural viewpoint, we’ve left them as is for authenticity.
Resources:
You can learn more about and support Maileens work by connecting with her in the following ways:
Also Referenced in this episode:
https://napafasa.org/
https://www.peersnet.org/
https://pocc.org/
https://www.wellnessrecoveryactionplan.com/
https://www.freedomcommunityclinic.org/
https://thelawofattraction.com/
https://thenapministry.com/
Connect with Crystals and her work at the links below: