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Welcome to The Potluck Club! Meet Ivory (MPH, RDN, cPT) and Joan, two friends, members of the Asian American Pacific Islander community, and passionate advocates for eating disorders (ED) and community-driven and culturally competent care.Our goal is to demystify ED and…
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S3E7: Season 3 Finale - Where We Started, Where We've Landed (opens the original)
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Summary Season 3 has come to a close! In this final episode, Ivory and Janice reflect on their journeys across East Asia over the past year, navigating expat life, language, identity, and what it means to belong. Together, they discuss their shared passion for improving eating disorder care across East Asia, the misconceptions they've encountered, and how their perspectives and work continue to evolve as they spend more time in the region. Thank you for joining us this season. Whether you've lis
S3E6: The Potluck Club Travels to Singapore (opens the original)
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Summary The Potluck Club heads to Singapore, Ivory's hometown, as it's now Janice's turn to visit! The episode kicks off at a hawker centre, where we dig into Singaporean classics like kueh, prawn mee, and half-boiled eggs. From there, Janice and Ivory explore how Singapore's multicultural food scene blends regional influences with local ingredients, while wandering through the vibrant Joo Chiat neighbourhood. Along the way, Ivory reflects on what it's been like returning to Singapore as an adul
S3E5: Dancing Between Two Worlds with Fumi Somehara (opens the original)
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Summary Come hang out with Ivory and Janice as they welcome Japanese-Australian dietitian Fumi Somehara to The Potluck Club. Drawing from her experiences growing up between Japan and Australia—and her background in ballet—Fumi shares personal reflections on how culture, mental health, body image, and beauty ideals have shaped her identity. Together, we explore how cultural expectations and body norms differ across Japan and Australia, how history and media have influenced Japanese beauty standar
S3E4: Be ‘Allyable’ with Yuiki Matsushita (opens the original)
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Summary Ivory and Janice sit down with Yuiki Matsushita, Founder and Representative Director of Allyable, a Japan-based non-profit reimagining how eating disorders are understood and supported. Drawing on her own experience as a former eating disorder patient and her background in teaching, human resources, and social innovation, Yuiki shares the systems she has built under Allyable — from nutrition guidance and peer support to media aimed at building empathy around diverse eating experiences. W
S3E3: Power of Storytelling in Mental Health Advocacy with Dr. Steph Ng-Cusi (opens the original)
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Summary In this episode, Ivory and Janice share a table with Dr. Stephanie Ng-Cusi — CEO and founder of Body Banter, founder of The Lending Language Lab, researcher, author, edupreneur and award-winning mental health advocate in Hong Kong. Steph opens up about her own journey with an eating disorder. Together, we explore why stigma and silence around mental health run so deep in Hong Kong, from cultural norms around emotional expression to the language and systemic barriers that make care harder
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