In the past, Thuy was a radio producer on KPFA’s FM 94.1 About Health radio program, where she made monthly shows. In these shows (see below), Thuy and her guests told stories that dove into the depths of health & healing wisdom, simplifying complicated health topics and making them accessible to all.
Though Thuy no longer produces shows for KPFA, she now produces the podcast, You Are Medicine!
Being stuck is a familiar state that many of us feel. Sometimes we try to move forward and despite all the tools and techniques we’ve learned, we still fall back to familiar patterns. Take a journey along with Thuy and Juliana as they connect the dots to uncover deep unresolved issues that influence patterns of stuckness and stagnation stemming from childhood sexual abuse and patterns of unworthiness. Once these patterns are seen in the light, deep healing can occur.
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If you have a tense or overwrought relationship with exercise, then this show is for you. Listen in as Thuy and guests shine light on hidden narratives that may be negatively affecting how you think about movement and your body. Be inspired and empowered in writing your own script about how movement can be fun and fulfilling for who you are and what you may want in your life!
Thuy talks shop with the other acupuncturists at Berkeley Community Acupuncture: Rosemary, Andrea, I-Pei and intern Rosie on the art of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Together they share candid thoughts on self-care, working with patients, the challenges of practicing, their love for the medicine and more!
The teen years are often filled with mental & emotional challenges as kids learn about the world around them and figure out their place in it. Listen in as six teens discuss these modern challenges while Thuy reframes well worn cliches of teen angst into an empowering message of healing from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective. This is essential, valuable listening for both teens and adults alike <3
Listen to six of Berkeley Community Acupuncture’s patients recount their experiences of healing with Traditional Chinese Medicine. Unexpected depths of TCM healing possibilities unfold as each patient walks us deeper and deeper into the profound dimensions of this powerful medicine.
Join Thuy in conversation with Dine Relatives as they discuss modern and traditional views on Thanksgiving and Veterans Day on Navajo Lands offering insight into traditional and spiritual knowledge that can heal collectively.
Join Thuy and Stephen Jenkinson as they wonder out loud on this season's inspired topic of death. Together they discuss how the dominant North American culture influences our understanding of death and elderhood and demonstrate what activism may look like in such a culture.
In this thought provoking program, Thuy and Bayo offer a radical shift in perspective as they discuss modern medicine vs healing, illness as medicine, and partnering with fear.
Let’s talk food! Join Thuy and nutritionist Rosie Ueng in conversation about how our relationship with food and ourselves affect our nourishment in profound ways. We discuss familiar topics like “clean” eating from a fresh perspective and emphasize the importance of love and gratitude in eating.
Healing means different things to different people. What it means to your life will lead you down different paths towards it. The Red Road is an indigenous path of healing that explores healing beyond what modern medicine recognizes. Join Thuy Nguyen as she talks to William Verburg about his healing path down the Red Road.
Traditional Chinese Medicine can affect healing towards all aspects of the human experience, including the spiritual. Join Thuy as she tells of a mind bending experience with a patient whereby profound spiritual healing was activated through acupuncture that defies our usual understanding of how healing works.
Join Thuy as she discusses a much neglected topic concerning our health: creativity. We all have creative energy, but for many of us it remains undiscovered, dormant or stagnant. Thuy converses with creatives of all kinds on what might be blocking us creatively, and how to unblock and re-engage our creative energy for health and well-being.
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Join KPFA host Nurse Rona in welcoming a new producer/host on the About Health team, Thuy Nguyen, founder and director at Berkeley Community Acupuncture. Thuy reflects on what Traditional Chinese Medicine is and the inseparable connection of our well-being on the community and the well-being of the community on us.
Thuy and Robert Yazzie talk about the parallels between Chinese Medicine and Indigenous knowledge: nature, patterns, connection, and how there is always medicine available even in trying times.
In the wake of rising violent crimes against the AAPI community, Thuy Nguyen set out to listen to the stories of Asian American Women on identity and racism. As the stories unfolded, her own story unfolded and what is revealed is a rich and complex tapestry of what it means to be an Asian American woman and the importance of reclaiming one’s own experience and identity in response to the ongoing dehumanizing messages and violence against the AAPI community.
The feeling of ease and belonging is something foreign to many people, resulting in a backdrop of anxiety in day to day life. Join Thuy in discussion with Rosie as she uncovers the roots of this anxiety and finds her way back to healing in unexpected places.