Syd Yang

Syd Yang

Mending with Gold is a podcast hosted by the co-directors of the ⁠Kintsugi Therapist Collective (KTC)⁠ [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/], a virtual community for therapists and aligned care workers dedicated to building embodied and liberatory practices of care. If you'd like to get involved with KTC, consider applying to our Spring Embodied Private Practice Cohort. Learn more ⁠here⁠ [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/embodied-private-practice-cohort]. We also host a number of supportive groups for care workers such as: Barriers to Nourishment: ⁠Register here⁠ [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/barriers-to-nourishment] Mixed Identity Clinical Alliance: ⁠Register here⁠ [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/mixed-identity-clinical-alliance] Our guest today is Syd Yang. Rev. Syd Yang, MDiv (they/them) is a mixed race/Taiwanese American queer trans/non-binary lay Buddhist Minister and spiritual counselor who engages decolonial possibilities for shared liberation through their practice, Blue Jaguar Healing Arts. Syd is also a certified Movement Chaplain through Faith Matters Network. Syd’s work finds its resonance in the stories we each hold at the intersection of memory, body, sexuality and mental health. Syd works primarily with queer and trans BIPOC individuals as well as regularly leads workshops and facilitates community based practice spaces for wellbeing + healing justice, with a specific focus on grief, healing ancestral trauma, sexuality + spirituality, body liberation and recovery. Syd recently co-founded the Throughline Collective, a spiritually expansive and anti-carceral trauma care practice rooted in Buddhist teaching.

Dr. Han Ren

Mending with Gold is a podcast hosted by the co-directors of the Kintsugi Therapist Collective (KTC) [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/], a virtual community for therapists and aligned care workers dedicated to building embodied and liberatory practices of care. If you'd like to get involved with KTC, consider applying to our Spring Embodied Private Practice Cohort. Learn more here [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/embodied-private-practice-cohort]. We also host a number of supportive groups for care workers such as: Barriers to Nourishment: Register here [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/barriers-to-nourishment] Mixed Identity Clinical Alliance: Register here [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/mixed-identity-clinical-alliance] Our guest today is Dr. Han Ren. Dr. Ren (she/they) is a licensed clinical and school psychologist, consultant, speaker and educator. She is deeply rooted in liberation and anti-oppressive work, practicing from a justice-oriented, interpersonal, culturally-humble, and systems-informed framework. Through their widely viewed content on social media, they strive to make mental health accessible and applicable to our daily lives. Dr. Ren addresses the pursuit of collective healing through her work centered in historically overlooked communities, especially Asian-Americans and children of immigrants. She has been featured on the TEDx stage, the Headspace app, Buzzfeed, and the Huffington Post. When she’s not in the therapy chair, you can find her laughing with family and friends, caffeinating with black coffee, dancing offbeat to live music and Peloton-ing.

Sarah Faith Gottesdiener

Mending with Gold is a podcast hosted by the co-directors of the Kintsugi Therapist Collective [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/about] (KTC), a virtual community for therapists and aligned care workers dedicated to building embodied and liberatory practices of care. If you'd like to get involved with KTC, consider applying to our Spring Embodied Private Practice Cohort. Learn more here [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/embodied-private-practice-cohort]. We also host a number of supportive groups [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/offerings] for careworkers. Finally, KTC's directory of phenomenal providers can be found here [https://www.kintsugitherapistcollective.com/members]. Sarah Faith Gottesdiener is an artist, facilitator, author, educator, and business owner of the Moon Studio [https://moon-studio.co/]. Through effective components of change work, such as hypnosis, somatics, nervous system rewiring, creativity, archetypes, depth psychology, and energy work, her classes and courses shift perspectives and offer frameworks and practices for resourcing and self-understanding. Her book, the Moon Book, has sold over 30,000 copies and has been translated in over 4 languages. The Moon Studio is a producer of the cult classic, Many Moons [https://moon-studio.co/products/many-moons-2025?srsltid=AfmBOoo6yNL4SUMgmxxKRG2PaoT8j1tcOQJgPdEPKNtAtDAZ4izxeawI], an independently published spiritual guide, and Moonbeaming [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moonbeaming/id1534226791], an independently produced podcast that has been downloaded over 1.6 million times.