Are Your Biases & Past Stopping You: Inter-Generational & Long-Distance Friendships

Date: November 7, 2023

Name of podcast: The Forever Friends Podcast

Episode title and number: S01E02 - Are Your Biases & Past Stopping You: Inter-Generational & Long-Distance Friendships

Brief summary of episode: Wendy speaks with Katrine Chow, an artist and Forever Friends Podcast producer, about connecting over long distances and across perceived age gaps. Katrine shares personal stories about lifelong friendships, suggestions for overcoming challenges with keeping in touch, and how friendships ground us and open up a wider world.

Chapters:

Introducing Our Guest - Katrine Chow [0:29]

Friendships Impact Our Lives [1:06]

Maintaining Friendships Across Long Distances [4:06]

Ways to Show Appreciation to Friends Far Away [6:47]

Prioritizing Friendships Through the Ebbs and Flows of Life [8:43]

Benefits of Long-Term, Long-Distance Friendships [13:08]

How to Stay In Touch [16:11]

Intergenerational Friendships [19:35]

Breaking Generational Biases [26:44]

Inspired by the New Generation [32:06]

Finding Common Ground [33:34]

Online Friendships [34:01]

Friendships Without Borders [37:53]

Guest:

Katrine Chow (She/Her/Hers) is a visual storyteller and content creator based in California. She advocates for normalizing mental health discussions, especially with family and in the workplace. She is also the founder of an Asian and Pacific American-centric employee resource group at her previous employer, and continues to push for and highlight AAPI excellence.

Katrine is the owner of Katrine Atelier, a multilingual online safe space dedicated to publishing daily reminders of the Little Things That Matter. Her podcast, The Boba Bunch Podcast, focuses on women and Asian Americans' experiences in the Silicon Valley. It is available on all major streaming platforms.

Say hello at any time! Katrine can be found on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @katrineatelier or at katrineatelier.com

The Boba Bunch Podcast: Conversations of a Silicon Valley Sisterhood is available on all major streaming platforms. Check it out at bobabunch.com

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