Fri, 17 May
|Withers Office
Cascade Talks: Mums Meet Up #12
Big Bites Break Boundaries by Stephanie Ng
Time & Location
17 May 2024, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
Withers Office, 30/F United Centre, 95 Queensway
About the event
Have you ever felt pressured by societal standards of beauty and success?
At our next Mums Meet Up, we will be featuring Stephanie Ng, a dedicated mental health advocate and psychologist. Stephanie will lead a compelling discussion on overcoming body image issues and dismantling the cultural narratives that shape our perceptions of beauty, success, and worth.
In her new book, Big Bites Break Boundaries, Stephanie shares her personal experiences with eating disorder recovery alongside her professional journey as a mental health advocate and researcher. This work is not just a narrative but a call to challenge and redefine the societal standards of appearance and achievement that pervade Hong Kong culture.
Ticket price: $150 (coffee, tea & finger food)
About Stephanie Ng
Steph is a mental health advocate, entrepreneur and researcher whose work aims to foster caring conversations on body image and mental health topics. Having experienced an eating disorder in her early teens, she is dedicated to sparking open and meaningful conversations about mental illness amongst Hong Kong youth. Steph is the founder of Body Banter, a registered Section 88 charity in Hong Kong on a mission to empower young people to spark conversations about body image with curiosity and courage. As a research fellow with local mental health charity Mind HK and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Hong Kong, she conducts research on how personal stories can help transform stigmatising beliefs and attitudes toward mental illness in Hong Kong, and incorporates these insights into evidence-based mental health initiatives.
Her influential voice in the field of mental health and body image advocacy has gained international recognition, and has been featured on prominent platforms such as BBC, TED, Channel NewsAsia, Tatler Asia, NowTV, and Deutsche-Welle. She is the winner of the Young Changemaker Award at the American Chambers of Commerce Women of Influence Awards 2023, and the recipient of the Youth Award at Jessica Magazine's Most Successful Women Awards 2023.
Learn more about Steph here:
Website: https://themightymunchkin.weebly.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-ng-0179a1151/