Healing Out Lao'd

Podcasts

Created/Hosted by Rita Phetmixay (she/they), MA, LCSW, Licensed Psychotherapist, Wellness Coach, and Independent Audio Producer. Healing Out Lao'd explores the intersections of Lao diaspora storytelling x healing x tools for sustainability. While this...

Episodes

E51: From Thailand Refugee Camps to the U.S.: Passorn’s Role in My Parents’ Escape

E50: Riki B Malone on Mixed-Race Identity + Lao Grandfather's role in Vietnam/Laos Secret War + Decolonizing Spirituality

E49: What’s Been Brewing at HOL + In My Pickleball Era!

E48: Catzie Vilayphonh on Arts as Resistance & LAOS in the House

E47: Resilience & Joy in the Lao Diaspora; Reflecting on 50 Years Since the Laos Secret War

Current Events Series EP2: Unpacking Thailand's Role in Conflict w/Cambodia

E46: Vekonda Luangaphay on preserving cultural heritage via The Lao Project

Current Events Series EP1: Addressing ICE Raids in LA and IN CONTEXT to Lao refugee experiences

E45: Tina Meetran on Eldest Daughterhood & Finding Out Family's Threat of Deportation at 16yo

E44: How to Pronounce Knife Book Talk w/Souvankham Thammavongsa (HOL Retreat March 2024)

E43: Phatsaline Vongsaly on co-founding "Gamlangchai" and advocating for basic mental health accessibility in Laos, our motherland

E42: Aleena Inthaly on growing up in VA + food diplomacy + transitioning from Legacies of War to Lao Food Movement

E40: Vilayvanh Bender on Exploring Lao Heritage Through Literature

E40: Sarina "Rina" Herman on confronting harmful phrases in Lao + the role of social work in promoting mental health awareness

E39: Khoulap Savanh on growing up Lao in Germany + challenges of navigating corporate life & cultural identity

E38: Ketsana Roberts on navigating Lao identity in South Carolina, repairing relationship with mom & being a lil delulu

E37: Dr. Phitsamay Sychitkokhong Uy on Navigating Public Education System as the first Lao American Refugee Harvard EDD Graduate

SZN 3 Trailer

E25.2: Lao Sibling Reconciliation (Part 2) on saving face, vulnerability and building compassion