Healing Out Lao'd

#HealingTheHealer

MEET HOL GUEST: NIKITA GUPTA

In episode 9 of HOL, Rita brings on former UCLA supervisor and big sis, Nikita Gupta, for another episode on the #HealingTheHealer series! This episode focuses on “how the healer, heals” by showing how Rita builds deep healing and connected relationships with friends/allies of the Lao community!

Nikita has been practicing and applying resilience-based approaches for over 22 years, utilizing many perspectives including energy management, mindful awareness, yoga movement/breath, coaching, and inspired-learning. She brings a wide field of interest and expertise to my work, including Hatha yoga, Cognitive Reappraisal, Health Behavior Theory, Network Spinal Analysis, art, trauma-informed approaches to healing, meditation, somatic release, dance, and holistic nutrition.

HOL would not be what it is today without the generous and compassionate support Nikita has provided to Rita over the course of her career at UCLA. This episode welcomes you to find the abundance of insights and self-reflection in order to enhance your own personal mode of THRIVING!!!

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As a brand new podcast, HOL needs your support!!! Please subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and a leave us a positive review to help us continue. KOP JAIII LAI DERRR P'NONG!!! (THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FAM!)

CONNECT WITH NIKITA:
Website: www.nikitagupta.com
Email: [email protected] 
IG: @nikitaguptadesigns

REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:
Mary Oliver
Marina Abramović
Marianne Williamson
UCLA GRIT Coaching Program

JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
Join the community of HOL @healingoutlaod on Instagram & Twitter  & Facebook 

All costs going towards this podcast are out-of-pocket. Healing Out Lao'd is currently facilitated by one-person with amazing guests and collaborators who volunteer their time to support. Consider donating any funds if you are in the position to do so! Help Rita cover costs by becoming a monthly sustainer at patreon.com/healingoutlaod OR you may make a one-time donation via PayPal. 

HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO:
Laos Angeles Roots Members Andrew David Vilaythong for mixing/producing the beats for HOL and "mystery person" @LaosSupply for the beautiful logo design!  

*SPECIAL KOP JAI & THANKS* to KITS Creativ for designing HOL's website & sponsoring this episode*

To provide feedback, let us know of current issues/topics you'd like to bring up and/or suggest people to be guests on this podcast, you may send an email to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing your voice!!!

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Listen to a short 1-min practice tip from Sydney Viengluang on calming anxiety!

Check out the corresponding conversation between Rita and Sydney titled: E8: Sydney Viengluang on navigating Hollywood as a Lao American actor + remembering resilience in maternal lineage

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As a brand new podcast, we need all the support we can get!!! Please help us reach more folx in the Lao diaspora by subscribing to "Healing Out Lao'd" on iTunes + Spotify + Google Play + Stitcher. In addition, we also need you to support by giving HOL a 5-star rating and to share a positive review to help us sustain and continue! Please join Rita in helping sustain and promote visibility of the Lao diaspora and SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW now! 

All costs going towards this podcast are out-of-pocket. Healing Out Lao'd is currently facilitated by one-person with amazing guests and collaborators who volunteer their time to support. Consider donating any funds if you are in the position to do so! Help Rita cover costs by becoming a monthly sustainer at patreon.com/healingoutlaod OR you may make a one-time donation via PayPal.  

JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
Follow us @healingoutlaod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Check out HOL's brand new website as well: www.healingoutlaod.org and sign-up for the email list to receive quarterly newsletters about what's healing in our community! 

**Website designed by @KITSCreativ**

HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO:
Laos Angeles Roots Members Andrew David Vilaythong for mixing/producing the beats for HOL and "mystery person" @LaosSupply for the beautiful logo design!  

To provide feedback, let us know of current issues/topics you'd like to bring up and/or suggest people to be guests on this podcast, you may send an email to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing your voice!!!

Support the show

MEET HOL GUEST: Sydney Viengluang

In episode 8 of HOL, Sydney joins Rita for a conversation about her family’s story of escape from Laos to the U.S., growing up as a child of Lao refugees in Wichita, Kansas, her motivation to move to LA to pursue acting and what it was like meeting the Laos Angeles community. 

“Sydney has quickly become “one to watch” in the entertainment industry, bringing dynamic, diverse, and powerful female characters to life on screen.  This year, Viengluang will continue to star on SYFY’s hit, zombie apocalyptic series “Z Nation,” which debuted its fifth season in October 2018.  Viengluang joined the cast during season three and instantly became a fan favorite as Dr. Sun Mei, a biological researcher in search of the zombie virus to save humanity.  Aside from her work on “Z Nation,” Viengluang has worked on a handful of high profile television projects, including appearing on “Jane the Virgin,” “Scorpion,” and “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.”  Viengluang also executive produced and starred in the award-winning short film, “The Letter,” which won the Flicks4Chicks 2016 Short Film Contest Grand Prize for Diversity and Best Drama Award.”

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As a brand new podcast, HOL needs your support!!! Please subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and a leave us a positive review to help us continue. KOP JAIII LAI DERRR P'NONG!!! (THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FAM!)

CONNECT WITH SYDNEY:
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Website

REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:
Laos Angeles
Kulap Vilaysack
Saengthong Douangdara
Z Nation “Dr. Sun Mei”
Z Nation
Go to Sleep: A Lao Ghost Story
Anthony Gilardi Acting Studio
Tai Dam people

JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
Join the community of HOL @healingoutlaod on Instagram & Twitter  & Facebook 

All costs going towards this podcast are out-of-pocket. Healing Out Lao'd is currently facilitated by one-person with amazing guests and collaborators who volunteer their time to support. Consider donating any funds if you are in the position to do so! Help Rita cover costs by becoming a monthly sustainer at patreon.com/healingoutlaod OR you may make a one-time donation via PayPal. 

HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO:
Laos Angeles Roots Members Andrew David Vilaythong for mixing/producing the beats for HOL and "mystery person" @LaosSupply for the beautiful logo design!  

*SPECIAL KOP JAI & THANKS* to KITS Creativ for designing HOL's website & sponsoring this episode*

To provide feedback, let us know of current issues/topics you'd like to bring up and/or suggest people to be guests on this podcast, you may send an email to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing your feedback!

Support the show

This week’s practice tip is gratitude journaling facilitated by Haylee Thikeo! 

For more on Haylee's writing, personal blog, and poetry, you can click on this link!  

Check out the corresponding conversation between Rita and Haylee titled: E7: Haylee Thikeo on writing as healing + navigating identity in Boston + the power of vulnerable storytelling

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As a brand new podcast, we need all the support we can get!!! Please help us reach more folx in the Lao diaspora by subscribing to "Healing Out Lao'd" on iTunes + Spotify + Google Play + Stitcher. In addition, we also need you to support by giving HOL a 5-star rating and to share a positive review to help us sustain and continue! Please join Rita in helping sustain and promote visibility of the Lao diaspora and SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW now! 

All costs going towards this podcast are out-of-pocket. Healing Out Lao'd is currently facilitated by one-person with amazing guests and collaborators who volunteer their time to support. Consider donating any funds if you are in the position to do so! Help Rita cover costs by becoming a monthly sustainer at patreon.com/healingoutlaod OR you may make a one-time donation via PayPal. 

JOIN THE COMMUNITY:

Follow us @healingoutlaod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Check out HOL's brand new website as well: www.healingoutlaod.org and sign-up for the email list to receive quarterly newsletters about what's healing in our community! 

**Website designed by @KITSCreativ**

HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO:

Laos Angeles Roots Members Andrew David Vilaythong for mixing/producing the beats for HOL and "mystery person" @LaosSupply for the beautiful logo design!  
 

To provide feedback, let us know of current issues/topics you'd like to bring up and/or suggest people to be guests on this podcast, you may send an email to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing your voice!!!

Support the show

MEET HOL GUEST: Haylee Thikeo

In episode 7 of HOL, Haylee joins Rita for a conversation about her journey into writing + vulnerable storytelling as tools for healing, navigating her identity as a child of Lao refugees in Boston, and why she decided to move to Oakland from Boston for a period in her life. 

Today, Haylee works at a software company called Community Brands that supports nonprofit clients use software at fundraising events to promote positive social change. She gets to travel all over the country to galas, fashion shows, and other outings for this purpose. As Haylee’s passion is vulnerable storytelling and writing, Haylee recently launched the “Don’t Say Sorry” podcast which focuses on shedding light on taboo topics such as sex, intimacy, trauma, and healing from the lens of two Southeast Asian American womxn! Check out the first season now on apple podcasts and spotify! 

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As a brand new podcast, HOL needs your support!!! Please subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and a leave us a positive review to help us continue. KOP JAIII LAI DERRR P'NONG!!! (THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FAM!)

CONNECT WITH HAYLEE:
Instagram @hayleethikeo
Email [email protected]
Website: www.withlovehaylee.com

REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!
Lao American Writer’s Summit
Bell Hooks All About Love
Brene Brown
Laos Angeles
LAOSD
@PHILAODELPHA
@onbeinginyourbody
Crazy Rich Asians Movie
ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)
Bryan Thao Worra

JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
Join the community of HOL @healingoutlaod on Instagram & Twitter  & Facebook 

All costs going towards this podcast are out-of-pocket. Healing Out Lao'd is currently facilitated by one-person with amazing guests and collaborators who volunteer their time to support. Consider donating any funds if you are in the position to do so! Help Rita cover costs by becoming a monthly sustainer at patreon.com/healingoutlaod OR you may make a one-time donation via PayPal. 

HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO:
Laos Angeles Roots Members Andrew David Vilaythong for mixing/producing the beats for HOL and "mystery person" @LaosSupply for the beautiful logo design!  

*SPECIAL KOP JAI & THANKS* to KITS Creativ for designing HOL's website & sponsoring this episode*

To provide feedback, let us know of current issues/topics you'd like to bring up and/or suggest people to be guests on this podcast, you may send an email to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing your feedback!

Support the show

MEET HOL GUEST: Latana Thaviseth

In episode 6 of HOL, Latana joins Rita for a conversation about her trajectory into higher education coming from a legacy of her own parents being Lao/Southeast Asian refugee community leaders. Latana emphasizes the importance of education instilled in her as young child and ways she has learned how to navigate educational spaces as a 2nd generation Lao American. 

Today, Latana is the Assistant Director to Stanford University’s Asian American Activities Center, a Ph.D. student at UCLA and scholar activist. Her research focuses on the experiences of Southeast Asian (American) students in community colleges and their transition into 4-year colleges/universities. 

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As a brand new podcast, HOL needs your support!!! Please subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and a leave us a positive review to help us continue. KOP JAIII LAI DERRR P'NONG!!! (THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FAM!)

CONNECT WITH LATANA:
Facebook
Stanford University's Asian American Activities Center
SEAASTER Collective (under construction)

REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:
WTO Riots
UC Berkeley Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu
Aung San Suu Kyi
University of Washington
UCLA Equity Diversity and Inclusion Graduate Student Welcome Day
Higher Education and Organizational Change Ph.D. Program at UCLA
Masters of Arts in Asian American Studies at UCLA

JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
Join the community of HOL @healingoutlaod on Instagram & Twitter  & Facebook 

All costs going towards this podcast are out-of-pocket. Healing Out Lao'd is currently facilitated by one-person with amazing guests and collaborators who volunteer their time to support. Consider donating any funds if you are in the position to do so! Help Rita cover costs by becoming a monthly sustainer at patreon.com/healingoutlaod OR you may make a one-time donation via PayPal. 

HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO:
Laos Angeles Roots Members Andrew David Vilaythong for mixing/producing the beats for HOL and "mystery person" @LaosSupply for the beautiful logo design!  

*SPECIAL KOP JAI & THANKS* to KITS Creativ for designing HOL's website & sponsoring this episode*

To provide feedback, let us know of current issues/topics you'd like to bring up and/or suggest people to be guests on this podcast, you may send an email to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing your feedback!

Support the show

Listen to a short 1-min writing tip by Binly Phounsiri!

For more on Binly's writing and poetry, you can click on this link--which showcases his first poetry book titled "Dance Among Elephants."

Check out the corresponding conversation between Rita and Binly titled: E5: Binly Phounsiri on Becoming a Community Leader & "Big Brother" + Connecting Talents thru Music/Dance/Writing

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As a brand new podcast--we need all the support we can get!!! Please help us reach more folx in the Lao diaspora by subscribing to "Healing Out Lao'd" on iTunes + Spotify + Google Play + Stitcher. In addition, we also need you to support by giving HOL a 5-star rating and to share a positive review to help us sustain and continue! Please join Rita in helping sustain and promote visibility of the Lao diaspora and SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW now! 

All costs going towards this podcast are out-of-pocket. Healing Out Lao'd is currently facilitated by one-person with amazing guests and collaborators who volunteer their time to support. Consider donating any funds if you are in the position to do so! Help Rita cover costs by becoming a monthly sustainer at patreon.com/healingoutlaod OR you may make a one-time donation via PayPal. 

JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
Follow us @healingoutlaod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Check out HOL's brand new website as well: www.healingoutlaod.org and sign-up for the email list to receive quarterly newsletters about what's healing in our community!
**Website designed by @KITSCreativ**


HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO:
Laos Angeles Roots Members Andrew David Vilaythong for mixing/producing the beats for HOL and "mystery person" @LaosSupply for the beautiful logo design!  

To provide feedback, let us know of current issues/topics you'd like to bring up and/or suggest people to be guests on this podcast, you may send an email to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing your voice!!!

Support the show

MEET HOL GUEST: Krysada “Binly” Phounsiri⁣⁣

In episode 5 of HOL, Binly joins host Rita for a conversation about his family’s immigration to the U.S. from Laos, overcoming gang violence in Southeast San Diego through skating, dancing, writing and listening to music, and also shares how he rose above the odds to become a community leader. Little did he know that these experiences would land him to be accepted to the number one public university, University of California at Berkeley, where he majored in Physics/Astrophysics. 

Today, Binly is a professional dancer, an award winning poet, and an avid photographer based in San Diego. His dance resume includes various competition wins around the globe, performing a year long stint in Las Vegas, dancing / choreographing on movie sets, and other numerous creative projects. His work has appeared previously in publications such as the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center’s national photo project “A Day In the Life of Asian America”. His recent series "Beauty Beyond Scars" is featured in various blogs/content sites including The Getty and The Phoblographer. He debuted his first book of poetry in April 2015, titled "Dance Among Elephants". The book is a poetic journey of identity, family, homeland, love, and dance.

As a brand new podcast, HOL needs your support!!! Please subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and a leave us a positive review to help us continue. KOP JAIII LAI DERRR P'NONG!!! (THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FAM!)

CONNECT WITH BINLY:
Instagram
Twitter
Snap Pilots (website)
Snap Pilots Instagram

REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:
Sahtu Press (website)
Sahtu Press Instagram
Sahtu Press Twitter
Lao San Diego (LAOSD) Instagram
Lao American Writers Summit

JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
Join the community of HOL @healingoutlaod on Instagram & Twitter  & Facebook 

All costs going towards this podcast are out-of-pocket. Healing Out Lao'd is currently facilitated by one-person with amazing guests and collaborators who volunteer their time to support. Consider donating any funds if you are in the position to do so! Help Rita cover costs by becoming a monthly sustainer at patreon.com/healingoutlaod OR you may make a one-time donation via PayPal. 

HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO:
Laos Angeles Roots Members Andrew David Vilaythong for mixing/producing the beats for HOL and "mystery person" @LaosSupply for the beautiful logo design!  

*SPECIAL KOP JAI & THANKS* to KITS Creativ for designing HOL's website & sponsoring this episode*

To provide feedback, let us know of current issues/topics you'd like to bring up and/or suggest people to be guests on this podcast, you may send an email to [email protected]. 

Support the show

This week's practice tip is an extended conversation from Episode 4 where Wanda and Rita share tips about building healthy boundaries and referring friends to other support systems--primarily illustrated by them talking about overcoming their own relationship challenges. This practice tip is to resource you in engaging in healthy relationship practices and to come to a better understanding of what one's capacity is to support a loved one in need.

In the previous episode, Wanda and Rita engage in conversation about healing being personal/individual, immigrant familial conflicts, and seeking support in the form of psychotherapy.

Check out the corresponding conversation between Rita and Wanda titled: E4: #HealingTheHealer-- Wanda Pathomrit on healing as individual/personal + overcoming immigrant familial conflicts

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REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:
PMRTeam (Psychiatric Mobile Response Teams)
Call to consult: 1-800-854-7771 (open 24/7) 

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SUPPORT HOL:
Please share HOL to your friends and family and whoever you think can benefit from this space!!! Also, don't forget to subscribe + rate + review HOL on iTunes + Spotify + Google Play + Stitcher and you may give HOL a 5-star rating and share a positive review to help us sustain and continue!

All costs going towards this podcast are out-of-pocket. Healing Out Lao'd is currently facilitated by one-person with amazing guests and collaborators who volunteer their time to support. Consider donating any funds if you are in the position  and feel gratitude to do so! Help Rita cover costs by becoming a monthly sustainer at patreon.com/healingoutlaod OR you may make a one-time donation via PayPal. 

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JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
Follow us @healingoutlaod on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Check out HOL's brand new website as well: www.healingoutlaod.org and sign-up for the email list to receive quarterly newsletters about what's healing in our community!
**Website designed by @KITSCreativ**

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HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO:
Laos Angeles Roots Members Andrew David Vilaythong for mixing/producing the beats for HOL and "mystery person" @LaosSupply for the beautiful logo design!  

To provide feedback, let us know of current issues/topics you'd like to bring up and/or suggest people to be guests on this podcast, you may send an email to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing your voice!!!

Support the show

#HealingTheHealer

MEET HOL GUEST: WANDA PATHOMRIT 

In episode 4 of HOL, Rita brings on close friend Wanda Pathomrit to show “how the healer, heals” by building deep healing relationships with friends/allies of the Lao community. It’s important to note that growth happens throughout a lifetime and Rita’s aptitude to thrive and heal would not have been possible without the critical mentors/femtors, professors, and friends in her life that took her under their wing to remind her to believe in herself as much as they believed in her. Wanda is special in a way that she holds a space to nurture authentic growth for all individuals that cross her life--especially for Rita! 

Wanda identifies as a daughter of Thai immigrants, mental health psychotherapist, and activist. Her formal degrees are a Masters of Social Welfare and a Master of Arts in Asian American Studies and she is currently employed at the Asian American Pacific Counseling Treatment Center in San Fernando Valley. 

As a brand new podcast, HOL needs your support!!! Please subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and a leave us a positive review to help us continue. KOP JAIII LAI DERRR P'NONG!!! (THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FAM!)

CONNECT WITH WANDA:
Email: [email protected]
Asian American Pacific Counseling Treatment Center @San Fernando Valley #818-267-1107

 
REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE:
Poem by Third Eye Thirst
Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Thai Community Development Center
Laos Angeles

JOIN THE COMMUNITY:
Join the community of HOL @healingoutlaod on Instagram & Twitter  & Facebook 

All costs going towards this podcast are out-of-pocket. Healing Out Lao'd is currently facilitated by one-person with amazing guests and collaborators who volunteer their time to support. Consider donating any funds if you are in the position to do so! Help Rita cover costs by becoming a monthly sustainer at patreon.com/healingoutlaod OR you may make a one-time donation via PayPal. 

HUGE SHOUT OUTS TO:
Laos Angeles Roots Members Andrew David Vilaythong for mixing/producing the beats for HOL and "mystery person" @LaosSupplyfor the beautiful logo design!  

*SPECIAL KOP JAI & THANKS* to KITS Creativ for designing HOL's website & sponsoring this episode*

To provide feedback, let us know of current issues/topics you'd like to bring up and/or suggest people to be guests on this podcast, you may send an email to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing your voice!!!

Support the show