Healing Out Lao’d
by Rita Phetmixay
July 18, 2025 3:00 am
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 show centers the Lao and broader Southeast Asian diaspora experience, anyone can benefit from this resource, especially those in the margins including BIPOC (Black Indigenous Persons of Color), survivors, thrivers, healers, movement builders, and so forth. In order to highlight the nuances of the diverse Lao diaspora experience, HOL casts diverse perspectives of what it means to be an (adult) child of refugees while also inspiring a new generation of folx to heal and move forward with their lives. This is one project to expand visions of the overall #LaoHealingMovement !!!
Recent Episodes
E46: Vekonda Luangaphay on Preserving Cultural Heritage via The Lao Project
4 days agoCurrent Events Series EP1: Addressing ICE Raids in LA and IN CONTEXT to Lao refugee experiences
1 month agoE45: Tina Meetran on Eldest Daughterhood & Finding Out Family's Threat of Deportation at 16yo
3 months agoE44: How to Pronounce Knife Book Talk w/Souvankham Thammavongsa (HOL Retreat March 2024)
4 months agoE43: Phatsaline Vongsaly on co-founding "Gamlangchai" and advocating for basic mental health access in Laos, our motherland
4 months agoE42: Aleena Inthaly on growing up in VA + food diplomacy + transitioning from Legacies of War to Lao Food Movement
5 months agoE41: Vilayvanh Bender on Exploring Lao Heritage Through Literature
5 months agoE40: Sarina "Rina" Herman on confronting harmful phrases in Lao + the role of social work in promoting mental health awareness
7 months agoE39: Khoulapsavanh Sayasith on growing up Lao in Germany + challenges of navigating corporate life & cultural identity
7 months agoE38: Ketsana Roberts on navigating Lao identity + financial challenges in South Carolina & being a lil delulu
8 months ago