May 16, 2023
Did you grow up feeling like you didn’t belong?
And you want to find a sense of community?
In this episode with Ny Derry, we discuss:
- What it means to feel like a “throwaway” because our families are refugees from Laos.
- How our cultural backgrounds make us “workaholics” and how managing so many identities (employee, mother, daughter, wife, sister, friend, and more) can lead us to abandon ourselves.
- Why it’s important to acknowledge mental health issues like postpartum depression, and ask for help.
- What you need to say during difficult conversations with your family (partner, parents, children) to make the best decisions for yourself and your loved ones.
- How the lack of language can make it hard for us to express our feelings to our parents, and how to bridge the gap for intergenerational conversations with language.
- Why it’s important to create a
place for the community to come together and find a sense of
belonging, and what you can do if you feel inspired to create
something new for your community.
Learn more about Ny on www.linkedin.com/in/nyderry
and www.laohelpinglao.com.
Connect with Samorn on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/samornselim.
Get a copy of Samorn’s book, “Belonging: Self Love Lessons From A
Workaholic Depressed Insomniac Lawyer” at https://tinyurl.com/swpc578c.
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