Justice Trauma and Healing: R&T #40 with Heddy Nam

In this conversation, Heddy Nam and I discuss the trauma that many immigrant families go through and her own journey to healing through an engagement with social justice organising.

Heddy Nam is Founder of Rosalee Consulting, a boutique consulting and coaching practice focused on supporting social change leaders and organizations to step fully into their power to realize their vision for an equitable world. As part of this practice, Heddy provides liberatory, healing-centered coaching and facilitates intersectional collaboration to foster innovation for equity. She also advises other facilitators designing gatherings and programs aimed at systems change with a focus on authentic communication, adult learning and maximizing participation and collaboration for lasting impact.

Heddy is a native of Seoul who grew up in NY, who lives and works on the unceded territory of the Tongva/Gabrieleño/Kizh peoples who are the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and Southern Channel Islands). She brings her lived experience as an Asian American immigrant woman, domestic violence survivor, activist and organizer and 20 years of professional experience in the non-profit sector in policy advocacy, philanthropy, research, and systems change to her work.

Her primary sources of wisdom come from her self care and development practices (including movement, meditation, reading, writing) and relationships (with ancestors, family, friends, colleagues, mentors, and healers). For more information about her work, experience and credentials, check out her LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heddy/

00:00 - Take Care of Yourself
00:35 - Intro
01:51 - Heddy's migration story
08:30 - The Lunchbox
12:10 - Reclaiming Culture
14:00 - Activism and Amnesty
26:15 - Cambodia and NGOs
35:38 - Democracy and Power
42:20 - Surviving trauma