39. How Flipping Burgers led to Hairstyling | Generational Trauma | Finding the Beauty Within w/Tommy Aryavong

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Tommy talks about growing up in a home with immigrant parents from Laos, the only Asian family in a predominantly white community in Ontario, Canada. He opens up about generational trauma, going to therapy, the importance of liberating self, claiming his life as his own & the experiences that have laid a footprint on his life. We talk about those endearing mum hair cuts & what inspired his journey from flipping burgers to becoming a hairstylist. Our Educational Piece is focused on what Tommy loves most & is passionate about, that is sharing all things hair & hair care answering questions from listeners. This episode is filled with tons of personal stories including hairdressing horror stories, beautiful words of wisdom & finding the beauty within. There are golden nuggets & aha moments throughout this episode & we promise this episode is another KMKY goodie as we celebrate our One Year Anniversary of Being in the Podcasting World.
What is this episode about 🙋‍♀️:
00.20 - Introduction to Episode
02.10 - Meet Hairstylist Tommy | Generational Trauma | Liberating Self
09.35 - From Flipping Burgers to Hairdressing
11.00 - Tommy shares about his parents' journey from Laos as refugees
12.40 - Hair in survival mode | Seeking love in the wrong places | Expression of me
14.40 - What was the inspiration behind a career in hair dressing
17.30 - Questions about our hair - Education Piece
17.54 - What information should we be sharing with our hairstylist before a cut and a color
21.20- How can we avoid having excessive oily hair or avoid washing our hair every day
26.15 - Taming the Frizz
28.30 - What affects the texture of our hair | Diet | Hormones | Options for our Silver Haired Queens | What is a Keratin Smoothing Service
31.05 - Horror Hairdressing Stories
34.35 - Self-Care Routine as a Hairdresser
36. 15 - Which Would You Prefer
37.20 - Finish the sentence Happiness is..........
337.55 - Tommys' Philosophy In Life | Finding the Beauty Within
39.25 - Final Inspirational Words from Tommy | Don't be Afraid of Your Pain | Shut Down the Chatter | Listen to your Heart
41.15 - Past Guest One Year Birthday Messages
Waseem Hijazi | Veronica Natzia | Adrienne Potter | Collen Wynia
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