529: Healing From Khmer Rouge With Sambath Meas
Sambath Meas was born in Pailin, Cambodia at a time of civil war. Having survived the effects of the Vietnam War, the Khmer Civil War, and the Maoist-inspired Khmer Rouge regime, her parents decided not to stick around for another phase of mass killings. Her family, like thousands of other Khmers, fled to the Cambodian-Thai border in 1979. After being displaced in various refugee camps for two years, Chicago became their new home in 1981. Meas graduated from Loyola University of Chicago with a B.A. in political science and has taken writing classes at Northwestern University. She works in the legal industry for 20 years now. In her spare time, she helps novice writers to get started with their stories. Her current projects include self-help, science fiction, graphic novel, and young adult fantasy books. She writes fiction, focusing on murder mystery, fantasy, and science fiction; and nonfiction, focusing on memoir, biography, and self-improvement. Sambath shares her story about her family's experience from the Khmer Rouge era and what her parents went through. She also shares what she has done to help her father's PTD from the Khmer Rouge, have a better relationship with parents and live a much happier life. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Sambath's episode, Sambath's website, resources, gifts and so much more.