Her Stories: Recent Episodes
Herstories Podcast
You've probably heard of 1st and 2nd generation, but have you ever heard of the term, 'Generation 1.5'? In today's episode, we describe this term and share our thoughts on how it has impacted us as Hmong Canadians. Take a listen and see if you can relate, too! Comment on our socials to let us know what you think about Generation 1.5!
Today’s episode is all about flashbacks! From our childhood to teenage years, we expose some of the most crazy times we had in our lives. Join us on this nostalgic journey back in to our past. What were some of your childhood memories? Thank you so much for listening and we’ll catch you on our next episode!
Role models...everyone has one!!! Today, we'll be talking about people who have influenced us in various stages of our lives. From childhood to teenage years all the way up until adulthood. Who were yours and have they made a long lasting impression on you???
We’re back with Season 2! We are so excited to share all the exciting episodes we have this season including Expectations of Hmong Men, Hmong True Crime, Generation 1.5 and so much more! For today’s episode, we thought it would be fitting to first provide you with some updates about our lives and what it’s been like living through the COVID pandemic. We hope you enjoy and stay tuned for more!
Surpriseeeeee, another episode! We wanted to give you guys something to listen to while we are all quarantining and being responsible with social distancing. Don’t worry, we recorded this prior to social distancing rules. Anyways, today’s episode gives you an inside scoop on how we hold Hmong weddings. We talk about the traditions, the beliefs, and the personal experiences we have had with Hmong weddings. We hope you find it fun and informative! Enjoy guys and as always, thank you for listening!
In today’s episode, we talk alllll about the expectations of Hmong women. Again, thank you to our cousin and avid fan Edward for the topic suggestion. We enlist the wise words of our mothers and learn about the expectations placed on them and what they expect of us. We also speak to the position of a “Nyab” aka daughter/sister in law and how crucial of a role this is as a Hmong woman. We really hope you enjoy and that it sheds a bit of light on this topic that we feel isn’t spoken about enough! Please subscribe and stay tuned for more episodes!
In today’s episode we challenge ourselves to be a little more vulnerable and discuss our insecurities related to our body image. We also reflect on where and what shaped our beauty standards and get real about how our challenges impact us on a daily basis. Thank you for listening!
Hellooo and a Happy New Year! It feels like a while since the last episode but we’re pumped for a new year and new episodes coming your way. We wanted to start the new year off by speaking about something we spend a lot of time on as women... and that is our skincare and beauty routine! We reflect on our skincare types, share our favourite products, and provide some of the skincare types we live by! Thanks for listening!! ❤️
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones! In today’s episode, we keep it fun and light by playing some Christmas Edition trivia while also getting to know one another even more. We talk about our Christmas traditions, our hopes to create new ones, and the real meaning of Christmas to us! Thank you so much for listening!!!
Thank you so much for listening to our first episode and supporting this new endeavour we are on!! With our first episode feeling a little heavy, we decided it would be fun to go into detail about some of our pivotal "firsts" in our lives. We talk about first crushes, first kisses, first loves, and first periods! We hope that this podcast gives you a bit more insight into our personalities and what makes us, well US! Enjoyyyyy!
In today’s episode, we dive into the tragic and triumphant stories of our parents who left the war torn country of Laos in hopes to find peace and opportunity. We shed tears, we laugh, and we reflect on the sacrifices that our parents have made. We thought this would be a fitting first episode to bring awareness to who we are as Hmong women. We hope you enjoy and please stay tuned for more!