{"podcast":{"title":"Conversations with Coach LA","slug":"conversations-with-coach-la-7109776","podcast_index_feed_id":7109776,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/NF39NdHy","website_url":"https://conversations-with-therapist-coach-la.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a925a80e-1cf8-4f2c-8d52-8aff430936ff/3e62cbc4-6f29-4bf4-bc42-ce1e585eaa00/3000x3000/chatgpt_image_may_11_2026_061150_pm.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Lakisha R. Austin","episode_count":158,"summary":"Hi, my name is Lakisha Austin also known as Coach LA. I am a psychotherapist and life coach with a down-to-earth approach to providing therapeutic support. I love using music, an emphatic ear, a witty sense of humor, and unapologetic clinical skills to debunk myths about therapy. Step into my office and listen to real people have candid conversations about this thang called LIFE. Don’t hesitate to Chime in & help me encourage individuals to own their stuff & set boundaries to fix their life! Share your experiences, relationship issues, and daily stressors on the live interactive Facebook chat! My virtual office hours are Sundays 10-11 pm on the UrbanHeat 98.1fm! Call-In 617.238.7111, Tune In, or Just Listen live at https://www.heat981fm.com/ weekly on Sundays at 10 pm. Listen to the replay weekly on Thursdays or watch it on the UrbanHeat Facebook page.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-coach-la-7109776"},"episode":{"title":"Healing in Public: The City that Failed Us with Charles Rheddick and Joe Teixeira","slug":"healing-in-public-the-city-that-failed-us-with-charles-rheddick-and-joe-teixeira","published_at":"2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-coach-la-7109776/healing-in-public-the-city-that-failed-us-with-charles-rheddick-and-joe-teixeira","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-coach-la-7109776","url":"https://conversations-with-therapist-coach-la.simplecast.com/episodes/healing-in-public-the-city-that-failed-us-with-charles-rheddick-and-joe-teixeira-S18gb7F2","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/326daf54-f3e0-4590-84df-da61a0c38334/episodes/c4941c21-ff64-411c-91da-34e5680edf49/audio/2521ff27-7273-422a-86ee-e3daa1f9a8ac/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=NF39NdHy","summary":"Healing in Public: When Trauma Is Witnessed but Never Treated 📝 Episode Summary In this powerful Season 9 premiere of Conversations with Coach LA, Coach LA opens Chapter 50 — Heal. Elevate. Evolve. with a necessary conversation about community trauma, accountability, and collective healing. Joined by filmmakers Joe Teixeira and Charles Rheddick, the episode centers on their documentary The City That Failed Us All, which revisits the 1979 shooting of 15-year-old Darryl K. Williams on a football field in Charlestown, Massachusetts. While Darryl was the physical victim of that racial attack, the emotional and psychological impact extended far beyond him — affecting teammates, cheerleaders, coaches, spectators, families, and entire communities who were left to process the trauma without acknowledgment, resources, or institutional support from the city of Boston. This episode explores what happens when violence is witnessed but never treated, how silence compounds trauma over generations, and why storytelling can function as both accountability and healing. Through reflection, lived experience, and clinical insight, Coach LA frames healing in public as an act of courage, reclamation, and emotional wealth — especially when systems fail the people they are meant to protect. Listeners are invited to sit with the truth, reflect on their own unacknowledged experiences, and consider what healing looks like when closure never came — but clarity did. This ain’t a mid-life crisis — it’s a mid-life clarity. 🔑 Topics Covered • Community and racial trauma • Witnessed violence and long-term psychological impact • Institutional silence and accountability • Storytelling as a healing practice • Healing without validation or apology","meta_description":"Healing in Public: When Trauma Is Witnessed but Never Treated 📝 Episode Summary In this powerful Season 9 premiere of Conversations with Coach LA, Coach L…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4733,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/conversations-with-coach-la-7109776/episodes/healing-in-public-the-city-that-failed-us-with-charles-rheddick-and-joe-teixeira/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-with-coach-la-7109776/healing-in-public-the-city-that-failed-us-with-charles-rheddick-and-joe-teixeira.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}