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She Forgave Him. Then She Held His Hand as He Died | Lexi Carington | The Raz Patel Show | S2 EP9

She spent years surviving what he did to her.
Then she chose to be the one in the room when he took his last breath.
Lexi Carington was a child actress. Then came the emotional abuse, the chronic illness, the silence, the Hawaii wildfires. Then came the decision to come back — on her own terms, in her own skin, without apology. In this episode she sits down with Raz Patel to talk about what real forgiveness looks like when the person who hurt you most is the one you're holding at the end. What chronic illness and emotional abuse silenced in her for years. What surviving the Hawaii wildfires taught her about humor and grace. And why returning to the camera wrinkles and all was the most radical act of her entire career. She forgave the man who broke her. Then she held his hand as he passed.
Then she came back to tell you how. ─────────────────────────────
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⚠️ This episode discusses emotional abuse and family trauma. If you need support please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or thehotline.org
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She Was Ashamed of Being Indian. Until She Wasn't. | Bhavna Bhatia Roszel | The Raz Patel Show | S1 EP8

She grew up feeling like she was too Indian for the West and too Western for India.
For years Bhavna Bhatia Roszel lived in that gap — navigating the pressure of cultural expectations, generational tradition and the quiet shame of never feeling like enough in either world.
Then she wrote a book about it. The "I" in Indian is now a book club favorite — because it turns out millions of women know exactly what that gap feels like. In this episode Bhavna sits down with Raz Patel to talk about what it really means to grow up between two cultures and belong fully to neither. How she found her voice when everything around her told her to stay quiet. Why perfection is not a requirement for worthiness. And what self-acceptance actually looks like when you have spent a lifetime performing an identity that was never fully yours. If you have ever struggled between who you are told to be and who you actually are — this conversation will speak directly to your heart.
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The System Failed Him as a Child. Now He's Breaking It. | Dr. Matthew Rosario | The Raz Patel Show | S1 EP7

At 7 years old the system decided his future. He had other plans. Dr. Matthew Rosario survived foster care, served in the U.S. Navy, worked at the Pentagon and secured over $1.7 million in mental health grants to build ClearHorizon Forensic and Counseling Group — an organization dedicated to saving the youth every other system has given up on. In this episode he sits down with Raz Patel to reveal the question that unlocks every troubled teen nobody else can reach, what the justice system gets catastrophically wrong about youth mental health — and what he would tell his 7-year-old self in foster care. The system wrote him off at 7. He spent the rest of his life proving it wrong. ─────────────────────────────
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He Quit His Tech Career for a Camera. He Was Right. | Vigiel Bose | The Raz Patel Show | S1 EP6

Everyone thought he was crazy. A stable IT career. A clear path. A safe future. He walked away from all of it.
Then he won 60 international awards.
Vigiel Bose grew up in Kochi with creative roots and a family that understood storytelling. Then he ended up in DC in a stable IT career that had nothing to do with any of it. Then he made a choice. In this episode he sits down with Raz Patel to talk about what it actually takes to walk away from security to chase something nobody believes in yet, how rejection became the fuel that built his career instead of ending it, and what his films on Amazon Prime taught him about storytelling that no film school ever could.
60 international awards later — he was right. ───────────────────────────── 🎙 THE RAZ PATEL SHOW Real, unfiltered conversations about resilience, leadership and living unapologetically. New episodes every Thursday 🔔 ───────────────────────────── 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRazPatelShow
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Your Doctor Isn't Telling You This. A Doctor Just Did. | Dr. Minnie Cruz | The Raz Patel Show | S1 EP5

Your doctor has 15 minutes with you. There are things that don't make the cut.
Dr. Minnie Cruz Tolantino is a double board- certified physician in family and obesity medicine with over 18 years of experience. She also battled pre-diabetes, hormonal shifts and stress eating during the pandemic — and turned that experience into a mission to completely reshape how women think about their own health.
In this episode she sits down with Raz Patel to talk about what perimenopause and hormonal imbalances actually feel like — and what actually helps. How stress, anxiety and hormonal shifts are connected in ways nobody explains. And the one thing about self-advocacy in healthcare that could change the outcome of your next doctor's visit. She's not here to give you a pamphlet.
She's here to tell you what's actually going on in your body — and what to do about it.
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Tsunami. Exile. Heart Failure. She Built Anyway. | Parichat Namchoo | The Raz Patel Show | S1 EP4

A tsunami took everything she had. Exile took everything that was left. Then her heart failed.
What she built after all three will stop you cold.
Parichat — known as Katie — Namchoo grew up along the Mekong River in northeastern Thailand. She survived a tsunami, organized crime, exile and heart failure. Then she founded Siam Exclusive Gems — a business that bridges Thailand and America and uses every purchase to fund elephants and children in need. In this episode she sits down with Raz Patel to talk about what surviving the unsurvivable actually looks like, how trauma became the foundation of an entirely new identity, and what it means to build something beautiful from the pieces of everything you lost. She didn't rebuild despite everything she lost. She built because of it. ─────────────────────────────
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Cameras Almost Broke Their Marriage. Almost. | Jamie & Erana Tyler | The Raz Patel Show | S1 EP3

29 years of marriage. One camera crew. What the cameras caught — and what they almost couldn't survive — is not what you expect.
Jamie and Erana Tyler have been married for 29 years. They appeared on the OWN Network's Love & Marriage: DC. They built a family, a business and a mental health foundation — all while cameras filmed their fights, their vulnerabilities and their most private moments. In this episode they sit down with Raz Patel to finally say what they couldn't say on the show — what reality TV actually does to a marriage nobody on a production set will tell you, how they stayed grounded when the world was watching and reframing their story, and why Jamie built a mental health foundation out of everything the cameras captured.
They're still standing. Still married. Still building. ─────────────────────────────
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She Didn't Just Dance. She Turned It Into a Movement. | Reema Kapani | The Raz Patel Show | S1 EP2

She could have stayed on the dance floor. She had other plans. Reema Kapani started as a choreographer. Then she picked up a camera. Then she started making films that didn't just tell stories — they changed the communities the stories were about.
In this episode she sits down with Raz Patel to talk about the pivot from dance to documentary filmmaking and why it was more intentional than accidental. What purpose-driven art actually looks like when it's built to uplift communities. And how creativity becomes a tool for healing when it's pointed at something that actually matters. Dance taught her how to move. Filmmaking taught her how to move people. This is not an episode about dance. This is an episode about what happens when someone refuses to let their art be small. ─────────────────────────────
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Your Style Is Telling a Story. What Does It Say? | Barnette Holston | The Raz Patel Show | S1 EP1

Before you said a word today — your clothes already spoke for you. The question is: did they say what you meant?
Barnette Holston — known as DC Fashion Fool — is not a stylist who tells you what to wear. He's a guide who helps you figure out who you are — and then dresses that person with intention. In this episode he sits down with Raz Patel to talk about what your current style is already communicating to every room you walk into, how fashion reflects identity in ways most people never consciously think about, and why personal style is one of the most powerful forms of self-expression available to you every single day.
Your style is already telling a story. This episode helps you decide what that story is.
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