That moment: your palms are sweating, your stomach is churning and you're full-on scared. You have to tell someone something. About yourself. About your life. You don't know how they'll take it. You fear the worst. That's a "coming out" moment. Whether you're LGBTQ2S+ or not, you'll be inspired by Nancy Shadlock, CEO and Founder of Centered Life Coaching and her guests as they explore "coming out" stories of all kinds. Listen in weekly as people talk about coming out as trans, as a sex thera ...
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089: Coming Out in Business with Kailey Gilchrist
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Meet Kailey Gilchrist, the inspiring Founder and Sauce Boss at NONA Vegan Foods LTD. She delves into her entrepreneurial journey, from coming out in college and meeting her fiancé in a cooking class to creating a food brand with her late mother’s delicious Italian recipes. Discover how joining CGLCC’s Out For Business program and finding mentorship…
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088: Breaking Barriers: Navigating Trans Youth Rights and Diversity Dialogues with Dr. Jackie F. Steele スティール若希
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Join Nancy Shadlock & Dr. Jackie F. Steele スティール若希 for a captivating conversation touching on the complex journey of transgender youth, diversity of thought, family law rights, and the role of Democracy. They delve into cognitive bias, freedom of conscience, and the importance a variety of voices and yet maintaining emotional safety in democratic d…
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087: Learning to Trust your own Voice with Jennifer Knapp.
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Jennifer Knapp is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, author, speaker and advocate. Her impressive history includes selling over one million albums with her first three releases Kansas (debut 1998, Gold-certified), Lay It Down (2000), and The Way I Am (2001). She has earned four Dove Awards and two Grammy nominations. The Kansas-born musician has…
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086: What straight couples can learn from same sex couples with Dr. Lynda Spann.
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Dr. Lynda Spann shares her personal coming out story as well as her professional coming out story. The two are connected. The work she does at the Lesbian Couples Institute with her wife Lisa is very important and unique. You can find them here: https://lesbiancouplesinstitute.com If you'd like to sign up for a Front Porch session with me Nancy Sha…
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085: Embracing our own Internalized Homophobia with Nadjeschda Taranczewski
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Nadja is a powerhouse of a coach and someone that I have personally learned so much from in the past year. I love that in this episode she shares vulnerably about her own internalized homophobia even though she's been married to a woman for years. She teaches us some tools to work through this and inspires us to live whole lives. If you would like …
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084: Quitting... with Nancy Shadlock, and kind of Annie Duke
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I share my synopsis of Annie Duke's book Quit. She shares so many helpful ideas of how to know when it's time to quit and how to do it well. It really stretched my opinion of quitting from a judgement of being a bad thing, to it being a really good thing. I hope it stretches you to think about times you maybe should have quit sooner in the past, or…
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083: The pain of change; coming out as gay with Mika
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This episode is very vulnerable and tender. Mika shares her coming out in the middle of coming out... not when she's got it all wrapped up with a bow. I love the inspiration that she is to be honest and live our truth. If you'd like to send in a coming out story of your own, you can click this link and record it to send it in.…
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082: My Coming Out about work… and a Sourced Experience.
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I sheepishly share one of my coming outs… in regards to work. And I had a crazy experience this week that felt Divinely inspired so I thought I’d share it with you. Send me your crazy experience that you noticed was sourced in the end. Nancy@centered.ca
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081: Letting go of perfection and just doing it with Nancy Shadlock
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I've been gone long enough. After many nudges, the podcast is back! I'm doing it raw and unedited, but I'm doing it. The perfectionist part of me is having trouble just letting it be, but I know, the most important part is just showing up! Many people have told me this podcast has helped them feel inspired and like they aren't alone, so I know it's…
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Nancy Shadlock has finished her Sabbatical and is back with full energy and focus! Listen to the update and hear all about it. There is a community connection call on Friday, March 11th to hear the 7 things she learned on her Sabbatical. You can register for the call here: lu.ma/Sabbatical Another exciting update is that there is an IN-PERSON retre…
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. A faithful listener of the Coming Out C…
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078: Calling My Spirit Back with Elaine Alec
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. Elaine Alec joins Nancy this week to fo…
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077: Humble Pie: Reconciling Relationships and Seeing How Time Changes Perspectives
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. Joe Boivin returns to the show this wee…
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076: Coming Out as Neurodivergent with Heather Morgan
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. Last time she was on the show, Heather …
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075: Coming Out as Bi to not be Invisible with Carly Hutton
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. What happens when you embody a marginal…
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074: From Mormon to Lesbian: Surviving Conversion Therapy and Now Thriving with Elena Joy Thurston
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. Prior to discovering her sexuality and …
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073: Coming Out and Supporting Others with Joe Boivin
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Josiah Boivin talks with Nancy about the several stages that have encapsulated his coming out as a trans man. After experiencing coming to terms with his own identity, he now desires to focus on telling his story so that it might be an example of hope and comfort for others, which includes giving advice to parents and those whose loved ones may be …
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072: Coming Out Empowered with Nancy Shadlock
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. Sign up for the Reflection Retreat Dece…
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071: Coming out about a chronic illness with Heather Morgan
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. In this episode, Nancy speaks with Heat…
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070: Coming out for the social good with Randy Boissonnault
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. Randy Boissonnault went from being a ki…
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069: Unbinding Yourself from Abuse with Richele McEwan
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. Richele McEwan speaks up about the dome…
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068: From Sneaking Out to the Gay Bar to Professional Gay with Ash Beckham
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. Ash Beckham has influenced more than 8 …
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067: A Wedding, A Haircut and A Marriage with Nancy Shadlock
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. Join Nancy Shadlock, the host of The Co…
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066: Coming Out And Making A Way For Others with Keturah Johnson
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During this winter’s hibernation season, The Coming Out Chronicles are taking a break from putting out new material. We didn’t want to leave you hanging though so we’ve got some of our older episodes set to automatically pre-release. We hope you enjoy them! We always get something new every time we re-listen. Keturah joins Nancy in this episode to …
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065: The winter hibernation with Nancy Shadlock
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A personal coming out is brewing and who better to recognize the signs of a shift than the Coming Out Coach herself -Nancy Shadlock. After 65 episodes and 10,000 downloads in this brief episode, Nancy talks about the upcoming pause of the Chronicles for this winter season as well as the excitement of seeing where the Coming Out Chronicles has come …
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Ep 064: Learning to live for yourself with Heather Vickery
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In this episode special guest, Heather Vickery host of the Brave Files talks about coming out of the closet later in life, and how she took that experience directly into creating her coaching business. Heather recounts her marriage and divorce as well as her family's reactions to her accidental coming out. Heather now speaks about her coaching busi…
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Ep 063: Overcoming Chronic Sexual Pain with Katrina Grabner
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This week is a special one specifically centred around a phenomenon that happens for people with vulvas. Katrina Grabner vulnerably shares her own story of living with Chronic Sexual Pain. She goes into her decade of frustration and disappointment with the medical system and the internal feelings that came with Chronic Sexual Pain. Katrina now work…
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062: Breaking Unhealthy Dating Patterns with Tania Cheng
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Tania Cheng talks about growing up a self-proclaimed non-athletic tomboy, looking back they can see the signs of their coming out but before they had to come to terms with their own internal issues. Today Tania talks about the difficultly of living a closeted life but the eventual change that came when they came out. Tania tells us about their new …
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061: Transforming Judgement to Joy with Ashlee Livingstone
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Ashlee Livingstone is a Canadian business owner known for her events and she’s on the verge of a coming out chapter professionally. Ashley speaks on imposter syndrome and its place in her changing business, with Covid shutting down events she has transitioned into a new branch of what she can do with her business with not just virtual events but al…
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060: Tools of Insight with Nancy Shadlock
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In this solo episode, Nancy talks about the tools she uses within her own practice and examples of how she interprets them for her clients as well as how they show up in her own life. Nancy speaks about how these tools can be used to create a synergetic team for any organization and how she’s creating a new entrepreneurial venture -The Flame Tree C…
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059: Coming out of the Spiritual Closet at Work with Dr. Tanya Rampersad
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This week Dr. Tanya Rampersad talks to Nancy about coming out with a new chapter in her profession. Tanya recalls her early years working in homeopathy and naturopathy while incorporating science but being drawn to the spiritual. Eventually, she had to let her business be reborn to get the best possible results both for her and her clients. Tanya t…
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New Season Teaser- Get Coaching for your next Coming Out Chapter
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We are creating a new mini-series with people calling in to get coaching on their next coming out chapter. If that's you and you'd like to get coaching on the show send us a message. Facebook: (Centered Life Coaching) Instagram: (Nancy Shadlock) Website: www.centered.ca If you'd like to learn more about the Flame Tree Collective that Nancy is creat…
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This week Mike Iamele recounts his coming out story that all started from an unexpected health issue. Mike recounts how he first met his now-husband Garret and the journey of being surprised by love. He also recounts the first public coming out 8 years ago through a viral blog post and a book, and the ramifications, he now shares what he learnt fro…
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057: No More Hiding Behind Being an Ally with Dr. Angela Lauria
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This week Dr. Angela Lauria talks about coming out as BI. She shares about being straight passing and how she worked really hard to be a good ally, all the while pushing her own sexuality down to keep others comfortable. She talks about the pressures of having a family who pushed her to be “normal” at the expense of her true self. Angela tells how …
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056: Coming Out to Catholic Parents with Hannah Strenger
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This week Hannah Strenger talks about her coming out the story regarding her catholic family, this week is all about connecting and reconnecting. Hannah recounts the story of her coming out in a small conservative town where she was heavily involved in the church and what gave her the strength to come out. Hannah talks about her relationship with h…
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055: Discovering how enormous your life purpose really is, with Heather Walsh
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This time we're doing something a little different! You get to listen in as Nancy has a session with her client, Heather (with her permission of course!) Heather joins Nancy for a session to analyze her gene keys and how they play into her life and work. Heather gives us a deeply personal look into her life and how it has been affected by her exper…
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054: The Ebb and Flow of Queer Support with Katya Veleva
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This week's guest is Katya Veleva who talks about her experience growing up in Eastern Europe and how different that was from her current reality. Much changed when Katya moved to London England where she felt free to explore her true self and break all kinds of rules, including in the dating world. She found enormous acceptance while playing Quidd…
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053: Wisdom for my Young Gay Christian Self with Stacey Chomiak
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Stacey Chomiak takes us through her story of growing up closeted in the Evangelical church. Living in a not-so-supportive environment and the struggles of not having someone to talk to, Stacey talks about how exactly that changed and why. Today Stacey is creating books that help others not feel alone in that storyline. Her soon-to-be-released young…
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052: "HOMOSEXUAL" was never meant to be in the bible with Rocky Roggio
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Film Director-Rocky tells us about their movie “1946” which is based on a mistranslation of the word Homosexual in the Bible that only started appearing after the year 1946. That change in interpretation has caused hurt for many people for decades. In the podcast, Rocky takes us through their story of coming out and how they walked away from “it al…
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051: Breaking the Glass Ceiling with Vicki Saunders
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This week Vicki Saunders the founder of SheEO takes us through her journey of coming out of the old boys club of corporate and then how she founded the largest female-identifying business support network to date. Vicki talks about her passion for getting rid of manufactured scarcity in our lives and believing we have the efficacy to live what we ar…
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050: My needs and wants are worthy with Nancy Shadlock
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Nancy shares vulnerably about her recent growth and internal shift. Follow Nancy’s journey of transformation and learn what worked for her, as it also might be a hack for you. She speaks about how changing something in your life is never easy, but so worth it to live the best life you can. Listen till the end for a little bit about the next retreat…
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Ep 049: The Non-Binary Unicorn Advocate - Harris Eddie Hill
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Harris is a 30-something-year-old nonbinary person from Hertfordshire, UK. Harris realized they were trans/nonbinary in their mid-twenties and have since made the commitment to becoming the advocate they needed, but never had. In this episode, Harris takes us through their journey of growing up queer and the roller coaster of self-discovery. Follow…
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048: Being Outed before you’re ready with Aiko Bethea
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We’re so excited this week to have Aiko Bethea. She's the Senior Co-Director of The Daring Way and Dare to Lead Communities and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Sr. Advisor and Executive Coach for Brene Brown's Education and Research Group. Aiko is also a mother, activist, lawyer and badass woman fighting for change in workplaces. Aiko tells us her…
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047: Talking Across the Divide with Justin Lee
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Justin Lee, the author of Torn talks about his story of coming from a very faithful evangelical Christian family and how to reconcile his sexuality with his spirituality and eventually become a best-selling author and podcast host. Justin faced many internal struggles without resources yet found a way to move forward, breakthrough and eventually pr…
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046: Fifty Shades of Gender and Relationships with Esther Lemmens
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Esther is a creator, artist, budding writer, podcaster, and all-around magical creature. In this podcast, she covers the fluidity of gender, relationships and love, in the many ways they appear. Esther shows us that there is no “normal” way to have a relationship, the key to achieve happiness with a partner is communication and understanding. While…
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045: Coming Out of So Many Spiritual Closets with Nancy Shadlock
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Nancy takes us through the process of her spiritual transformation over the past decade. She’s moved from being quite a conservative Christian to not being limited by the boxes of any particular spiritual dogma. She has come to realize that whatever path is leading you deeper into love and connection is truly a beautiful spiritual path. Nancy talks…
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044: Maybe it's not wrong to be queer after all with Anna Miller
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Raised as a Southern Baptist Missionary Kid in a conservative Christian environment, Anna Miller had to shed many layers of belief and unbelief to come out...while still retaining her faith. As a therapist, she shares her view on the core issues that held her in the closet and how we can break free from the issues that weigh us down. Anna talks abo…
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043: Realizing my superpower with Steph Hansen
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Steph talks about coming out in more ways than one and understanding relationships with her family through her coming outs. She talks about how her view on religion has evolved and how the discovery of her ADHD has become her superpower. Steph shares her dreams for the gift of acceptance to reach not just her community but spread worldwide. Her wor…
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042: The importance of Language with BE Alink.
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We tend to see everything in boxes: people, things, goals, etc… This podcast with BE is an eye-opener about how we as a species overcomplicate and cause problems in an effort to create a fatter bottom line. The language of what we say and the names we give things don't match up with their purpose. BE also talks about their work with the Alinker, a …
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041: Conscious Uncoupling with Melissa DaSilva
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Divorce is such a tense stressful word for most of us, something synonymous with failure of a relationship. But it doesn’t always have to be that way. A new term “Conscious Uncoupling” has been emerging, and rightfully so. Melissa DaSilva takes us through her journey of uncoupling from her husband, sharing her story of how a relationship can come t…
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