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You might recognize Lucas Silveira from the Toronto band The Cliks; join me as I talk with him about coming into self love, experiencing spiritual awakening and how he's navigating isolation during the coronavirus.

"I started this journey that was basically, 'if it feels bad, then it's out.' No matter how little or how big."

"I started trusting my gut. Anytime I started having negative thoughts about myself, I would find something forceably positive. "

"I finally figured out that I had internalized my marginalization and that is a tool of capitalism."

"I truly believe that if every marginalized person on the planet starts understanding what it means to love themselves, there will be a revolution."

"If it feels like it's not dignified, I have to walk away from it."

"Sometimes people are your lessons and sometimes you are the lesson for someone else."

"I think being an artist is innate in every human being. It is who we are."

Please note: There is talk of suicide in this episode.

In addition,  I did not coin the term "divine inspiration" - I use it in the spiritual sense, rather than the Biblical. Feel free to Google!

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Bio:

Lucas Silveira is best known as the front man for the Canadian rock band, The Cliks. He rose to fame in 2006 by becoming the first out transgender man in history to be signed to an international major label record deal with Warner Music and Tommy Boy Silver Label. The Cliks toured worldwide with Cyndi Lauper, Tegan and Sarah, Blondie, The Cult, The New York Dolls and more.

After a long and successful career in the music industry, Lucas now divides his time between writing, public speaking, songwriting and a private practice as a certified Life Coach focused on artists and marginalized communities looking to empower themselves through the practice of self-love.

Lucas’ writing is mainly focused on mental health awareness, non-religious spiritual awareness and practices and LGBTQ+ issues with a focus on the transgender community, including how to heal community from within.

Lucas’ focus in public speaking surrounds many topics that encompass the transgender experience from his personal story and lending itself to education for those within and outside of the community with a focus on how to educate using compassionate activism rather than call out or cancel culture.

Lucas is currently working on a children’s book about trans and non-binary identities and preparing to record his first studio album in seven years.