\u201cIt\u2019s been quite the hero\u2019s journey, y\u2019all.\u201d - Eleven\n\nWelcome back to ONKEN RADIO (previously NION Radio) the podcast where we explore the body, mind, and soul of the creative entrepreneur. It\u2019s my goal to help you take your creativity, business, and life to the next level. I\u2019m so glad you\u2019re joining me on this journey!\n\nToday, I\u2019m excited to bring to you a dear friend of mine, Eleven. We met about eight years ago on set shooting for Tori Kelly, who\u2019s actually a previous podcast guest from 2014. Eleven was doing makeup for the shoot and after meeting we became friends \u2014 we even went out on a couple of dates way back in the day!\xa0\n\nI\u2019m excited to have Eleven here today to teach us about what it means to transition into non-binary. Let me just give you a little preview here:\n\u201cVulnerability is your superpower. Sharing with people the process and what\u2019s coming up in real time goes back to that same thing \u2014 authenticity. I think when we can be vulnerable and show up and be like, \u2018Hey guys, I don\u2019t have all the answers. I\u2019m just showing up and that resonates with people.\u2019\u201d - Eleven\nIt\u2019s so true. Too many of us wait to reveal ourselves when we feel we have it all figured out, when the truth is nobody ever does and it\u2019s how we show up with love and compassion for ourselves and each other that creates the space for our true expression to flow through us.\n\nAnd you guys, that\u2019s just a little taste of the wisdom Eleven has to offer. We talk a lot about Identity Alchemy, a topic of interest for me as of late. It\u2019s a signature process that I\u2019ve been developing for my personal brand. It\u2019s about creating congruence between who you are as a person, your vision, your message, your service to the world, and how that translates into visual imagery and the visual brand that you\u2019re putting out into the internet and into the world.\xa0\n\nIdentity Alchemy is a process that can be used for life in general \u2014 it\u2019s personal development, and it\u2019s constantly creating our new identity in every moment.\xa0\n\nI wanted to interview Eleven here and talk about their transition into non-binary, whichrequired deep inner alchemy, and it\u2019s something that\u2019s really at the forefront of our culture and society today. I know you\u2019re not going to want to miss that, so let\u2019s get started.\xa0\nWho Is Eleven?\nGrowing up as Lynette Cenee, they grew up in a world blended between religion and magic with parents who were both involved in the church and practicing magicians. This provided a pathway to growing up as a performer and developing a keen understanding of hair and makeup to create all the glitz and glamor needed on stage.\xa0\n\u201cI found myself living in LA and getting cast to be the hair and makeup [person] for some really incredible projects. I felt very conflicted because I grew up on stage as the talent and then found myself behind the scenes thinking, \u2018Okay, this is great, [but] I really want to be the one that people are preparing to be on screen.\u2019 I just needed to believe I\u2019m worthy of it and decided to start seeking outside of being the hair and makeup [person] and seeking casting calls to be the talent.\u201d - Eleven\nChoosing to focus on being in front of the camera again led to an opportunity to cast for a new TV show that required hair and makeup professionals on camera as experts. In fact, this was to launch a YouTube channel with a whole production company behind them and a team of 13 people to launch and manage all the social media components. That\u2019s what launched Lynette Cenee, the name given at birth, for the next 10 years.\xa0\n\nThe show focused on creating different beauty videos while also telling their story transparently online, which included a marriage in 2015. It was a challenging relationship, requiring a lot of Identity Alchemy to work through. It was after deciding to leave the marriage though that they were invited to visit Peru.\xa0\xa0\n\u201cI had been feeling the call towards doing deeper plant medicine work with ayahuasca.