522: How To Lean Into the Layers Of Your Identity
If you were to sit down and make a list of all the identities you hold, what would be on your list?\xa0I made a quick list recently.\nI hold the following identities (in no particular order):\nwoman, mom, wife, infertility warrior, anxiety manager, speaker, leader, hetero, cisgender, white, Seattleite, athlete, skier, writer, ally, podcaster, daughter, sister, business owner, child of divorce, 18 year entrepreneur, CEO, advocate\nI\u2019m sure I could come up with even more layers to my identity if I gave it more thought.\xa0We are made up of SO MANY layers.\xa0This makes each of us a true unicorn.\nAs we navigate our lives, we have the opportunity to embrace different layers of our identity in different ways during different seasons of life.\xa0What layers are you leaning into right now?\xa0What ones are most significant to you as we sit here in 2021?\nYou get to choose which parts of yourself you really want to lean into at any time.\xa0So, how do you lean into the most powerful parts of yourself?\xa0Here are a few tips:\n\nTake responsibility for the stories you hold around your identities\n\nCall yourself by your titles - out loud in front of other people\n\nFind people who share your identities and be in community with them\n\nIn this episode, I talk you through how to lean into the layers of your identity that mean the most to you and have the most potential to deeply impact the world.\xa0\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices