Introducing Me
Join Sarah each week as she talks with a new guest on Introducing Me, a podcast where people of many different backgrounds share their stories. With a focus on inclusion and diversity, Sarah’s guests talk about culture, advocacy, race, ability, gender and sexual identities, or whatever else they want heard.
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Christina: Finding Self-Confidence in Queerness
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Christina Carlson (she/they) was raised in a high control religious group and didn’t know that bisexuality was an option. She’s now happily able to identify as queer after having left the church and was recently diagnosed with ADHD. They are a self relationship coach to help others find their true selves and hosts the podcast Bitches, Witches and Queers.
Connect with Christina:
https://www.christinamcarlson.com/
https://www.tiktok.com/@christinaclifecoaching
https://www.instagram.com/christinacarlsonlifecoach/
Bitches, Witches and Queers: https://www.christinamcarlson.com/podcast
It’s Raining Tacos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjF032TDDQ
Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast
Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: introducingmepodcast@gmail.com
Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com
Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns
Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
John: Fixing Life After Poverty and Mormonism
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Daniel John Carey grew up in a difficult household, but he lives life knowing that his troubled life doesn’t define him. At sixteen he decided to hitchhike to California which ended up giving him hope for the future. He joined the Mormon Church to try and fix his life, but ultimately left religion altogether. John has written multiple books including Dream Another Dream and Dream Your World to motivate others to change their lives.
Connect with John:
www.twitter.com/JohnDijonCarey
https://www.meetup.com/screenwriting-tribe/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/224849677934122/
Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast
Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: introducingmepodcast@gmail.com
Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com
Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns
Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Valena: Queer Innocence Lawyer
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Valena Beety is a former prosecutor who prosecuted cases with domestic and sexual violence. As a queer woman she noticed that convictions of people like her sometimes included no crime at all. She shares some of these stories in her book Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights. She founded the West Virginia Innocence Project and is currently working to create the Innocence Project of Indiana in her home state where she is now a law professor.
The Innocence Project Network: https://innocencenetwork.org/
Connect with Valena: www.valenabeety.com
Buy her book: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780806541518/manifesting-justice/
Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast
Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: introducingmepodcast@gmail.com
Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com
Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns
Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Jyoti: Punjabi Culture in Fiction Books
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Jyoti was born and raised in California and started to learn more about her Punjabi culture in college. When her therapist suggested she write as a way of healing trauma, Jyoti ended up turning to fiction novels where she brings in taboo topics in South Asian Communities. From her first book The Chaos Within Us to her upcoming book Finding Home, Jyoti loves sharing her stories.
Connect with Jyoti:
https://geetwrites.carrd.co/#about
https://sincerelygeetmh.carrd.co/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22904762.Jyoti_Dhanota
https://www.instagram.com/geetisbooked/
Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast
Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: introducingmepodcast@gmail.com
Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com
Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns
Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Lori Ann: Faith-Based Questions During Heart Failure
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Lori Ann Wood was in good health when all of a sudden she had end-stage heart failure. Her heart was enlarged and functioning at 6% such that her doctors didn’t think she would survive. Heart failure is a progressive disease and continues to be something that Lori Ann has monitored. She started writing and recently published her book Divine Detour where she asks some tough faith-based questions.
Connect with Lori Ann:
https://loriannwood.com
https://www.instagram.com/loriannwood/
https://www.facebook.com/DivinelyDetoured
Buy her book: https://a.co/d/6sKILDN
Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast
Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: introducingmepodcast@gmail.com
Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com
Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns
Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Michelle: Domestic Violence of a Mom, Now Healing
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Michelle Shekhinah was living life as a mom married to a man that she thought was the one when things turned for the worse. After being together for 17 years, her ex showed her his secret world of drugs, alcohol, and sexual deviancy. With two special needs kids, she always made sure they were safe, and was eventually able to get out from her husband and divorced. Never able to say no to him, Michelle is now able to work through her traumas in therapy and advocate for other women to get out of similar situations.
Connect with Michelle: https://fromthefloortothedoor.com
Resources:
https://www.womenindistress.org
https://ncadv.org
https://www.nsvrc.org
Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast
Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: introducingmepodcast@gmail.com
Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com
Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns
Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Jesse: Memoir to Share Childhood Trauma
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
In her memoir, Girl Hidden, Jesse René Gibbs, shares many heart wrenching details of her childhood. From a young age Jesse has experienced trauma and was able to escape her narcissistic mother and live with her grandparents until five-years-old. Moving back in with her mother and step-father, who treated Jesse like his girlfriend, her grandmother legally kidnapped her 18-months later. Unfortunately Jesse’s mother then illegally kidnapped her and Jesse wasn’t able to get out until leaving at 18 to Chicago and the Jesus People (JPUSA) which wasn’t the solution either. Jesse finally got out to Seattle with help from her best friend Jane and has since been able to safely reconnect with her younger siblings and find love with her husband and her step-kids.
Connect with Jesse: https://www.girlhidden.com
Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast
Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: introducingmepodcast@gmail.com
Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com
Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns
Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Shayne: DEI and AI within Human Resources
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Shayne Halls was born in the US Virgin Islands, moved to South Carolina, and attended an HBCU. After graduating from Saint Augustine’s University, he got into the world of recruiting, a field he had known nothing about. Overtime he realized he needed to speak up about diversity, equity, and inclusion. He’s since started his own consulting firm, Manifested Dreams, which helps professionals be empowered with AI and inclusivity.
Connect with Shayne:
https://manifesteddreams.org
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdshalls/
https://twitter.com/mnifstddreams
Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast
Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: introducingmepodcast@gmail.com
Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com
Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns
Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Shana: Intentional Life Design
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Shana Francesca is a speaker, writer, Founder and CEO of Concinnate. Her work centers around intentional leadership and life design. Shana believes our present and future are transformed when we infuse our lives with intention, design our lives, and realize the power in accepting ourselves as the author of our story. She recently authored a romance book, Under My Skin, under the pen name Maeve Marin.
Concinnate: https://www.concinnate.world
Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast
Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: introducingmepodcast@gmail.com
Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com
Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns
Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Carrie: Cystic Fibrosis and Mentoring Others
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Carrie Gobble has been living past her original life expectancy with cystic fibrosis after receiving a bi-lateral lung transplant at age 27. She learned the importance of in-person mentorship for people with cystic fibrosis “CFers” from her now husband, Gary. In addition to mentoring, she is also passionate about organ donation and is grateful for the family she has found in her donor Andrew’s family.
National Donor Registry: https://donatelife.net/
Andy Lipman, author of Alive at 25: https://www.cfwarriorproject.org/meet-andy/
Five Feet Apart on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80236271
Connect with Carrie:
https://www.instagram.com/eyeceebeauty
https://www.facebook.com/carrie.seratigobble/
Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast
Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: introducingmepodcast@gmail.com
Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com
Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns
Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett