Conversations with Liz Gold

This is a very special episode of Conversations. I'm talking with my friend Cat De La Paz, a trans Latinx woman who has been successfully working a high level corporate job in the mortgage industry for almost a decade. We talk about her experience being stealth at work, how she lives day to day and her new trans novel in progress, El Fin Del Mundo. Please be forewarned: There is some discussion and comparison of Trump's administration and what was happening in Germany as the Nazis took over, as well as mention of the Holocaust in this episode. In the spirit of full disclosure, this was the second time recording this episode (we talk about this more in the show and may release the first episode at some point). The episode you are listening to now was recorded on March 15, 2020 and we were just on the tip of the coronavirus shutting everything down and were talking about that. Because so much has changed between now and then, that part has been edited out and we have added in commentary before the episode begins.

About her book: El Fin Del Mundo: "It's about situations in my life, but actually I'm exploring a different response than I actually made in my own life."

On Todd Kincannon's 2013 tweet: "I was really interested based on my entire experience of never having been alive when an entire nation paid attention to something that transphobic. That was a turning point for me."

"In 2015 to today, there have been over 300 active legislative laws that went into the House for each state, that were anti-LGBTQ.  The majority of them did not succeed. There was resistance which means there is still fight."

"We are still fighting. We are still going out there. We are still winning. That is a moment of hope that should be shared."

On being stealth at her job: "Ultimately it was about safety. For me, the idea of being an open trans woman out in the public sector working as my true self didn't seem reasonable."

"We have to be responsible for those who can't do certain things. And they are responsible for us for the things we can't do either. Collaboration is essential."

"I've been alone. I go to work and talk about the work. I don't talk about my life. I don't talk about my realities. I'm primarily just left alone."

Links:

Why Holocaust Analogies are Dangerous

The US Holocaust Museum is Wrong to Deny That Trump's Racism Resembles Nazism

An Open Letter to the Director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Take it From a Civil Liberties Professor - Trump and Hitler Have A Lot in Common 

'I'm a Holocaust Survivor- Trump's America Feels Like Germany Before Nazis Took Over'

Outright

Candy's 

What's in store for us in 2020, astrologically speaking? In this episode, I talk with Diana Mahiques, astrologer and intuitive counselor, about the cosmic energies of 2020 and beyond, how to discern your intuition from your fear and why the critical mass for great transformation is coming.

Episode Notes

"I always sensed things. I had precognition about stuff and I had a mother who was very supportive of that."

"As a child, it was scary to be able to sense so much."

"A chart is a blueprint. It's a planetary picture of what you've come here to explore."

"There is always potential to grow."

"The judgement that we carry with us through our lives towards others is unnecessary because people are what they are."

"The choice is basically yours - We are willful beings. We have free will and we can choose to move forward in a positive way, as an evolutionary being or in a negative way as a victim."

"Astrology is a very truthful way of reading patterns. That's really all it is. It's reading patterns and telling the story."

"Watch the movie. Because the movie is what is happening around you."

"Every time you insert yourself in someone's drama or engage in more drama in your life, you're literally creating more karma."

"The heart is an amazing indication of intuition as well as the gut. Both work in tandem. When we feel anxious, it's usually based on fear and past conditioning."

"Everything happens in divine timing. No one should ever question did I do this right?"

Contact Diana:

Diana Mahiques, an Aries, is a Western Astrologer, Certified Feng Shui Master and Intuitive Counselor with over 25 years of experience and clients all over the US and abroad. She is based in New York City.

https://www.integrativeastrologyandfengshui.com/

https://www.instagram.com/dianamahiquesquantumcoach/

https://www.facebook.com/integrativeastrologyandfengshuiforheartandhome/

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https://www.instagram.com/aaronxrose/

Say you're in NYC, running a successful professional services firm and you find out that your business partner has betrayed you. Like in a big time way. What do you do? Mathew Heggem faced this head on and lived to tell the story. Tune in to hear Mathew talk about how this experience changed him, integrity in relationships and some of the tools that has helped him through.

"Somebody needs to be the first to go through. Somebody needs to be the first to pave the way. Somebody needs to be the first fearlessly to move forward through an environment that might not even be known yet and that's exactly what happened for me."

"One thing I learned that has to do with resilience and recovery is sometimes you just have to let go. You don't know the outcome. At all. Period."

"You get up and you do. And you do what you think is right and sometimes you are right and sometimes you make mistakes."

"Getting over this, 'Oh I can do it myself mentality' and asking for help was actually a really big milestone for me."

Mathew Heggem

https://www.instagram.com/matheggem/

https://twitter.com/matheggem

https://www.facebook.com/mat.heggem

Ganesha

Mastin Kipp

Exponential

Purpose Mapping

What is floating and how can it help transform our body, mind and spirit? In this episode, I talk with Dana Highfill, the owner and operator of Float North in Portland, Oregon. As a long time massage therapist with a qigong and meditation practice, Dana talks about the woo and the science behind floatation tanks and how taking care of your body is really, taking care of your spirit.

“I encourage people to go in with no expectations.”

“Things that are rewarding don’t necessarily start off fun.”

“Relaxing is a huge part of healing because when we hold so much tension it really causes us to not be present.”

“When you take care of your body then you can really take care of your spirit. When you take care of your inner knowing, listen to yourself, intuition, creativity – all of those things – come with floating.”

“It can bring up a lot of fears just because there’s the opportunity to get to know yourself.”

“What are you doing for yourself? Investing time, energy and money into yourself gives so many returns. You are your own gold.”

“Being in service is what I’m here to do. It’s also about creating community."

Float North

https://www.instagram.com/floatnorthpdx/

https://twitter.com/FloatNorth

https://www.facebook.com/FloatNorth/

Jessa Reed

Cellular hydration

Amazon Dragons Paddling Club

Tzun Tzun

 Laureate Institute for Brain Research

Barbara Sher: People are problem solvers! Ask for help!

This is the kick-off! A teaser. A little foreshadowing of what's to come. Welcome to my new podcast where I attempt to explain what I'm doing and why you should join me on this journey!