In this episode of The Belonging  Project Podcast, we talk with Dylan Shimmon, D&I Project Coordinator  and Learning Experience Designer at Equality Leaders.

This episode is an open heart  conversation with our guest Dylan as he lets us in into his personal  journey exploring his identity as a queer person over the years. We  learn about the value of community in finding rootedness and belonging.

We also explore Dylan’s new professional path, at the intersection of meaningful work, passion and alignment.

Links from this episode:

• Alexander Leon’s quote: “Queer  people don't grow up as ourselves, we grow up playing a version of  ourselves that sacrifices authenticity to minimise humiliation &  prejudice. The massive task of our adult lives is to unpick which parts  of ourselves are truly us & which parts we've created to protect  us.”


• Tarana Burke (founder of the #metoo movement)’s take on overachievement as a trauma response in her recent memoir Unbound


• Yung Pueblo’s work


• Follow Dylan’s work on LinkedIn

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