Introducing Me

In closing out the podcast, Sarah hands over the microphone to her husband, Coleman, to guide her in conversation about ending the podcast. Sarah talks about the last four years of podcasting and what she hopes for in 2025.

Connect with Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/slportal7/

Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast 

Contact Sarah, email: [email protected] 

Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com 

Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns 

Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett

Julia Davis is back on the podcast to share updates about her life which now includes fostering kittens. Julia happened to move into a house with a cat living in a chicken coop and now in a new home, she has five cats in addition to a group of foster kittens. Julia’s community on TikTok has always been supportive of Julia giving back to her community and supporting the kittens’ journeys. 

Connect with Julia:

https://www.tiktok.com/@julia_adavis

https://www.instagram.com/julia_adavis

Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast 

Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: [email protected] 

Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com 

Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns 

Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett

A professional genealogist, Mica L. Anders stumbled into this career while earning her MFA in Visual Arts. She helps her clients dig deeper into their family histories and also creates exhibits for African American history. Working professionally for the last decade, Mica enjoys solving family mysteries and staying creative. 

Connect with Mica:

https://www.instagram.com/andersgenealogicalservices/

https://www.facebook.com/AndersGenealogicalServices

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mica-lee-anders/

https://www.andersgenealogicalservices.com/freebies

Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast 

Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: [email protected] 

Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com 

Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns 

Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett

Ann Russo founded a private practice, turned into a larger corporation, AMR Therapy, to provide mental health services for marginalized communities. She has researched and studied religious trauma and how that intersects with mental health. More recently, she has created trainings for other mental health professionals surrounding trauma with Christianity and has gotten a book deal to focus on religious trauma as a whole. 

Ann’s Practice: https://www.amrtherapy.com

Ann’s Website: https://www.annrusso.org

Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast 

Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: [email protected] 

Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com 

Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns 

Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett

Linda Henderson’s daughter, Andrea, was only 27 when she died suddenly in a car crash. For three years Linda waited for two trials to end, one for the driver who caused the accident, and one to remain connected with her grandson. During this time Linda was existing outside of her body, but she eventually found a larger support network and authored her memoir. Now Linda wants to help support other people’s grief and embrace the moments and give the message of hope. 

Check out Linda’s Books on Amazon:

The Road of Love & Hope: https://a.co/d/61Jk5Gc 

Spooky Meets a Friend by Andrea: https://a.co/d/3ZqutW3 

Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast 

Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: [email protected] 

Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com 

Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns 

Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett

Lisa Cox loved her job as a copywriter in advertising when nearly twenty years ago, as a fit, healthy, non-smoking 24-year old, she had a stroke. After a year in the hospital, Lisa came out with multiple visible and invisible disabilities. She has come to learn what her “new normal” is, including life in a wheelchair and living with brain injury and neurodiversity. Lisa now works as an inclusive advertising consultant striving to change social attitudes around disability. 

Connect with Lisa:

https://lisacox.co

https://www.instagram.com/lisacox.co/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisacox-authorspeakerconsultant/

Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast 

Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: [email protected] 

Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com 

Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns 

Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett

Arden Coutts is a trans non-binary self-published indie author with a few releases under their belt with more to come. When growing up, they loved to read and hoped to one day publish a book. After a career in archeology and going to therapy, Arden has turned to writing and publishing in hopes to make community for those who find their identity later in life.

Connect with Arden:

www.ardencoutts.com

www.instagram.com/ardencoutts

Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast 

Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: [email protected] 

Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com 

Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns 

Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett

Born a lesbian and raised Mormon, Kyleigh Weathers was taught to pray the gay away. Being so closeted made accepting her sexuality difficult. Leaving the Mormon religion meant squaring up with the self abandonment she had done for so many years. She began healing her attachment wounds, started to date herself and discovered her worth. Now in a good co-parenting relationship with her son’s father and on disability, Kyleigh has started her business Queerly Attached to coach queer folks on attachment styles and connecting with themselves.

Kyleigh’s Recommended Books:

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Alan Singer

Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern

Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After by Katherine Woodward Thomas

Connect with Kyleigh:

https://queerlyattached.net

https://www.instagram.com/queerlyattached/

Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast 

Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: [email protected] 

Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com 

Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns 

Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett

While an industrial engineering student at Cornell University in 1970, Ken Kunken sustained an injury that left him a quadriplegic, nearly fully paralyzed. After spending more than nine months in care, just eleven days after his release, Ken was back at school continuing his studies. He continued on with his studies, earning degrees in counseling and eventually working to be an assistant district attorney in Nassau County. Ken hasn’t let his disability stop him from achieving goals he previously had and he is now a proud husband, father, and recently authored his book “I Dream of Things That Never Were: The Ken Kunken Story.”

Connect with Ken:

https://kenkunken.com

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566473121422

Donate to the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/introducingmepodcast 

Want to share your story and be a guest? Email: [email protected] 

Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com 

Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns 

Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett

Growing up in Peru, Catherine Gairard didn’t have the financial means to pursue her musical passions, but at fifteen she started playing the guitar and from there and has since developed a passion for music composition. With a goal of becoming a cinematic composer, Catherine has a wide array of talents. Half-French and half-Peruvian, Catherine enjoys traveling and spending her time exploring other cultures.

Connect with Catherine: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdwJUZ6DIvFdw09_O_2RXBg

Find all the podcast social media and more on the website: https://www.introducingmepodcast.com 

Artwork: instagram.com/vashaundesigns 

Music/Editing: youtube.com/colemanrowlett