The Millennial Nomaad Coming Alive podcast series explores 180 life shifts, inner transformation, and the pursuit of dreams as we design our lives. It is the podcast designed not to give you answers, but to help you ask the right questions. For more information, visit the host Elnaz's website at: www.millennialnomaad.com & her Instagram: @millennialnomaad • In this episode, I interview Fares Ziari –– a petroleum and civil engineer embracing being gay and living true to his identity after coming to the U.S. as a refugee. In this interview, we discuss coming out to his family at 26 and his family’s mixed reactions, living in the U.S. as an Iranian Baha’i refugee, dispelling myths and spreading awareness about homosexuality as a Middle Eastern man, struggling to find balance between the Iranian community based mindset v. the American individualistic mindset, accepting one’s true identity, not basing one’s actions or responses on others’ reactions, living from one’s heart space without being taken advantage of, feeling like an outlier minority, striving for connection, and learning how to fully love oneself as a catalyst to show compassion to others. • To connect with Fares, check out his Instagram at: @faresziari✨🌎🐘#MillennialNomaad #MNComingAlive