Welcome to Embers and Wind!

Guest Susannah Dawn shares “So, all my life, I’ve basically been put in boxes. Either people told me what I am or who I am. In business, I was always told I had to pick a niche. There was always this feeling of confinement for me, that every time I get labeled some way, that I’m going to get boxed. I’m going to get viewed as X or Z or whatever. Once I did my reinvention going into 2022. What it really came down to was me being able to leave a box in my past. All my life I’ve known that I was a girl, and everybody told me that I wasn’t because of the box that I was in. Now, being able to be myself and not feel confined. This is who I am. This is who I’ve always been, and that’s why my motto is what it is. ‘I’m not what I used to be. I am who I’ve always been.’”

I'm your host, Keith Weedman. In each podcast episode, you will hear stories. These stories will feel like a tender wind blowing on the embers of service that glow within you. In this weekly show, you will learn ideas, kindling for your embers. It will be your choice to utilize the gentle wind to ignite the kindling. 

In this episode, Susannah Dawn shares her personal story about moving beyond boxes. She talks about the different boxes that people placed her in. She notes that awareness of being in a box is a step toward moving beyond boxes. Susannah confides that she does not talk much about being transgender. She asserts that she is much more than her sexual identity. Susannah simply states “I’m not what I used to be. I am who I’ve always been.” She shares her joy in moving beyond this box and confides the fear that used to constrain her. She reveals her passion for helping people and companies move beyond boxes. She notes that her move beyond boxes can help you move beyond whatever box you feel trapped in to achieve your career or personal goals because people can easily feel trapped in a box such as a specific job or a career. Susannah talks about how companies can find themselves trapped in a box such as what the company does and who the company serves. She shares examples how she can help your company move beyond boxes that have previously constrained your company. She notes that she became a storyteller through writing stories. She reveals that her passion for writing is the stories. Susannah notes that she now tells stories from the stage. She talks about her consulting work in diversity, why she recommends diversity guidelines and her concerns about diversity policies. She closes the episode with a benevolent Call to-Action to help you apply what you learned in this episode to move beyond boxes and break through any fear that’s been holding you back from achieving your personal or professional goals.

To stay in touch with Susannah, she recommends connecting with her on LinkedIn. Her LinkedIn profile web address is the website for this episode. Her Instagram profile web address is: https://www.instagram.com/susannah.dawn.writer/ . Her Facebook profile web address is: https://www.facebook.com/Susannah.Dawn.Writer. She notes that reading her LinkedIn posts will provide you a means to learn from the content in her posts include moving beyond boxes and breaking through the fear that’s holding you or your company back from what you or ot they want.  

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