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"Is it possible for me to live my life the way I want to"?  "Of course, of course"!

“Is is possible for me to be who I want to be”? There are so many truth bombs dropped in this episode!

“I live for creating inclusion. I love the feeling of helping people know that they have a place, they are enough and they are seen”. Esther shares her journey from “taking people’s place at the table away”. This is another toxic societal and religious construct that work on negating our ability to show up 100% yourself.

As a transgendered woman Esther has made it her mission to sharing her journey of transitioning with you and me in the hopes to empower other trans individuals to show up as 100% themselves.

As a California transplant from Walla Walla, Washington, she gives her heart and soul to expanding inclusion in the world, pressing to create more room at the table of life.

In this episode Esther and I explore the “cost of visibility” and shares her journey of being her true self as she navigates her employment as an ordained pastoral minister in the protestant Christian church, navigating the winding journey or marriage, family, friends and her role within and outside of her church community.

Esther has also authored a book about keeping secrets, and earning a master’s degree in leadership from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena. She currently works as a Trainee Marriage and Family Therapist at The LGBTQ Center of the Desert in Palm Springs, while pursuing a master’s degree at Alliant International University. She also produces and hosts the podcast Transgender Woman Talking.

If you know anyone who is struggling, has questions or just needs to know they are not in their transition alone, please share this podcast with them.

💎 This episode is brought to you by Unleashed 100%U - a 6 month highly curated 1:1 container  where you the LGBTQIA+ and female communities learn to embody your power and confidence & free yourself from the toxic social constructs, self-doubt, opinions and expectations of others and start living full out - being 100% Yourself, 100% of the time, No Shame or Guilt Needed. Creating the freedom to experience your life exactly the way you want to. 💎 

If this episode empowered you to live your life expressing who you are even more than before I would love to hear from you. Have a message for Esther? Feel free to send me an email at [email protected] and I will pass it along to her. 

If you are struggling with your transition and are wanting and needing support please feel free to reach out to me. 

Did you have an Ah-Ha moment from this episode? I would love to hear about it! No seriously, I want to hear from you! Send me a DM or email at [email protected].

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✨Synchronicity is a beautiful thing. ✨

Rory and I met less than a month ago and we just hit it off. We were both selected to be Media Ambassadors for the  AIDS/Lifecycle. After I heard part of Rory’s story I knew I wanted to have him on this show. It was friends at first sight for me.

In this episode Rory takes us on his courageous journey of what it has meant for him to peel off the layers of coming out in highly conservative community,  breaking free from a crystal meth addiction, depression & anxiety, becoming HIV positive, hitting rock bottom and what it was like to be finally feel seen and heard by himself and his community.

Rory Slikker (he/him) is a Clinical Outreach Specialist for a LGBTQIA+ affirming addiction treatment center called Michael’s House in Palm Springs, CA. Born and raised in the small, agricultural, conservative town of Lompoc, CA, Rory’s journey to radical visibility began with VERY humble beginnings. A troubled home-life, high school death threats, HIV, and addiction, taught Rory how to survive first, and live authentically second.

Today, Rory is a sober man and activist that uses his story to help others struggling with addiction, mental health, and internalized homophobia. He is the co-founder of the LGBTQ Association for Addiction and Mental Health Professionals, a Media Ambassador and participant of the AIDS/LifeCycle, and sits on half-a-dozen committees responsible for bringing sober conferences to Southern California.

💎 This episode is brought to you by Unleashed 100%U - a 6 month highly curated 1:1 container  where you the LGBTQIA+ and female communities learn to embody your power and confidence & free yourself from the toxic social constructs, self-doubt, opinions and expectations of others and start living full out - being 100% Yourself, 100% of the time, No Shame or Guilt Needed. Creating the freedom to experience your life exactly the way you want to. 💎 Click on the link for more info: https://www.rachelfreemonsowers.com/unleash100percentu

Want to learn more about Rory:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/lhsdm11 
IG: https://www.instagram.com/all4music/

Website: LGBTQ Association for Addiction and Mental Health Professionals - https://www.lgbtqaamhp.com/

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🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈

You may not see yourself as a Unicorn but there is a part of you that is. When I was in Scotland earlier this year I found out that the Unicorn was their national animal. I was wondering why I felt so at home. 🙌 😂

You and I have been conditioned, taught, trained and assimilated into a culture that has oppressed our true way of being since the beginning of time, AND it’s time to put an end to all of it!

→You may have been taught not to shine.

→You may have been told you’re too much, too shy, too sensitive, too intimidating (I’ve been told all of the above) and more.

→You may have been judged for the way you dress, talk, smile, who you love.

or

→You may have been shamed for just being you.

There are a million things we are taught to shame, judge and blame ourselves for and it’s time to break free from it all.

 The world is more beautiful, more joyful, more compassionate, more loving and meaningful place when you show up 100% Yourself.

I hope this episode inspired you to start or continue to show up 100% Yourself. If your wanting to experience more of your life in your truest and fullest expression then I would love to help. Reach out to me! I'm here.

💎 This episode is brought to you by Unleashed 100%U - a 6 month highly curated 1:1 container  where you the LGBTQIA+ and female communities learn to embody your power and confidence & free yourself from the toxic social constructs, self-doubt, opinions and expectations of others and start living full out - being 100% Yourself, 100% of the time, No Shame or Guilt Needed. Creating the freedom to experience your life exactly the way you want to. 💎 

Did you have an Ah-Ha moment from this episode? I would love to hear about it! No seriously, I want to hear from you! Send me a DM or email at [email protected].

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You are going to want to sing along! Well if you’re old school like me!

Laughter, Joy, Revelation and Inspiration are the words to describe this episode of Road to Radical Visibility.

Spoiler alert! Live music is played and I cried! I know a real shocker. Kevin plays a song that reminds me so much of my dad, one of his favorites. I remember spinning to this very song with my dad. It was fuc*”n remarkable. It touched my soul. 

Music has played such a HUGE role in my life. Kevin’s story resonates with me on so many deep levels. He shares the most pivotal times in his life that created the curiosity for music and ultimately sparked his journey and finally creating a career in music and editing. Kevin has provided audio production and voice-over services. Kevin specializes in podcast production, audio editing, music placement, and more. 

From exclusively playing gigs in LA to moving to Miami where he experienced burnout from gigs and pivoted (like so many others) due to Covid and now produces some of the biggest podcasts in the country. 

Kevin shares how over and over again he listened to his intuition to “dabble” in other areas where he could bring in the income he wanted and needed. He dared to follow his, “Wouldn’t it be a dream come true if I could” notions. 

It was such a fun time interviewing my podcast editor, Kevin Laurence Hirshorn. For nearly a decade, He currently produces/edits several successful podcasts, one of which is the #1 Global Financial Technology series "Breaking Banks," reaching over 7 million listeners in nearly 180 countries.

I would love to hear what you thought of this episode.

Did you sing along? Were you inspired? Put it in the comments below and don’t forget to hit the subscribe button or rate the podcast. 

Whether you’re looking for a musician for your next event (weddings, corporate events, birthday parties, anniversaries, holiday parties, just to name a few) or you’re a a podcast producer and creator looking for a kicka$$ editor that does what he says and delivers a quality product you can contact him here on Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/signup/create-account/client_contact_freelancer?ciphertext=~01566b9c5f96d00bf6&BYOC

You can learn more about Kevin and hear his music with the following links:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KevinLaurenceForumWebsite: https://kevinlaurencemusic.com/

Did you have an Ah-Ha moment from this episode? I would love to hear about it! No seriously, I want to hear from you! Send me a DM or email at [email protected].

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Stop taking "full responsibility" for everything that is happening or has happened in your life.

The self-help/personal development world is constantly telling you that you are the reason you can't manifest, you continue in the same patterns and aren't accomplishing your goals.  This keeps you in the self-shaming spiral that is NOT helpful.

I am here to tell you that it's not ALL your fault.

What many personal development experts forget to mention is that everything in your world has been co-created.

Co-creation informs us of our thoughts, feelings and actions in every part of your life.

This realization can be both freeing and terrifying when you start to see how much you have been influenced by culture to form your identity and the way you interact in the world.

Co-creation has played a role in:
→The way you perceive, interact and feel about places & things,
→The way you perceive, interact and feel about others and,
→MOST importantly how you perceive, interact and feel about yourself.

The goal of this episode is to FREE you from:
🚫Taking over responsibility,
🚫Judgement  that is stopping you from reaching your goals,
🚫Shame that has diminished your confidence and kept you from abundance in all areas of your life,
🚫Fear of the unknown, and
🚫Thoughts and feelings about yourself that were never yours.

💎 This episode of RTRV is sponsored by the TRUE YOU Vision Board Event happening on May 19th from 7-9:30/10pm PST the New Moon. If you're ready to manifest more of the experiences you want in your life I invite you to join me and other powerful individuals. Click on the link: https://www.rachelfreemonsowers.com/thetrueyouvisionboardevent 💎

The 5 realizations that I share with you will empower and show you how you can begin co-creating in a way where you experience more happiness, freedom, joy, confidence, flow, ease, harmony, love and alignment within yourself.

I am also sharing a very simple exercise that can help you change your current relationship with co-creation and begin to FREE up your precious energy so that you can experience your life in the fullest way possible.

❓What came up for you as you learned more about co-creation? I would love to hear about your ah-ha’s and insights❓

What shift are you going to make in your co-creation?

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Holy Shizzzz….this episode, THIS EPISODE (yes, I am shouting it from the roof tops), my friend is so freaking good!

⭐️If you know/have an LGBTQ+ person in your life, share this episode!⭐️

Here is what you can expect from this episode:

🦄 How to open, vulnerable and honest without fear, shame.
💥 Ah-ha moments of how Nick and I have been called to expose more and be more.
🔥 Why we try so hard to be perfect for everyone - taught how to lie to ourselves and others.
❤️ How to love every part of you and your life in ways you never expected.
✨ What we do to nurture ourselves and heal.

My guest Nick Demos explore and talk all about “being fully okay with all parts of the self, willing to sit in and begin to love it”.  He shares his journey from rural Montana to New York City now to living in Los Angeles.  Nick goes deep into the healing that he has done, tells his story of when he thought he had “arrived” only to think to himself in front of thousands “is this all there is” and shifting what was no longer working to experience his life exactly the way that he wanted/wants to.

Nick shares with us the vulnerable deep moment when he said, tears streaming down his face on Christmas (in a bear head), “this is your life, this is not the life you want to have and you gotta' change it”.

My promise to you is that you will be inspired & empowered to continuously burst through on your journey to experiencing life EXACTLY the way you want to.

💯YES IT IS POSSIBLE!💯

💎 This episode of RTRV is sponsored by the TRUE YOU Vision Board Event happening on May 19th from 7-9:30/10pm PST the New Moon. If your ready to manifest more of the experiences you want in your life I invite you to join me and other powerful individuals. Click on the link: https://www.rachelfreemonsowers.com/thetrueyouvisionboardevent

Here is a little more about Nick.
Nick Demos is a Tony Award winning Broadway producer, documentary filmmaker, conscious business coach and manifestation expert. With over 15 years of teaching pranayama (breath work), yoga and creativity as well as thirty years in the entertainment industry, he has travelled from the Tony Awards to ashrams and runs a multi-million dollar business in between. Nick guides you to clear blocks and tap into your creative intuition so you can be unapologetically visible and manifest while making monumental impact.

@‌thenickdemos on TikTok, IG, Facebook, YouTube

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Warning! F-word  (not in an angry way), so headphones recommended. 

 I went "off book" with this one. I hope it inspires you to manifest and find the freedom to experience your own "hell yes" moments.

Here’s what you can expect from this weeks episode of Road to Radical Visibility:
🦄 Why “not giving an F*** or No more F***s left” is not for me,
❤️ How I created true freedom by deciding to care,
🔥 A never before shared moment when I decided I did not want to live the rest of my life “like this”,
💡 How I apply the 80/20 or 90/10 rule to experience joy, peace, fun and goodness in my life,
and
✨ The importance recognizing toxic social constructs including religion to create true alignment body and soul.

Cheers to another trip around the sun my friends. Every year my life just keeps getting exponentially better and I get to experience it in ways I that have been both expected and unexpected. Often beyond my wildest dreams - like flying first class (bougie bitch travel, no shame no guilt), traveling and making money all at the same time ( Hello Scotland, Costa Rica and more), and create a relationship with myself that is unwavering in ultimate self-trust.

There is a safety within that creates the ability to be open to your desires and receive them into your life.

There are lessons along the way and instead of feeling pain or sadness as I look back on some of these lessons, I feel open to them. Open to accepting how I experienced them, how I felt through them and what came out of them.

Just to clarify, this isn’t “I’m so glad I had that trauma, because it make me stronger”. Nope, this is the “wow, I heal and honor that part of me during that experience. I see her struggle and pain. I sit with her, nurture her, love on her. We are whole”.

What would if feel like for you to look in the mirror and observe yourself complete, whole and perfect right now just as you are?

What would it feel like to create even more openness, self-acknowledgment, and confidence to receive what is waiting for you?

I hope this episode inspires you to start dreaming, creating and being open the experiences you want in your life. Known and unknown. ✨

Ready to create more focus and intention in your life?

Sign up for the next TRUE YOU Vision Board event on May 19th - 7-9:30pm on the New Strawberry Moon - Click on the link learn more and register: https://www.rachelfreemonsowers.com/thetrueyouvisionboardevent

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Are you ready to say “holy crap, I am actually living the life I want to live”!

“Radical Visibility is standing in your truth, speaking your truth, when who you are is not what everyone expects AND continuing to be true to yourself.”

In this episode of Road to Radical Visibility my guest Brandi Green, Owner/Winemaker and I explore how radical visibility has helped her to:

🦄 Confidently say Yes to the things she wanted & say “no” to the things she doesn’t.

💎 Create a deeper meaning of success 

🔥 Continue to be true to herself no matter what is happening around her.

As an owner/winemaker of Burnsini Vineyards, Brandi shares the “radical steps” she took a way to be who she is on her journey to create a business and life that she is truly passionate about. 

“One of the biggest lessons I learned is that I was not making wine in a way that I felt good about making wine and I realized I couldn’t do that working for someone else”. 

From having “no clue” of how to go from working as an hourly employee at a winery to owning a winery Brandi’s story will empower you to trust and stay on your path. 

From the ups and downs of saying “yes to everything” (for over a year) to the realization that “the things we build don’t have to last forever”, to learning how to release and honor the season of people, places and things with less suffering. 

There are so many golden nuggets (ie. really good shizz) in this episode. 

Inspired by this episode? Share your inspiration, ah-ha moments and thoughts with us in the comments below! 

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Want to learn more about Brandi and her winery, Burnsini Vineyards check out the links below. 

Connect with Brandi: 

https://www.facebook.com/brandi.greene2?mibextid=ZbWKwL

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https://www.tiktok.com/@brandigreene?_t=8aW57qEKddT&_r=1

Learn more about Burnsini Vineyards: 

https://instagram.com/burnsinivineyards?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM=

https://www.facebook.com/BURNSINI?mibextid=ZbWKwL

https://burnsini.com/

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This is what can happen when you follow your “hell yes” and go to a foreign country to meet up with people you barely even know for a week and have ultimate trust in yourself. Pure f'in goodness!

As I walked out to the edge of the rocks at low tide I realized that I was here for more than just a working vacation. I had never felt so connected to myself or my environment as I did in that moment.

Yes, It has been a goal to create income while I am traveling around the world. But this trip turned out to be so much more.  There were moments of adventure, connection with myself, relaxation and times of deep reflection and insight.

A quick note: This episode is brought to you by Unleashed 100%U - the place where people throw away the mask and start living full out - No Shame or Guilt Needed.  Creating the freedom to experience their life exactly the way they want to.

In this episode of Road to Radical Visibility I  share 5 ah-ha moments that have shifted the way I view myself and how I can create even more freedom in allowing myself to experience my life exactly the way I want to.

Here they are:
✨Environment plays a major role in energy exchange.
✨I no longer need to fear the way I used to be affected by others.
✨Channeling is everything for me.
✨Being open is the answer.
✨It’s time to blow some shi8 up!

With each of these ah-has the one question that kept popping up for me was, how do I hold onto these feelings and way of being once I get back home? I answer that question with each of these ah-has.

Which of these ah-has spoke to you? What would it feel like to know exactly what you want without doubt? What would you say “HELL YES” to?

My friend, I believe it is time for you to find out. Whether you are struggling to see yourself in your own life, uncertain of what you really desire or how you want to experience your life, I’m here to help. I’d love to chat with you.

This episode is brought to you by Unleashed 100%U - the place where people throw away the mask and start living full out - No Shame or Guilt Needed.  Creating the freedom to experience their life exactly the way they want to. 

Did you have an Ah-Ha moment from this episode? I would love to hear about it! No seriously, I want to hear from you! Send me a DM or email at [email protected].

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“Life is just derailing me right now”, she said.

Her voice began to tremble as she left me this message. I could feel her pain, self-doubt and desire for peace and calm.

Often times it can feel like life is “derailing” you.

The chaos of the world keeps coming at you. Sometimes like little annoyances and other times like big wind gusts that just keep knocking you over.

“When will it stop?” you ask yourself. All the while knowing that it isn’t going to stop. The chaos of the outside world will continue to spin and churn. But you just keep pushing through hoping for the day you can feel just a little bit of respite, a little taste of joy. Unfortunately, when we get that little taste we are so overjoyed we feel like we “have arrived” and as quickly as it came it is gone and you are caught up in “it all” again.

In this episode of Road to Radical Visibility I want to help you create the ability to experience the calm, joy, happiness, (or any other feelings you want to be having) and security within. I have come up with 5 ways to find and stay in your own truth in order to generate these feelings from within.

The likelihood of you finding lasting safety outside of yourself is slim. The good news is that you can find it from within.

You've been taught to react to your environment in order to:
✓Keep the peace,
✓Make sure you don’t offend anyone, or
✓take responsibility for something you have no control over, 
✓most importantly keep yourself safe (this is done by the body, not the mind) and,
✓ exhausted from trying to control everything around you.

In order to create the feeling of safety and security you need to go within and reconnect with what I call the “True Self”. Dive down into the subconscious while, reducing the nervous systems response and teaching the body it is safe to do something different. This is not a one off activity and when you commit to your own wellbeing you will experience a new way of experiencing your life.

It’s time to break free my friend!

When used consistently these 5 things  will create a new neurological pathway that overtime will allow you to no longer be affected by the chaos of the external world.

Are you ready to:

🙌 Confidently and clearly identify what is going on externally and what to adjust internally
🙌 Immediately know what you need to do to create the feeling you want to feel
🙌 Quickly shift your energy into knowing and confidence to free yourself from old patterns of self-doubt, shame, guilt.

Awesome! Let’s get started.

Did you have an Ah-Ha moment from this episode? I would love to hear about it! No seriously, I want to hear from you! Send me a DM or email at [email protected].

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