This week I am talking with badass advocate, author, Substacker, and "summoner of women's audacity," Shannon Watts.

Shannon is the founder of Moms Demand Action, the grassroots movement for common sense gun reform that grew to include more than 10 million members who have helped pass over 500 gun safety laws across the country. She's also the author of "Fight Like a Mother", and her opinion pieces have been published in the Washington Post, Elle, Time, and more.

Shannon has also been named Glamour's Woman of the Year and one of Time's 100 Most Influential People. And she's working on a new book about women in leadership that'll be out in the summer of 2025.

It was an honor to talk with her and we really broke it down, covering:

- Knowing when it's time to transition out of what you've been doing

- ADHD and how its effects have changed as she's gotten older

- Switching gears from being a very public person who had to keep her private life private (to not feed the trolls) to a private person who talks about private things (menopause, ADHD) publicly

- Honoring the desire to have more information (and to share that information once you find it)

- The incredible origin story of Moms Demand Action (or what I call, "the Facebook post heard 'round the world)

- Her standing desk fail

Visit Shannon at shannonwatts.substack.com.

For full show notes (including bonus photos!) visit katehanley.substack.com.

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