Given that most YOU Better! episodes will involve interviews with other people about their life stories, it's only fair that Kiesha  start with a bit of sharing about herself as well. So, for Episode 1, she's starting with “Why.” She then highlights some of her motivation for creating this show and the joy that teenage Kiesha would feel about her using her gift for gab in this way.  And finally, she discusses feelings of urgency to “give herself” a show and her commitment to you for the type of reflective and care-filled space she intends for this to be.

Find Kiesha online:

• Website: https://kieshagarrison.co
• Instagram: (@kiesha_garrison) 

Shop book recommendations from this episode:

• Misfits: A Personal Manifesto a book by Michaela Coel (bookshop.org)
• Beyond the Gender Binary a book by Alok Vaid-Menon and Ashley Lukashevsky (bookshop.org)
• Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action a book by Simon Sinek (bookshop.org)

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

• https://www.ted.com/talks/thandiwe_newton_embracing_otherness_embracing_myself
• Kick Doors Open (with Gina Yashere) - Episode 25 | Professional Troublemaker (simplecast.com)
• Side Effects of Owning Your Platform (with KevOnStage) - Small Doses with Amanda Seales (getpodcast.com)

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To connect with host Kiesha B. Free, visit kiesha.org