In this powerful and vulnerable episode of A Common Thread, Amy reconnects with former colleague and friend Kate Lasher. The two met when Amy hired Kate to help build a new business function at her last corporate job — a chapter of their lives marked by shared professional trauma that they never fully unpacked… until now.

For the first time in seven years, Amy and Kate dive into the emotional residue of that experience, including the guilt Amy carried for not recognizing what Kate was going through behind the scenes. But this episode goes far beyond the workplace. Kate opens up about her journey of self-discovery — coming out as a lesbian at 30, after years of trying to convince herself that everything in her marriage to a man was “fine,” even though something felt deeply off.

This is a conversation about truth, courage, and what it means to stop going through the motions of a life you think you "should" live and start living life fully aligned with who you are. If you’ve ever felt like you were hiding parts of yourself or wondering what might happen if you stopped pretending and started telling the truth — to yourself and to others — this episode is for you.

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• Apple Autos - Car buying made easy
• Harmoni Wellness - The team putting Humpty Dumpty back together again
• Profeshie - Photography Studio in Minneapolis