Amber revisits her "first" adolescence and grapples with the unexpected angst of a second adolescence. She dives more deeply into the identity labels that initially resonated with her upon coming out, and now, how they're shifting - culminating in a pronoun change (or expansion).

Amber is joined this week by a dear friend and member of the queer community, Meagon Nolasco. The two friends chat for an hour on the topic of labels within and outside the LQBTQIA+ community - how labels both help and hinder, personal stories with identity labels in the workplace and dating arenas. To follow Meagon, find her on Instagram: @meagon_nolascowrites and Facebook: Meagan Nolasco.

Amber weaves recollections from childhood with reflections on heteronormativity and gender identity, using her present lens of understanding queerness to see it all afresh - all the while, attentive to the question: What does changing feel like? She opens up about her recent haircut and how it has been the catalyst for deeper unconditioning.

Part two of the backstory of coming out: once you have your knowing, what do you do with it, if anything? Amber talks about what she had to reckon with to make her choice, how she told people, the boundaries she set in doing so, the losses she faced and how showing up for herself has helped in her grief.

Amber opens with a welcome, a thorough disclaimer and the Why behind this podcast. She dives into answering questions she received about her coming out process and weaves in backstory of before she "knew." She talks about her catalyst for reckoning with her sexual orientation and where she went from there. The episode wrap-up offers a glimpse of what's to come in the next episode.