Nonbinary Identities, Top Surgery, Coaching, and Joy With Dr. Erin Baker
11/07/23 • 58 min
"Joy is not just an emotion; it's a deep alignment with the self. And those of us who are in the LGBTQ+ community know better than most communities about what it really feels like to wake up with joy at your core because who you are is aligned." - Dr. Erin Baker.
In today's episode, we are joined by the amazing Dr. Erin Baker, Executive Coach, Elite Certified Neurotransformational Coach, Internal Family Systems L2 Practitioner, and Self-Leadership Expert. Erin earned a PhD in Social Psychology and is the Bestselling Author of "Joy-Full AF: The Essential Business Strategy We're Afraid to Put First." They led a UX Research team at Facebook, were part of bringing Facebook Stories to 2 billion people, and were the Director of UX Research and Design at Microsoft Yammer.
Throughout this episode, a true testament to the uniqueness of everyone's gender experience, Erin discusses the process of coming to terms with their nonbinary gender identity throughout adolescence and early adulthood. They also share some of the challenges they faced, especially at the beginning. And we learned a lot thanks to Erin's openness about their top surgery, which led to a greater feeling of alignment with their gender. It was also interesting to hear about Erin’s experiences as a nonbinary person working for tech giants.
Additionally, Erin talks about their book, the multiple benefits of pursuing joy, Self-Leadership Coaching, Internal Family Systems, and much more.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
About Dr. Erin's coming out story (6:40)
Erin shares a bit about their experience with they/them pronouns and being misgendered (11:00)
The retreat in Mexico that changed everything for Erin (18:10)
Erin shares their thoughts on top surgery (24:00)
What is Self-Leadership? Erin shares their perspectives on it (39:00)
Pursue joy and success will follow (45:50)
Resources Mentioned:
Book: Dr. Erin Baker - Joy-Full AF: The Essential Business Strategy We're Afraid To Put First
Book: Richard Schwartz, Alanis Morissette - No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
Connect with Dr. Erin:
Connect with Jackie and Bridget:
Transgender Support: Becoming a True Ally Video Course on Vimeo
Transgender School Patreon Membership with all exclusive content
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Joy is not just an emotion; it's a deep alignment with the self. And those of us who are in the LGBTQ+ community know better than most communities about what it really feels like to wake up with joy at your core because who you are is aligned." - Dr. Erin Baker.
In today's episode, we are joined by the amazing Dr. Erin Baker, Executive Coach, Elite Certified Neurotransformational Coach, Internal Family Systems L2 Practitioner, and Self-Leadership Expert. Erin earned a PhD in Social Psychology and is the Bestselling Author of "Joy-Full AF: The Essential Business Strategy We're Afraid to Put First." They led a UX Research team at Facebook, were part of bringing Facebook Stories to 2 billion people, and were the Director of UX Research and Design at Microsoft Yammer.
Throughout this episode, a true testament to the uniqueness of everyone's gender experience, Erin discusses the process of coming to terms with their nonbinary gender identity throughout adolescence and early adulthood. They also share some of the challenges they faced, especially at the beginning. And we learned a lot thanks to Erin's openness about their top surgery, which led to a greater feeling of alignment with their gender. It was also interesting to hear about Erin’s experiences as a nonbinary person working for tech giants.
Additionally, Erin talks about their book, the multiple benefits of pursuing joy, Self-Leadership Coaching, Internal Family Systems, and much more.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
About Dr. Erin's coming out story (6:40)
Erin shares a bit about their experience with they/them pronouns and being misgendered (11:00)
The retreat in Mexico that changed everything for Erin (18:10)
Erin shares their thoughts on top surgery (24:00)
What is Self-Leadership? Erin shares their perspectives on it (39:00)
Pursue joy and success will follow (45:50)
Resources Mentioned:
Book: Dr. Erin Baker - Joy-Full AF: The Essential Business Strategy We're Afraid To Put First
Book: Richard Schwartz, Alanis Morissette - No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
Connect with Dr. Erin:
Connect with Jackie and Bridget:
Transgender Support: Becoming a True Ally Video Course on Vimeo
Transgender School Patreon Membership with all exclusive content
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Previous Episode
Support for LGBTQ+ College Students with Whitney Workman, Manager of the CSUN Pride Center
College students should be able to focus on their education without having to spend time and energy battling for fundamental rights like being addressed by their correct pronouns or having their gender expression acknowledged. This is one of the many reasons that Pride Centers at universities are essential.
In this episode, we were so happy to be joined by Whitney Workman (fae/they), Manager of the California State University, Northridge Pride Center. We talk about faer work with LGBTQ+ students, the holistic view of the Pride Center at CSUN, their thoughts on the best ways of spreading awareness of LGBTQ+ issues on college campuses and more.
A trailblazer in faer teen years, as the second person in their high school to come out, Whitney immediately recognized the needs in the Queer community and hasn't stopped working to improve lives and create safe spaces for students in their early stages of transition or exploring their own sexuality and gender.
Throughout this episode, you'll hear about Whitney's journey from being an organizer at feminist organizations and working with reproductive justice to making it to the CSUN Pride Center. Fae then provides a detailed list of the Center's services, how it supports LGBTQ+ college students, and how to learn about their services and programs. We also discuss the best ways of spreading LGBTQ+ awareness, free speech, hate speech, censorship, and much more.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- A bit about Whitney and their background before becoming the manager of the CSUN Pride Center (2:20)
- What kind of support LGBTQ+ students will find at the Pride Center (18:30)
- Who should have access to students' legal names (23:30)
- Why the CSUN Pride Center is crucial for LGBTQ+ students (33:40)
- Whitney shares faer thoughts on the best ways of spreading awareness (42:40)
- Safety tips the Pride Center offers to LGBTQ+ students (54:40)
- Don't trust the Campus Pride Index, go to a college’s LGBTQ+ Center website to see what they offer (1:02:50)
Connect with CSUN Pride Center:
Connect with Jackie and Bridget:
- Transgender Support: Becoming a True Ally Video Course on Vimeo
- Transgender School Patreon Membership with all exclusive content
- Transgender School on Medium
- Website
- Community Facebook Group
- YouTube
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Next Episode
Secret Lives and Tragic Consequences
Content warning: In this episode, we discuss suicide, online harassment, and death threats.
Today we share two unsettling stories with the common themes of living secret lives and doing things that others would be shocked to discover.
You'll hear about the tragic story of Alabama Pastor and Mayor, Fred 'Bubba' Copeland, who, forced to live his life in the closet, used private social media accounts to present himself as a transgender woman and encourage transgender people to come out and go on hormone replacement therapy. After his secret life was exposed by a conservative news website and he was subsequently subjected to relentless online bullying, he took his life. We discuss the complex issues involved in cases like this and the ways that pressure to suppress one’s identity can lead to dire outcomes.
You'll also hear about a story published in the San Francisco Chronicle, in which a financially successful and apparently mentally stable man made several death threats to an operator from a Mental Health Hotline for LGBTQ+ youth in California. The name and address of this man, who lives in San Francisco, have been identified, but he will not likely face any consequences due to his power and wealth.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Pastor Fred 'Bubba' Copeland's tragic story (1:30)
- The effects of being forced to live a life in the closet (13:20)
- Online harassment shouldn't remain unpunished (16:00)
- People who spread hate online and showcase a "normal" life on a different platform (17:00)
Resources Mentioned:
Connect with Jackie and Bridget:
- Transgender Support: Becoming a True Ally Video Course on Vimeo
- Transgender School Patreon Membership with all exclusive content
- Transgender School on Medium
- Website
- Community Facebook Group
- YouTube
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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