886: Kevin Loeffler: Finally Healing Through Gender Identity Exploration

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Featured in leading publications like CEO Magazine and Luxury Lifestyle Magazine, Kevin Loeffler (they/themme) is the Founder and CEO of Finally Kevin!, an inspirational Gender Identity speaker, and author of the upcoming book, "Finally Kevin” (Spring 2025). Kevin's unique journey allows audiences of all generations to understand what gender identity is and, just as importantly, what it is not. Kevin empowers parents and community leaders, regardless of age or background, with the knowledge necessary to increase authentic allyship skills for their gender-diverse loved ones. For almost 50 years, Kevin lived as the person they thought their parents, wives, children, and employers wanted them to be, never daring to be their authentic selves in front of any of them. Their heartwarming story of choosing to live as their transparent self by announcing their gender identity to the world at the age of 63 has landed them numerous media and speaking opportunities. I was introduced to Kevin by friend of the SMA and past guest of the show, Elena Joy Thurston. While Kevin and I recorded this episode a few months ago, I saved it to release during Pride Month because it feels like the perfect closing to this special month. Happy Pride to all our LGBTQIA+ community members. We love you and want you to be 100% you 100% of the time. Listen in to hear Kevin share: How Kevin became Finally Kevin! and what their transformation as a non-binary person has looked like What led them to start to live their femme tendencies out loud after 50 years The interconnectedness between shame and addiction in Kevin’s life The difference between gender identity and sexual orientation The beauty and power of being able to finally “get out of bed free” What life feels like to finally be Kevin after 50 years of stifling Kevin How LinkedIn became the safe place for Kevin to begin to own their identity publicly Links mentioned: Kevin’s Programs and Resources: Finallykevin.com Kevin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinmloeffler Kevin on FB: https://www.facebook.com/kmloeffler/ We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.1	your credit. Terms and conditions apply. This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 886 with Kevin Leffler.
0:35.5	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode,
0:38.7	can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 886. Welcome to the Shameless
0:48.8	Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other passionate, driven,
0:55.3	unapologetic moms,
1:00.4	stories, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead more powerful,
1:06.2	positive, and purposeful lives every damn day. So let's dive in.
1:15.5	Featured in leading publications like CEO magazine and luxury lifestyle magazine, Kevin Leffler,
1:21.6	They, Them, is the founder and CEO of Finally Kevin, an inspirational gender identity speaker and the author of the upcoming book, Finally Kevin, due out in spring of 2025.
1:27.4	Kevin's unique journey allows audiences of all
1:30.0	generations to understand what gender identity is and just as importantly what it is not. Kevin
1:35.8	empowers parents and community leaders regardless of age or background with the knowledge
1:40.4	necessary to increase authentic allyship skills for their gender diverse loved ones.
1:46.2	For almost 50 years, Kevin lived as the person they thought their parents, wives, children,
1:51.2	and employers wanted them to be, never daring to be their authentic selves in front of any of them.
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