974 Laverne Cox on Healing Trauma, Owning Your Truth, and Being Transgender in America

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.8 • 22K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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"It’s important to hold space for the suffering and acknowledge it, but it can’t be all there is." Lewis is joined by Emmy Award-nominated actress and Emmy-winning producer Laverne Cox for a powerful conversation on gender, race, self-doubt, success, and so much more. Laverne is out with a new Netflix film, "Disclosure," which examines how transgender people have been depicted in film and television over the past century. -For more: https://lewishowes.com/974 -This Les Brown interview is so powerful: https://lewishowes.com/971 -Check out my impactful conversation with Kevin Hart: https://lewishowes.com/956

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0:00.0	This is episode number 9-7-4 with the Inspirational LeVern Cots.
0:08.0	Welcome to the School of Greatness.
0:11.2	My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete, Turnly Style Entrepreneur.
0:15.2	In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock
0:21.2	your inner greatness.
0:23.2	Thanks for spending some time with me today.
0:24.9	Now let the class begin.
0:31.0	When I start today with two quotes from Maya Angelou, the first, you alone are enough.
0:40.5	You have nothing to prove to anyone.
0:43.5	And secondly, nothing condemn the light that shines from within.
0:49.0	Today's guest needs no introduction, but I'll give her one anyways.
0:53.6	LeVern Cots is a three-time Emmy Award-nominated actress and Emmy-winning producer and the
0:59.7	executive producer of the new Netflix documentary, Disclosure, a film which explains how transgender
1:05.9	people have been depicted in film and television over the past century.
1:11.0	LeVern is a pioneering transgender activist with a staggering list of accomplishments and
1:18.0	acknowledgments, including being the first openly transgender person to grace the cover
1:23.8	of Time magazine and the first to be nominated for a primetime Emmy in an acting category.
1:31.1	Our conversation was so powerful and profound and at times painful and I did not want it
1:36.8	to end.
1:37.8	We talked about LeVern's ongoing process of healing childhood trauma and what we can learn
1:42.9	from her approach.
1:44.6	My people wear masks all the time and how essential it is to shed those masks no matter
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