Susannah Dawn on coming out

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode long time Hello Monday listener Susannah Dawn shares her transition story with the Hello Monday community.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Michael Covnet, host of The Next Big Idea Daily.
0:04.1	The show is a masterclass in better living from some of the smartest writers around.
0:08.9	Every morning, Monday through Friday, we'll serve up a quick 10-minute lesson on how to
0:13.2	strengthen your relationships, supercharge your creativity, boost your productivity, and
0:18.2	more.
0:19.2	Follow The Next Big Idea Daily wherever you get your podcasts.
0:24.2	LinkedIn News
0:27.1	From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jessie Hempel and this is Hello Monday, our show
0:33.1	about the changing nature of work and how that work is changing us.
0:36.6	Today, I'm bringing you a very special conversation.
0:39.9	It's a conversation with a long-time Hello Monday listener, Susanna Don.
0:44.1	In January, as we announced our theme for the year, ReInvention, she got in touch.
0:49.3	She's in the midst of a massive personal reinvention.
0:52.7	Susanna is coming out as trans.
0:55.2	Now Susanna spent more than a decade in the military.
0:58.2	She was a personnel officer, a platoon leader, and a lieutenant.
1:02.7	Then she went on to do office work, but Susanna was doing this as a different person, under
1:07.5	a different name.
1:08.7	Susanna always felt out of alignment as she described it, until now.
1:13.7	As she says,
1:14.7	I'm not what I used to be, I am who I've always been.
1:19.6	Today, Susanna's launching a new career as a freelance writer.
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