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Hi, and welcome to Radio Headspace, it's Dora here.

In honor and celebration of Pride Month, we are joined by two members of the

Headspace team, Lindsay and Diana, for a heartfelt conversation about family, identity, and

belonging. Together, they share their experiences navigating life as LGBTQ plus women, from coming

out and finding community to building families of their own.

At the heart of their story is something that we all share, the deep human need to be seen, accepted, and to know that we belong.

That thread runs through all of us, whatever our experience may be.

So along the way they reflect on the meaning of chosen family, the challenges and joys of parenthood,

the importance of allyship, and how compassion and connection can help us feel less alone.

Whether you're a part of the LGBTQ plus community or supporting someone you love, we hope you

enjoy this episode.

Excited to have you here today, Lindsay and Diana.

And yeah, maybe we can start with thinking about where you came from, maybe your origin story,

and then this journey that you've been on and how you would define family now.

Sure, I can start.

So growing up, my family is small, but tight-knit.

My mom and my dad, while I was younger, they did divorce, but much family support on my mom's side with my grandparents. So that was a lot of my growing up. It was at my grandparents, with my grandparents, while my mom raised my mom raised my sister and I as a single mom.

So defining family growing up was really just knowing that you had a loving environment, a safe environment, a loving home.

And we had a lot of fun growing up.

So that's really what family kind of look like for me then.

And it's something that I strive for within my family now. As far as different, well, when I,

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