366. The Costs and Benefits of Standing Out: A Conversation with Deesha Dyer

UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone

Kara Loewentheil

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

How often do you feel like you’re concealing the “real” you? Do you struggle with being your authentic self, especially in challenging environments? “Authenticity” has become a very popular buzzword -- but what does it really mean?

This week, I’m joined by Deesha Dyer, former White House Social Secretary and author of the book, "Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble". Deesha shares her incredible journey from going to community college at 29-years-old to working up the ranks in the Obama White House, and the challenges she faced along the way in staying true to herself. We discuss how to navigate being your authentic self in difficult environments - especially if you hold one or more marginalized identities - and the true costs and benefits of standing out.

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://schoolofnewfeministthought.com/366

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0:00.0	Welcome to Unfuck your brain. I'm your host Kara Loyenthile, master certified coach and founder of the School of New Feminist Thumb.
0:14.4	I'm here to help you turn down your anxiety, turn up your confidence,
0:18.9	and create a life on your own terms, one that you're truly excited to live. Let's go.
0:25.0	Hello my friends. We are having a conversation today about a lot of things, but especially about a word that I would say comes up a lot in coaching and people are using it without necessarily really thinking through what it means and that word is authentic and authenticity
0:44.6	which I feel like has become a very popular buzzword and we could all use to have a
0:50.4	better kind of understanding of what that means and what we're talking about when we talk about it.
0:56.0	So I'm super excited to be here with Disha Dyer, who has an amazing resume, has worked in the White House, has a book,
1:02.0	which has the best, possibly the best
1:04.0	book title I've ever read, undiplomatic, how my attitude created the best kind of
1:08.4	trouble, and if you know me you know that I am all about women and other
1:12.4	marginalized people making some trouble. So I'm excited to me you know that I am all about women and other March
1:12.6	people making some trouble.
1:13.9	So I'm excited to talk about this.
1:16.5	So welcome to the podcast.
1:18.0	Can you tell us a little bit about kind of your journey?
1:20.6	How did you end up working in the White House?
1:22.1	What led you to write this book? Like, give us your life story? How did you end up working in the White House? What led you to write this book?
1:23.0	Like, give us your life story.
1:24.0	Yeah, so first of all, thank you so much for having me here.
1:27.0	It's such an honor and I'm so excited to talk with you.
1:30.0	It's, you know, for me, writing this book was definitely not something that was on top of my radar, but neither was working at the White House.
1:37.0	And so, you know, I had dropped out of college when I was 17, went back to college when I was 29.
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