EP 154 The Five Dimensions Of My Life: Dreaming, Doubt, Denial, Discovery And Destiny By Celia Sandhya Daniels (Part 1)

Send us Fan MailFor this week, we have the impressive Celia Sandhya Daniels from India to talk about their career and passion to educate, empower, and advocate for gender-expansive individuals in the community and corporate world.  This is PART one of a three-part piece.Trigger Warning: This is just a reminder that this episode comes with a content warning. This is simple to empower you, our audience, with the knowledge you need to make healthy decisions about how and if you should consume this podcast content.We dive into Celia’s life in five dimensions, Dreaming, Doubt, Denial, Discovery, and Destiny. Firstly, Celia as a child dreamt to be a girl. However, as she was growing up the fear of being bullied forced them to hide their identity. Celia reveals the sexual abuse she encountered and the shame, fear, and trauma she faced alone. We learn of Celia’s doubts about her being a trans-lesbian and violence in 9th grade that is commonly practiced in India. This traumatic experience led Celia to struggle with living and in denial of her existence. Once married, Celia had assumed that being with a wife would somehow "fix" her. Celia eventually began attending therapy where there was a  lack of knowledge on transgender identity. Later she began to discover herself while struggling with gender dysphoria. Today, she is open with her family and finds acceptance. Lastly, Celia shares her destiny, which is to advocate and educate across the world, for an LGBTQIA+ community that holds itself with pride and dignity, where one is valued and has credibility in what they do and speak. The conversation turns to healing from trauma. Celia mentions how the film “Spotlight” and Amita’s project “Mirror Memoirs” of LGBTQ survivors of color in the movement to end child sexual abuse gave them the courage to speak out.  In our next episode, Celia will share her success in a long-lasting 26-year marriage.  Stay tuned!  ~~~Celia Sandhya Daniels is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, D&I champion, blogger, composer, musician, photographer, hiker, and filmmaker. She currently resides in southern California with her family. She is an Asian Indian who identifies as gender non-binary, trans fem. Celia is a management consultant with over 20+ years of success in media, health care, and life science engagements for over 100 companies. Celia has received several awards such as the 2019 human rights campaign equality award for outstanding commitment and service to the community, the social justice award. You can contact Ceila here ~ https://www.rebekon.comMentioned in this podcast;  Amita Swadhin ~ https://mirrormemoirs.com/about-the-founder/  Movie, Spotlight ~ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/Support the showBreakfast With Tiffany Show Official Facebook Page ~ https://www.facebook.com/breakfastwithtiffanyshow   Tiffany's Instagram Account ~ https://www.instagram.com/tiffanyrossdaleofficial/   Breakfast With Tiffany Show Youtube Channel ~  https://bit.ly/3vIVzhE  Breakfast With Tiffany Show Official Page ~ https://www.tiffanyrossdale.com/podcast For questions, requests, collaborations and comments, feel free to reach us via our e-mail ~ [email protected] SUBSCRIBE and SUPPORT us here ~ https://www.buzzsprout.com/1187534/supporters/new