118 Coming Out as Transgender with Jennifer Booker

Scientific research has proven that we humans have developed the practice of classifying and discriminating things in order to make it easier for us to process our reality. This basically means that our brain feels more comfortable labeling and then placing stuff into well-defined boxes. Unfortunately, it seems that our society has also adopted this method when it comes to dealing with gender, and many people have therefore learned to conceive of all gender-related issues as either male or female.

In this episode of The PurposeGirl Podcast, I'm fortunate to be joined by Dr. Jennifer Booker. Dr. Jennifer Booker has three engineering degrees and just completed a Bachelor's degree in Nursing. She came out as transgender in 2013, and in 2019 published her story of coming out and going through transition in "The New Normal: Coming Out as Transgender in Midlife." Jennifer shares with us how attending a presentation at the Fringe Festival in Philadelphia almost 10 years ago served as the starting point of a deep journey of self-discovery and later her gender transition.

In this episode, Dr. Booker and I discuss the following:

• Despite the latest social progress, transgender people's rights are still being debated.
• The concept of gender is far more complex, both physically and emotionally, than the social male/female convention.
• The importance of being true to ourselves, and the positive impact that can have on the way you feel.
• The fear of becoming our authentic selves is one of the things that can hold us from living our purpose.

You can connect with Dr. Jennifer Booker at www.docjennifer.org

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About Dr. Jennifer Booker

Dr. Jennifer Booker has three engineering degrees and just completed a Bachelor's degree in Nursing. After careers in the aerospace and defense industries, and as a computing professor, she is starting a career in nursing. She came out as transgender in 2013, and in 2019 published her story of coming out and going through transition in "The New Normal: Coming Out as Transgender in Midlife."