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megan: [00:00:00]

Gissele: Hello, and welcome to the Love and Compassion Podcast with Gissele.

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Gissele: Today, we’re

Gissele: gonna be talking about how to become more authentically ourselves

Gissele: and how to raise authentic children.

Gissele: And our

Gissele: guest today is Megan Fuccarelli,

Gissele: who’s a TEDx speaker, international bestselling author,

Gissele: and founder and CEO

Gissele: of Us Squared Consulting.

Gissele: Known as the authenticity

Gissele: amplifier, she helps leaders in organizations move beyond performative

Gissele: inclusion and into

Gissele: meaningful culture transformation.

Gissele: Through her

Gissele: care certification and metamorphosis framework, Megan empowers

Gissele: audiences to lead with authenticity,

Gissele: build trust, and create

Gissele: environments where people are seen,

Gissele: heard, welcome, and valued.

Gissele: Please join

Gissele: us in welcoming Megan. Hi, Megan.

megan: us

Gissele: Oh, I’m so excited to talk about this topic and to talk with you about [00:01:00] it. I was wondering if you could tell the audience a little bit about how you got started in this work.

[00:01:04] How Megan Got Started on This Work

megan: That is a loaded question. I will say that I originally went into my first chapter of my career was actually in the education system. I retired as a school superintendent, and what I learned in that environment was that our children are sponges for collecting everything around them, and they learn just as much from what we teach them out of books than they learn from the things we talk about and how we communicate with one another, and also what we don’t talk about.

megan: So when I left the education system, I wanted to lean into that a little bit more and have more honest, authentic conversation around who we are as people, and that’s what kind of drew me into this. It started as I was gonna own my job, maybe consulting with a couple school districts, and we just celebrated 10 years, and it has totally morphed into a much larger vision than even I could have held for myself.

megan: But I think the universe has a way of creating the [00:02:00] visions bigger than ourselves sometimes.

Gissele: Yeah. Yeah, definitely can agree with that.

Gissele: I was wondering if you could comment on whether or not the school system necessarily whether it reinforces or whether it detracts from us being authentically ourselves

[00:02:15] Do Schools Help or Hinder Authenticity?

megan: I think it depends on what school district or what school system you’re looking at. I think there are some schools who are able to model how to become more authentic, and at the same time, we have a lot of school systems who are detracting from that ability. I think it depends on who’s running the school district, who the teachers are.

megan: I think even in a very resolute school district who is very clear on guidelines that are almost detracting from that authentic