{"id":2701,"date":"2025-06-06T18:24:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T18:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wendycolegtm.net\/staging\/9199\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2025-06-11T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:53:23","slug":"a-life-worth-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendycolegtm.net\/staging\/9199\/a-life-worth-being\/","title":{"rendered":"A Life Worth Being"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Living Out Loud: <br>Wendy Cole on Gender, Truth, and Creating Real Connection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Living Out Loud: Wendy Cole on Gender, Truth, and Creating Real Connection\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rBvEAzc_c68?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">with Sue Willoughby<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rBvEAzc_c68?si=bNAkWp0Mn6GoGikR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/living-out-loud-wendy-cole-on-gender-truth-and\/id1753943662?i=1000710977365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">June 3, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">What does it take to live fully as yourself\u2014after decades of hiding who you really are? 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