2 LIVES - Stories Of Transformation Laurel Morales

2 LIVES - STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION
Shawna Beesley, known to most as Adaline, says there’s no dopamine hit like saving someone from hell. Today she finds that high performing on stage. She discovered she had to shed her golden child identity and reconcile with her evangelical upbringing to be true to herself and come out to her family.
2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”
2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales. Valerie Shively is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and website designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.
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2 LIVES - STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION
Coming up in season 10 of 2 Lives we’ll meet New York Times correspondent Rod Nordland, who survived dozens of war zones, but it took a terminal brain cancer diagnosis to discover the meaning of life. 
We’ll learn from music therapist Meghan Callaghan the power of music. At 14 she witnessed her grandfather having a stroke and the one thing that brought him back to himself was her singing.
And we’ll meet Shawna Beesley, otherwise known as the singer Adaline, who had to deconstruct her evangelical beliefs and shed her golden child identity before coming out as queer.
2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”
2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales. Valerie Shively is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and website designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.
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2 LIVES - STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION
We’re working hard on season 10 of 2 Lives, which we’ll be bringing you just in time to kick off your summer. In the meantime I thought I’d share a bit about 2 Lives origin story.
The following is a speech Laurel gave at the Flagstaff Women’s Leadership Summit. 
I love stories. I love listening to them. I love watching them. I love reading them. And I love making them. But when I’m consuming stories, I’m tuning out the world and my inner voice – my source of creativity. This a story about how I tuned back into my source.
2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”
2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales. Valerie Shively is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and website designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.
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2 LIVES - STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION
“The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”
TW: We mention an assault.
Lauren’s heart stopped for 24 minutes. It took almost dying to realize she couldn’t get through life on her own.
2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales. Valerie Shively is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and website designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.
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2 LIVES - STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION
Joshua "The Jedi" Loya lost his eyesight at 15, but that didn’t stop him from skydiving, surfing, Ju-Jitsu, and stand up comedy. Joshua says choosing sometimes the scary thing makes him feel authentically himself and helps him to live well with PTSD. 
2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”
2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales. Valerie Shively is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and website designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.
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2 LIVES - STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION
It took a life threatening situation to give Kafi Joseph permission to make her own rules about what she needs.  She learned that burnout was a symptom of a deeper worry that she wasn’t valuable unless she was driving hard.  Now this West Point grad uses her can-do attitude to take care of herself.
2 Lives “The second begins the moment we realize we have only one.”
2 Lives is created by Laurel Morales. Valerie Shively is the assistant producer. Christian Arnder is our illustrator and website designer. Music from Blue Dot Sessions.
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Drop us a note on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. You can learn how to support the show here. Or order merch here. Episode transcripts are posted on our  website.
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