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  1. "Honesty and Integrity" - Kiran Kumar Terry McMullen 58:28

Honesty and integrity are amazing values. When we can tap into who we truly are and are confident enough to share it with the world, it relieves a massive burden. We no longer worry about trying to be who we think we should be, but rather just are who we are. It brings on a feelings of freedom and liberation. But it begs a critical question…how do we know when we are being honest?

That might seem like a silly question, but it is a really critical one. As my guest, Kiran, and I discussed, if you are going to approach life with a deep confidence in your ability to be honest with yourself and others, you better make sure that confidence is warranted. How do you know you are actually being honest with yourself? How do you know your ego isn’t deceiving you, so you can take a short cut to that feeling of freedom/liberation?

These are the questions Kiran and I grappled with throughout the show. She was a perfect dance partner too, because she’s done a lot of work to to ensure she KNOWS that she is being honest. So it was really interesting to poke, prod, and pressure test that confidence to see what it was rooted in. We even looked at some personal examples, like her own divorce, to see if there were times she lied to herself in the past.

As way of background and context, Kiran is an entrepreneur and advocate for self empowerment, equity, and helping women achieve success and visibility (https://roaringahead.com/). She hosts her own podcast, “You Are Not Invisible After 50″ where she focuses on helping women who are over 50 (and also women of color) realize they still have value and purpose in this world (despite how society makes them feel sometimes).

There was a ton of rich philosophical topics to discuss about Kiran’s work, so we spent the end of the discussion exploring those. We talked about how hard it is for someone like me (a 39 year old, white male) to understand what it is like to be in her shoes. We also tried to work through the philosophical reasons our society often mistreats or undervalues older women. This was a super thought provoking discussion, so a big thanks to Kiran for being on.

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