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What happens when you discover your true gender identity in your 30s while married, raising four kids, and living in the religious heart of America?

In this profoundly moving episode, Britt Sandoval shares their powerful story of coming out as nonbinary, navigating spiritual deconstruction, and radically redefining parenting, love, and selfhood all in real time.

This conversation explores the complexities of gender identity, parenting, and faith with depth, humor, and radical honesty. Heather and Britt cover:

• How Britt’s journey of self-discovery impacted their marriage, family, and faith
• The process of rebuilding a relationship through truth, trust, and deep emotional labor
• How to talk to children about identity, inclusion, and authenticity from a young age
• What it means to be a present, emotionally intelligent parent while navigating personal transformation
• The role of deconstruction and healing in finding wholeness

This episode is for every parent, ally, LGBTQ+ person, and human seeking to live with more courage, love, and integrity, even when it breaks the rules you were raised with.

You’ll walk away with a renewed belief in the power of honest parenting, queer joy, and the importance of healing the parts of us we were taught to hide.

Press play to hear a transformative story about what it means to become your truest self and raise children who know how to do the same.

Because living fully and loving honestly is the most radical kind of parenting there is.

Links referenced in this episode:

• oddmompod.com
• britsandoval.com

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