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Think Queerly

Discover actionable practices to get insight and clarity about your ideas and create strategies to solve your challenges. Listen to deep-dive interviews with 2SLGBTQ+ thought leaders and change-makers who are creating a more accepting, equitable, and humane world — with a focus on Canadian history and social justice issues. Think Queerly is a hosted by Writer & Coach, Darren Stehle.

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
30 minutes
Episodes
243
Years Active
2018 - 2024
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Is History Repeating? What the Rise of Fascism and Dictatorships Can Tell Us About How to Act, Now

Is History Repeating? What the Rise of Fascism and Dictatorships Can Tell Us About How to Act, Now

Here's an alternative to reading the news, getting upset, and wondering how we can stop anti-2SLGBTQ prejudice and hate-fuelled movements: 


Study and understand history.


What's happening in the world t…

00:23:27  |   Sat 03 Aug 2024
Pride at Work Canada with Director of Programs, Jade Pichette

Pride at Work Canada with Director of Programs, Jade Pichette

Jade Pichette (they/them) is an inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility professional based in Tkarón:to/Toronto. Currently Jade serves as the Director of Programs at Pride at Work Canada wher…

00:57:46  |   Sun 23 Oct 2022
Interview with Mark J Silverman: Executive Coach, Speaker, Podcaster, and Best-Selling Author

Interview with Mark J Silverman: Executive Coach, Speaker, Podcaster, and Best-Selling Author

In this episode, we talk about Mark recently turning 60, the fallacy of multi-passionate creatives, and what success really means. 

But our primary focus is Mark's signature approach to productivity, …

00:48:23  |   Fri 07 Oct 2022
When You Freely Love Who You Are, You Can Freely Create a Life You Love

When You Freely Love Who You Are, You Can Freely Create a Life You Love

Many people think that you need to come out to be your "authentic self."

  • What does "being authentic" really mean?
  • How is that advice helpful if you're in the closet and have been struggling to come out…
00:17:03  |   Wed 21 Sep 2022
The Power of Self-Mastery for Queer Individuals to Strive Higher for the Common Good

The Power of Self-Mastery for Queer Individuals to Strive Higher for the Common Good

In this episode, I speak with Leadership and Organizational Development Coach, Jeremy Long about the power of self-mastery for queer people.

Jeremy Long is a Queer man, Coach, and founder of the Consc…

00:56:40  |   Fri 02 Sep 2022
I Knew I Was Gay When I Was Five Years Old

I Knew I Was Gay When I Was Five Years Old

"Until I was 19 (in 1984), and for almost 15 years, I felt a combination of fear, guilt, shame, unrequited desire, silence, isolation, and otherness."

Self-examination and knowing the events, the peop…

00:20:14  |   Fri 26 Aug 2022
What Is Queering Self-Mastery?

What Is Queering Self-Mastery?

In this re-cast of the inaugural episode of the Queering Self-Mastery Podcast, I explain,

  • The difference between the Think Queerly Podcast and Queerly Self-Mastery
  • My reasons for creating a new Substac…
00:23:48  |   Fri 12 Aug 2022
Interview with Michelle Douglas, Executive Director, LGBT Purge Fund

Interview with Michelle Douglas, Executive Director, LGBT Purge Fund

We start at the very beginning: why she decided to join the Canadian Military. 

Douglas shares her story of what that was like, falling in love with another woman in her unit for the first time, being…

00:53:31  |   Fri 29 Jul 2022
Ever Feel Challenged to Live an Inspired Queer Life?

Ever Feel Challenged to Live an Inspired Queer Life?

For once, I'm the one being asked the questions! Enjoy this re-cast of the podcast, 40 Plus: Gay Men. Gay Talk, hosted by Rick Clemons.

"Ever feel challenged to live an inspired queer life? Feeling ai…

00:45:55  |   Wed 20 Jul 2022
Without Core Values, You Won’t Know What You Stand For or How to Live with Integrity

Without Core Values, You Won’t Know What You Stand For or How to Live with Integrity

Without values, it’s challenging to create a long-term life plan. 

If you don’t know what’s most important to you, you can’t make choices based on integrity. Values are the compass that keeps you on t…

00:09:09  |   Wed 13 Jul 2022
What’s Wrong With Me? Here’s a Better Question to Ask Yourself.

What’s Wrong With Me? Here’s a Better Question to Ask Yourself.

Self-talk that creates self-judgement, comparison, and shame is not self-empowering.

It’s downright unhealthy and damaging to your self-esteem!

If you’ve truly done something wrong you feel guilt about…

00:06:33  |   Wed 06 Jul 2022
Are You Living a Big Enough Dream?

Are You Living a Big Enough Dream?

Ever since I was a little boy, I’ve dreamt small.

I was a sickly child with severe ADHD. I had a learning disability that made it hard for me to read letters. And I was gay without knowing what that m…

00:07:42  |   Wed 29 Jun 2022
It Gets Better Canada: Uplifting, Empowering, and Connecting 2SLGBTQ+ Youth Across Canada

It Gets Better Canada: Uplifting, Empowering, and Connecting 2SLGBTQ+ Youth Across Canada

In this week's episode, I speak with Omid Razavi, the Executive Director, and Ethan Berkeley-Garcia, Youth Ambassador of It Gets Better Canada.

I had such a great time hosting this interview. It's cle…

00:59:59  |   Tue 21 Jun 2022
Cultivating Leadership That Cares About its Employees — The Role of Neuroscience in Diversity, Equity, and LGBTQ+ Inclusion.

Cultivating Leadership That Cares About its Employees — The Role of Neuroscience in Diversity, Equity, and LGBTQ+ Inclusion.

In neuroscience, the ACC is an acronym for the anterior cingulate cortex, the part of the brain commonly called the animal or mammalian brain.

Most animals have basic needs like food, shelter, safety,…

00:19:20  |   Wed 15 Jun 2022
Small Town Pride: A Documentary About the Joys and Challenges of Being Queer in Canadian Small Towns

Small Town Pride: A Documentary About the Joys and Challenges of Being Queer in Canadian Small Towns

In this episode, I speak with the Co-Director, Producer, and Editor of the film, Chelle Turingan.

Organizing in church basements, classrooms and around kitchen tables, they take on a conservative town…

00:45:27  |   Wed 08 Jun 2022
Everything We Value, We’ve Been Taught to Value. Don’t Be Pink-Washed by Corporations Vying for Your LGBTQ+ Money this June.

Everything We Value, We’ve Been Taught to Value. Don’t Be Pink-Washed by Corporations Vying for Your LGBTQ+ Money this June.

You have the power to demand inclusion, dignity, and respect 365 days a year because you can take your purchasing power elsewhere.

But don’t sit in silence with your decision to support LGBTQ+ busines…

00:19:44  |   Sun 05 Jun 2022
Feeling Stressed & Overwhelmed By All the Bad News in the World?

Feeling Stressed & Overwhelmed By All the Bad News in the World?

We are overwhelmed by the untenable problems in the world and have little capacity left to feel like we have the agency to make a difference.

Even for those of us with practiced emotional resilience, …

00:10:10  |   Wed 01 Jun 2022
Are Personality Assessments Like Myers-Briggs and Enneagrams Useful for Personal Development

Are Personality Assessments Like Myers-Briggs and Enneagrams Useful for Personal Development

These tests can be a leaping-off-point, but not a justification for who you are, perhaps for the simple reason that they are not factual. Find out why I don't use these kinds of tests with my clients…

00:19:17  |   Wed 25 May 2022
Why

Why "Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs" Are Hypocritical, Insincere, and Killing LGBTQ2S+ People

Sincerely held religious beliefs lack critical thought. They’re unreasonable towards people who don’t believe or disagree. Pre-judgement of non-believers is what makes them hypocritical.

Read the or…

00:15:05  |   Wed 18 May 2022
Interview With Dax Moy: Transformational Coach & Creator of MindMap Mastery Neuro-Coaching

Interview With Dax Moy: Transformational Coach & Creator of MindMap Mastery Neuro-Coaching

In every aspect of how Dax Moy shows up in the world is his desire to help people experience themselves as the version of themselves that they most want to meet.

Dax is a coach, educator, mentor, auth…

01:21:28  |   Thu 12 May 2022
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