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In our final “origin story intros,” Sandra’s origin episode follows her path from “too much” smart girl in a tiny Texas town to fully claimed crone. She shares what it was like to grow up autistic, bisexual, and deeply curious in a community that labeled her weirdness as wrong, punished her for asking questions, and treated her interests as dangerous. College fed her mind, but real belonging did not click until she found fellow “weirdos”, where her love of stories, strategy, and depth finally matched the room. Teaching, writing, and helping others understand complex ideas became her way of turning that lifelong outsider status into a superpower.

She then traces her time in academia and corporate tech, where her integrity and blunt clarity kept colliding with systems that prized compliance over truth. From being praised as the “best boss” by her teams and dismissed by executives, to being told to soften what is celebrated in men, Sandra names the moral injury of staying in spaces that demand you betray yourself. Now in her crone era, she claims her role as the wise woman who refuses to play small and urges listeners to protect their weirdness, listen to their bodies, and stand with those resisting injustice.

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Chapters
00:00 Sandra’s Opening: Own Your Weirdness
01:43 Growing Up Gifted and Misunderstood
05:35 Church Trauma and the Satanic Panic
10:05 College, Identity, and Finding Community
17:07 Academia, Loss, and Life as a Learner
20:55 Corporate World, Integrity, and Neurodivergence
27:50 Embracing the Crone Era & Listening to Your Body
35:23 Your Weirdness Is the Gift
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