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Paula Stone Williams

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Paula Stone Williams is a Pastoral Counselor and internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She is lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Paula has been featured in the New York Times, TEDWomen, TEDSummit, Red Table Talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Denver Post, National Public Radio, ABC, and many other media outlets. Her TED talks have had over six million views. Paula’s memoir, As A Woman, What I Learned About Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned, will be published by Simon & Schuster in June of 2021.

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Paula Stone Williams The only way I know to deal with writer's block is to push through it. When I was writing my memoir, I had a few weeks when most everything I had writ…moreThe only way I know to deal with writer's block is to push through it. When I was writing my memoir, I had a few weeks when most everything I had written was thrown out later. But I kept writing anyway, and a few of those lines made their way into the book.(less)

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Paula Stone Williams I was well known in the evangelical world, so I knew when I transitioned that I would not be able to disappear into the night. Embedded in my identity…moreI was well known in the evangelical world, so I knew when I transitioned that I would not be able to disappear into the night. Embedded in my identity were responsibilities. To be able to write about your experience, and to know that what you write is for the greater good, is incredibly satisfying.(less)

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As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned

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We Were Not Made for This

We were not made for this. As sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson wrote, we evolved as a community-based species with a primary attachment to our local tribe and a secondary attachment to our nuclear family. The life of the community was our major focus.

If we feel safe in our community, we are able to go deeper in life. The ego’s concerns are simple – power and safety. If the ego has enoug

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