
Episode #51
The Power of Stories We Haven’t Shared with Shanti Joy Gold of Grow with a Pro
Shanti Joy Gold, a former corporate leader turned entrepreneur and coach who supports LGBTQ+ and other underrepresented professionals, joins Kim Allchurch Flick to discuss how stories reconnect people. Shanti describes hiding her relationship at work for a decade, later coming out in workplace conversations and on LinkedIn, and how allies’ responses sparked her podcast, Stories We Haven’t Shared, creating a forum for under-discussed experiences. They discuss the ongoing, complex nature of “coming out,” the “radar” marginalized people use to assess safety, and how challenges can become superpowers. Shanti highlights podcast episodes on disability (Ruth Blatt), a Holocaust survivor (Tibor Spitz), and her father’s Vietnam experience, and emphasizes presence over rumination. She shares her website, monthly “Saboteur No More” gatherings, and a surfing metaphor for mental fitness; they also discuss music, including the Indigo Girls.






