What Happens When You Believe in Yourself.

In the fall of 2020, I met Rae McDaniel.

They are a licensed therapist, certified sex therapist, a transgender diversity and inclusion specialist, coach, educator, and entrepreneur.

When I met them, Rae was unsure what publishing path they should take.

Colleagues had written books for small publishers, but Rae wanted to go bigger.

In our first conversation, they told me they were unsure their audience was big enough for a traditional book publisher. They also wondered if their book — on navigating gender transition with ease — would be pigeonholed into the LGBTQIA+ shelf and not reach the broad audience Rae knew it could reach.

Fast forward two and a half years later to today — May 29, 2023.

Rae’s fantastic book GENDER MAGIC comes out tomorrow, and I would really appreciate it if you bought a copy for yourself, and read it.

Now — you could do this just as a favor to me for all the wonderful free advice I’ve given you about your book and publishing in general but I have a few more important reasons too.

First — it’s a terrific book that shows what you can do with a framework or model that’s replicable. Rae had developed their Gender Freedom Model in private practice, first with individual…