Full Time Human Podcast

Episode 3: Authenticity vs. Approval explores people-pleasing, perfectionism, and the fear of rejection. Kai reflects on how chasing approval can quietly pull us away from ourselves, and what it looks like to choose honesty over applause.

Who taught us to hide? In this episode, Kai reflects on growing up on a cattle farm, coming out, addiction, and drag to explore how family, school, religion, and survival shape the masks we wear and how we begin to set them down.

“Be yourself” is everywhere! In this episode of Full Time Human, Kai unpacks the buzzword of authenticity and explores how “being yourself” is often oversimplified, commodified, or misunderstood. We look at the pressure this phrase can create, who it’s really accessible to, and what authenticity looks like when your identity is still evolving.

Welcome to Full Time Human! Here is a reminder that you don’t have to have life figured out to be here. No self-help formulas, no perfection. Just an invitation to breathe, listen, and show up as a human in process.