What is the earliest memory you have around your gender?⁠ ⁠ Interesting question, eh? It took me a few days to recall mine.⁠ ⁠

What cultural references have influenced your understanding of gender? ⁠ ⁠

It's important for us to untangle ourselves from assumptions and early messaging around gender to decide thoughtfully if they still work for us or not. ⁠ ⁠Ha! I definitely have some interesting combinations of Jessica Rabbit, April O'Neal, and Roberta from Swiss Family Robinson. ⁠ ⁠

A resource I have loved using with clients who are exploring how they’d like to understand or express their gender, is called The Genderbread Person. Click here to take a look.