That really set the stage for the rest of my life; always modeling myself after what people wanted me to do. After attending top notch schools Egan is a Cornell graduate and working hard to be successful in business, Egan, as Nathan, was entrepreneurial and success-minded. With a brother and father who served as Chief Executive Officers at major pharmaceutical and tech companies, Egan was drawn to brand building and business development, and subconsciously making everyone in her life proud.
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In I landed at LinkedIn as sales rep number We had three beautiful kids. We lived in a house with a white picket fence in suburbs of Philadelphia.
Everything was perfect and then all of a sudden, the wheels came off and I started to go sideways. Part of that was my personal life; I had been hiding my identity for 38 years and it was starting to become an issue distancing me from my wife. We were both in denial about even exploring it. I was so afraid I was being recorded [while cross dressing] and was afraid I would be blackmailed.
I lived in a lot of fear. Just as Egan began exploring the side of herself that she had repressed for the bulk of her adult life as Nathan , a bomb dropped in her professional life. My employees were panicking, the investors were freaking out, and they were all freaking out to me.
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I had bootstrapped the business and grown it out of my basement and was starting to scale. And all of a sudden we were in a really bad situation.
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Plus, things with my wife were not good at all. So that hit me really hard. It was a left, right blow. Literally I was at the top of my game then all of a sudden I was on a downward spiral and it just got worse and worse. Sometimes I have trouble leaving my apartment because I am worried how I will be perceived that day; Will I be attacked on the subway?
At the time, Egan was focused on rebuilding a marriage that was falling apart and being there for her kids.
Eventually, the CEO fired Egan from the company, which sent her further into depression. It was not a welcome realization. It was in this darkness that Egan said her thoughts actually went to suicide. I had a plan. I was going to do it.
But fortunately, as I started to tell people about my identity, they were incredibly supportive. On the morning of April 5, , for some reason, I had this internal conflict of conscience over mistreatment of animals. I can only attribute it to the voice of God that asked me if I was against animal abuse and animal experimentation, why was I eating them?
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For whatever reason, that question was all that I needed never to eat animals again. My family embraced my choice, thankfully. My Mother immediately changed how she cooked for our family, and for that, I am forever grateful. It was tough giving up dairy because dairy is addictive. I did give up dairy in April of after reading an article on factory-farming and how dairy cows were abused.
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It is extra tough being a doctor and having this struggle. I became seriously ill in December and could have actually died from my illness. I am sure that the fact that I am vegan helped me to recover from that illness. Be patient with yourself.