Meet Stacy Johann

We recently connected with Stacy Johann and have shared our conversation below.

Stacy, so good to have you with us today. We’ve got so much planned, so let’s jump right into it. We live in such a diverse world, and in many ways the world is getting better and more understanding but it’s far from perfect. There are so many times where folks find themselves in rooms or situations where they are the only ones that look like them – that might mean being the only woman of color in the room or the only person who grew up in a certain environment etc. Can you talk to us about how you’ve managed to thrive even in situations where you were the only one in the room?

I have discovered that people are mostly curious about an older lesbian with a mohawk, which I do rock very well. I found that if I stay open minded and allow people to feel comfortable and safe with who they are then that helps them to open up to me. I remember working in social work and you could not be openly gay and adopt children and so that was kind of difficult for me because I was in a stable relationship I had a home, but I figured it out. It was because I never sat down and let the powers that be asked the questions they needed to understand that my home in my life was no more extraordinary than any heterosexual couple. I learned to develop a thick skin, but to use it in an educational level and turn it back around to that person and let them know that you know you feel this way possibly because you’re scared no shaming no finger pointing just compassion and empathy and I’ve got my compassion in my empathy from my mom my mom was a single parent in a time that it wasn’t cool to be a single parent. My mom raised two girls and at times worked three jobs and she always taught us that no matter where you came from wherever you’re going pick someone up along the way and take them with you.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

I absolutely love this question. I am passionate about so many things but the first and foremost that come to mind is I am a very passionate dog owner and animal rescuer. I am right now. Have eight dogs because I can’t stand knowing that there’s a Putin out there that needs love and needs a home. I meet people’s pets first and then I meet them and I do live by what I consider the golden rule is May life treat you as you treat animals. Second thing I’m very passionate about is I belong to a podcast by the name of Early On Wednesday my cohost Lavender robin Shaw Had the podcast first and her podcast partner and her separated and she was doing singular episodes. I approached her asked her to be a guest on her show and now just over a year later we have recorded. Oh wow a lot of episodes about so many different topics I really wanna see it grow I wanna see our listener base just explode. I’m very passionate about being a mom and being a wife, my children are not mine my birth. My children would legally be called my stepchildren, but we don’t use that dirty word in our house. My kids are my kids. I didn’t give them life. Life gave me them And sometimes that’s just an even sweeter gift. I recently changed careers and I lost all desire. I want all compassion for nursing when I lost my mom in 2020. My mom was my backbone. She was my very first cheering section and she told me my whole life. There was nothing I couldn’t do if I set my mind to it so everything I do is for her for our memory. I just learned to drive a bus a city bus and I love it. I love meeting people from all walks of life I love the drive. I love the size of this mammoth and how easy I can manipulate her steering to make her go while want her to go. I’m a suicide survivor when I lost my mom I thought I lost everything and it won’t be alive anymore, but I think she reached out and touched me from the other side and she got me to help I needed it and I survived and I’ve never taken another day for granted since.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

First and foremost is support I’ve been openly gay my whole life. I’ve never hit who I was. I never had to because I had the strongest support system. Anybody could ask for I had a 32 year-old southern woman who gave everything to our kids. I watched her work, her fingers to the bone to make money, barely make our ends me. I watched her Borham just that much further down in our home we always had a meal we always had clothes we we didn’t want for much. I still do this day. Have no idea how she did it. My mom taught me empathy. She said you never know what somebody’s going through. You never know what a smile can give to someone who just maybe has lost. Hope I would tell somebody that’s just starting their journey. Don’t watch behind you you’re not going that direction. Don’t look in the mirror cause you’re not that person anymore. You see what you want you find a way know if ants butts or should’ve Find away. That way may come from a coworker. It may come from a friend. I may come from family, but no matter what external force is driving you it’ll never be as strong as your internal voice and always listen to your gut. It won’t steer you wrong.

Okay, so before we go we always love to ask if you are looking for folks to partner or collaborate with?

Our podcast Early On Wednesday mainly deals with true crime, paranormal and Cryptids. We would absolutely love to collaborate with anybody who has had an experience like this may have knowledge or just somebody that’s an armchair detective like we are if something in the true crime community has touched your life we want to hear from you if something we said or an episode we did touched your life. We wanna hear about it whether you like us you hate us. I kinda don’t really know how you feel about us. We want to talk to you. We wanna talk to the person who’s just beginning to realize who they are. We wanna talk to somebody that has known who they were their whole lives and now they’re just busting at the sea to be that person we wanna know what strange odd weird McCaa things have happened in your life. Have you been visited? We wanna know at all if you think it’s exciting you think it’s interesting. we wanna talk about it. They can reach me at which with all the gifts 666 on Instagram they can locate our podcast on there as well early on Wednesday. I can also be reached by email S.Miller MILL ER [email protected] Facebook I am under my name Stacy Johann, which with all the guest may be in there too.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @Witch.With.All.TheGifts666/@EarlyOnWednesday
• Facebook: Stacy Johann/Early on Wednesday
• Youtube: Early on Wednesday