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Where we ask various persons in the Oklahoma City metro to tell a story from their life here.

Paula Sophia

Manhood – from the inside out – part 14 – The End Times

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Paula Sophia Schonauer, LCSW, continues a serial memoir. If you haven’t read the earlier parts of this series, look at the bottom of this...
Paula Sophia

Manhood – from the inside out – part 13 – Did I Say That?

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Paula Sophia continues a memoir of her earlier life identifying significant episodes in her development.
Paula Sophia

Manhood – from the inside out – part 12 – Haunted

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Paula Sophia, a transgender woman, continues to develop her memoirs of childhood and early development.
Paula Sophia

Manhood – from the inside out – part 11 – Inferno

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Paula Sophia Schonauer, LCSW, continues a serial memoir about her earlier years before her transition from a man to a trans woman.
Paula Sophia

Manhood – from the inside out, part 10 – Judgement Day

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Paula Sophia Schonauer, LCSW, continues a serial memoir. Part 10 explores the struggle with judgement as Sophia navigated her childhood.
Paula Sophia

Manhood – from the inside out, part 9 – Shame

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Paula Sophia Schonauer, LCSW, continues a serial memoir about her life developing into a unique individual.
Paula Sophia

Manhood – from the inside out, part 8 – Dissociation

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Paula Sophia continues her serial memoir from childhood through adulthood, transition, and a new life as a woman.
Paula Sophia

Manhood from the inside out – part 7 – Limbo

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Paula Sophia continues her serial memoir from childhood through adulthood, transition, and a new life as a woman.
Paula Sophia

Manhood, from the inside out – part 6 – Deep Water

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Paula Sophia continues her serial memoir of her life of transformation and self-discovery as a transgender woman.
Paula Sophia

Manhood, from the inside out, part 5 — Mirror

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Paula Sophia continues a serial memoir "Manhood, from the inside out" where we are given insight into the journey toward authentic personhood.
Paula Sophia

Manhood, from the inside out, part 4 — Snips and Snails and Puppy-Dogs’ Tails

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Looking back upon my childhood, I can see how my father’s violence impacted me and how his behavior created divisions in our family.
Paula Sophia

Manhood, from the inside out, part 3 – Magic carpet cocoons

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Paula Sophia is writing her memoir in parts through our First Person section. Today, she continues the story about her childhood.
Paula Sophia

Manhood from the inside out, part 2 — Cubby Hole

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Paula Sophia continues her serial memoir called "Manhood, from the inside out" with part 2, "Cubby Hole."
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Manhood, from the inside out — Memoir and Mythology

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Paula Sophia begins a series of memoirs about her life as a boy, man, father, soldier, police officer, then, a transitioned police officer.
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I am sorry for the times I have been silent

Silence is acceptance. I am sorry for the times I have been silent. Silence is acceptance. I am sorry for the times I have been silent.