If you thought queueing or standing in line was just a great british tradition, think again... Looking for people who do unusual jobs we found Angela Lauria who was a professional 'standing in line person' on Capital Hill in Washington DC. If you were a lawyer or lobbyist who needed a seat in a Congressional hearing or meeting but had other commitments previous to the time, Angela would queue for you. What was the dress code? What were the hours like and could you sit down? All this and more...

Dr. Angela Lauria is the founder of Difference Press™, an independent publisher and consulting agency for authors. She is a bestselling author and has helped almost 2,000 entrepreneurs write, publish, and promote exceptional expert books. She lives in Washington DC and in her free time hosts The Autistic Culture Podcast. Dr. Angela Lauria is the founder of Difference Press™ and host of The Autistic Culture Podcast. As a late-diagnosed Autistic, she has drawn on her life-long special interest in non-fiction to help almost 2,000 entrepreneurs write, publish, and promote their books. Angela is also an author herself with 7 books, including a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller. She has a B.A. and an M.A. in Journalism and Media Affairs from George Washington University and a PhD in Communications from European Graduate School. She lives in Washington DC.

This week Dr. Angela Lauria talks about coming out as BI. She shares about being straight passing and how she worked really hard to be a good ally, all the while pushing her own sexuality down to keep others comfortable. She talks about the pressures of having a family who pushed her to be “normal” at the expense of her true self. Angela tells how she finally came to a breaking point and decided that enough was enough, and officially come out. Make sure you listen to the end to hear about her unique relationship with her parenting partner and the magic that has worked so well for them for the past 17 years.

Angela shares the challenges of being an Autistic entrepreneur and how she has built The Author Incubator, an Inc 500 recognized company that has helped almost 2,000 people get their books written, published, and promoted with her autism diagnosis in mind.

Angela and I start this deeply personal conversation with a story about her company picnic that triggered her own fragility. A pun made into the picnic theme, prompted a trusted friend to tell her: "that's a colonizer joke. It's not your joke to make. Find a different joke". We talk about how much being well-being isn't enough, how all our immersion in all these systems impact our relationship with ourselves, loved ones and our work. Angela describes the deconstruction of her personal and business identity as she continues to confront the pain and violence of colonization. This work is very personal, and different for everyone. Listen to Angela's reflection and have the courage to move forward in your our own decolonizing work. Decolonize Work is a series of conversations with business leaders, educators and change makers about the hidden impact of colonization of how we define and implement "work" and the "workplace". If you are committed to cultivating work ecosystems where humans thrive, and want to personalize these conversations to your company, let's have a coffee chat about the simplest, context specific strategy for your company.

Listen to this Inspired Insider Podcast episode with Dr. Jeremy Weisz as he features Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator to talk about how writing your own book can help market your business. Angela will also be discussing the things that are holding holds people back from writing a book, the four-step process that they do at The Author Incubator, the lead generation strategy of book publishing and marketing, and more.