Episode 85 — Navigating Personal Differences and Challenges —with Gerene Keesler

Your differences don’t make you any less than the person beside you. It might be a journey navigating those differences and working through them, though there’s people willing to support you.

Gerene Keesler, a college counselor and founder of Admissions Untangled, grew up feeling less than for the majority of her life. That increased dramatically when she went to college. Through it all she still managed to push through and get 2 degrees. It wasn’t until she was recognized as neurodiverse that everything started to make sense in her life. Gerene now works to help make the college experience for students a much easier and enjoyable process.

On this episode of Success is Subjective, Gerene joins Joanna to share her experience going through school feeling alone and confused in her struggles. The persistence that Gerene has shown through her journey will be sure to inspire you. Listen in for more insight on Gerene’s story as she navigated life before and after a diagnosis. 

What You Will Learn

• The expectation and doubt put on Gerene regarding college
• How Gerene felt different from her peers
• Not having the academic support Gerene needed in school 
• Getting misdiagnosed in college to eventually find out years later that she is on the autism spectrum 
• Managing to get 2 degrees while overcoming neurodiversity 
• Trying out different jobs after college to explore where she fits and what she’s good at
• Gerene’s job working for herself
• The importance of confiding in the mentors you trust

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• Admission Untangled
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