In this episode Kane and Renae answer:

• What emotional safety means in a professional environment

• How leading LGBTQ+ Pride events at Disney and in SoCal cities builds community

• What changes in Kane’s life inspired him to break his own intergenerational cycles

• Compassionate and mindfulness strategies to utilize in your workplace to enhance connection and emotional safety

Join us as we dive deep into Kane’s experience and how shifting his leadership style enhanced the safety, mental health, and creative expression for himself and his team.

Click here to read Renae’s blog on the topic.

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Guest Bio:

Kane Kongppien (he/him) has been a resident of Orange County for most of his life. Since high school, he's had a passion for the arts and later pursued theater and dance in college. After a few years in college, Kane auditioned to be a parade performer for the Disneyland Resort and has been working there for nearly 25 years. He has worn multiple hats over that time including Parade Specialist, Production Coordinator, Talent Casting Coordinator/Monitor, and now a Maintenance Choreographer. His work has been featured throughout many of southern California's pride celebrations, Disneyland Resort, local schools, and most recently choreographed for the first Pride celebration at Disneyland's inaugural Pride Nite event last June. Kane has taken his passion for dance, and mental health awareness, to help grow a support system within the LGBTQIA community along with his previous service as a director on the OC Pride Board for almost 15 years.

Content warning: general mental health symptoms

Discussed in this episode: OC Pride, DisneyLand Resort