Summary: Imagine waking one morning to discover your sex has changed!<br> On the last episode of <a href="http://yourstorypodcast.com/">Your Story</a> we heard from Sophie, about her time in Berlin from before “The Wall” came down in 1989 to today.<br> Today we hear Part 2, a completely different story to what we heard last time, about her amazing story of gender transition and how it all came about and evolved.<br> Just imagine that!<br> Imagine waking one day to discover something as fundamental as your gender, which seems to be locked in stone for life, suddenly changing.<br> Despite the momentum of a lifetime Sophie found herself in this situation and she takes us through how it came about and how she dealt with it along with the reality of what it means to move through transition. This is not the standard <a title="Your Story Ep 60 : Lorelei. Gender Transition to a Woman" href="http://yourstorypodcast.com/2011/03/lorilie-gender-transition-to-woman/" target="_blank">story of gender transition</a> that we hear from time to time but a medical condition that has lead to a change but then, as Sophie mentions maybe it was a transition that was always going to happen when the situation was right and the medication was what tip the balance.<br> We talk about the reality of what it’s meant for Sophie, both emotionally, mentally and physically. The way it’s impacted her personal and professional relationships along with the continuity of running the business at <a title="Another Country Books" href="http://www.anothercountry.de/" target="_blank">Another Country Books</a> in Berlin along with family and friends in her greater community. Sophie generously shares with us some incredibly personal aspects of the transgender journey and how living real can be the most import aspect of gender transition.<br> Website: <a title="Website" href="http://www.anothercountry.de/" target="_blank">AnotherCountry.de<br> </a>Address: Riemannstr, 7, 10961 Berlin, (U7 Gneisenaustr)<br> Phone: 030/96401160<br> If you’re in or ever get to Berlin make sure you check out Sophie’s bookstore.<br> To automatically receive this podcast freely to you, click on one of the links to the left or search in iTunes for “<a title="Subscribe" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=268922906" class="broken_link">Your Story</a>.”<br> Subscribe freely in <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=268922906" target="_blank" class="broken_link">iTunes by Clicking here.</a><br> If you use another Podcast software <a title="Main Podcast feed" href="http://yourstorypodcast.com/feed/podcast/" target="_blank">Get the feed here.</a><br> Support Your Story by commenting on this episode with one of the social network sites below or writing a review on <a title="Post a review or subscribe for free" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=268922906" class="broken_link">iTunes</a>.<br> <br> <a href="http://createyourlifestory.com/"></a><br> ← If you want to record the Life Stories of others, listen to my other podcast at <a title="Create Your Life Story" href="http://createyourlifestory.com" target="_blank">Create Your Life Story.com</a> or<a title="iTunes" href="http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/create-your-life-story-helping/id374836988" class="broken_link"> on iTunes</a>.<br> <br>
