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Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 19 | Pulaski Pride w Erika & Layla Quinones
May 17, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/amgfGMz6X_s Erika and Layla Quinones are a married couple who started an annual Pride celebration in their small town of Pulaski, TN. What began as a plan to welcome about 40 people...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 18 | Marcie Macari
May 10, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/mhxomBPHp2I Resiliency is the theme of this week's episode as host Anne-Marie Zanzal welcomes speaker and author, Marcie Macari. Marcie's life story has been a master class in...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 17 | Estrangement with Miriam Grace
May 3, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/eTIjiQ5EZRQ Over a quarter of adults are estranged from their parents. One of the greatest concerns that people face when coming out later in life is estrangement from their...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 16 | Krista Oakes
Apr 26, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/7FI1gzWNABg Krista Oakes is a certified yoga and meditation teacher specializing in working with beginners and seniors. She teaches gentle and chair yoga classes in Daytona Beach,...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 15 | Mallory Hanfling
Apr 19, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/Wn0EWBEsOtw Fellow later-in-lifer and Philedelphia-based therapist Mallory Hanfling is our special guest on this episode of CO&B. Her practice, Courage to Grow Counseling,...
Maybe I Am Not Straight: Navigating the Fear of Late-Life LGBTQ+ Identity
Apr 18, 2024 | Late in Life Lesbian, Later in Life
The author and her wife Tonda McKay. Anne-Marie came out at 52 and Tonda came out at 22. So, you're here, reading this, because maybe, just maybe, you're starting to question something fundamental...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 14 | Tonda McKay
Apr 12, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/AhRmZuUE6EA Tonda McKay earned her bachelor's degree in photography at Middle Tennessee State University and has been a professional corporate photographer for over 35 years. She...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 13 | Nita Agustin
Apr 5, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/9aCyTfS1Cxo Nita Agustin is a Queer and gender-affirming clinical counselor based in Burnaby, B.C., Canada. Their jam is helping Queer youth and young adults find alignment within...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 12 | April Mason
Mar 29, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/tLB9TmAbMNY This week on Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories, we introduce you to media PR expert, April Mason. April is the President of Violet PR, a busy agency that...
Outside the Heteronormative Model – How Lesbian Relationships Are Different by Barb Rowlandson
Mar 28, 2024 | Later in Life, Relationships
Outside the Heteronormative Model - How Lesbian Relationships Are Different by Barb Rowlandson. Many of us experience what could be described as a "second adolescence" when we come out in adulthood...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 11 | Ben Greene
Mar 22, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/JmlneWh15O8 In this episode of Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories, host Anne-Marie Zanzal speaks with transgender advocate and educator, Ben Greene. Ben is a sought after...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 10 | Miriam Grace
Mar 15, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/pw7GotdS-i4 This week, we welcome back psychotherapist Miriam Grace to the podcast! Miriam first joined us in Season 2 to discuss catalyst lesbian relationships and recovering from...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 9 | CiCi Reagan
Mar 8, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/xLkPuBrVS4Q CiCi Reagan is a published author and copywriter who found her calling in message strategy and alignment for all types of businesses, from entrepreneurs to billion...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 8 | Dr. Roxy Manning & Sarah Peyton
Mar 1, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCgY2F-1v3A This week, host Anne-Marie Zanzal welcomes Dr. Roxy Manning and Sarah Peyton to the show. Dr. Manning is a clinical psychologist and a certified Centre...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 7 | Michael “Tate” Barkley
Feb 23, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/tHt4e4vmxAY For years Michael "Tate" Barkley lived his life in shame—of living in poverty, of alcoholism and addiction, of being a closeted gay man. His story may sound familiar to...
“Building a Resilient Lesbian Love: Practical Tips for a Flourishing Relationship”
Feb 21, 2024 | Relationships
Embarking on the journey of a lesbian relationship is a beautiful exploration filled with shared experiences and unique challenges. My colleague Lynda Spann from the Lesbian Couples Institute and I...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 6 | Melissa Giberson
Feb 16, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/nZ7cWKsG7hE Author Melissa Giberson was a suburban housewife and mother of two who always felt something was missing in her life but couldn't define what that missing piece was. Her...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 5 | Lisa N Alexander
Feb 9, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/_YcRofPoIqg Lisa N Alexander is CEO of the award-winning creative agency, PrettyWork Creative. Lisa and her team work with clients to help tell their amazing stories through video,...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 4 | Laurie DeJong Zuvernik
Feb 2, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWLJpyHHmY Laurie DeJong Zuverink (they/them) is a 53-year-old gender-non-conforming later-in-life lesbian who crashed into the full acceptance of their identity...
COMING OUT & BEYOND: LGBTQIA+ STORIES | SEASON 5 EPISODE 3 | Amy Neilson
Feb 1, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZQ7JjPtJsE Amy Nielsen is a divorce attorney and coach with a decade of experience as a family law attorney. Amy is an expert in navigating the emotional, logistical...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 2 | Mallory Kiersten
Jan 19, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/XoFowbAd8Xs Mallory Kiersten is a self-love and 'unstuck yourself' coach, Akashic Records reader, joy seeker, and Erotic Blueprint coach in training. Mallory helps her clients...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 1 | Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers
Jan 12, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/oSlvzD6MUu4 Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers is a therapist, sex educator with a Ph.D. in clinical sexology, author, and Medical Director for the Northwest Institute on Intimacy. Tune in...
Exploring Your Sexuality in Lesbian Relationships: Tips for Women
Jan 2, 2024 | Coming Out, Relationships
I will never forget my first forays into a lesbian relationship. I felt like a light switch was turned on and I now understood something that I heard others talk about, but I never really...
Eight Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming Out
Dec 28, 2023 | Authenticity, Coming Out, Coming Out Later in Life, Coming Out of the Closet, Gay, Late in Life Lesbian, Later in Life
by Barb Rowlandson So, you've figured out you're not as straight as you previously thought you were. Congrats! Though it might seem a little bit scary, you’re about to embark on a remarkable...