Grief As a society, and many of us personally, are terrified by this word. This word is the purveyor of the difficult emotions. A mentor once told me there are only four emotions in this world mad, bad, sad and glad. I would add a...
It was February and two months before I had left the home I shared with my husband of 27 years. I had made arrangements to house-sit to save some money and to have a place that I could call my own for a couple of months before I would make a decision about my...
My name is Anne-Marie. I am in my fifties and like all of us I have many roles in this life. I am a mother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, friend, ex-wife, partner, minister, chaplain, colleague and yogi. I am also a newly out lesbian and proud...
My therapist asked me at the end of the six months, “As you move forward what kind of woman would you like to meet?” After some reflection I said, “I would like to meet a woman who has been out for a long time and who has no children ." Why did I want a life...
In my last post I talked about the inertia that comes over us when we get stuck in the in-between, or for some of us, Gethsemane. It is so very hard to create a new life when we are clinging to an old one. My most difficult time of transition was when I...
I have a secret to share with y'all. I am a transplanted southerner, so I have to try and speak the language. As of today I know one word. A cool side effect of coming out later in life, is that it brought into my consciousness that somewhere in the last...
https://youtu.be/DCR2ltFmJPs In this episode, host Anne-Marie Zanzal welcomes back psychotherapist and later-in-life lesbian Miriam Grace to talk about parenting and relationships with young adult children. With the strong trend of 'grey' divorces (divorces after age...
https://youtu.be/YYArb-u7yNY Dubbed "the Godfather of Gay Diversity Training" by the New York Times, Brian McNaught is considered on of the world's leading corporate diversity consultants dealing with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer issues in the...
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I provide emotional support to women coming out later in life. This all started after my own experience at 50 years old. I am so blessed to hear hundreds of coming-out stories. When members of the LGBTQIA+ community learn what I do, I become a...
Although there are similarities in the later in life journey, we all come to this place from many different experiences and perspectives. In this short piece I will explore the more common themes I have witnessed over the last several years. Some of us...
I had a major life transition - actually several - over the past four years. These include a divorce from my spouse of twenty-seven years; coming out as a lesbian at fifty; leaving a long held job; moving from my hometown (twice); starting a new life in ...
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