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Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 26 | Considering Divorce
Jul 10, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWuhhley32M Struggling with the decision of whether to leave your marriage? This week on the Coming Out & Beyond podcast, host Anne-Marie Zanzal welcomes...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 25 | Jill Holiday
Jun 28, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/tx3EpQqiS9c This week on the CO&B podcast, host Anne-Marie Zanzal welcomes later-in-life lesbian and adventurer, Jill Holiday. Jill's story is one of remarkable perseverance and...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 24 | “The Messy Middle” w/ Barb Rowlandson
Jun 21, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/5aIyG-Bz1XQ "The Messy Middle" is the term coming out coaches use to describe the process of transformation from a straight life to life as an LGBTQIA+ person. In this episode...
Ten Steps to Getting Through The Messy Messy Middle When Coming Out Later in Life
Jun 20, 2024 | Coming Out Later in Life
Coming out and divorce can be two of the most challenging experiences a person can go through. They often involve significant life changes, uncertainty, and emotional upheaval. I get it! My messy...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 23 | Trent Clifford
Jun 14, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/9srqdKh0h1k This week on Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories, host Anne-Marie Zanzal interviews queer author, playwright, abuse survivor, and former pastor, Trent Clifford....
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Ep. 22 | Miriam Grace – Adult Child Relationships
Jun 7, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
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...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 21 | Brian McNaught
May 31, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
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...
Lesbian U-Hauling…is it a real thing?
May 28, 2024 | Later in Life, Relationships
One of the many things my clients ask me about, especially if they are coupled, is about the infamous lesbian "U-Haul" phenomenon. If you’re not familiar, the term refers to the stereotype that...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 20 | Nancy Shadlock
May 24, 2024 | Coming Out & Beyond: Stories + Support Podcast, Podcast Season 5
https://youtu.be/qOXqIk3llkM Nancy Shadlock is a missionary-kid-turned-youth-pastor-turned-spiritual-director-turned-coming out coach. When Nancy discovered that she didn't have to divorce her...
Should You Open Up Your Marriage?
May 18, 2024 | Coming Out Later in Life, Later in Life, Relationships
So you have figured out that you may not be as straight as you thought you were. Now what? Do you separate and divorce? Do you decide to live in a mixed-orientation marriage, when one partner is...
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...