By Barb Rowlandson In 2017, I joined the Alphabet Mafia, and let me tell you: flipping from the straight world into the Queer world is WILD. Up until my gay reckoning, I'd been with the same man for 24 years. My straight life went pretty much like this: Wake up Take...
https://youtu.be/QpTJuJG9_W8 Anne-Marie Zanzal and Barb Rowlandson as we discuss finding JOY!!!! in the coming out journey. In the beginning we know it feels very difficult to find joy in the process. We promise you it is there and you will find it. Want to find more...
https://youtu.be/abwzxRkd2Fo Join Anne-Marie Zanzal and Barb Rowlandson as we discuss grief In the coming out journey. In the beginning we know it feels very difficult and we sometimes grieve many things. Grief is our intellectual, spiritual, emotional and spiritual...
https://youtu.be/mqgbQ0YMbsw Join Anne-Marie Zanzal and Barb Rowlandson as we discuss internalized homophobia or heterosexism. What is this? Internalized Homophobia is when LGBTQIA+ people listen to negative messages about being gay – and believe them. Heterosexism is...
https://youtu.be/3n3Ia__c2dQ *Before Coming Out Join Anne-Marie Zanzal and Barb Rowlandson as we discuss divorce. Are you someone in the middle of coming out and you realize that you will need to divorce your spouse? We understand and it is the process many of us go...
https://youtu.be/XM8xXL-y8ZE Anne-Marie Zanzal and Barb Rowlandson talk about the five things they wised they knew before coming out. Day one is how to find community! Lots of great suggestions and if you would like the workbook, you can find it here:...
https://youtu.be/Gpajc-G6aUY Poet, lyricist, celebrated vintage/antiques seller, and author of "Selling Dead People's Things" Duane Scott Cerny has led a varied and fascinating life. In this episode, Duane shares his remarkable life story with host Anne-Marie Zanzal,...
https://youtu.be/kDBnetxsnLs This week, host Anne-Marie Zanzal chats with the very wise and funny Phillip Headrick. Phillip, is the host of the recently retired "Two Bottles Deep" podcast, a physical therapist, and Nashville-based comedian. Before he was the...
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I once met a woman who said she was fine with the LGBTQ community, but was sick of seeing Pride flags up around her neighborhood. She said that she didn’t want to know the details about people’s sex lives and who they were sleeping with. She entirely missed the...
Although living authentically is a huge source of joy and fulfillment, coming out is rarely an easy part of that and comes with its share of anxieties and fears. This is often compounded when you’re coming out later in life because you have established complex and...
There is no timeline for self-discovery and no end to development. As we grow older, we can come to understand a wide variety of things about ourselves that we hadn’t realized before or that have changed over time, often because we are growing more comfortable and...
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https://youtu.be/p7G3_rh-BCs Internalized homophobia, heterosexism and compulsory heterosexuality are real issues and the reasons why this journey can be so hard! Learning about it and acknowledging it when it pops up can make all the difference in the world! I am a...
I came out as a later in life lesbian in 2016. In the years before I worked as a hospice chaplain and a grief counselor. Before that I worked for Girl Scouts of America as an Adult Development and Education Manager. Because of these two...
https://youtu.be/UVRqvk8kkRc The #1 things we can do for ourselves when we are coming out LGBTQIA+ is to find community. This changes everything as it decreases isolation and normalizes this experience. My wife Tonda McKay and I talk about many ways to find community...
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