https://youtu.be/Ym1bw1002ck Women: dating in the LGBTQIA+ community, especially if you haven't dated in a very long time, or if you're new to dating other queer people, can feel very daunting! Figuring out how to navigate dating apps, learning how to talk to...
https://youtu.be/e12DQ5EjncI KaRon Spriggs-Bethea, DSW, LCSW, educator and expert on the subject of bullying. KaRon experienced bullying as a young person, and today uses his expertise to support others who feel diminished as a result of bullying. In this episode,...
https://youtu.be/sHTg7IQMcMM DOWNLOAD, LIKE & SUBSCRIBE! Happy National Coming Out Day, 2024! In this episode, host Anne-Marie Zanzal chats with two of her favorite lesbians: her wife, Tonda, and fellow coach, Barb. Anne-Marie, Tonda, and Barb share their thoughts...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR5NfuOBnvg This week on CO&B and in honor of LGBTQ+ History Month, we are revisiting an episode from season 1 featuring Judy Wilson. Judy grew up in Nashville, Tennessee in a Roman Catholic family. She came out in the early 1970s...
https://youtu.be/u_Nv5bZSM0U In this rebooted episode of Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories, we revisit host Anne-Marie Zanzal's conversation with Dr. Robin Sesan. Robin is the couples expert facilitating the "Strengthening Love: Building Secure Bonds for...
https://youtu.be/lWm_ABMNtYE Coming out is often an ongoing process, and sometimes people come out selectively to the people around them. It is not unusual for our family members to be the last to know this important piece about our identity. Podcaster Sarah St. John...
https://youtu.be/xkW1nqk9LRs In her book, "Perfectly Queer," author Jillian Abby recounts her journey of coming out later in life and overcoming chronic perfectionism. Jillian began her metamorphosis as a wife in a heterosexual marriage, a home-school mom,...
https://youtu.be/_JwlGWCt9vM After 10 years of unravelling her sexual identity, later-in-life lesbian Emily Bettdur came out and transformed her life. Now a later-in-life dating coach for women, Emily helps others feel connected to their authentic sexuality, navigate...
https://youtu.be/XVrHSrOG_Bg Have you ever felt so disconnected from your body that you don't know what you feel or want? This week's guest on Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories is Juliana Allen, a certified somatic breathwork facilitator who helps people...
https://youtu.be/oeSqQ9TCMAk This week's guest, Wes Schmitz, was raised in a small farming community in central Illinois. While growing up, he retreated deeper and deeper into the closet, forced there by the rhetoric around him. In college, homophobic jokes on campus...
https://youtu.be/mGW-CzvdPS0 Raymond J Brune is Anne-Marie's special guest on this week's episode of Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories. So many people are a slave to their trauma; trauma that results from sexual abuse, accidents, the loss of a loved one,...
https://youtu.be/bU81Gt-yAy4 This week on Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ stories, host Anne-Marie Zanzal chats with psychotherapist and art therapist, Jamie Winters. Jamie's professional experiences encompass a variety of roles, including social worker, educator,...