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...
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Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 32 | Raymond J Brune
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,...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 31 | Jamie Winter
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,...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 30 | Rhonda Landers and Jonda Valentine
https://youtu.be/2FlkLKku7s4 In this very special Part 1 episode of Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories, host Anne-Marie Zanzal speaks with identical twins Ronda Landers and Jonda Valentine, both later-in-life lesbians and founders of Nashville's iconic bar, The...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 29 | Dr. Andreya Jones & Angie Zimmerman
https://youtu.be/_y2fQS0URnY Therapist Dr. Andreya Jones and sex and relationship coach Angie Zimmerman are kink-aware practitioners whose work is centered on helping individuals have more rewarding relationships and fulfilling sex lives. Deconstructing from...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 28 | Ayce Kyptyn
https://youtu.be/_C3zcIkbRwI This week on CO&B, host Anne-Marie Zanzal welcomes somatic embodiment and sex coach, Ayce Kypton. Ayce's story relates a journey of coming into his authentic gender, embracing transmasculine identity, emerging from conservative faith...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 27 | Anne Russo
https://youtu.be/nmQnq2MW3CE Anne Russo is a licensed clinical social worker, sex-positive therapist and founder of AMR Therapy. A therapist with over 20 years of experienced, she specializes in servicing marginalized communities, particularly in areas of sex...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 26 | Considering Divorce
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 back producer Barb Rowlandson to talk about divorce as you're coming out....
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 25 | Jill Holiday
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 personal discovery. After becoming a teen mom, years of...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 24 | “The Messy Middle” w/ Barb Rowlandson
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 Anne-Marie Zanzal invites her producer and fellow coming out coach, Barbara...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Episode 23 | Trent Clifford
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. Trent's debut book, Reclaiming Faith, is a tender yet practical approach...
Coming Out & Beyond: LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 5 Ep. 22 | Miriam Grace – Adult Child Relationships
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...