When I founded Anne-Marie Zanzal Coaching, I had one mission: to bring people together. I was newly out, about two years into my journey. I saw so many of my new friends grieving so much loss. I wanted to do something to help. My career as a hospice chaplain and grief...
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Grief
Coming Out & Beyond LGBTQIA+ Stories | Season 4 Episode 4 | Share the Love Week 2 Grief
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abwzxRkd2Fo We're sharing the love in February with podcast listeners! This episode is dedicated with love to all of you in the late-in-life community who are struggling with grief surrounding your coming out experience. Every Friday in...
Lament for the Queer Community
The shooting at Club Q happened in Colorado Springs this past weekend. I woke up on Sunday morning with the horror of the news. Saddened that another senseless murder has hit our community again. I laid in my wife's arms and cried. Cried that it is this...
The Unexpected Grief of the LGBTQIA+ Coming Out Experience
At fifty I made a major life change. I wrestled with something for my entire life, taking it out of the box on my compartmentalized shelf once in awhile and then putting it away when the fear of making the necessary changes to my life became overwhelming. I went...
Coming out later in life – Don’t be afraid of Grief
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...