This past week, my whole family gathered at the house. My daughter was there with her son. My other children came with their partners. They were all together, in the home where I used to live, the home that is no longer mine, and I was not there. Ten years ago, this...
Queer Estrangement: The Loss That Has No Casserole There is a particular kind of loss in our queer community that most of the world does not have language for. It does not come with a funeral. There is no casserole on the doorstep, no card in the mail, no row of...
Discernment, Steadiness, and Care in Uncertain Times Editor's Note: This piece was written in a moment of political uncertainty and rising fear, particularly for LGBTQIA+ people and their families. It is not a call to action or a directive about how or when to come...
Early on in my business, I built my own website. 🥴 I watched videos, read blogs, and then I spent a whole year trying to understand SEO — keywords, meta descriptions, and why Google didn’t love me yet. And then one day, I just threw up my hands and thought, “Okay. I...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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