Podcast Season 7

https://youtu.be/JPq3GGk6BhM Some mornings change everything. Marissa Mitchell was 39, a teacher and army veteran in southern Indiana, married to her junior high sweetheart and quietly certain that the distance she felt in her marriage was a problem she could fix if...

https://youtu.be/kPU9ALkt3Qg It is the second Friday of the month, which means Anne-Marie is back with the company she loves most: her fellow coach Barbara Rowlandson and her wife Tonda McKay. This is the monthly conversation so many of you tell us is your favorite,...

https://youtu.be/vdzjGPMTzqc What if fear is not a stop sign but a signal that you are growing? In this month's first Friday conversation, Anne-Marie is joined by regular guest Anna Empey, business development consultant and LGBTQ+ coach, for an honest look at fear....

https://youtu.be/5SAAWUmNtzc This week we return to one of our most beloved conversations from the archives, my talk with Dr. Mallory Hanfling, a fellow later in life queer woman, therapist, and the creator of the term Firefly. Mallory shares her story with such...

https://youtu.be/vU2qd1QsEc8 What if the single biggest factor in whether we come out, when we come out, and how we heal along the way is the community around us? Dr. Mallory Hanfling returns to the show, this time with research in hand. Mallory recently completed her...

https://youtu.be/IQYw1DkPkeY Content note: This conversation includes language that references homophobic slurs and a discussion of suicidal ideation and mental health struggles. Please listen with care, and reach out for support if you need it. What happens...

https://youtu.be/NXWUe52DKmM It is the second Friday of the month, which means Anne-Marie is joined by dating coach Barbara Rowlandson and Nashville photographer Tonda McKay to talk all things sapphic dating and relationships. This month, the trio takes on four real...

https://youtu.be/K3WHdswmEVk When you come out to someone, you learn very quickly to tell the difference between the half embrace and the full embrace. The half embrace turns the conversation back to your husband, your children, your family system within the first...

https://youtu.be/MofiVTAqPJg In Part 2 of this conversation, Anne-Marie Zanzal continues her talk with Dahron Johnson, a trans woman, advocate, lifelong cyclist, and chair of the Metro Human Relations Commission in Nashville, who came out in her late forties after...

https://youtu.be/prgA_80EnuI Dahron Johnson grew up surrounded by voices. Thousands of books in her parents' home, two people who met in divinity school, and a faith that taught her every person is fearfully and wonderfully made. And still, for decades, she could not...

https://youtu.be/pnO_UTEIIlk This month we return to our lesbian dating and relationship conversation, the one we share on the second Friday of every month, and by popular request Tonda is back at the table!  Anne-Marie is joined by her wife, Tonda McKay, our...

https://youtu.be/z3zB5owko7U TW: This episode includes an honest discussion about grief, estrangement, and suicidal ideation. Listener discretion is advised.  There is a kind of loss that arrives without a funeral. No casserole on the doorstep, no card in the mail, no...