Beste Lgbtq Life podcaster (2025)

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645: Get Out To Vote to Live Your Life (UN)Closeted – Alex Jamieson 34:57

5M ago34:57

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There's nothing more important, as a human being, than having the rights to live life on your terms - provided it doesn't intentionally hurt someone else. From body autonomy, to loving who you love, and worshipping the way you choose to worship. Everyone deserves these rights. Yet, in the politically charged environment - not only in the U.S., but …

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644: Living Your Life (UN)Closeted Part 14 – Embracing the Right Choice, Isn’t The Easiest One – Rick Clemons 13:30

5M ago13:30

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Life is full of choices. Some easy, and some not so easy, right? Coming out, changing jobs, finding that just right soulmate. All of these decisions come with choices. Ironically, we put a lot of emphasis on making the right choice, and too often try to find the easy choice simultaneously. Yay, who doesn't want the easiest way when given the chance…

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643: Living Your Life (UN)Closeted Part 13 – How To Daily Embrace Uncertainty – Rick Clemons 11:31

5M ago11:31

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Uncertainty is a part of life, and definitely it is a part of coming out. The good news is, it doesn't have to be a part of your journey, nor a reason to keep yourself in the closet -in any aspect of life. But, how do you face these feelings of uncertainty, head on? That's the focus of today's podcast - navigating and embracing uncertainty. In this…

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642: Living Your Life (UN)Closeted Part 12: Your Past Doesn’t Get A Seat at Your LGBTQ+ Present – Rick Clemons 12:02

5M ago12:02

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For many LGBTQ+ individuals, our past is what kept us in the closet and is still what haunts to this day. Even though we are out of the closet, we suffer from the past dictating our present and future. Today we dismantle that invitation for our past to have a seat at our present and future table, so that we can live rich and happy LGBTQ+ lives In t…

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641: Living Your Life (UN)Closeted – Having the confidence to know the world needs you Part 11– Rick Clemons 15:27

6M ago15:27

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That piece of your that is hiding, you know the truth of who you are, is what the world really needs to see and get to know. In fact the world needs that - unless they are right wing crazies. But don't let them win. Realize that what the world needs now is YOU, sweet, confident, YOU. Here's how to have the confidence to release what is inside you t…

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640: Living Your Life (UN)Closeted Part 10 – Make our confidence louder than you insecurities – Rick Clemons 13:32

6M ago13:32

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Whether you're coming out of the closet, going for a job change, or choosing to start a relationship, insecurities have a way of screwing with your confidence. Truth is you confidence is actually louder than your insecurities. In this episode you'll... Uncover the truth about your confidence and how to leverage it in any situation Learn how to quel…

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639: Living Your Life (UN)Closeted Part 9 – Live the life of your choosing and Freak Others Out – Rick Clemons 12:17

6M ago12:17

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It's time. Time for you to truly live your life (un)closeted. Yet, too often we are afraid of living our life in a way that FREAKS OTHERS OUT! To bad! You have the right to live your life on your terms, and if it freaks others out, that is on them. In this episode you'll... Be invited to take the risk of living life on your terms Learn how to embra…

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638: Living Your Life (UN)Closeted Series Part 8 – Let your F*cking Intuition Guide You – Rick Clemons 11:36

6M ago11:36

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Our intuition is our friend. But not if you don't tap it. If you ignore it, it will ignore you. Today we explore how to let your f*cking intuition guide you in those big decisions of life - coming out, careers, relationships, health, friendships, finances, etc. In this episode you'll... Tap into how to discover your intuition and leverage it Learn …

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637: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 7 – What Happens When You Unfollow The Rules – Rick Clemons 11:32

6M ago11:32

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Rules, rules, rules. They are meant to be broken, and meant to be followed. But they are also meant to be rewritten. When you come out of the closet you lovingly rewrite the rules for you. In fact most the time when we shake up our lives we are rewriting the rules so that life can be better. Having the courage to unfollow a rule, break it and rewri…

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636: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 6 - How to have the courage to love and befriend yourself – Rick Clemons 12:37

7M ago12:37

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You've heard it before and you will hear it again - "If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” - RuPaul and Amen! But it's hard, hard, hard to love yourself unless you give yourself permission to love all your self - every little bit form your head to your toe. That takes courage. That's what we'r also exploring thi…

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635: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 5 – Drop the BS of the inconceivable and thrive – Rick Clemons 13:43

7M ago13:43

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If you've ever caught yourself saying, " I can't conceive of that," then you've blown the possibility of what's possible. That mindset prevents us as LGBTQ+ individuals from becoming our own version of a Disney Imagineer for our lives. Break free of the BS of the inconceivable and get curious about what's truly possible. In this episode you'll Lear…

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634: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 4 - Who created those beliefs? You or the others? – Rick Clemons 11:30

7M ago11:30

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To begin to unpack our direction and our desires, we have to realize that our beliefs and values will guide us or fight us. Of course, we'd prefer they guide us. In order to make those beliefs serve us and serve us well, whether we're coming out of the closet, choosing a new career, or letting go of toxic people in our lives, we have to get ready t…

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633: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 3 - Let’s Get Naked With Our Truth(s) – Rick Clemons 11:35

7M ago11:35

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Here' the naked truth about being in a state of confusion. You can't get out of confusion until you get naked with your truth! Whether you are coming out of the closet, walking away from a bad relationship, going for a promotion, or letting go of people in your life that no longer serve you, you have to get fully naked with the truth behind that de…

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632: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 2 – Why Your Closets A Mess – Rick Clemons 12:35

8M ago12:35

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Before you can step out of the confusion of your life's closets, you have to do this one thing! Admit your closet is a mess. It's in the messiness of our life's closets hat we find the path forward. We reveal the hidden secrets so that they are out in the open, and we free ourselves to be ourselves. In this episode you'll Learn how own that your cl…

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631: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 1 - Freedom and Desire – Rick Clemons 14:27

8M ago14:27

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We're kicking off a new series entitled "Living your life (UN)Closeted. Designed to make you think and to guid you out of the closets of your life, host Rick Clemons guides you by the hand to the freedom of living your life (un)closeted. We kick of the series exploring desire and freedom. In this episode you'll Learn how to get real with your desir…

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630: Ry Levey – Silencing LGBTQ+ Christian Music – Not on God’s Watch! 47:45

8M ago47:45

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For too long the voices of Christians have tried to silent the LGBTQ+ community. But what happens to their voices when Christian music artists sing the Lords praise, and those performers happen to be members of the LGBTQ+ community? Do they abandon them? Call them fake Christians? Film producer Ry Levey brings his newest documentary to life - Song …

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629: C. Travis Rice – Celebrating Pride with Gay Romance For Your Summer Beach Read 34:36

8M ago34:36

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As we wind up Pride Season, why not think about your next beach read. Even more provocative, why not think about the importance of having LGBTQ+ representation in our fiction life. After all, art imitates life...right? Proving that point, author Christopher Rice, writing under the pen name of C. Travis Rice shares a sizzling romance between two gay…

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628: Mark Pettit – Living your truth and being the ANKRBOY you were meant to be 45:50

9M ago45:50

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Imagine being a young, closeted TV newscaster trying to make your way during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Then because of one innocent move out in public, your whole world shatters. Joining us today on the podcast is three-time Emmy® award-winning anchorman and best-selling author turned actor, Mark Pettit, to share his journey of coming in…

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627: Jamie Marich – You Lied To Me About God 43:48

9M ago43:48

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The journey of an LGBTQ+ persons life, more often than not, requires the GOD TALK. And even more often that not, that conversation kills their desire to talk about GOD. Today we have a candid discussion, just in time for Pride month, about the relationship you can have with GOD and all the lies you've been told. Author Dr. Jamie Marich shares her f…

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628: Don Mamone – How to be an unapologetic rebel – no guilt, no shame. 47:49

9M ago47:49

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Living your truth, and being who you are, is every human beings right - provided it doesn't hurt someone. Which is always the tricky thing to discern. Yet, how is someone being gender fluid hurting anyone? In reality it is just another aspect of whom a person is. So live and let live, and just go be your own version of an unapologetic rebel. Speake…

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625: Dr. Lulu - Embracing your transgender black child 49:19

9M ago49:19

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Embracing your transgender child is hard enough for many parents, but then add to the mix that your child comes from Nigerian descent and is part of the people of color community, and that brings on a whole new set of challenges. Sharing her own journey as a queer parent of a black transgender child, Dr. Lulu - fierce LGBTQ+ advocate - talks truths…

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624: Izzy Wagner – Get Your Lesbian Self-Love on and Rock Your Body 40:03

9M ago40:03

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Fitness, looking good, wanting to be accepted for who you are as a Lesbian woman. It's all such hard work. Then add to the fact that being accepted as a Lesbian just compounds those feelings of acceptance from others and yourself, and life can really suck. Or does it? It's actually a mind game and a practice. To get you prepared to show off your st…

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623: Kevin O’Connor – Navigating Grief and Coming Out 46:55

10M ago46:55

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From coming out to losing people in life, grief is part of he equation. Yet you an rise above grief and move forward, if you choose. Helping us unpack the grief of coming out and moving on is author Kevin O'Connor who learned a lot about grief living two floors above it in his family's funeral business. These experiences helped him navigate is way …

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622: Deanna Fierman – Unwrapping all the colors of the relationship rainbow. 52:19

10M ago52:19

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Not sure monogamy is for you, but an open relationship scares you, but you do know something isn't working, and you know you just can't love only one person and make it work. Rather than assume it is all about sex, we're here today to have an open dialogue about all the ways to love and be in relationships. Deanna Fierman of All The Colors Counseli…

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621: Jeza Belle – The Truth About Being Gay, Christian, and a Drag Queen 47:45

10M ago47:45

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Shocking as it might sound, you can be gay, Christian, a drag queen and to write the 1st traditionally published Christian Devotional as a Drag Queen - Hallelujah! Speaking her truth, Jeza Belle shares Jeza's Jesus Juice: A Drag Queens Christian Devotional for all to consume. Cause who couldn't use a little good in their life? About Jeza Jeza Belle…

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620: Dr. Zachary Stier – Owning Your Mental Health And Thriving 42:54

10M ago42:54

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Coming out and being out is challenging enough. Then add to the mix your challenges with mental health and it could be potentially too much. So what do you do? You choose to thrive. A great example of this is our guest today, Dr. Zachary Stier who is thriving beyond his bi-polar diagnosis and embracing his life daily as a gay man, step-by-step, day…

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617: Nate Shalev – Making Inclusivity a Daily Human Experience 40:52

11M ago40:52

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Inclusivity doesn't have to be hard, it just has to be human. But to0 many humans today, think inclusivity is just too woke. Well, let's wake them up with the truth about inclusivity and how to have those tough conversations. Inclusivity and workplace culture expert Nate Shalev shares their insights on how this can work without it breaking down sys…

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618: TJ Billard – The Importance of Trans Voices 41:31

11M ago41:31

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You have to be hiding under a rock and not listening to not know that Trans voices are under attack which only means, the entire queer community is under attack. Giving voice to the Trans community, TJ Billard shares their new book Voices For Transgender Equality: Making Change In The Network Public Sphere. This is great episode to learn about why …

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617: Ron Thomas – The Fears of Coming Out To Live Your Truth 36:08

11M ago36:08

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Imagine hiding your truth because of your work, your family, and more so out of your own fears of "Can this actually be me?" Today I have a candid conversation with Ron Thomas, actor, voice over professional, radio host, but overall a normal, everyday gay who was afraid to come out until he did. And if that sounds familiar then you will love this s…

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616: Gregory Allen – Inviting the monsters of your life out to play 47:10

11M ago47:10

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Imagine being 19, just coming out, and heading to NYC - broadway to be exact - and all those dreams turn into a different dream you never would have imagined. Now, fast forward 35 years later and you let that twist of dream guide you through all the other coming out journeys that life has to offer. That's where we are arriving today with author, sc…

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615: Suzette Mullen – The Only Way Through Is Out 41:42

12M ago41:42

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Were you raised to play it safe because you were afraid to cause others pain? Then, you decide to put on a happy face facade and instead of walking boldly through life, you held yourself back. Leaving the “unspeakable” feelings unspoken, until you finally decide to take a leap that might be your only chance to feel fully alive and to experience you…

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614: Amanda Udis-Kessler – Flourishing as a Progressive LGBTQ+ Christian 42:58

12M ago42:58

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How do you step into an an attitude of being less hateful and more grateful when it comes to Christianity and LGBTQ+ individuals? You step beyond your diversity bias and stop practicing moral exclusions. Out and proud bisexual Amanda Udis-Kessler provides us with insights on how loving others and ourselves is the truest expression of floursing and …

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613: Brian P. McGunagle – Building LGBTQ+ Community, One Community At a Time 40:54

12M ago40:54

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What do you do when you move from NYC to the Connecticut burbs to create LGBTQ+ Community? You literally create it yourself. Showing us the path on how to do that in any community, is Brian P. McGunagle founder of Westport Pride. Learn how he, his husband and kids are living out loud and proud in a small town community that has even battle the wars…

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612: Roger Kuhn – Uncloseting the Kaleidoscope of being Two-Spirited Through Music 39:08

1y ago39:08

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From a very young age he knew he was different in spirit, two-spirits to be exact. Yet, he pushed through, did the things that were expected of him, and yet, never lost sight of the essence of who he was. While he left the world of music for a time, the music never left him and the kaleidoscope of his life finally caught back up to him, nudging him…

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611: Wendy Cole – Embracing Your Trans Truth at Any Age 49:16

1y ago49:16

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When you know, you know, but when you act on what you know could take years. Transition Mentor, Wendy Cole shares her story of transitioning into her truth at age 67 to be the woman she always knew she was. Now she guides others to step into their rightful self, and take the journey of transition so that they can be authentically who they are meant…

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610: Jaime Adrian – Learn How to Walk Through Rejection Into The Love Of Yourself 37:28

1y ago37:28

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It's Valentine's Day and time for some love and rejection. Let's hope more love than rejection. But, if have no agenda, and you learn to master rejection, then you can be happy and in love with yourself. Helping us give ourselves a little love this Valentine's Day is pop artist, Jaime Adrian, sharing his story of major pop star rejection and how he…

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609: Moe Ari Brown, Hinge’s Love and Connection Expert – Making Love and Connection Happen! 41:12

1y ago41:12

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Love and connection. Who doesn't desire those things? Very few. So why is it so hard for us as humans, and especially LGBTQ+ beings to find it and keep it. It's starts by deliberately choosing to live authentically and doing the internal work so that love can show up. Guiding us today to that truth, is Moe Ari Brown, Hinge's (online dating app base…

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608: Roxy Manning, PhD & Sarah Peyton – Uncloseting Racism & White Supremacy 49:16

1y ago49:16

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You can't turn on the news these days without white supremacy and racism being part of the headline news. Yet, how we define both these things isn't just about the color of one's skin. And then, how we choose talk, or not talk about them is what is causing more strife on the planet. Roxy Manning, PhD and Sarah Peyton share with us in today's podcas…

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607: Mark Daley – Fun and Fears of The Unlikely Path To Gay Parenthood 40:56

1y ago40:56

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Every day seven hundred children enter the foster care system in the United States, and thousands more live on the brink. In his new “truly revealing” (Hilary Clinton) memoir, SAFE: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family, longtime activist Mark Daley traces his, and his husbands unlikely journey to parenthood through …

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606: Joli Hamilton – Stop playing with fire and color outside the relationship lines 44:36

1y ago44:36

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Do you really want to cheat on your spouse, significant other, boyfriend, or girlfriend? Maybe you love them but you need to venture out of the script of monogamy. It's time to step into the juicy, exciting, and scary world of coloring outside of the lines of your relationship while avoiding playing with fire. Dr. Joli Hamilton takes on a candid st…

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605: Ry Levey – Out & Proud In The Wrestling World 49:43

1y ago49:43

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"And in this corner we have an out, proud, wrestler." Wait, what? Wrestlers can be gay? Of course they can. We queers are everywhere, so let's celebrate with Ry Levey, film maker. His film Out In The Ring, showcases the hidden world of queer wrestlers and also parallels the nuances of the wrestling world imitate the queer world. From drag and perfo…

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604: River Faire – How to start living a life of Radical Integrity – right now! 44:21

1y ago44:21

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It's 2024 and I want to invite you as LGBTQ+ individuals to step into a life of Radical Integrity. But, what does that mean? How can it benefit you? Today we explore that concept with author, soul coach, and body-centered therapist River Faire. He candidly shares how living a life of radical integrity has changed his life for the better and how you…

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603: Patty Cabot – Living Beyond The Person You Thought You Were 45:16

1y ago45:16

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Imagine gaining and losing 50 to 75 pounds every two years as a teen. Miserable, right? The imagine at 38 years old discovering that you issues with food and weight were a symptom of a much deeper issue: your childhood sexual abuse. Today's Guest, Patty Cabot, author of Not That Girl Anymore, shares the tremendous effort, the suspension of doubt, a…

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602: Quinn O’Briant – Becoming The Joy Boss of Your Life! 47:04

1y ago47:04

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It's the most joyful time of the year...or is it? For many of us the holidays bring joy, joy, joy but then it also brings stress, frustration, and overwhelm. Yet, in life, we are the master of our own joy! Today we explore how to bring joy into our life by planting seeds or creating little breadcrumb moments, with the Joy Boss - Quinn O'Briant. In …

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601: Jarie Bolander – Step Into A Resilient Mindset of Ride or Die 36:03

1y ago36:03

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There's human experience that we will all face at some point. The trauma and tragedy of losing someone we love or care about. It is inevitable. When that moment comes, whether it is losing your family due to them not embracing you as LGBTQ, or actual loss of life due to an accident or disease, you have a choice - Ride or Die! Author Jarie Bolander …

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600: Schuyler Bailar - Celebrating the Diversity of Gender & 600 Episodes 33:09

1y ago33:09

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In a world of divisiveness, one thing remains constant to learning about humanity - being curious. To celebrate the 600th episode of Life (UN)Closeted, were going to invite you to realize, we all have genders, it more complicated than school science, shame and fears have no place in this discussion, and just because someone lives outside the box of…

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599: Gender Without Identity – Ann Pellegrini and Avgi Saketopoulou 43:50

1+ y ago43:50

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There's a lot of backlash, misunderstanding and confusion about gender identity, as if it is something brand new. In this candid conversation about trauma, sexual and gender identity, Ann Pellegrini and Avgi Saketopoulou share their book Gender Without Identity and the challenges we face in embracing all sexualities and genders. About Ann & Avgi AN…

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598: Grateful for being LGBTQ+ - Rick Clemons 8:34

1+ y ago8:34

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Here it is, the day before Thanksgiving in the U.S. For most of us, this is a time of family, gratitude, and munch, munch, munch on amazing food. Yet, for many of us this can be a time of year that is challenging at best. You might be alone, not have a circle of friends, or you may just wonder if being LGBTQ+ is even worth it. Hey, snap out of it a…

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597: Juliette Karaman – How to Feel and Have a Scrumptious Life Beyond The Closet 40:27

1+ y ago40:27

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Coming out is all about emotions and feelings. But what happens when you lean it the whole journey as a scrumptious experience. When you let your body, thoughts, images, and emotions come alive to the full potential of fully feeling you as you. Today, coach Juliette Karaman - the Feel Fully You coach, mentor, and guide shares four elements from her…

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596: Joe Makston – Learning to live beyond a half life! 38:54

1+ y ago38:54

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Life is a circus, a carnival, and sometimes it is simply the place you run away from because you realize, living a half-life just isn't worth it. Author, dad, business professional, recovering person of faith, who came into his truth during the COVID-19 pandemic and in his own way ran away from the circus that had become his life to live his truth …

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