Podcasts by Life (UN)Closeted: LGBTQ+ Coming Out Stories & Advice for living out and proud!
Stop it! No more mediocre living and hiding your LGBTQ+ truth. Start dreaming, doing, and living your life without apologies. Host Rick Clemons – bold move badass and LGBTQ+ expert – sez “Live Life Uncloseted dammit!” Each episode he takes you on a brash, fun, in your face, provocative storytelling ride to escape your crazy making thoughts, explore your fears, and unabashedly elevate your self-expression so you can live your LIFE (UN)CLOSETED as an LGBTQ+ proud member of society.
Further podcasts by Rick Clemons - Bold Move Expert & Coming Out Coach
Podcast on the topic Sexualität
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601: Jarie Bolander – Step Into A Resilient Mindset of Ride or Die from 2023-12-13T03:30
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 fam...
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600: Schuyler Bailar - Celebrating the Diversity of Gender&600 Episodes from 2023-12-06T03:30
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 al...
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599: Gender Without Identity – Ann Pellegrini and Avgi Saketopoulou from 2023-11-29T03:30
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 Pellegrin...
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598: Grateful for being LGBTQ+ - Rick Clemons from 2023-11-22T03:30
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 t...
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597: Juliette Karaman – How to Feel and Have a Scrumptious Life Beyond The Closet from 2023-11-15T03:30
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 ...
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596: Joe Makston – Learning to live beyond a half life! from 2023-11-08T03:30
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 pers...
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595: Marissa Alma Nick – Being A Queer Rebel In Your Own Right from 2023-11-01T03:30
There's an uprising that is beginning to happen. It's coming from the depths that says, "We will not be silenced." It also brings about feelings of being alone, lack of acceptance, lowered levels o...
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594: Sophie Kietzmann – Putting Your Non-Conforming Lens On The World from 2023-10-25T03:30
Life is all about the lenses we look through and how we perceive what we see through that lens. Sometimes that lens, leads us to see ourselves in the truth of who we are. Joining me today to talk a...
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593: Madeline Popelka – You’re going to be ok! from 2023-10-18T03:30
Whether you're coming out of the closet or coming out of divorce, the truth is, "You're going to be ok." The reality is, you get to make the being OK happen, if you choose to do so. In her new book...
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592: John Sovac – Celebrating National coming Out Day With Support for Parents and Teens from 2023-10-11T03:30
From bullying to finally accepting their truth as an LGBTQ+ individuals, teens and parents often struggle with the journey and can even think that they are alone. In celebration of National Coming ...
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591: Savannah Hauk – Living with Crossdressing from 2023-10-04T03:30
There's a simple phrase that if we all embraced, would make the world a better place, "You be You!" Of course, we rarely allow others to be themselves and then we wonder why we have to dress up as ...
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590: Bruce Anthony – Unsolicited Perspective about Overcoming Homophobia from 2023-09-27T03:30
We never really understand our inherent bias until we understand our inherent bias. Fellow Podcaster Bruce Anthony, comes clean about his own homophobia and how it has enabled him to step beyond th...
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589: Victor Diaz – Moving Beyond Your Beliefs and Into Your Truth from 2023-09-20T03:30
He spent most his life living to the faith that was drilled into his head, always believing this was the way, until it no longer was. Through this thought-provoking and inspiring conversation about...
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588: Gayle Petrillo – Moving beyond the closets of scars from 2023-09-13T03:30
From the scars of life at an early age - literal scars - Gayle Petrillo has dealt with being different. Physically different. yet, in all her life of making first impressions, the one she most had ...
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587: Jim Fielding: Coming Out With All Pride, No Ego from 2023-09-06T03:30
Many LGBTQ+ individuals struggle with the question, "How do I show up at work, and as a leader, while still being true to myself as a queer person?" The answer, "Your way, on your terms!" Jim Field...
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586: Dr. Roger Leslie – How to step into the light of being your LGTBQ+ Self from 2023-08-30T03:30
There's something absolutely beautiful about stepping into the light of our truth and coming out of the closet. That light is you being you at your soul level. Dr Roger Leslie joins us on the podca...
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585: Nick Santo – Don’t let guilt, shame, anxiety rule your LGBTQ+ life from 2023-08-23T03:30
Guilt, shame, anxiety, depression. These are some of the most common traits affecting the LGBTQ community as a whole. Today, my guest Nick Santo, Psychotherapist, and I share our own experiences on...
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584: Riana Milne – Embracing our traumas for true, authentic growth from 2023-08-16T03:30
We all have trauma. Yes, that's a truth. But if you don't embrace that truth, you are actually causing more trauma to yourself. Guiding the direction of unpacking trauma as a LGBTQ+ individual, Ria...
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583: Ronnie Gladden – Letting Out The White Girl Within from 2023-08-09T03:30
We all have many layers and facets to who we are as human beings. Yet, we hide some parts and voices of ourselves. How fun is that? Instead when we unleash all aspects of ourselves into the world w...
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582: William Allen – Confessions of a Sensitive Man from 2023-08-02T03:30
Just because a guy is not the epitome of masculinity doesn't mean he isn't a man. Yet, so many sensitive men get given a bad rap - especially gay men, but even more so the straight guys who get mis...
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581: Bryan Ruby – Breaking the molds of Baseball and Country Music from 2023-07-26T03:30
Baseball and a love for country music. That's about as heteronormative as... Wait that would be generalizing and putting someone in a box, which is not we want in the LGBTQ+ community. So why would...
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580: Sarah Salisott – Navigating past life’s traumas to thrive from 2023-07-19T03:30
Using her own life experience of trauma - coming out late in life, hiding herself for years, and then a traumatic brain injury, Sarah Salisott is now on a mission to helps parents and children navi...
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579: Stephanie Serone – Moving beyond bullying and self-criticism from 2023-07-12T03:30
Born with the gene of needing to make everyone like you, this Tomboy was afraid of being abandoned and being alone. She lived her life as a chameleon, blending in to keep the peace and make everyon...
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578: Rick DellaRatta - Jazz For Peace in The LGBTQ+ World from 2023-07-05T03:30
Rick DellaRatta is an ally of the LGBTQ+ community, who believes the only way to bring peace to the world is to unite is all in our empathy and understanding of one another. Share himself and his m...
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Freedom Edition – Yuval David – Fighting Forward For LGBTQ+ Acceptance from 2023-07-03T03:30
You'd have to be blind, not listening, and burying your head in the sand to not realize LGBTQ+ rights and lives are on the line, as well as other marginalized communities - black, asian, hispanic, ...
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577: Michael Jeffries – Reimagining Queer Black Life from 2023-06-28T03:30
Times are insane. It can make you want to hide, stop watching the news, and pretend you are something that you're not. But it's not easy to do that when you are black and queer. Your skin color lit...
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576: Ocean Atlas - Let’s Talk Candidly About Being a Nonbinary Ally from 2023-06-21T03:30
Nonbinary. It's simple. Just ask the questions you're afraid to ask, in the right way, and you will learn and you will support our nonbinary community. But we make it so much harder than that. G...
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575: Koshin Paley Ellison – Untangling The Trauma of Being Queer from 2023-06-14T03:30
Coming out is an act of compassion and courage. But without the clarity to step forward, many of us will continue to hide our beautiful selves from the world. Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, author of...
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574: Molly Sider - The Art of Telling Your LGBTQ Story from 2023-06-07T03:30
Happy Pride and it's time to celebrate you, your story, and all our queer stories. And why should we tell and share our stories? Because it helps to move you forward into loving and owning your sto...
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573: Rick Clemons – A Call To Pride from 2023-05-31T03:30
As a precursor to PRIDE Month, this is a call to PRIDE. To ensure we move forward in the way that we need to, to not have our voices silenced, and our rights taken away. As you celebrate pride, tak...
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572: Ilene Mitnik&Allison Baldwin – Zest Joy and Step Into Living A Delicious Life from 2023-05-24T03:30
Joy, happiness, being in love with you. Sounds great but as humans we find it oh so hard to get there. Until now! Step into the joy zone and uncover your zest for living. Whether you've be through ...
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571: Marci Warhaft – Coming Out About Lies, Loss, and Lap Dances from 2023-05-17T03:30
Some would say she went to the extremes, but secrets make us do that. Others would say, she isn't a good Mommy. We say, she uncloseted herself to save herself and step out of the secret life she th...
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570: Mark Anthony – From Panic To Peace. Finding your gay self in the wilderness of life from 2023-05-10T03:30
He spent most his life dealing with anxiety, and panic attacks that kept him from speaking his truth. Then a move to the desert, alone, not knowing anyone, and spending a year finding himself led h...
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569: Parrish – Confessions and ramblings about Sexuality – fresh perspective. from 2023-05-03T03:30
From bullying to finally accepting his truth, Parrish came into his attraction for men from a different perspective on who he is and how he chooses to show up in the world of sexuality. This unique...
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568: Linn Rivers – Getting into your health for a healthier coming out journey from 2023-04-26T03:30
After multiple near death experiences, and realizing not all doctors have all the answers, Linn Rivers bundled up all her experiences from trauma and has made it her life's work to show others how ...
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567: Burak Yilmaz – From Jail Time To Living A Proud Out Life from 2023-04-19T03:30
From jail time to living on the streets, it takes pure determination and a belief in yourself to trust that who you are is more important that what your life circumstances have handed you. Sharing ...
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566: The Authenticity of Multiple Coming Out Journeys – Ember Swift from 2023-04-12T03:30
From out activist to living in anti-lgbtq China, this musical artist found a way to explore the truth of universal love and doing her own reverse coming out on so many fronts. Ember Swift, singer, ...
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565: Dr. Brad Schaeffer – He’s a bro, athlete, Doctor who happens to be gay! from 2023-04-05T03:30
He went from Christian Athlete to married straight guy, to focused on medical school and has catapulted his Podiatry practice to heights he never thought possible. Oh, and he finally freed himself ...
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564: Is it possible to be queer, Christian and Enjoy Sex? – Jon Carl Lewis from 2023-03-29T03:30
The question is, "Is it possible to enjoy sex, be queer, and be a Christian?" For some people those three just don't go together. However, if we are made in the image of God, does that mean...??? U...
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563: Why LGBTQ+ Representation in Film Matters – Christin Baker from 2023-03-22T03:30
Hollywood, Hollywood, Hollywood. Everything in Hollywood is so open, diverse, welcoming, and gay. Maybe not so much. But it has gotten better. So good that it is becoming more common for the LGBTQ+...
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562: An average small town gay and a drag queen. What could go right? – Chandler Myer from 2023-03-15T03:30
Imagine being a 32-year-old gay accountant who’s never outside your rural upbringings and you move to major metropolitan area where you struggle to find your way. Sound familiar? But w...
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561: Living Through The Twists of Life To Be Yourself – Adele Bertei from 2023-03-08T03:30
From troubled upbringing with her mother who suffered from undiagnosed schizophrenia, to foster homes and reform schools, then finding her groove in her own band The Bloods, it's n...
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560: Turning Your “Bad Days” Into Your Greatest Possibilities – Kyle Motsinger from 2023-03-01T03:30
We all have bad days, months, and years. Especially as someone in the LGBTQ+ community. But the beauty in the bad is the good that comes from it. Singer, songwriter, broadway performer Kyle Motsing...
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559: The Joy of Celebrating Queer Women – Carine De Mesmaeker from 2023-02-22T03:30
Many may ask, "Why?" Why is it important to have festivals, parties, private vacations, for LGBTQ+ individuals. The answer is simple, "Why Not?" And especially "Why not?" for queer women. Helping u...
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558: Marriage, Businesses, Health and Doing Life On Your Terms – Bill Rossi from 2023-02-15T03:30
Whether it is starting a business or choosing to get married as a gay or lesbian individual, it is always in our best interest to do what we know is best for us, not what everyone else expects us t...
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557: Coming Out For Love – Nicole Conn&Jessica Clark from 2023-02-08T03:30
Lesbians just want to find love. Yes it is true, so why not give them their own reality TV show and let the fun, drama, and reality of dating life ensue. Filmmaker Nicole Conn along with model and ...
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556: Coming Out With Empathy In Your Favor – Rob Volpe from 2023-02-01T03:30
It's really easy to say, "My way or the highway." Especially when coming out or dealing with all the things we deal with as LGBTQ+ individuals. Yet, things can be so much easier when we add a dash ...
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555: Coming Out and Fitting In Reset – Rick Clemons from 2023-01-25T03:30
Coming out is a complete reset in our lives. A big reset. Yet, when we do it and we really dial into a reset of thoughts, feelings and beliefs, our journey out of the closet can become so much bett...
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554: Let’s Talk Candidly, One Conversation At A Time – Kellie Woolf from 2023-01-18T03:30
Polarization. Gun shootings. Politics just for politics. It's all frustrating, scary, and leaves you wondering, can we ever navigate away from it as planet again? Maybe, maybe not, but you never kn...
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553: Coming Out About Anxiety and Depression – Brittany Richmond from 2023-01-11T03:30
Anxiety, depression, no, no, no. Let's not talk about that. Really? Yes, yes, yes, let's talk about it instead of shoving those conversations in the closet. Whether you're coming out of the closet,...
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552: Coming Out With A No Excuses, No Fears Attitude – Rick Clemons from 2023-01-04T03:30
Coming out is no easy journey, but when you have a no excuses, no fears attitude, it does get a little easier. Helping you step into a new year, with a new mindset about coming out, whatever your c...
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551: Things you don’t have to tolerate as an LGBTQ+ Person in 2023 – Rick Clemons from 2022-12-28T03:30
Life is full of challenges, many of which we feel we have to tolerate, especially as LGBTQ+ individuals. But tolerance is mostly bullshit that we create ourselves, and then we find ourselves wonder...
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550: The Gift of Being LGBTQ+ – Rick Clemons from 2022-12-21T03:30
You are a gift. Yes you. That fact that you are an individual in the LGBTQ+ community makes you a gift to the world and you need to own that. No better time than the holiday season to see yourself ...
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549: Embracing Christianity As Your Authentic LGBTQ Self – Rev. Brandan Robertson from 2022-12-14T03:30
Christianity. It's a very triggering word in today's climate. You either embrace, hate it, or have completely walked away from it. But what if you could find a way to make it work for you, in a way...
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548: Living OUT and Proud as Black, Fat, and Femme – Jon and Joho from 2022-12-07T03:30
You're too fat. You're to femme. Oh, and no blacks. Really? You can't be serious. There is no such thing as being too Black, Fat, and Femme. Driving this point home are today's guests, and hosts of...
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547: Making the Most of Your Queer Advantage – Andrew Gelwicks from 2022-11-30T03:30
What is the advantage of being queer? Andrew Gelwicks, explores the answer to this question, through a collection of incisive, deeply personal conversations with LGBTQ+ trailblazers about how they...
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546: Grateful For Being LGBTQ – Rick Clemons from 2022-11-23T03:30
For those of us in the U.S. it is Thanksgiving eve and a wonderful reminder to be grateful. Yet, how often do you remind yourself to be grateful for being LGBTQ. Before we stuff ourselves with Than...
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545: Mastering The Art Of Being Sorry, Not Sorry About Who You Are – Samantha Gibb from 2022-11-16T03:30
You reach a point in your life where you finally realize, who you are is more important than what you think you're supposed to be in the world. That's when you take the stand to say, "Sorry, not so...
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544: What you don’t need after coming out of the closet – Rick Clemons from 2022-11-09T03:30
Many people fear coming out of the closet because of what might happen. However, many good things happen and a lot of stuff you don't need any more will disappear after you come out. If you're feel...
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543: Finding your forever LGBTQ Home – Loren Ostrow from 2022-11-02T03:30
Aging. It's happening to all of us. Can't avoid it. But how you step into your golden years and where you land for living out that final years of life, can often push many of us in the LGBTQ commun...
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542: Combating a Spooky GOP Takeover – VOTE – Rick Clemons from 2022-10-26T03:30
Yes, it's almost Halloween. But what is scarier is that it is almost November 8th, which here in America means we could have a dreaded republican, fascist, theocracy take over. Hopefully not, if we...
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541: Living in chaos of sex, drugs, and Jesus – De’Vannon Hubert from 2022-10-19T03:30
Imagine going from being an active church member of a very well known evangelical church in Houston, to becoming a drug addict, dealer, being homeless and serving in the armed forces. Take a ride o...
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540: Accepting and Loving Yourself To Power Through The Nightmare- J.R. Price from 2022-10-12T03:30
A massive breakup. Moving back in with the parents. Then getting thrown back out of that house. It's enough to make most people give up. But not J.R. Price. He found song, after song, after song to...
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539: National Coming Out Day – Special Episode – Rick Clemons from 2022-10-11T03:30
What's the point of National Coming Out Day? It all depends on where you are in your journey. It can be a day of celebration or a day of starting your journey. Either way, today is a day for you to...
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538: Coming Out Of The Closet – No Apologies – Rick Clemons from 2022-10-05T03:30
In this third part of the National Coming Out Day Series, we explore living Unapologetically. Not by being a jerk, but by allowing yourself to be fully who you are in your own way and loving every ...
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537: Coming Out Of The Closet – No Fears – Rick Clemons from 2022-09-28T03:30
National Coming Out Day is October 11th. And to celebrate this once a year event, Life (UN)Closeted is going solo with host Rick Clemons for a 3 part series on dumpin...
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536: Coming Out Of The Closet – No Excuses – Rick Clemons from 2022-09-21T03:30
National Coming Out Day is October 11th. And to celebrate this once a year event, Life (UN)Closeted is going solo with host Rick Clemons for a 3 part series on dumping your excuses, facing your fea...
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535: Being Brown and Gay in LA – Anthony Christian Ocampo from 2022-09-14T03:30
Being gay is hard enough. Imagine being gay in the margins where immigration, race, and LGBTQ issues clash with your sexual identity, and the conservative values, expectations, and fears of your ha...
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534: Stay Vigilant During Questionable Times For LGBTQ+ People – Scott Gatz from 2022-09-07T03:30
From Monkeypox to Roe vs. Wade. Gay marriage to sodomy laws. This is not a time to say, "Oh that doesn't affect me, so I am not concerned!" Trust us, you do not want to get caught with you pants do...
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533: Embracing The LGBTQ You, You See – Danny Freeman from 2022-08-31T03:30
Growing up LGBTQ can be very confusing. Your heart feels it before your head. You try to assimilate into hetero norms, but can't. Then once you accept who you are do you really take time to grieve ...
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532: Living from Boys To Men In Rural America – Taylor Brorby from 2022-08-24T03:30
Growing up a boy in a mans world is hard enough. But growing up a gay boy in a rural masculine, coal and ranch country is a whole other way of growing up. From bullying to beatings and watching the...
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531: Time To UNClobber The Bible Passages That Clobber Homosexuality – Colby Martin from 2022-08-17T03:30
The Bible doesn't condemn homosexuality, DOES NOT, DOES NOT, DOES NOT. The bible actually preaches, start with love, and live each day from the point of love and all will be well with the world. Ho...
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530: Making The Music of Your Queer Life – Alysia Kraft from 2022-08-10T03:30
Imagine growing up on a cattle ranch in small-town Wyoming and feeling like you are literally the only queer in town, or for hundreds of miles for that fact. No imagine you are creative, artistic, ...
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529: Uncloseting Fun In Your Life and Work – Mike Rucker from 2022-08-03T03:30
FUN. Something many of us have let disappear from our lives. Whether it is because of COVID, political strife, human rights, or simply because we keep letting life get in the way, FUN is a commodit...
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528: Beyond Labels: Uncovering The Power Of Who You Are – Meagan O’Nan from 2022-07-27T03:30
When you discover who you are, you need the power to move forward, get past the naysayers, and step into a space where you just may have to forgive and agree to disagree. Helping us embrace this wa...
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527: Coming Out To Be Creative and Conscious– Andrew Sam Newman from 2022-07-20T03:30
Time to uncloset our creativity and consciousness. From wee ones to adults, author, speaker, and coach, Andrew Newman is inviting everyone to wake up, be creative and make the last 20 minutes of ea...
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526 – The Legalities of Letting Trans Be Trans on The Planet – Paisley Currah from 2022-07-13T03:30
Ever filled out a Driver's License application? Doctors patient form? Passport form? School enrollment form? Of course you have. Now imagine filling out the form and the only options for the questi...
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525: When The Greatest These is Love For This LGBTQ+ Ally – Kellie Woolf from 2022-07-06T03:30
What happens when a Mom says, "That's ok, you are who you are and I accept that!"? You get an amazing author who is giving out HOPE. Her debut novel, Mount Hope, takes readers on journey where a mu...
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524: Keeping up the fight for equality – Fran Hutchins from 2022-06-29T03:30
As we wrap of PRIDE MONTH, let's never forget, our lives and our freedom as LGBTQ individuals continues to be in the crosshairs of so many people in the world. Over 300 bills to date, in 2022 have ...
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523: Loving and Raising and LGBTQ+ Child – Heather Hester from 2022-06-22T03:30
Being LGBTQIA is messy. Hell, being human is messy. But no one prepares you as a mother of four to have two of two kids that are LGBTQIA. Yet what she never saw coming is her life calling to come o...
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522: Your Pride Wellness Survival Guide – Victoria Albina from 2022-06-15T03:30
It's Pride month and that means go, go, go. Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate. Then you hit the block wall of overdoing it, over...
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521: Step Up and Be an Amazing LGBTQ Leader – Ash Beckham from 2022-06-08T03:30
How do you live with courage to become an everyday leader in your life? As an LGBTQ individual? As a Human? Let's ask Ash Beckham. She's got a new book at - Listen
520: Celebrating Pride and Becoming Addicted To Loving Yourself – David Houle from 2022-06-01T03:30
It's Pride Month and we are kicking it with a celebration and a deep dive into loving yourself in your prideful skin as an LGBTQ person - regardless of your flaws and addictioins. During this fun a...
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519: Surviving sports as a gay dad – Bradley Jacobs from 2022-05-25T03:30
Imagine being a gay dad. Cool. Now imagine your child loving, loving, loving sports. Is that your worst nightmare come to life? Maybe and if so, you will love this conversation with writer, journal...
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518: Design Your Own Rules For Limitless Opportunities – Meg He from 2022-05-18T03:30
We all want to experience freedom, joy, confidence. Many of us also want to keep it simple. When you bring all those desires together, along with burning desire to carve your own path, you meet a w...
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517: Taking Care of Your LGBTQ Life With Functional Nutrition – Andrea Nakayama from 2022-05-11T03:30
Our LGBTQ bodies are beautiful machines, but not unless we take care of them. Now add the stress of being LGBTQ, plus normal life stuff, and it can easily become a recipe for disaster. But what if ...
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516: Bringing Trans and Nonbinary Voices To Music – Aiden Feltkamp from 2022-05-04T03:30
We've all heard the term "life imitates art, and art imitates life" or something along those lines. Now add to the mix a person who lives, as themselves, as trans and nonbinary opera singer and you...
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515: Embracing Being Unapologetically You! – Rick Clemons from 2022-04-27T03:30
Regardless of what's going on in the world, or how you struggle to find yourself in this crazy world, the one thing I want you to know, is you can, should, and have the right to be UNAPOLOGETICALLY...
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514: BEQOMING You – The Deeper You – Benjamin and Azrya Bequer from 2022-04-20T03:30
Who are you and why are you? Do you ever entertain those thoughts as you navigate your life? As you wander out of the closets of your life? Of course we do, but what if you could step deeper into t...
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513: Coming Out of The Poverty. External Validation, and PTSD Closet– Sara Church from 2022-04-13T03:30
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512: Creating Rituals For Smooth Change – Day Schildkret from 2022-04-06T03:30
Life is a series of change and transitions. Yet, when we get most frustrated with change - coming out, losing relationships, navigating a career change, battling life threatening diseases - do we r...
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511: Telling our LGBTQ+ Stories, One Book at A Time – Greg Howard from 2022-03-30T03:30
We've all got our story and stories. Yet, in this day and age where books are being burned that inform young minds about LGBTQ+ people, it's more apparent than ever that we need a hero. An author h...
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510: Coming Out, Finding Love, and Thriving Late In Life – Matt Bays from 2022-03-23T03:30
Coming out late in life has its moments. In this case it started with a graveside moment that made him realize,"It's time to be me."He called himself out of hiding and shares his story in his book"...
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509: The art of selling yourself, or anything else for that matter – Leah Neaderthal from 2022-03-16T03:30
We're all creating stories and doing sales jobs in our lives - all day long. From coming out to getting a new job, to finding the right relationship, to closing your next big client. There's always...
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508: Getting to the Soul of Being an OUT, Asian, American, Lesbian Singer – Elisa Nicolas from 2022-03-09T03:30
This is not where you anticipate being but yet here you are. Ever had one of those moments? Maybe when you finally decided to come out? Or, maybe it was when you took that next big career move, or ...
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507: The Dangerous Closet of Secrets – Elaine Pasqua from 2022-03-02T03:30
We all have secrets. We all keep Secrets. And, all those secrets cause pain and trauma. Sharing her own secret, as an LGBTQ ally, Elaine Pasqua takes us on a journey of a family secret that took he...
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506: Gay and Banned From California – Robert C. Steele from 2022-02-23T03:30
Imagine being gay, and being institutionalized. Imagine being gay and being jailed for being gay. Nothing to imagine, this is reality. The reality of being gay in the 1950's, just a little over 70 ...
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505: Diversity and Inclusion: Being in someone else’s story – Don Reed from 2022-02-16T03:30
Diversity and inclusion isn't just a once a year endeavor to be brought out of the closet and then shoved back into the closet. It is a daily practice of learning to stand in other peoples stories....
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504: Finding Yourself. Finding Your Way. - Yumna Aysen from 2022-02-09T03:30
From South Africa to New York City, you never know when you are going on your journey or where you will find yourself to finally be yourself. Speaking straight from a very purposeful heart, Yumna A...
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503: Creating A Space For Care, Belonging, and Peace – Diana Cutaia from 2022-02-02T03:30
You need to make more space. Get a storage unit for the crap in your life so you can make space for more PEACE in your life. Why? Without PEACE, it's a pretty miserable existence here on the good o...
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502: Blowing Up Your LIfe, To Uncloset Your Life – Francis Yahia from 2022-01-26T03:30
Imagine, growing up in a cult, being married to a female-to-male transgender individual for 10 years, and through all of that, plus life's other twists and turns, you find your calling to help othe...
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501: Jesus Loves You, Yes He Does You Little LGBTQ Bundle of Joy – Eric Feltes from 2022-01-19T03:30
Religious trauma. Seems to be the norm for a majority of LGBTQ people that you encoutner. “You’re damned to hell!” or “You’re a sinner!” Of course most those people hurling those words for get that...
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500: Celebrating Living A No Excuses, No Fears, No Apologies Life – Rick Clemons from 2022-01-12T03:30
In 2014 when my friend Leah Jantzen approached me to take over her radio show - I scoffed and said,"Not my thing!"Well, it's very much my thing and here we are at the 500th Episode of Life (UN)Clos...
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499: Flying High, Serving Your Country, and Living Your Best Transgender Life – Bree Fram from 2022-01-05T03:30
Imagine, being told by your Commander In Chief -"You don't matter, you don't count, and you're a danger to our military!"The reality is, he got fired and she's still there, serving the US Space For...
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498: Uncloseting Your Inner Vixen – Cat LaCohie from 2021-12-29T03:30
Whether you're stripping your clothes off or coming out of the closet, it's all about the big reveal. But, what happens when you are terrified to let people see the real you, the you that you're me...
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497: Don’t Forget Yourself This Holiday Season – Rick Clemons from 2021-12-22T03:30
It's really easy to get uptight, and lost in the holiday shuffle. Especially when you are part of the LGBTQ+ community, and you may not have fond experiences surrounding the holiday. Yet, in the wo...
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496: Managing loss of life, and being with your gay self – Mike Keren from 2021-12-15T03:30
You're parents are aging, you're settled in your gay life, and all of that gives you plenty of material to come out of the closet as a comedian...until you do. Then life throws you curve balls, and...
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495: Why there’s nothing wrong with still figuring out your pronouns – (Eli)zabeth Owens from 2021-12-08T03:30
Nothing anyone did caused them to know they were different. But, they felt it and began exploring it and realized they were on the right path for them. Beyond addiction and into full recovery they ...
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494: Write Your Stories Your Way – Gregory L. Norris from 2021-12-01T03:30
We all have our story. We live our story daily. And, some of us take our stories, and the stories in our heads and turn them into our passion purpose...as a an author, with thousands of pages of ar...
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493: – Giving Thanks For Motherhood - However, You Get there - Liz Grubb from 2021-11-24T03:30
You had a plan. Marriage - check. Children - check. Your own flesh and blood family - no check. But that didn’t stop you and you went full-in to become a parent - despite the odds, and challenges. ...
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492: Never forget our Transgender Brothers and Sisters – Trevor Boylston from 2021-11-17T03:30
"This transgender walked into the bar..."Cringe. Or,"You can tell he's a man by the apple logged in his throat, no matter what dress he wears!"Cruel, cruel, cruel. These are the types of off-handed...
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491: Coming out of the AMAB Closet – Kat LaMar from 2021-11-10T03:30
You're a man, with a penis, but you enjoy dressing up as a woman. OMG, you must want to be transgender! Not exactly. Ok, so you want to do strange things to children in bathrooms by dressing up as ...
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490: How To Not Let Addiction Rule Your LGBTQ Life This Holiday Season – Gregory Silva from 2021-11-03T03:30
The holidays are upon us along with the fun, joy, and STRESS. So how do you not let the stress drive you into your potential addiction, or ratchet up that addiction? You take the necessary steps to...
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489: Learning To Lovingly Say – It’s My Time – Joey Salinas from 2021-10-27T03:30
Sometimes you hit a big block wall life and realize"It's My Time!"Through heartache, a wake up call or even a simple moment when you realize you do need to put yourself in the driver's seat of your...
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488: Kicking ass and taking names, even when bedridden – Andrea Mastrobattista from 2021-10-20T03:30
Sometimes life throws you a curveball, and before you know it, you find yourself in bed, and not for the funnest reasons. For many of us that would mean - THIS LIFE SUCKS! For others, it means kick...
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487: How To Have A Blessed Gay – Tyler Martin from 2021-10-13T03:30
One of 6 children. Surrounded by a family of pastors. Drawn to theater. Is it any wonder why one might be GAY? Well bless your heart. When grow up in White Settlement, Texas (yes that is a for real...
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486: Why National Coming Out Day Matters – Rick Clemons from 2021-10-11T03:30
It happens every October 11th, since 1988 - National Coming Out Day. The day was founded in 1988 by Richard Eichberg, a psychologist and Jean O'Leary, a gay rights activist, to raise awareness of t...
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485: It’s ok to come out, and come out again – Jenna Slaughter from 2021-10-06T03:30
It's one thing to come out, but to do it again...oy vey. That takes guts, bravery, and courage. Yet, when we are who we are, the world is so much easier to navigate. That's why, we, Jenna Slaughter...
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484: Lessons Learned, Coming Out Late In Life – Rick Clemons from 2021-09-29T03:30
It's been 22 years, since I finally made the brave step to come out of the closet after living for 36 years in the closet. It was scary, exciting, worrisome, and joyful. Here are a few things I've ...
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483: Why We Need All Need a Drag SUPER-SHERO – Anthony Hand from 2021-09-22T03:30
What do you do when you need some help? Call a super hero. But what do you do when you've been medically laid up, off work, and then jsut as you come out of that challenge, COVID-19 hits? You final...
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482.1: Special Edition – Making It Work For 20 Years – The Anniversary Edition – Rick Clemons from 2021-09-16T03:30
Today I celebrate 20 years with my guy, my man, and I don't mean that in an ownership sort of way. I mean it in a"look what we've created"way. It takes love, work, patience, understanding, and gett...
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482: There’s No Shame In Sex – Rick Clemons from 2021-09-15T03:30
It's time for the"sex shame"brigade to sashay away. For to many years, those ashamed of sex, except for the purpose of procreation, have tried to shame the rest of us into submission. Well,"Buh-bye...
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481: Making Quantum Leaps In Your LGBTQ Relationship – Jennifer and Stephanie PageWise from 2021-09-08T03:30
Relationships are wonderful and ho hum. Loving and conflicted. Easy and challenging. Then add a dose of being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, polyamorous, or any of the other sexual orientatio...
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480: Why You Should Come Out Regardless Of Your Age – Rick Clemons from 2021-09-01T03:30
Whether you're 30, 40, 50, 60, etc. , it's never too late to come out and there are actually huge benefits to coming out and being authentically you in your sexuality. Here's a few of the most comm...
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479: Coming Out To Be A One Arm Wonder – Nick Gatto from 2021-08-25T03:30
Stuttering, and one arm About NickNick is an incredibly unique individual. Born with only one arm, Nick was forced to turn what many would call a handicap into an unforeseen opportunity. Nick grew ...
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478: Embracing The Season of Your Life – Christine Sako from 2021-08-18T03:30
In the midst of the lovely and unexpected pandemic - COVID19 - love can was found and lost. It was a season. A season that brought to a head by a clear cut understanding that you can think and feel...
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477: The Beauty of Being Flawed And Complicated – Benji Carr from 2021-08-11T03:30
We're all flawed, all complicated, and all hunger to be accepted to be just who we are in the world. But, we also desire to feel safe. The bigger question is,"How do you feel safe when everyone see...
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476: Uncloseting your dating life – Tyler Greenberg from 2021-08-04T03:30
Dating is either an adventure or a thorn in your side. Then add to the mix being LGBTQ and all that comes with dating the same sex, dating both men and women, or trying to explain the difference be...
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475: Coming out of abuse, debt, obesity, and living inauthentically – Travis Daigle from 2021-07-28T03:30
From being an obese young man who was bullied, to bullying himself into a job that everyone else - including himself - thought was the perfect path for him, Travis Daigle just couldn't come out to ...
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474: They Can’t All Be Betty – Angela Briones from 2021-07-21T03:30
you Do you ever wish your parents were as accepting of you as Betty DeGeneres was of Ellen? Or maybe you wish you could just accept that your parents our on a journey, just like you, when you make ...
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473: Overcoming the Inner Saboteur – Yannick Picard from 2021-07-14T03:30
Whether you're coming out of the closet or leaving a job that is sucking the life out of you, as you make that decision, your ugly little saboteurs are going to show up, you know those inner critic...
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472: Liberated Living For Gay Men – Matthew Raymond from 2021-07-07T03:30
So why is it that gay men say they want love, success, happiness, but they let fear and and failure get in the way? Surprisingly it stems from a lot of internalized shame and beliefs that we are si...
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471 – How To Be An Out Entrepreneur – Jacob Ratliff from 2021-06-30T03:30
There's a crazy correlation to coming out of the closet and coming out to be an entrepreneur. As we wrap up the month of celebrating pride, let's not forget to celebrate who you are in all aspects ...
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470 – Raising LGTBQ Allies – Chris Tompkins from 2021-06-23T03:30
What started from his own experiences on the playground and in his familial unit, has led to those moment. A moment where sexuality and gender identity need to be viewed as sacred space for each an...
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469: Watch Out, Tranpa In The House – Buck Angel from 2021-06-16T03:30
Never one to walk away from a fight or a belief system, Buck Angel is coming out swinging this PRIDE Season letting everyone know that TRANPA is in the house. But what is TRANPA? An elder TRANSMAN ...
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468 – Bisexual or Pansexual or What Does It Matter – Fabian Luetzig from 2021-06-09T03:30
Sometimes it's not clear where you land on the sexuality spectrum. It my even gradually present itself to you in a manner that isn't a big reveal. For some people it truly is a gradual awareness th...
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467 – Gender FCK the Stereotypes – Rae McDaniel from 2021-06-02T03:30
FCK GENDER! At least that's what a sector of our world population about the twice the population of Canada has to say. But what does that mean when THEY don't identify as he/him/his or she/her/hers...
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466 – Godly But Gay – Joel Barrett from 2021-05-26T03:30
Just remember this. GOD LOVES YOU...EVEN IF YOU'RE LGBTQIA! If you don't believe that, then you need to read this little book - Godly But Gay. Because you can be Godly But Gay! Just ask Joel Barret...
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465 – How to be an accepting parent to your LGBTQIA child – Zach Selch from 2021-05-19T03:30
Parenthood. One of the most rewarding and challenging roles on planet earth. Then add to the mix that your child reveals they are non-binary, or a lesbian, or both, but both meaning that two of you...
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464 – Thriving beyond the closet of prison – Travis Barnes from 2021-05-12T03:30
Anyone who is living their life in the closet, is living their life in prison - a metaphorical prison. But, how does that closet feel when it is an actual prison cell where you find yourself living...
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463: From Pastor’s Wife To Taking Care Of Orgasms – Sabrina Torres from 2021-05-05T03:30
At 19 she was married. Didn't got to college. Became the Mom of three autistic kids, and in her kids playgroup, she fell in love - real love - with the woman who would one day become her wife. Sabr...
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462: How to STOP letting UNCERTAINTY keep you in the closet – RIck Clemons from 2021-04-28T03:30
Ask anyone who has come out of the closet, regardless of what that closet is for them, and they will tell you,"The moment you tell UNCERTAINTY to F*CK OFF, is the moment you will have the courage t...
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461: Why Fatherhood Means As Much As Being Gay – Steve Disselhorst from 2021-04-21T03:30
He knew from a very young age that Fatherhood was for him. But then the reality of being gay put a damper on the expectation...until it didn't. Author and proud gay dad, Steven Disselhorst was dete...
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460: Three Tips For Stepping Out Of The Closet– Rick Clemons from 2021-04-14T03:30
Coming out of your closet is a scary proposition. It's filled with fear, anxiety, but also filled with excitement and a future sense of peace of mind. Yet, if you do not have these three things pre...
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459: How Your Gay Life, Leads You To Your Life – Jason Connolly from 2021-04-07T03:30
A golf game, a dare, and a life changing event that brought Tyler Schrenck out of a closet of his life that he never saw coming. From got it all going on, living an easy life with not a lot of...
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458: They, Them, Theirs. It’s just who they are so get over it already. – Jessye DeSilva from 2021-03-31T03:30
They, them, theirs are simply pronouns just like he/him/his or she/her/hers. So why does it get so many peoples knickers in a wad when someone says,"I'm a they, them, theirs!"Simply because it's a ...
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457: Let your Drag Shine as an Advocate – Michael Nguyen from 2021-03-24T03:30
What happens when you discover that you have a voice, all because you took a risk to do DRAG! Sahaying into the world of advocacy and fundraising, attorney Michael Nguyen, discovered that his alter...
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456: After The Closet – Rick Clemons from 2021-03-17T03:30
We try so hard to come out of the closet - regardless of what that closet is, but then we suddenly discover, that what lays on the other side of the closet door might not be everything we hoped it ...
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455: Stepping Out of The Suicide Closet Into Your Authentic Purpose – Rob Tull from 2021-03-10T03:30
What happens when you finally come to that moment where it's stay in the game or step out? If you are lucky like Rob Tull, the universe said,"Sorry we're not done with you yet,"and you get another ...
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454: Equality For All And How You Do Your Part Your Way - Rick Clemons from 2021-03-03T03:30
A golf game, a dare, and a life changing event that brought Tyler Schrenck out of a closet of his life that he never saw coming. From got it all going on, living an easy life with not a lot of...
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453: – Uncovering the sacred brand of you – Mike Iamele from 2021-02-24T03:30
What kind of possibilities open when you allow yourself to come out of your closet? When you have to be vulnerable so that you can be successful? Everything changes and comes into alignment. C...
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452: Finding Pride and Joy Beyond Suicide and Conversion Therapy – Elena Joy Thurston from 2021-02-17T03:30
Trapped in a belief system, a marriage, and a construct that said,"Just be happy being a wife, Mom, and serving God or go to hell, caused Elena Joy Thurston to finally wake up to her truth. She was...
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451: Asian, Queer, Experienced Homeless, Advocate – Amazin LeThi from 2021-02-10T03:30
Breaking all the rules, Amazin Lehti doesn't her gender, sexuality, color of her skin, culture, the fact that she is adopted, or that she's been homeless get in the way of living her life unclosete...
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450: – How to Focus On One Thing As You Come Out – Rick Clemons from 2021-02-03T03:30
Coming out can be very confusing and loaded with tons of stuff on the checklist. It's enough to make you say,"SCREW IT, I'm just going to stay in. the closet."But will that get you where you want t...
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Episode 159: Finally, Out After All These Years – Loren A. Olson, M.D. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two questions that always haunt those of us who come out of the closet later in life are, “How did you not know you were gay?” and “Wasn’t your marriage just sham to protect yourself at your spouse...
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Episode 158: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: New Perspectives For Coming Out – Rick Clemons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We’ve all heard it – “Change your perspective and everything changes!” So if it is that easy then why don’t we do it? Often times it is because we don’t know how to change our perspective, even if ...
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Episode 157: Living a Life of Tunnelvision – Tim Cain, Lead Singer Boys’ Entrance from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Glam rock, AIDS, and being yourself. Then imagine being called one of the most iconic queer musicians and you’ve kind of got a glimpse of today’s guest. Fabulous, fun, and willing to put it all out...
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Episode 156: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: Coming Out of Green With Envy – Rick Clemons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. May your day be filled with everything GREEN, excpet being GREEN WITH ENVY! Envy is one of those emotions that doesn’t do a body good in any way, shape or form. In fact it ...
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Episode 155: How To Be Confident In Who You Are – Lina Bradford from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Coming out is about bringing all sides of yourself to the role you’ve been placed on this earth to play. It’s also about being optimistic and carefree with a purpose. It’s about being you, the real...
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Episode 154: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: Overcoming I don’t know syndrome – Rick Clemons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My teens favorite response to questions is “I don’t know!” Ok, I get it, sometimes we don’t know, but is that really true 100% of the time? To often “I don’t know” becomes a habitual patterned resp...
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Episode 153: The Importance Of Coming Out Stories – Kevin Gerdes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We’ve all got a story. A story to uncover, to share, and to help others. Each and every story has purpose. Yet, if we don’t share our stories, or ourselves, and the world doesn’t benefit, and we ha...
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Episode 152: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: How To Uncloset Your Time – Rick Clemons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We’ve all been given a gift. The gift of time. Yes, I know I’m not the first the say that, nor the last. But have you ever considered how time might be keeping in a closet of your life? Holding you...
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Episode 151: Messages From The Playground – Chris Tompkins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From baseball to ballet. Video games to theater productions. First picked to last picked. And even from “A’s to F’s” we are who we are because of messages we received on the playgrounds of our live...
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Episode 150: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: Open The BIG BOLD STEP DOORS – Rick Clemons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
You gotta itch that needs scratching. It’s something you desire and want. But in your lovely little mind you find yourself saying, “When the time is right…” Ok. Fine. Wait for the right time. So yo...
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449: Six Habits That You Can Use To Be Free of Your Closet – Laura DiBenedetto from 2021-01-13T03:30
We're just barely a couple of weeks into the new year and already some of you have blown the resolutions, and even more of you said,"Screw resolutions, I'm just going to keep living!"Regardless of ...
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448: Embrace The Uniqueness of Being LGBTQ – Rick Clemons from 2021-01-06T03:30
Let's kick off the New Year with something positive to help you be exactly who you are as an LGBTQ individual. Don't see yourself as different, see yourself as unique. It may sound simple but here ...
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447: Coming Out of the Boy Band Closet – John Chandler from 2020-12-30T03:30
Imagine being courted by a big name music producer, diving into a boy band, and then being at the right place at the wrong time. Suddenly who you thought you'd be comes to a halt, but that halt pro...
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446: Why Being You Makes You Stronger – Colton Ford from 2020-12-23T03:30
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. Right? From coming out the closet, to facing the triumphs and challenges of the music industry, to being know only for your short stint in the adult film ind...
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445: Big Ol’ Baptist, Big Ol’ Gay – Tim Seelig from 2020-12-16T03:30
When you're the child of Southern Baptists who are the Elite of the church, is it any wonder that you don't just stand up and shout from the pulpit -"I'm gay!"Good Lawd, no! But, the evil self-loat...
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444 – Coming out at work&late in life – Peter McGuire from 2020-12-02T03:30
Married, two kids, an interracial relationship, and a jetting setting high flyer for a major technology company. Oh, and BTW, he's gay. He came out late in life. And he couldn't be happier. The key...
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443: Kicking It With Struggle Guru – Kirsten Beverly Waters from 2020-11-18T03:30
Life doesn't have to be a struggle, but it can be if you decide,"Life is just a constant struggle!"However, if you leverage the low moments of life and make them your friend, then the struggles bec...
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442: Coming Out of the Dieter Closet – Tyler Hall from 2020-11-04T03:30
You're too fat, not built enough, and god knows nobody wants to see you naked. Sound familiar? For many of us it is the bane of existence in the yo-yo world of hiding in the dieting closet. Add to ...
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441 – Voting For Your Life – Ashley Morgan&John Flanagan – Faultlines from 2020-10-28T03:30
Ashley Morgan and John Flanagan, of the folk-pop duo Faultlines, are causing a political storm with the re-release of their anti-Trump song, “Rain,” the first single from their next full album, Bit...
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440 – Gay and over 40 does not mean you’re put out to pasture – Will Smith from 2020-10-21T03:30
You might argue that being over 40 is no different for gay men versus straight men. On the surface that may seem correct. However, straight men don't have a history of having to deal with lack of a...
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439 – What Scares You Most About Coming Out – Trent Park from 2020-10-11T03:30
Needed to come out before his family found out. About TrentTrent Park is out now with “Scare Me Most”, the first of his new singles and music videos that he will be releasing this summer. Written a...
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438: A Bisexual Perspective for National Coming Out Day – Melissa DaSilva from 2020-10-07T03:30
The"B"in LGBTQ is often the people told to"pick a lane, just pick a lane!"Yet, more people are bisexual than would want to admit it. Thus the reason on this two eves, before National Coming Out Day...
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437 – Breaking Out of The Music Closet as a Boomer – Michael Fairman from 2020-09-23T03:30
It's time to uncloset ageism. No more saying,"You're to old!"You're only as old as you buy into the voice in your head. But, you have to believe that too. Breaking the barriers as an artist, Michae...
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436: Tiny Leaps, Big Changes – Gregg Clunis from 2020-09-09T03:30
Let's get that great paying job. Oh wait, that's way to big of a step. Let's take that trip around the world. Oh wait, that's to big of a step. Let's finally come out of the closet. Oh wait, t...
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435: Uncloseting your Hidden Demons – David Clive Price from 2020-08-26T03:30
Let's be honest. We all have little demons that infest our thoughts and prevent us from being who we really want to be and are capable of being. Some of these little demons are hidden demons. Yet, ...
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434: Creating Radical Alignment To Come Out of LIfe’s Closets – Alexandra Jamieson&Bob Gower from 2020-08-12T03:30
Nothing is harder in any kind of relationship than having difficult conversations. They make us feel uneasy, scared, sometimes even disempowered. Now, what if you found a way, by becoming radically...
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433: Tapping into your soul wounds to uncloset your personal destiny – Deneen Joyner from 2020-07-29T03:30
How often do we hold ourselves back simply because we let the wounds of our past, or from others keep us from showing up as our truest self? Way to often! It's the relinquishing of our power that k...
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432: Managing the Uncertainty of Coming Out – Virginia A. Campbell from 2020-07-15T03:30
Nothing in life is certain. Yet we allow the uncertainty in life to hold us hostage, especially when are are coming out of the closet. How would your fears, and worries be different if you didn't a...
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431: How to not let a worldwide pandemic limit you! – Laura Gassner Otting from 2020-07-01T03:30
COVID19 came in with a roar and an intent to get us all to pause and reset. Many of us lost hope, sheltered not only in place but crawled into despair. Then, with a swift kick in the pants, many of...
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430: How to have healthy Sexual Desires – Robb Kornoelje from 2020-06-24T03:30
Happy Pride and Happy Sex. So let's talk about sex and pride. What makes good sex? What's a desire? Why do we shame sex? We ask these types of questions and then still wonder why the LGBTQ communit...
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429: Generational Pride&Coming Out – Two Stories – Anthony Catalino from 2020-06-17T03:30
He's 38, the other he is 56. One came out at 16 but still hid, the other came out at 19 and hid until he was 36. In honor of pride we take look at generational pride and what coming out, being out,...
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Special Edition – America's Racism Just Came Out of The Closet – Jeff Harry from 2020-06-13T03:30
It goes without saying that"America's racism, truly just came out of the closet!"While it has been simmering there ever since the first African slave landed on our shores, and even prior to that as...
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428: A Different Kind of Transgender Story – Meredith Talusan from 2020-06-10T03:30
What little boy doesn't wish to grow up as an albino, Phillipino girl trapped in a male body? And what Phillipino woman, wants to transition into her truth only to battle white privilege, from her ...
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427: Coming Out with Pride, Diversity, and Inclusion – John Volturo from 2020-06-03T03:30
Whether it's the rainbow ceiling, the glass ceiling, or the race ceiling...diversity and inclusion is here to shatter those ceilings. No longer is it acceptable for any place of work, or on the pla...
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426: Pride is all about Healing – Brian Falduto from 2020-05-20T03:30
Imagine being cast in a major motion picture, and suddenly having to fight your truth, or at least hide it until you are ready. You fight it, don't want to confront it, and basically avoid it becau...
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425: Coming Out Of The COVID19 Closet - Rick Clemons from 2020-05-06T03:30
Like a sneaking suspicion, or a bad Halloween nightmare, COVID19 hit the world and suddenly, we were all thrust into the closet. Isolation, fear, stress, uncertainty. If you've never hid in the clo...
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424: Hope Is A Verb – Amy Downs from 2020-04-22T03:30
A regular day, doing her regular life, left her realizing that hope was going to be the only thing that would get her through what she was about to experience. That same hope would lead her out of ...
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423: Diversity&Inclusion. Change behaviors not beliefs! – Bernadette Smith from 2020-04-08T03:30
At the height of the gay marriage battle, she discovered her calling - being a gay wedding planner. Then suddenly a series of incidents found her explaining to the wedding industry what they needed...
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422: Uncloseting a major life injury to live your best life – Tyler Schrenk from 2020-03-25T03:30
A golf game, a dare, and a life changing event that brought Tyler Schrenck out of a closet of his life that he never saw coming. From got it all going on, living an easy life with not a lot of...
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421: 5 Steps For Dumping Guilt and Shame – Rick Clemons from 2020-03-11T03:30
No matter what the closet is that you are living in, in your life, there will always be some ridiculous level of guilt and shame associated with coming out of that closet. Guilt and shame of causin...
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420: Uncloseting The Stigma of HIV&AIDS – Charles Sanchez from 2020-02-26T03:30
It's January 2020. HIV and AIDS have now been in our world since 1983. We've gone from pandemic panic to people living productive, healthy lives. Yet, there is still stigma, and lack of education, ...
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419: Uncloseting Yourself To Build Your Destiny – Grant Baldwin from 2020-02-12T03:30
He went from being a youth pastor to a conversation with his Dad about his destiny, to now running a highly successful online business, all because he uncloseted himself to go live his destiny. Now...
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418: Love making advice from yo’ Momma – Natasha Ria El-Scari from 2020-01-29T03:30
Men, boys, man boys - whatever you want to call the male species, seem to get their love and love making advice from tight lipped men, or loose lipped boys in the locker room. Neither usually serve...
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417: Uncloseting a minimal life – The RV Way – Ashley Gann from 2020-01-16T14:59
She already knows how to stand out in crowd. She's a STEM gal - science, technology, engineering, and math wizard. She's a woman in a mostly male dominated world - Chief Meteorologist at CBS 42 in ...
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416: Living an unredacted life – Jim Koury from 2020-01-15T03:30
Unredacted. Raw truth, Nothing censored. No obscurity. It takes a lot of guts and a real sense of self to say, here's my story - unredacted. Yet, most of us feel the need to keep our truth from the...
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415: Uncloseting your faith and becoming an non-believer – Geoff Kullman from 2020-01-08T03:30
Sometimes you gotta have faith, and then other times you realize that maybe not believing in God is more your truth. But what kind of crisis of faith causes you to stop believing and to live in the...
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414: Screw Resolutions. Create your 2020 F*ck It List Instead – Rick Clemons from 2020-01-01T11:30
It’s about to be 2020. Or it might already be 2020 by the time you listen to this podcast. Instead of resolutions, how about creating a F*CK IT List to live by this year. It’s simple, it’s genuine,...
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413: Holiday Gifts You Should Give Yourself – Rick Clemons from 2019-12-25T11:30
It’s Christmas Eve, or right in the middle of Hanukkah, but regardless of where you are or the holiday you celebrate, how about giving yourself some really good, non-materialistic holiday gifts thi...
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412: Stepping Into the Race and Out Of The Closet – Martina Kwan from 2019-12-18T11:30:53
What do you do when you’ve built two successful companies, received awards for those companies, then move to Southern California, and you just do feel fulfilled? You come out of the closet at...
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411: Making it ok to break the rules – Tanis Frame from 2019-12-11T11:30:13
Life is a series of rules. Or is life meant to be about breaking the rules? In reality, it’s a combination of both that require us to play with the rules and see where that takes us. As a Sta...
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410: Coming out of the awkwardness closet – Vanessa VanEdwards from 2019-12-04T11:30:52
Now that was awkward. Or was it just your own self-imposed closet of feeling awkward? Too often that awkwardness is what keeps us in our closets. No one else will understand. I feel so weird talkin...
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409: Coming out of the closet about suicide – Anne Moss Rogers from 2019-11-27T11:30:57
Death is never pretty, easy, or something that we are trained to contend with in our lives. We know it is inevitable, but death by suicide is never anything that we can be fully prepared for, espec...
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408: How To Escape The Toxicity Closet – Rick Clemons from 2019-11-20T11:30:06
If you watch the news on a daily basis, you might feel like we live in a very toxic world. Or maybe, you find yourself in a relationship that is draining you. And, let’s not forget that you m...
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407: Out of the Closet&Back In – Alex Petrarca from 2019-11-13T11:30:35
Love happens. Or maybe we should say, attraction happens, even if it isn’t deep love. For some, that means the come out of the closet, then go back in. I know, I was one of those. For others,...
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406: They Won’t Win: Uncloseting the music within – Danny M. Cohen&Greg Lanier from 2019-11-06T11:30:16
Music lifts us, binds us together, and when it’s really done right, it makes us think, even if that thinking is about dark subjects that no one really wants to talk about. But if we don’...
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405: Uncloseting The Truth of Being A Reluctant Entrepreneur – Stephen Warley from 2019-10-30T10:30:35
You’re moving along in life. Doing the thing that you do. Then suddenly, that life plan is no longer going the direction that you thought it would. Happens to all of us and it’s how we ...
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404: Losing it all to come out and be Great – Erik Bergman from 2019-10-23T08:30
No one with a logical head ever said, “I’m going to make a ton of money, then blow it all, just because I’m not happy to see if that brings me happiness!” Just doesn’t makes sense. Yet to be great,...
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403: Stepping out of the status quo closet – Shane Mallory from 2019-10-16T09:30
Bullied in school. At 17 left at the crossroads of pursuing a career as a DJ or becoming a police officer, he chose, the badge. Even with the badge, the bullying continued, but he survived for 26 y...
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Coming Out Without Coming Unglued – Part 6: Owning Your LGBTQ Truth from 2019-10-11T09:55
Whether you’re exploring your sexuality, considering coming out, or recently out, one of the most often overlooked challenges in owning your truth. Yes, we own it to come out, but the own it I’m ta...
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Coming Out Without Coming Unglued – Part 5: Dating&Mating Outside The Closet from 2019-10-11T09:50
You’ve come out, or maybe you’re only out to a few people in your life. You know the ones you can trust with your truth. Or maybe the ones you can’t trust but you don’t care because you are going t...
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Coming Out Without Coming Unglued – Part 4: Having The Big Talk from 2019-10-11T09:45
You’ve explored how you feel. You know who you are. You’ve worried, had sleepless nights, maybe even considered that it’s not worth it to come out of the closet, but in your heart and soul, you kno...
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Coming Out Without Coming Unglued – Part 3: Let’s Talk About Sex from 2019-10-11T09:40
It can be scary saying I’m LGBTQ. Why? For many reasons, but one of the biggest is because everyone, including yourself, might just think you’re that way because it is all about SEX. Well, we’re ta...
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Coming Out Without Coming Unglued – Part 2: Religion, Faith, and God from 2019-10-11T09:35
One of the greatest weapons against the LGBTQ community is the weapon of faith and God. Combine that with the threat of going to hell and you have a mind blowing experience that has been used for y...
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Coming Out Without Coming Unglued – Part 1: Breaking through the lack of acceptance from 2019-10-11T09:30
One of the hardest parts of coming out is the fear of being loved, accepted for who you are. Yet, when you step into who you are and accept yourself first, you can find the strength to do what you ...
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402: That Conversation Therapy Just Ain’t Working – Justin Utley from 2019-10-09T09:30
It is estimated that over 20,000 LGBTQ minors will be subjected to conversion therapy (reparative therapy) treatments in states where protections do not exist to prevent this cruel and ineffective ...
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401: Uncloseting Your Money Story – Jill Schlesinger from 2019-10-02T09:30
Money, money, money, money. We all want it, love it, hate it when we don’t have it and we sure have our own wicked versions of our money story – good or bad. For some it can be a frightening nightm...
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400: 4 Ways To Uncloset The Closets of Your Life – Rick Clemons from 2019-09-25T09:30
I woke up to a bunch of closets, as will be discussed in this episode, and then began to panic! How am I going to get all this crap done? What should I do first? Will I die before this stuff is com...
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399: Beyond the closet door of depression and suicide – Frank King from 2019-09-18T09:30
Imagine depression and suicide running in your family. Then imaging contemplating suicide as regularly as you change your underwear. Now imagine using humor to inspire hope, and laughter to save li...
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398: Honoring 9/11 victims and spotting your own terrorists – Rick Clemons from 2019-09-11T09:30
Today is the 18th anniversary of 9/11. As we honor those whose lives were lost and impacted by this tragic event let’s not forget that we are all impacted. Each and every time a world event happens...
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397: Bringing Balance To Your (UN)Closeted Life – Travis Ruskus from 2019-09-04T09:30
He and I met on the set of a Creative Live shoot for my buddy Mike Michalowicz who was shooting his Profit First course. Little did I know that this young guy would have the impact he did, and that...
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396.1: Bonus Episode: Think Before You Assume – Rick Clemons from 2019-08-29T09:30
We all assume and too often that makes an ass of ourselves. When we assume to know why someone does what they do, it creates a false sense of security, of superiority, and sometimes it at least see...
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396: No More Bad Days – Michael O’Brien from 2019-08-28T09:30
Every day is a good day. Nothing is ever bad. Life is wonderful. I don’t what you’re smoking, but I’m not buying all that. Until I realized bad days only exist if we make them exist. I learned part...
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395: Break Rules With Creative Trespassing – Tania Katan from 2019-08-21T09:30
“I hate my job. I’m just here for the paycheck. What difference does it make what I do, no one cares as long as I do what they tell me!” Any of this sound familiar? At times we all have the mindset...
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394: Uncloseting Risk and a New Life – Gareth Martin from 2019-08-14T09:30
At 16 you almost die from a from a crazy motorcycle accident. At 18 you take a risk and say, “I’m outta here (with a South African Accent).” Before you know it, you’re in America, then off to the U...
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393: LGBTQ Leadership, The Rainbow Difference – Steve Yacovelli from 2019-08-07T09:30
Leadership. We hear this term thrown around alot these days. It means many things to many people, and in different contexts it takes on lots of different meanings. But what does LGBTQ Leadership lo...
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392: Listening With Intention Creates A Deeper Love – Kendra Erika from 2019-07-31T09:30
What’s getting lost in society? Empathy? Understanding? Patience? All true, but what about listening with deep intention and trying to understand one another more. There’s so much noise and chatter...
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391: Discovering the truth of who you are! – David Conley from 2019-07-24T09:30
Who are you? Seems like a pretty easy question to answer, but most of us rattle of the standard answers. Father, mother, executive, cyclist, etc. The stuff that is part of the truth of who you are,...
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390: Bold Moves of Gratitude, Minimalism, and Dumping Medications – Craig Haywood from 2019-07-17T09:30
Things just aren’t working. Well they are but something was still missing. There’s a drive to do more, be more, and stop living by what other people think I should do. Sound familiar. Well maybe yo...
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389: Coming Out To See The World Without Limits – Chris Ruden from 2019-07-10T09:30
Life sucks. The kids won’t get ready for school. The car has a flat tire. Your boss hands you another project that of course has to be done by the end of the day. Your world has so many limits that...
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388: Building Bridges – Straight&Gay Spouses – Aideen T. Finnola from 2019-07-03T09:30
It happens. Sometimes a straight spouse marries gay spouse and vice-versa. Is it intentional? Maybe. Is it hurtful? Can be. Regardless of the reasons this happens – which range from societal pressu...
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387: How Far We’ve Come. Straight to Gay,&Coming Out – Anne-Marie Zanzal from 2019-06-26T09:30
He’s almost 20 years into his coming out journey, she’s little over 3. They’ve both found love, gone through the tough stuff, and have managed to thrive and survive. Your host Rick Clemons, coming ...
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386: Transformation – Building Acceptance One Community At A Time – Brandon Eisman from 2019-06-19T09:30
Deep in the heart of Kansas, there’s a transformation of acceptance going on. Women dressing as women but glammed up like nobody’s bizness! Nothing unusual you might say! Tis true to some degree su...
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385: Celebrating Fatherhood and Pride – Dillon Rasmussen from 2019-06-12T09:30
Imagine that you make the decision to be a parent. Only there’s one problem. You’re going to have to jump through some extraordinary hoops to get there. For starters Fatherhood means there’s two da...
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384: Questions You’re Afraid To Ask About Coming Out – Anne-Marie Zanzal from 2019-06-05T09:30
Coming out is scary enough. You have tons of questions, and with the right people, you’ll feel comfortable asking those questions. But sometimes you have those questions that you just want to ask, ...
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383: – Advocating for Transgender Rights, A Filmmakers Perspective – Hammad Rizvi from 2019-05-29T09:30
When love is love and who you are is who you are collides, your first thought might be, this sounds like another LGBTQ story. It is, with a twist. Imagine being a transgender woman, and finding an ...
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382: Out, Asian, and a Pop Sensation Who’s Life Popped When He Came Out – Wils from 2019-05-22T09:30
Imagine being a pop sensation. An Asian Pop Star in Korea. You’ve got a rising career, showed off your washboard abs on the cover of Men’s Health Magazine, to become known the Best of the East. Sou...
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381: What you can’t see makes you bolder – Lachi from 2019-05-15T09:30
Sometimes the bolder move of coming out of the closet is something that you can’t see and others can’t see in you. When we say, “See,” we mean, you should take that word literally. Yet, being legal...
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380: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Closing Chapters, Creating New Ones from 2019-05-10T16:00
Today I’m closing chapters on the weekly Rant and Riffs segments. Don’t worry, those segments will still show up from time to time, but it’s time to let it go and focus on my new podcast 40 Plus: R...
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379: (UN)Closeting The Fierce Within – Carolyn Colleen from 2019-05-08T09:30
Abuse. Entrapment. Feeling trapped in life. No way out. Not even a possibility of feeling Beyonce’ FIERCE. All of these feelings and life situations leads you to a point of being downtrodden, scare...
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378.1: Bonus Episode – Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Enjoying the buffet of life from 2019-05-03T09:30
Appetizers. Main course. Side Dishes. Desert. Sounds like it’s a full blown brunch. Now put your imagination caps on, and see that brunch buffet as the buffet of your life. So often we get focused ...
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378: (UN)Closeting Autism – JR Reed from 2019-05-01T09:30
Shhh. Don’t stare. He’s weird. She’s crazy. They’re not normal. Sounds like something kids say to each other. Yeah right. We adults do that too. Make catty remarks about how some acts, if they are ...
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377: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – I’m not KKK but I have some similarities to them as an LGBTQ Person from 2019-04-26T09:30
Right wing. Left wing. Democrats. Republicans. Extremists. Conservatives. We have more in common than we think. But, I’m admitting something that is a deep dark secret of mine today. I’ve got quite...
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376: (UN)Closeting Race, Sex, Race Play and Fetishes – Daniel Armando from 2019-04-24T09:30
Race. There’s not a headline in the news today that deal with some form of race relations. But what happens when Race Play – a form of fetish play – goes awry? Many things that actually evoke feeli...
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375: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Uncloseting The Bully Within from 2019-04-19T09:30
You’d be lying if you said, “I’ve never been bullied!” Hate to say it, we all have a bully. What might surprise you is that bully resides within. Everytime you put yourself down, or make a snide re...
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374: Bullied A Real Life Story – Frankie Cappello from 2019-04-17T09:30
Once a bully, always a bully. But once bullied, doesn’t mean you have to stand for being bullied. Not now, not ever. Even in a world that seems the bullies are now out in full force, given free rei...
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373: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – I Don’t Know, I Don’t Know, I Don’t Know from 2019-04-13T09:30
Three of the most used words in the English language are…I don’t know. You don’t? I don’t either. Not sure that statement is true, but I do know that way to many of us say, “I don’t know…” way to m...
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372: Making a Bold Escape – Cults and Mixed Orientation Marriage – Aideen Finnola from 2019-04-10T09:30
Imagine living a life of abuse – mental, cult religion, and hidden mixed orientation marriage – where all you did was feel neglected. Now imagine that this went for almost 40 years and you had been...
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371: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – You can never be limitless without these steps from 2019-04-05T09:30
What does it mean to live in a space of where you feel limitless? If you listed to episode 370 with my friend Laura Gassner Otting, you know her new book –Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve ...
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370: Be Bold. Be Limitless – Laura Gassner Otting from 2019-04-03T02:30
What if success doesn’t equal happiness? What if happiness doesn’t grow on trees? What if you live your life believing you can’t do, blah, blah, blah? What if the problem is you and not seeing that...
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369: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Obliging Your Humanity from 2019-03-29T10:30
Honestly, there’s a lot of humanity damaging going on in the good old USA these days. Mostly from the political arena. Now with the Mueller investigation behind us, it seems that once again certain...
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368: Making Bold Moves to Embrace Our Differences – Craig Pomranz from 2019-03-27T03:30
All of us, in some way, shape, or form in our lives have been perceived as different. Yet, nothing is more painful to a child than to be perceived as weird because of their differences, only to be ...
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367: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Uncloseting Depression from 2019-03-22T03:30
Depression. Stigma. Shame. Misery. If you suffer with depression you know the stigma, shame, and misery depression causes in your life. To often those feelings lead you to hate your depression and ...
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366: Coming Out Of The Shame Closet – Midge Noble from 2019-03-20T03:30
Shame on you! How many of us heard those words as kids? All right, maybe not so much these days, as I think that was the type of phrase us Baby Boomers heard growing up, but today the SHAME FACTOR ...
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365: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Three Steps For Curing Unhealthy Obliging from 2019-03-15T03:30
To often we oblige for all the wrong reasons. Today I give you 3 steps for Curing Unhealthy Obliging. These steps came out of the podcast interview I recently did with Jeff Goins on Episode 364, wh...
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364: Uncloseting Your Truth From During The Most Transformative Year Of Your Life – Jeff Goins from 2019-03-13T03:30
Imagine, saying to yourself, “Nothing I’ve ever done has felt like a success.” Then, as soon as the words escaped your lips, you feel like a hypocrite. Tons of people envy you. Your accomplishments...
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363: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Uncloseting Respect For Women – International Women’s Day from 2019-03-08T03:30
Once a year we have the opportunity to celebrate women across the globe and contribute to raising awareness about gender bias on International Women’s Day. It’s time to uncloset disrespect of women...
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362: Taking flight to live your Life (UN)Closeted – Nathan Seaward from 2019-03-06T03:30
Flying. Minimalism. Sobriety. Adventure. Each one of those things is about taking flight to live an epic life and helping others live their version of an epic life. Quiet a mixed bag of tricks, eh?...
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361: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Uncloseting Confusion, Courage, Commitment from 2019-03-01T03:30
What happens when you get stuck in fear, don’t do the thing you most want to do, and you find yourself continuing to apologize for your life? If you are like most of us, you wallow in confusion and...
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360: (UN)Closeting The Power of Tarot for Coming Out – Seth Vermilya from 2019-02-27T03:30
Coming out is a challenge. It’s sticky, icky, and sometimes a blissful happy trail. Regardless of how the journey goes, guidance is always helpful. But where do you turn? Whom do you ask for help? ...
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359: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Uncloseting Jussie Smollett and our reactions! from 2019-02-22T03:30
Headline news about Jussie Smollett has us all questioning what’s happening here in America, especially, as it pertains to race, LGBTQ issues, and fake news. He made a bold move and it backfired. Y...
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358: The Bold Move Of Radical Kindness – Rocco Cozza from 2019-02-20T03:30
Imagine practicing radical kindness. Now imagine others being kind and also practicing radical kindness. What would our world be like if we all operated from that perspective without all the other ...
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357: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Is your Vision To Big? Not! from 2019-02-15T03:30
We all have dreams. Vision of things that we say we want to do. Heck just this past week we heard from Chase Boehringer how his bucket list lifestyle, not only saved his life, but is not his dream ...
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356: Suicide or Bucket List. Now that’s a bold choice! – Chase Boehringer from 2019-02-13T03:30
Darkness. Despair. Depression. Divorce. Sounds pretty gloomy and not anything that anyone would but on their bucket list. It was gloomy, ugly, and daunting, and the only way through was either to c...
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355: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Uncloset Your Fun and Creativity from 2019-02-08T03:30
If you aren’t having fun and thinking you aren’t creative, then you’re in good company. Most of us forget to have fun. Life gets in the way, demands take over, and before you know it work, eat, sle...
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354: Bold moves of building relationships In The White House and beyond – John Corcoran from 2019-02-06T03:30
Imagine at 23 you land a gig at the White House. That may or not excite you depending on who’s sitting in the oval office, but, play along here for a moment. You got this gig at the White House, no...
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353: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – FEAR: facing your truth about those silly fears from 2019-02-01T03:30
I know some of you are probably going to balk at this. Go ahead. Balk, balk, balk. But the truth is, most fears in life are short-lived and self-created. Think about it. When fears show up, most th...
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352: Coming Out Of The Closets of Bullying and Drug Addiction – Mark Stephen Pooler from 2019-01-30T03:30
Darkness. The kind that causes you to retreat into yourself because you’ve been bullied so much you actually believe that you’re worthless. You’ve made the conscious and unconscious decision to hid...
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351: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Transgender Discrimination For No Cause from 2019-01-25T03:30
Let’s be clear. Transgender discrimination is discrimination, plain and simple. Lacking kindness, empathy, compassion is what Transgender discrimination represents. Those three human characteristic...
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350: Fears, Permissions, and Discoveries of Going Your Own Way – Melanie Deziel from 2019-01-23T03:30
We all desire to go our own way. Doesn’t matter if it is in love, work, or life in general. But there’s this little, big word that holds us back – PERMISSION. We come to the precipice of doing our ...
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349: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Did Gillette Make A Bold Masculine Move or Money Play? from 2019-01-18T03:30
If you haven’t been on social media or watching the news the past couple of days, there’s been a viral explosion. Not about Trump or Theresa may. It’s about razors. Or let’s say about one of the bi...
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348: Permission to Be Your Own Gay Man – Enrique Panameno from 2019-01-16T03:33
Who are you? One of the biggest questions we can ask ourselves, but it is an especially big question for gay men who often find themselves caught up in the world of material goods, great bodies, an...
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347: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Disrupting and Not Believing In The Norm from 2019-01-11T03:30
I’m a disruptor. I’m also a believer in there is no “NORMAL.” But that’s me, and quite a few of my coaching clients, and other people that tend to hang out in my circle. We disrupt, we don’t see an...
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346: The Bold Move of Belonging at Work – Rhodes Perry from 2019-01-09T03:30
We all have our own insecurities about fitting in, in life and especially at work. It can be a frickin’ challenge when you don’t have the warm fuzzies that you can be part of the team and it gets i...
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345: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – 2019 Living Life On Your Terms With IAR from 2019-01-04T03:30
Four days into the New Year. Some resolutions have already hit wall, some goals are lost in the past, and you might be struggling to even get focused. I know. I’ve been there. So here’s what I do. ...
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344: Finding our home, your place to live Life (UN)Closeted – Jeff Hammerberg from 2019-01-02T03:30
Food, shelter. Two basic needs that we all need to survive. Now imagine, fighting to be able to find a home and live in a place that makes you feel secure, only to discover that you can’t because o...
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342: (UN)closeting Confidence&Your Personal Freak – Laura Gassner Otting from 2018-12-26T03:30
We’ve all struggled with confidence and being who we are. Shame, guilt, comparisons all get in the way of our happiness. Then one day we discover we’ve been sucked into success as for of happiness,...
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341: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Own It&Show Up! from 2018-12-21T03:30
Toxic people don’t take a break at the holidays. In fact the own their toxicity and show up when you least expect it and need it. In fact, that’s part of the triggering and wake up call for us to o...
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340: Boldly Turning The World Into Your Classroom – Vanessa Tharp from 2018-12-19T03:30
Life keeps moving along. Her job brings you joy. She travels every chance she gets. She’s consistently doing the inner work to bring herself closer to her soul center. Looking at her from the outsi...
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339: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – The Other Side Of Vulnerability from 2018-12-14T03:30
Vulnerability. Everyone seems to be talking about it these days. Or maybe it’s just the circles I run in. The truth is, vulnerability is a gift. However, many people are scared to death of vulnerab...
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338: To Recovery With Love – Sharon Otness from 2018-12-12T03:30
One day you wake up and realize that self-care is not an option. It is a must. All the fun, fun, fun of drinking and partying has turned into another disastrous wake-up call on Monday morning where...
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337: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Boy Erased! Was It Enough? – Joel Barrett from 2018-12-07T03:30
Boy Erased, starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Joel Edgerton, explores the story of the son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion...
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336: Coach-to-Coach, Truths About Coming Out Later In Life – Anne-Marie Zanzal from 2018-12-05T03:30
It’s been awhile since we’ve done a “He said, she said” or a “Coach To Coach” segment. But when I was contact by Anne-Marie Zanzal, I knew it was time. Especially given our political climate where ...
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335: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Curious George, Curious Rick, Curious You! from 2018-11-30T03:30
I used to love reading Curious George when I was a kid. Then, somehow the stars aligned and I married a guy named George and he always invites me to be curious, rather than jumping to assumptions, ...
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334: Uncloseting Body Language – Leo (Lay-O) Cardenas from 2018-11-28T03:30
Imagine knowing exactly what someone is thinking. Or, at least having a pretty good idea of what they are thinking, all because their body speaks louder than their words. You could tell if they wer...
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333: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – The fine art of PERMISSION from 2018-11-23T03:30
Have you ever found yourself asking for permission? Of course you have. The better question is, have you ever found yourself not giving yourself permission? Yeah! The permission to do something you...
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332: A Daughter’s Bold Truth – Stephanie Cenedella from 2018-11-21T03:03
Imagine coming into the world, just as your Father made a major life detour. His detour, one of shame in the world, was unbeknownst to you until the age of 13. By then, you’ve been socialized to be...
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331: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – The Annoying Demands of Perfection from 2018-11-16T03:30
Nothing is perfect. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. But we all know that, yet we pursue perfection and allow it to drive us batty. It’s such a waste of energy that could be put to better use. Which begs...
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330: Making The Bold Move of Kindness – Jill Lublin from 2018-11-14T03:30
Kindness. At times it seems to be elusive. Especially in our world today. People from all walks of life seem more divisive and at odds with one another. Yet, how different would we all be, myself i...
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329: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Let The Unexpected Be Yo Friend! from 2018-11-09T03:30
I know the future, I never encounter anything unexpected, and I am fully in control of what is to come. Yeah right! But don’t we wish that were true? Alas, the unexpected is inevitable. So why do w...
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328: Bringing Hollywood Out of The LGBTQ Closet – Jason T. Gaffney from 2018-11-07T03:30
Imagine, in the land of imagination – Hollywood – that LGBTQ characters have leading roles that are never based on stereotypes. That the main conflicts of LGBTQ characters face on the big screen ar...
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327: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – 3 Simple Confusion Busters from 2018-11-02T03:30
I’m never confused. You’re never confused. We’re all never confused. So why do we need to call Confusion Busters? Because we’re all lying! And, we all hate being in a state of confusion. Or at leas...
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326: Boldly eliminating guilt. Creating joy and serving instead. – Sister Aria Inyette from 2018-10-31T03:30
I want you to imagine just for a moment a Nun. Now I want you to imagine an order of Nuns that knows no gender, embraces all spiritual affiliations, and whose practices included service, education,...
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325: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Just Admit It from 2018-10-26T02:30
Two words, “Admit It” can fix so many things. Yet we don’t like to admit things as humans. And then before you know it, we repress crap and then become miserable. So what’s the solution? LOL. Just ...
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324: Coming Out and Seeing You, for You – Brandon Stansell from 2018-10-24T02:30
We all want to be seen. We all want to be loved. We all want to be connected. And when we don’t feel seen, we forget to see ourselves for who we are and be content with that. Yet, sometimes we need...
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323: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Do you know these people? from 2018-10-19T02:30
I realized, through all the crap that is going on in our country and the world, that I know these people. People who don’t love themselves, let their egos get in the way, and they forget what it me...
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320: Boldly Play Like Your Life Depends On It – Jeff Harry from 2018-10-17T02:30
Innocence lost. Adulting too much. Then suddenly you’re stressed, searching for your passion, and feeling like you’re getting nowhere. All because, you forgot how to play. Yes, play like a child. N...
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321: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Uncloseting My Truth About Risk from 2018-10-12T02:30
I’ve been really risk averse the past few months. In fact I haven’t been eating my own dog food. I’ve been letting the bullshit of my thoughts steer me clear from making bold moves in my life and m...
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320: The Other Side of Saved – Nate Postlethwait from 2018-10-11T02:30
This story isn’t new. It’s been told many, many, many times. But it needs to be told again. There’s no better time than the present and on National Coming Out Day to tell the story that is the trut...
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319: 800 Bold Days of Me – Michael Barber from 2018-10-10T02:30
Coming Out. It’s scary. Electrifying. Confusing. Life changing. It’s about thriving vs. hiding. Taking a stand to live rather than die. But most of all it’s about being you, 100% you, no matter wha...
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318: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Lessons Learned From College Men About Masculinity from 2018-10-05T02:30
We all have, or at least most of us, have heard the saying, “When the student becomes the teacher and the teacher becomes the student!” Well I had one of those moments this week. Some college guys ...
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317: It’s real BOLD with this Real Housewife of Miami! – Lauren Foster from 2018-10-03T02:30
Cast aside traditional roles of womanhood, motherhood, and house wifery. There’s a new gal in town, and she’s the empowered trans woman. A woman who says, “This is me, like it or not, and I am all ...
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316: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – What Kavanaugh’s Nomination Is Really Bringing Out Of The Closet from 2018-09-28T02:30
You would have to been hiding under a rock, here in the US, to have not seen the circus playing out around Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment and the ensuing allegations of sexual ...
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315: Older, Wiser, Better, Bolder – Jack Tracy from 2018-09-26T02:30
What happens when you don’t date in high school, because you have to keep your crushes and dating life hidden because you are gay? For starters you end up missing out on all the crazy high school r...
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314: Getting To Hell Yes – Alexandra Jamieson and Bob Gower from 2018-09-21T02:30
Living life on your terms, making your bold moves, not settling for the status quo, all require one thing…a strong Hell Yes to give yourself, or others permission to make shit happen. But how do yo...
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313: Conscious Awakening Through The Eyes of Children – Andrew Newman from 2018-09-19T02:30
Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. How many times have you heard those words said to you when you were a child, by your parent. Or, how often have you said that to your own child? But, in this day and age,...
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312: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Getting Back In The Habit from 2018-09-14T02:30
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can preach the “make your bold move” message, but even I at times need to be told to eat my own dog food. That’s precisely what I did this week. Started eating my own dog food a...
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311: The Closet of Single Parenthood: A Bold Choice – Emma Brockes from 2018-09-12T02:30
Sure. Parenthood is a choice for most of us. Except for those unexpected surprises. But when you finally decide, there’s no time like the present, even if you are about to peak out of the 30-someth...
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310: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – No Penetration, Does Matter from 2018-09-07T02:30
If you haven’t heard, the Catholic Church is having some problems. Overtly sexual indiscretion problems. Hey it happens. But it shouldn’t. This really isn’t new, news with the church, but what took...
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309: Uncloseting the Artist Within – Blake Jamieson from 2018-09-05T02:30
This is one of those, I knew him when moments. I knew him when he was trying to find himself. I knew him when he helped me with my social media. I knew him when he was in dark times. I knew him whe...
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308: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Sh*t is Short-Lived and Self-Created from 2018-08-31T02:30
I know some of you are probably going to balk at this. Go ahead. Balk, balk, balk. But the truth is, most sh*t in life is short-lived and self-created. Think about it. When stuff happens, how of it...
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307: Uncloseting Spirituality&The Business of Sex – Lance Navarro from 2018-08-29T02:30
Have you ever wished you could find a place to learn, grow, let go, connect and enjoy absolute bliss and ecstatic pleasure? Sounds great doesn’t it! But then you find yourself stopping yourself, or...
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306: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Let Sh*t Happen So Shift Can Happen from 2018-08-24T02:30
Honestly, none of likes having sh*t happening in our lives. It’s stressful, frustrating, annoying and most of all isn’t fun. However, when we realize that sh*t happens so that shift can happen, the...
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305: Boldly Stepping Beyond Toxic Perfectionism – Petra Kolber from 2018-08-22T02:30
Gosh I’m a fraud. I don’t want anyone to know I don’t know it all? And, I sure the heck don’t want to screw up in front of my friends. I just don’t get how everyone else has such a perfect life exc...
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304: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Trust Your Gut from 2018-08-17T02:30
We’ve talked about 7 ways to get your sh*t together. But this one is a true winner. It’s going to require that you look to your past, but don’t get caught up in the crap of the past. It’s about loo...
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303: Coming Out To Create a Gender Revolution – Ann Travers from 2018-08-15T02:30
Imagine being a boy forced to attend school dressed in a girls’ uniform. Imagine being a girl banned from the girls’ bathroom and too afraid to “go” in a stall surrounded by boys. Imagine being ask...
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302: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Non-Negotiables S*it List from 2018-08-10T02:30
If you can’t get your S*it together, it might be because you are negotiating way to much in your life. Giving in, letting things be OK instead of great, not standing up for yourself or your values....
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301: Coming Out To Be The Gay, White Oprah – Matt (Mattie) Marr from 2018-08-08T02:30
Some people are gifted, then some people are gifted with the gift of gab. So what do you do when you are from Southern Oklahoma, have the gift of gab, and love to act…you move to Beverly Hills of c...
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300: Celebrating Bold Moves, Living Life Uncloseted, and 300 Episodes – Rick Clemons from 2018-08-03T02:30
The year was 2012. On a whim and a nudge from my friend Leah Jantzen I embarked on the journey of an internet radio show entitled “The Coming Out Lounge.” 26 shows later I decided I was done, but, ...
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299: Uncloseting Corporate Culture – Mike Ganino from 2018-08-01T02:30
We’ve all been in jobs where we roll our eyes, wonder who’s on first, and just say in our heads, “Screw it. I’m just here to get a paycheck!” Sometimes that’s our own stuff that we feel that way, b...
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298: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Stop Apologizing from 2018-07-27T02:30
Today we continue to explore the real truths as to why you can’t get your shit together. I’m sorry to be so blunt. Oh wait. No I’m not, and I’m not going to apologize for telling it like it is. You...
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297: Behaving Boldly, Chasing Dreams, Pony’s&Fridays – Elise Russell from 2018-07-25T02:30
Sometimes you’ve got to chase your dreams, make a bold move, and focus on two things that you find make you happy. For some that might be eating pizza and going on vacation. For others it could be ...
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296: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Quit Living Someone Else’s Dreams from 2018-07-20T02:30
Ok, you’re stuck and trying to figure out your next steps for getting your shit together. Over and over again you make a run at it and before you know it, you’re still stuck. But it’s not really yo...
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295: The Art of Discomfort – Polis Loizou from 2018-07-18T02:04
Where does never following conventions or bowing down to peer pressure lead you? To start a London-based theatre company despite never having previously studied theatre or staged a show, of course....
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294: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Stop Making Excuses from 2018-07-13T02:30
OMG. This is my worst nightmare, and probably yours too, but you may not be admitting it yet. We are a society addicted to making excuses. Yes addicted. Shocking as that may seem, we make excuses, ...
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293: Bold Moves Keep On Coming – Davis Mallory from 2018-07-11T02:30
The truth is, once you make a bold move, you’ve got the blueprint, and you can keep those bold moves coming. Doesn’t mean it’s a piece of cake, or that you can dance and sing your way through life,...
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292: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Confronting Confusion from 2018-07-06T02:30
You’re struggling to get on track. It’s a part of getting your shit together, but one thing that just keeps creeping up is the constant CONFUSION. Should you do this, or do that? If you do it, will...
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291: Confronting Conflict To Live A Bold Life – Lynne Hurdle from 2018-07-04T02:30
No one likes conflict. No one. But, it’s a necessary part of making bold moves and needed to live your life uncloseted. And that’s the truth. Nothing worth having, no life worth living boldly, and ...
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290: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Getting over permission phobia from 2018-06-29T02:30
Continuing our exploration of 10 Brutally Honest, Non-Scientific, No Guru Needed Ways to Get your Shit Together, today we dive into magical mystical world of PERMISSION! Not PERMISSION from others,...
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289: Living The Uncloseted Life – The Self-Taught Road. – Kieran McKeefery from 2018-06-27T02:33
Go to college. Get a degree. Get a job. Get married. Yada, yada, yada. That’s what we’re supposed to do. Or at least that’s what most people are told they are supposed to do to be successful. Oh an...
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288: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Admit it. You Don’t Have Your Shit Together from 2018-06-22T02:30
Here’s the thing. None of us really has our shit together. We all have shit, shit, shit in our lives. So don’t let anyone tell you they’ve totally got it together. But when you don’t feel like you ...
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287: When Opposites No Longer Attract – Michael J. Testa from 2018-06-20T02:30
It’s a story that’s been told. Yet so many still believe there’s no reason to tell this story again. That’s complete bullshit. These stories need to be told, so that everyone can hear them and real...
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286: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Men&Masculinity in a #METOO World from 2018-06-15T02:30
This one is for the guys…but you ladies can listen to, as I’m calling forth the men of the world to make a bold move and step out of their bullshit masculinity and be a little vulnerable. To be rea...
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285: Single Gay Dad: Living A Life Uncloseted – Frank Lowe from 2018-06-13T02:30
Nothing new about being a single, divorced Dad…unless you’re gay. Then all sorts of tricky things happen, that the average person doesn’t think about. Like, He’s gay and has a child? He’s divorced ...
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284: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – The Closet Of Racism from 2018-06-08T02:30
The hands of time seem to be spinning backwards at an alarming rate. Hate, discrimination, violence towards people of color has become a norm, and worst of all it is being tolerated. But it doesn’t...
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283: Shhh. I’m dating. Don’t tell anyone. – Ramona Rice from 2018-06-06T02:30
You’ve got a secret. A secret that makes you happy, fulfilled, but may make others think you don’t have a heart. People like your kids, parents, In-laws, friends. But this secret is about you movin...
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282: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Take Pride and Don’t Back Down from 2018-06-01T02:30
It’s Pride Month. Or at least that’s what those of us in the LGBTQI community call it. Not sure what Drumph and his cronies in Washington are going to say this year, since they didn’t’ really say a...
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281: Pursuing Your Big Bold Goal – Dan McDaniel from 2018-05-30T02:35
Have you ever asked yourself – Who am I? Why am I here? What am I truly capable of? What do I really want? If so, you are not alone. In fact, most of us ask those questions, but...
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280: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Outsmarting the cynics from 2018-05-25T02:30
The reside everywhere. In our heads, in our relationships, at work, our friendships. No matter where you turn there is a cynic ready to tear apart your joy, your ideas, your happiness. No biggie. Y...
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279: Taking a chance on BOLD FREEDOM – Robin Finney from 2018-05-23T02:30
Imagine leaving your job of 11 years, getting rid of your apartment, and packing up and heading off to Thailand with no real plans other than to reset. It’s a bold move with a capital “B.” One that...
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278: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Are you an audacious Buddha? from 2018-05-18T02:30
I’ve been called a Buddha. Not because of my enlightenment. Because of my size. Ok, somewhat because I have some wisdom – but I’m still no Buddha. However, I do have the kind of wisdom that co...
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277: Now Is Good Enough&Good Enough is Now – Jess Pettitt from 2018-05-16T02:30
You’ll never make a bold move, take that risk, or do what you say you’re going to do unless you just say, screw it, good enough is good enough. But why do we not let that truly be our mantra? Why c...
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276: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Your Ego. Your biggest enemy! from 2018-05-11T02:30
My ego has almost killed me. Several times in my life. Then I started to see it as a wake up call to bigger things. To more honest and authentic ways of showing up in the world. It still gets in th...
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275: LGBTQ Acceptance Work Is Never Done – Amy McDonald from 2018-05-09T02:30
Sure gay marriage is a constitutional right…at least for now. And if you monitor pop culture, you might think that LGBTQ folks are just a standard presence, so why are we still having this conversa...
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274: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Your buttoned up life from 2018-05-04T02:30
Have you ever really thought about what you wear and the signal that sends out to the world? Are you buttoned up, or super stylish? Frumpy or making a statement? It’s very interesting to observe th...
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273: Struggle Is A Gift – Meridith Elliott Powell from 2018-05-02T02:30
Do the time. Tow the line. And of course, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” All great words of wisdom. But when you’re in the struggle, no words seem to do the trick. That’s why...
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272: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Choose Chicken. Don’t gamble. from 2018-04-27T02:00
The imprints we leave with the words we use can scar anyone for life, but for sure, the words a parent says can have a huge impact. Listen to learn how a Father may have just set the tone for his s...
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271: One Yes Can Get You Out Of The Closet – Sherene McHenry from 2018-04-25T02:30
You do what you believe you’re meant to do – follow a certain career path, pursue the love of your life, build a family you’ve always dreamed of, and plan for retirement. That’s all good, but what ...
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270: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – You can’t do anything without this! from 2018-04-20T02:30
Nothing happens until you allow the “un-” in your life to be part of the journey. What is the “un-“? You’re just going to have to listen and learn why the “un-‘s” are such an important part of doin...
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269: Escaping the Menopause Closet- Kelli Jaecks from 2018-04-18T02:30
It’s hot. You’re cranky. Hormones are raging. You’re not pregnant. Your body says it going to mess with ya on a daily basis. And on top of that you just feel like you need a IV of Martini’s to make...
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268: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – The Bold Move of Saying Yes from 2018-04-13T02:30
On our last Riff and Rant, I shared 5 comparisons for determining how to say a BOLD NO! You could actually use those to say YES too. However, this week I provide you with 5 questions to ask yoursel...
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267: Living Your Turned On Life – Natalie Vartanian from 2018-04-11T02:30
What turns you on? Sex? Passions? Dreams? Or maybe it’s living a nomad, gypsy like life where you allow life to just take you where it feels right. Everything from your career and goals to how you ...
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266: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – The Bold Move of Saying “No” from 2018-04-06T02:30
Have you ever found yourself saying, “No,” and then realizing you wish you’d said yes. Or maybe, doing the reverse. Saying “Yes,” when you wish you’d said, “No?” Of course you have. We all do. In f...
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265: Uncloseted Passion – Carey Smolensky from 2018-04-04T02:30
What is my passion? Why do I struggle to follow mine? Is passion necessary for me to have a happy life? These are all questions that most of us ask ourselves each and every day in the pursuit of pa...
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264: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – What does BOLD mean? from 2018-03-30T02:30
It’s spring. Bold colors are starting to pop up everywhere you look (hopefully). And, with the onset of spring it got me thinking, what does BOLD mean to me, and why is it important to really under...
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263: Three words that change your life – Emily D. Baker, Esq. from 2018-03-28T02:30
Waterpolo, Law, and plans…nothing is as it seems. But what’s the deal with plans…why are they so damn important…or not? Maybe because we think if we have them, we don’t ever have to make a decision...
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262: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Uncloset Your Past from 2018-03-23T03:30
A friend of mine inspired this rant. It’s about allowing the past to catch up to your present so that you can make the BOLD MOVE you are meant to make. In Barbara’s journey she came back to her roo...
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261: One Hot Dog, Uncloseted His Life – Mark Asquith from 2018-03-21T03:30
20 years ago a hot dog impacted his life. Yes I said a hot dog. This hot dog was so impactful it caused him to come out of his closet…bun and all. No longer willing to work for “nob heads” any long...
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260: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Bold Move #WALKOUT from 2018-03-16T03:30
Bravo. Bravo. Bravo. So proud of our youth for taking a stand and saying enough is enough. #NATIONALWALKOUTDAY occurred just two days ago, yet the impact will move on…or at least let’s hope so. In ...
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259: Fix Yo Face, Fix Yo Life – Epiphany Mattel from 2018-03-14T03:30
If you don’t respect yourself ain’t nobody else going to respect ya either…no matter how pretty yo face is or isn’t. And even if your own parents don’t respect who you are, then sometimes you just ...
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258: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Your F*ck It Bucket – Pt. 2 from 2018-03-09T03:30
Last week on the Uncloseted Riff and Rant we got you comfortable dumping crap into your F*CK IT BUCKET that was getting in the way of you making your bold move and living your life uncloseted. This...
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257: Uncloseting your business – John Jantsch from 2018-03-07T03:30
Whether you own a business, desire to, or find yourself up to your armpits in being an Entrepreneur, one thing for sure that you may not realize. A majority of your problems exist because you won’t...
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256: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Your F*ck It Bucket – Pt. 1 from 2018-03-02T03:30
Done. Just done. Not going to do it. You just want to say F*ck It! We’ve all been there and it sucks. But…when you us the power of F*ck It to move you forward. something interesting happens. Come e...
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254: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Check Yourself – Don’t Be A 45 from 2018-02-23T03:30
He’s our President, like it or not. But he’s also not checking himself, but yet he’s being his bold self, like it or not. Today, I take a stab at the Commander in Chief and look deeply at some of t...
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253: Golf Balls, Thunderstorms and Living Life Uncloseted – Steve Gamlin from 2018-02-21T03:30
Life is full of shit storms. We all have them and they can’t be avoided, no matter how much we try. In fact sometimes bursts in to flames delivering a career change, divorce, and near bankruptcy. T...
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252: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – It’s Time For Attention from 2018-02-16T03:30
The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida reveals another closet. One that has gun control, mental health, settling into norms, avoiding signs…everything that the he...
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251: What’s Your Red Thread? – Tamsen Webster from 2018-02-14T03:30
There’s a thread that connects us all. In fact there’s a red thread about finding your soulmate. But here’s what I learned about Red Threads from today’s guest…Red Threads are everywhere and if we ...
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250: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Hypocrisy Closets from 2018-02-09T03:30
From gay sex scandals, to #METOO movements, it seems the flood gates of HYPOCRISY of overflowing, and truth be said, “Everyone’s coming out of the closet as a hypocrite.” Well everyone except you a...
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249: Boldly Tapping Your Namasgay – Frank Macri from 2018-02-07T03:30
What is spirituality? How do you tap it? Is it religion? Ironically, these are all questions that, only you can answer for you. And that’s where it can get confusing, exciting, become an adventure,...
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248: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – #METOO – Rick Clemons from 2018-02-02T03:30
The #METOO movement is everywhere we look. It’s a sign that shit is coming out of the closet that needs to come out. Women have had it. From #PUSSYPOWER to #BLACKLIVESMATTER there’s a whole lot of ...
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247: Bold Enough To Leave It All Behind – Dr. Karen Jacobson from 2018-01-31T03:30
We’ve all left something behind. Yet, it takes some nerve, grit and determination to pack up, move across country, start a brand new Chiropractic Practice all in the aftermath of a car accident and...
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246: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Get Over Your Super Glued Life – Rick Clemons from 2018-01-26T03:30
I got super glued this week. It sucked, was a little painful, and opened my eyes. It also gave me good fodder to rant about this week. Led to the question, “Where are you super glued in your life?”...
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245: Jail or A Closet…You Choose – Trish Jenkins from 2018-01-24T03:30
Prison was not on the “goal chart” of entrepreneur Trish Jenkins. Conned by a fraud and a breach of the Corporations Act meant losing her multi-million-dollar portfolio, including her family home. ...
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244: Uncloseted Riff and Rant – Uncloseting Patience – Rick Clemons from 2018-01-19T03:30
This episode is brought to you by Masha E. (pronounced “Mosh” like mosh pit), a new listener to Life Uncloseted. She sent me an email about her bold move for 2018, and low and behold it became toda...
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243: Life as a “Check Minus” – Raechel Anderson Dressler from 2018-01-17T03:30
Imagine being that kid in school who loved to help others, innocently over contributed, and being labeled as disruptive, simply because you wanted to contribute, but instead got told, “You’re not p...
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242: The True Essence Of Birthdays – Rick Clemons from 2018-01-12T03:35
This is a short riff and rant that is brought to you by my youngest daughter. Well honestly by my youngest daughter’s birthday. It’s simply my thoughts on what the true essence of a birthday is all...
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241: Loving Bravely A Bold Move – Dr. Alexandra Solomon from 2018-01-10T03:30
Let’s jump right to the truth – Real love starts with you. In order to attract a life partner and build a healthy intimate relationship, you must first become a good partner to yourself. Howev...
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240: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – 6 Steps For Bold Living – Rick Clemons from 2018-01-05T03:30
2018 is moving forward. Your bold move is waiting for you. but what gets in the way and how can you get past the fear of making a bold move. Here’s six simples steps to understand to make your bold...
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239: 12 Books For Living a Life Uncloseted – Rick Clemons from 2018-01-03T03:30
Making bold moves and living a life uncloseted, doesn’t take magic. It takes determination, belief, trust, and…a few good books. To get the year started, instead of a typical interview show, or goa...
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238: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – 2018, To Goal or Not To Goal – Rick Clemons from 2017-12-29T03:30
As we enter the last holiday weekend of 2017, I could go all “Goal-Oriented,” or “Make Your Resolutions” stick, on ya, but I won’t. I don’t believe in closeting people up that way when it comes to ...
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237: The Art of Fearless Communication – Eduardo Placer from 2017-12-27T03:30
We all hear it but do we listen? Communication is key. Yet part of what keeps us playing small and not making the bold moves in life is that we can’t communicate clearly, let alone without fear. Th...
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236: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – Holiday Hiatus – Rick Clemons from 2017-12-22T03:30
We’re just a couple of days away from the Holiday – Christmas. For many of you, you’ve already celebrated the holiday – Hanukkah. And for all of us, we’re yet to experience the dawning of the new y...
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235: Walking Outside The Norm – Shawn Singleton from 2017-12-20T03:30
This ain’t no fiction. It’s actually pretty damn truthful. Gay men, too often put themselves in a closet of only being attracted to the outside appearance and don’t move past the person’s flaws to ...
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234: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – Bold Move Recipe – Rick Clemons from 2017-12-15T03:30
Today I’m sharing 5 key ingredients for making a BOLD MOVE. These are lessons I’ve learned as I’ve been boldly making a move from one house to another…one new city to another…downsizing my life…and...
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233: Too Broke For Even A Closet – Josh Elledge from 2017-12-13T03:30
Imagine having little to no money…and starting a business. Ok, you’ve heard it before, but what you may not have heard is to come out of the closet and become a successful entrepreneur may only tak...
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232: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – Contingencies of Life – Rick Clemons from 2017-12-08T03:30
Life and moving out of old homes and into new ones are full of contingencies. So how do you use the contingencies? To your advantage or as a crutch to keep you from moving forward in life. Let’s de...
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231: Life Ablaze – Orlando Ortega from 2017-12-06T03:30
If you’ve ever felt flawed, broken, trying to make the best sense of your life, then it’s not surprising if you feel your life is on fire. Whether you’re struggling with sexuality, death, obsession...
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230: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – Bringing Sexual Harassment Out Of The Closet – Rick Clemons from 2017-12-01T03:30
It’s becoming an epidemic. Sexual harassment, innuendo, even exposing oneself to another human being in the workplace. Women are crying foul and uncloseting what has been lying here needing to be s...
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229: Attitudes and Mindset For Living Life Uncloseted – Jake French from 2017-11-29T03:30
Imagine for a moment, that the closet you live in is your own body. A body that keeps you hostage and you had no control over when you were taken hostage. In the blink of an eye, your entire life w...
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228: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – Thankful for Bold Moves – Rick Clemons from 2017-11-24T03:30
I’m thankful I didn’t eat or drink as much as I usually do on Thanksgiving. But, I’m also thankful I did a little impromptu Facebook poll to see what the boldest thing people had done in their live...
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227: A Good Crash Always Leads To Good Living – Billy Winn from 2017-11-22T03:30
Sometimes it takes crashing and burning to find your path to freedom. To live a life uncloseted. That crash make take on the form of leaving a record label, moving away from a relationship based pu...
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226: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – Garage Sale Lessons – Rick Clemons from 2017-11-17T03:30
There are five types of buyers at Garage Sales. These five types of buyers are also the five types of personalities that approach making bold moves and coming out of the closets of their lives in t...
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225: Uncloseting the Biggest Loser&Winner – Marty Wolff from 2017-11-15T03:30
Eating healthy, exercise, being fit. One way to look at life. Or, you can see it as another damn diet, exercise that you hate, and “I’m never going to be fit, so why bother?” Welcome the closet of ...
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224: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – Opportunity vs. Obligation – Rick Clemons from 2017-11-10T03:03
We all love opportunities. Opportunities to grow, travel, explore, laugh, eat, etc. Each of has our own list of perfect opportunities that we wish would magically come our way. To lead us to a plac...
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223: Chaos Creates Stability – Greg Centineo from 2017-11-08T03:30
Imagine the only way to live your life uncloseted means, failing, with a capital F. Going from creating what’s anticipated to be a Hollywood animation block buster, to a complete box office bust. Y...
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222: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – The Ring of Honesty vs. Dishonesty – Rick Clemons from 2017-11-03T03:30
Ever had ringing of the ears? It’s called Tinnitus. It’s annoying. Like a pebble in a shoe annoying. But, it’s also led me to an interesting observation. Many of the ways you can avoid Tinnitus als...
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221: Rebellion and living a life uncloseted – Ricky Rebel from 2017-11-01T03:30
Too often the world sees rebellion as an act to get attention or to buck the system just for bucking the systems sake. Yet, when we rebel with intention, out of a desire to be who we are, the way w...
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220: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – Certainty vs. Uncertainty – Rick Clemons from 2017-10-27T02:30
Ironically, certainty is fleeting. Even more ironic, uncertainty drives us batting. So what is one to do? Well I’ve got some ideas and solutions that are not complicated, unless we choose to compli...
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219: The Side Hustle of Living A Life Uncloseted – Chris Guillebeau from 2017-10-25T02:30
Impact. That was one of the first words I realized was the reason I had to live my life uncloseted. Then, I happened upon a book entitled, The Art of Non-Conformity, and I knew I had found a voice,...
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218: Uncloseted Riffs&Rants – Side Hustling For Your Life – Rick Clemons from 2017-10-20T02:30
We’re all hustling away from or towards something, each and everyday. A lot of us are also hustling things on the side. Is that a good or a bad thing? Not sure it’s either, but it can be. Join me t...
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217: The Art of Living A Life Uncloseted – Rick Clemons from 2017-10-18T02:30
We all get constrained. Stuck. Shackled by life. But what happens when we finally take the bold step to say, “NO MORE!” That’s the day we start to live our life uncloseted. But how do you do that? ...
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216: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – 3 Steps To Forgiveness Without Fear – Rick Clemons from 2017-10-13T02:30
If anything goes wrong today, blame it on Friday The 13th, then forgive it. I know, forgiveness is easier said than done…until you listen to this episode.
I’ve been going through a lot of forgi...
Episode 215: The Power of Letting Go – The Hound from 2017-10-11T02:30
It’s time to learn a lesson. Are you listening? Whether it’s a lover, a friend, or family member, those relationships that we think defines us, often involve people who have been in our lives the l...
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Episode 214: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – Time, The Ultimate Friend Not Foe – Rick Clemons from 2017-10-06T02:30
Fact: you’ve got 168 hours in a week available to you. Fact: You probably aren’t using all those hours to your maximum potential. Truth: We can all do better at using our time…especially to come ou...
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Episode 213: To be or not to be inclusive…how do you make it happen? – Danny Terrero from 2017-10-04T02:30
Life is a series of transitions. Every day we wake up to new challenges, adventures, and directions. For some of us, those transitions lead not only to a physical transition but also to our life’s ...
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Episode 212: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – Coming Out & Letting Go – Rick Clemons from 2017-09-29T02:30
To0 often, the crap of life is because we simply can’t let something go. I recently sat down with a music artist who inspired this post, and realized, so often, my own stress, frustrations, anxiety...
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Episode 211: Coming Out In Asia Led To Creating Good Mornings – Craig Kulyk from 2017-09-27T02:30
Imagine being in a foreign country, learning to stumble through the language barriers, adjusting to cultural expectations, and realizing that you’re going to come out of the closet. Hard enough to ...
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Episode 210: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – Good or Better – Rick Clemons from 2017-09-22T02:00
A quick visit to support my friend, and inspiration guy, Chris Guillebeau, on his book tour for his new book Side Hustle: From idea to income in 27 days, ...
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Episode 209: Living Life Uncloseted – Rick Clemons from 2017-09-20T02:30
You’ve heard me talking about it, the new podcast, you know the one entitled – Life Uncloseted. I know it’s been a long time coming, and we are almost there. Tentative kick off is October 13th.
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Episode 208: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – What’s Right With Porn? – Rick Clemons from 2017-09-15T02:00
Porn gets a bad rap. That’s my opinion and I’m not even an avid porn watcher. It’s goes in phases for me. But porn has helped me be more me and more comfortable with who I am as a person and sexual...
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Episode 207: More To The Man Than Meets The Queer Eye – Michael Lucas from 2017-09-13T02:30
Assumptions make an ass out of you and me. Or so that’s what they say. And, in the case of today’s guest, that is what has happened more often than not. The moment he’s labeled as an adult film sta...
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Episode 206: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – Coming Out As An Empty Nester – Rick Clemons from 2017-09-08T02:00
The last one is leaving the nest. My youngest is off to college today, and my husband and I become empty nesters…that is provided she or her sister don’t move back home…fingers crossed…we love you…...
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Episode 205: Exploring The Dance Party Of Coming Out & Spirituality – Christopher Logan & Sam Coffie from 2017-09-06T02:30
Coming out. It can be a challenge but also a celebration. A celebration that makes you want to dance. But, for many of us, the moment we come out, we find ourselves trying to fit in. Fit in within ...
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Episode 204: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – Coming Out & Dancing With Your Emotions – Rick Clemons from 2017-09-01T02:00
Coming out is full of emotions. In fact, any journey of change and transformation is laden with baggage filled with emotions. But what if instead of trying to avoid the emotions you simply allowed ...
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Episode 203: The Art of Being Gays With Kids – Brian Rosenberg from 2017-08-30T02:30
Parenting. It’s a labor of love and a love of labor. Now add to the mix, a twist of a same-sex household and all sorts of interesting things begin to happen. Especially when it’s a gay household wi...
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Episode 202: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – Raw Honesty – Rick Clemons from 2017-08-25T02:30
I have to be honest. Being honest was one of the hardest things I ever learned to do. Ok, maybe I haven’t mastered the full art of it yet, but for the most part I’ve learned that raw honesty trumps...
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Episode 201: Reverse The Beat & Thrive! – Dina Delicious from 2017-08-23T02:30
Isolation, loneliness, not fitting in. All are common feelings on the journey to coming out to be one’s self. In the darkest of moments, you may feel the need to give up or give in, yet the real ki...
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Episode 200: Celebrating the Music & Milestones of our LGBTQ Life – Tony Moran from 2017-08-18T02:30
I’m 54, he’s 50 something. We’re celebrating 200 Episodes of The Coming Out Lounge. He’s celebrating 35 years in the music business rocking the dance music industry. All that is to say, you’re neve...
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Episode 199: Never Let A Narcissist Keep You Closeted – Chris Hyde from 2017-08-16T02:30
So what is the difference between self-love and being an arrogant asshole. A lot! It’s just one small step to the right when you move from self-love to conceit and narcissist.
From gas lighting...
Episode 198: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – Paying Attention To All The Right Things – Rick Clemons from 2017-08-11T02:30
Attention. So hard to grab yet so valuable when you do. For the past six weeks I’ve been traveling and putting a real effort into trying to pay attention to things happening around me. It’s helped ...
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Episode 197: The Art of Improv, Communication, and Change – Mike Ganino from 2017-08-09T02:30
He’s a repeat offender, but actually he’s a repeat guest that is back to talk about the art of using Improv to communicate more clearly in the throes of change. Yes, I said Improv when your deep in...
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Episode 196: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – Every day’s a Birthday and Coming Out Day – Rick Clemons from 2017-08-04T02:30
Today’s my birthday, and my gift to you is my perspective on how today and everyday can be your birthday too. I’m keeping it short and sweet this week as I’ve got some celebrating here to do in Las...
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Episode 195: Love Lives Without Judgment – Raph Solo from 2017-08-02T02:30
It’s time to declare that you have the right to love without judgment! Yes you do. No matter your desires – gay, lesbian, bi, poly – love is love and it is the summer of love once again.
This s...
Episode 194: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – Play Your Scene! – Rick Clemons from 2017-07-28T02:30
As Dan Savage would say, ITMFA – Impeach The Mother Fucker Already!
As 45 turns the tables on my transgender brother and sisters this...
Episode 193: Out Your Way At Work – Rhodes Perry from 2017-07-26T02:30
You’re out. Or considering coming out. One of the scariest, most confusing aspects of coming out is whether to be out in the work environment. Some say “yes,” others say “no,” and for others it’s a...
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Episode 192: Uncloseted Riffs & Rants – The Fire of Shame, Worry, & Communication – Rick Clemons from 2017-07-21T02:00
While attending World Domination Summit over the past weekend, I had the opportunity to confront the fire of shame that fuels my worry. Since I returned, I’ve been caught up in potential shame that...
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Episode 191: Just Let Him Play. Just Let Him Be – G. Nigel Moya from 2017-07-19T02:30
So often we get told to “Man up,” or “Act like a lady,” or “Quit being such a cry baby.” All words that cut like a knife, and often times scar us for life. And once the scar is there, it never real...
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Episode 190: FOBO – Fear Of a Better Option – Rick Clemons from 2017-07-14T02:30
This weekend I was faced with FOMO. Fear of missing out, but in reality I was facing FOBO – Fear of Better Option. I’m attending World Domination Summit in Portland and one of the activities is a f...
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Episode 189: Coming Out And Dancing Your Way Into Your True Calling – Susan Duprey from 2017-07-12T02:30
From theater dork and film student to non-profit work and dancing her way through Boston, NYC, Europe and Los Angeles, today’s guest finally came out, submitted to her calling to go back to school ...
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Episode 188: Opportunities! Do You Use Them or Lose Them? – Rick Clemons from 2017-07-07T02:30
I’ve been handed a lot of opportunities in my life. Some good, some not so good. All have given me opportunities to…well you’ll just have to listen and find out. However, as you listen to this riff...
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Episode 187: Trans…More Than Just A Life Transformation, It’s A Life – Addison Rose Vincent from 2017-07-05T02:30
There’s a lot of talk these days about the Trans community…Transgender, Transsexual, Trans-bathrooms…you name it! Trans, trans, trans, has got conversations stirred up all over the globe. Which lea...
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Episode 186: He Came Out. She Became A Beacon of Hope – Rebecca Hames from 2017-06-30T02:30
It’s not often we hear the other side of the story. You know the one from the other side of the closet – the spouses story…from the spouse who’s spouse has come out. But today, we once again share ...
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Episode 185: Loving Without Boundaries – What, Why, and How – Kitty Chambliss from 2017-06-28T02:30
Who you love, how you love, and how you create your relationships is nobody’s business. Got it? Ok, I know. Easier said than done. Yet, it seems in this day and age there is still an overwhelming s...
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Episode 184: It’s Ok. Go Be You! – Scott Kirkendall from 2017-06-23T02:30
There comes a point where denying your inner essence leads you to a space of discovering, embracing, and giving yourself permission to be the real you. Is it painful? Hell yes. Is it worth it? Oh, ...
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Episode 183: A New Perspective On “What Everyone Will Know!” – Maggie Kneip from 2017-06-21T02:30
It’s the eighties in New York City. It’s the blind date of a girl’s dream, a fairy-tale courtship, a magical wedding in a Chelsea loft.
Maggie and John set up house in sleek condo in hip Hoboke...
Episode 182: Father Daughter Chat: The Kids Really Are All Right – Shelby & Riley Clemons from 2017-06-16T02:30
I get asked all the time, “How did your kids take your coming out?” Well instead of me explaining, I thought for Father’s Day it would be an awesome experience to bring my daughters, Shelby (22) an...
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Episode 181: Connection. A Key Ingredient For Coming Out – Alan Cohen from 2017-06-14T02:30
Connections. It’s all about connections. Or is it about connecting the dots, or creating connections? The answer is yes, yes, and yes. Without connections, we don’t have compassion. Without connect...
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Episode 180: Two Gay Dads Speak Out – Joel Barrett from 2017-06-09T02:30
Today is all about, he said, he said. My friend Joel Barret of Joel Speaks out, OUTwords:LGBTQ Storytelling and Sexual SundaySchool joins me to talk about whatever peaks our interest. We’re each go...
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Episode 179: Your story is your story – Christopher Brune-Horan from 2017-06-07T02:30
We’ve all got a story. It’s our story. The good, the bad, and the ugly, but it’s still our story. Too often though, we are afraid to tell our story, to share our truth. However, the reality is, our...
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Episode 178: What is love and friendship? – Tom Conner from 2017-06-02T02:30
Remember when you were 11 years old? Or maybe not. But for most of us, those younger years were filled with admiration towards older siblings or friends, especially when life gets rough. Add to it,...
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Episode 177: Love Is Love. Yes, it is that simple! – Angie Kiel Hendrix from 2017-05-31T02:30
Today is all about good. A good coming out journey, with twists and turns that cover just about every twist and turn you can find in a coming out story. From confusion to rejection, first loves to ...
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Episode 176: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: Get Over Your Shit and Into Your Shift – Rick Clemons from 2017-05-26T02:00
At some point in time, someone has told us to get over it, or in more frank terms, “Get over your shit!” I have a different take on this, and I share 10 ways to get over your shit, but it’s really ...
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Episode 175: The Art Of Coming Out & Active Networking – Mark E. Sackett from 2017-05-24T02:30
Before you go knocking on the closet door, you might want to consider, NETWORKING. Yes, NETWORKING. In other words, finding some like type folks who’ve been down the road your about to embark upon,...
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Episode 174: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: Life Through A Different Lens – Rick Clemons from 2017-05-19T02:30
West Los Angeles. Home of the Compton riots and some of the toughest inner city living on the planet. But that didn’t stop me, yet as I drove through the neighborhood my courage waned a little bit ...
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Episode 173: Live Your Out Truth Or Go To Hell – Alfreda Lanoix from 2017-05-17T02:30
Let’s be honest. A majority of us in the LGBTQ world have been told, “You’re going to hell for living that lifestyle.” Oh yeah? Well, who are you to judge and cast stones. But yet, maybe they’re ri...
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Episode 172: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: The Audacity To Be Yourself – Rick Clemons from 2017-05-12T04:26
Audacity – the willingness to take risks. In my book it’s really the willingness to not give a damn what others think and to be yourself. This has showed up in a lot of ways this week – with client...
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Episode 171: When All Else Fails…Be The LGBT News – John M. Livelsberger from 2017-05-10T04:30
Imagine living in a town that is literally for all intents and purposes a suburb of Chicago. There’s only one twist…it’s in Indiana. A state where individuals can be fired from jobs for being gay. ...
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Episode 170: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: Living in Hope – Rick Clemons from 2017-05-05T04:30
For the past few weeks I’ve been listening to Oprah and Deepak Chopra’s latest meditation series, “Hope in uncertain times!” It got me think how we can use hope as our guide to come out of our clos...
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Episode 169: Coming Out of Your Perfection Detox to Move Towards Happiness – Petra Kolber from 2017-05-03T04:30
One of the hardest things about coming out of any closet in life, is realizing that the closet door only opens when you truly love who you are fully and completely. However, most of us would say, “...
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Episode 168: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: Moving From Irrational to Rational – Rick Clemons from 2017-04-28T04:30
What do you do when you’ve been dealing with an irrational person? You riff and rant about it on your podcast. And that’s exactly what is happening on The Coming Out Lounge podcast today.
I’m g...
Episode 167: Truth or Fiction – The Battles of Sexual Attraction – Dwight Gabbert from 2017-04-26T04:30
It’s been said that life imitates art, but sometimes art imitates life. And that’s exactly where we are going today on The Coming Out Lounge, to a place where art takes us into the provocative life...
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Episode 166: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: Finding Security – Rick Clemons from 2017-04-21T04:30
Security. Certainty. Having to know. We all desire some form or feeling secure. Whether it’s in ourselves, the future, our relationships, or even in our homes. Security gives a sense of knowing. Bu...
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Episode 165: Face It. Belong just as you are in the world. – Mila Jam from 2017-04-19T04:30
We all are who we are. No getting around that. Even if we put on makeup, false smiles, and act as if we’re really happy, even when we’re not. But, it’s time to take a deeper look into ourselves and...
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Episode 164: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: We’re All A Little Transgender & Crossdressing – Rick Clemons from 2017-04-14T04:30
There’s a lot of hubbub these days about the Transgender community. Everything from where they can go pee to whether they should be vanquished off the face of the other. Too many times they are ass...
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Episode 163: A Mother’s Love Proves, Love is Love – Ellen Bekier from 2017-04-12T04:30
Her daughter always caught the boy’s eyes. In return, she knew how to flirt, date, and do everything a normal young lady would do growing up. She was active in school, a social butterfly, and prett...
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Episode 162: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: Respond vs. React – Rick Clemons from 2017-04-07T04:30
Life happens, someone gives you a wrong look, or the shit hits your fan, and BOOM you react! Or, do you respond?
One of the clutches of living a CLOSETED LIFE is living in a reactive state rath...
Episode 161: Real Me, As If There Is Anything Else You Can Be – Kenyth Mogan from 2017-04-05T04:30
You don’t have to be a genius to understand that regardless of your sexual orientation or gender identity, showing your real self to the world can sometimes be a very scary proposition. The fears o...
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Episode 160: Uncloseted Riffs and Rants: Giving a F*CK About 6 Human Needs – Rick Clemons from 2017-03-31T04:00
We’ve all got needs and desires. But one guy on this planet really nutted this concept down to 6 Human Needs. That guy is Tony Robbins and I have to say, when I saw this Listen