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Life (UN)Closeted
Living A Bold Life with No Excuses. No Apologies.
No More Mediocre Living
You're done. Done just dreaming and not doing. Done apologizing for living life your way. Done shrinking your light for the comfort of others.
In Life (Un)Closeted, host Rick Clemons and his guests share bold, badass moves for coming out and owning your individuality. Each episode takes you on a brash, fun, and in-your-face storytelling ride to help you escape the crazy, limiting thoughts keeping you stuck and afraid.
No mater if you're LGBTQ, heteronormative, non-binary, or unsure... a closet is no place to hang out in.
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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 your approach, the way to succeed at anything is by creating a positive effective habit around the goal you...
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 are some quick tips for really embracing the uniqueness of who you are as an LGBTQ in a world...
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 provided you the insight to show up in your own life, doing music your way, and fully...
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 industry, nothing makes you stronger than being 100% yourself. Just ask Colton Ford, musician, songwriter, and yes, former adult film...
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-loathing and hate that resides in you is worse. The living a lie, not lying, eats you...
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 is how you get here with dignity and respect and continue to get that type of respect in the workplace,...
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 become the powerful lessons that get you where you want to go and desire, regardless of whether that...
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 that world the fact that you are LGBTQ and our own community thrives on the perfection...
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, Bittersweet Revival. Many of the songs on the album speak out against the current political climate with messages of love, inclusion, and community. “Rain” focuses its...
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 acceptance, or missing role models everywhere they look of what life is like as a heterosexual. In fact,...
Needed to come out before his family found out. About Trent Trent 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 and produced by the artist in collaboration with his creative partner Bodes, the haunting Pop/hip-hop track paints love...
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 we decided to explore the other side of the closet with a bisexual queer person....
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, Michael Fairman is coming out of the closet as a ‘Boomer’ signer, songwriter, giving the young pop singer...
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, that’s to big of a step. Life is full of big steps, that lead to big changes,...
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, we all have more control over them than we give ourselves credit. David Clive Price, author of Hidden...
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 aligned, to get through big conversations, decision, and some of the toughest moments of your life – would you jump at it? I think...
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 keeps us from dealing with our wounds and stepping into the healing so that we can live...
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 allow uncertainty to drive your decisions. Virginia A. Campbell, M.D. talks about her book Are you sure? The Unconscious...
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 us also said, “This is not how I am meant to show up in...
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 community can be so screwed up about sex and love. Well maybe need to admit, that as humans...