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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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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 Vegas, but I just know you’re going to get something out of this short, to the…
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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 has been inflicted upon me by someone else, without any basis as to the reason they are throwing shame my way.…
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 really goes away, even with the best plastic surgery, the memory of how…
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 food around the world experience where you could choose to have a Columbian, Iraqi, or Congoloese dinner to…
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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 and rant, I invite you to seek out the OPPORTUNITY to develop your own five questions to help…
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 leads to the question, “Why all the hubbub?” To help us understand, the answer to that question is Addison Rose, Lead Advocate for Pride United a non-profit…
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 what it’s like when your dreams are shattered and your trust and belief in someone vanishes…
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 societal desire to be up in everyone’s busyness…yes I said busyness…because when you get into someone else’s relationship…
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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) and Riley (18) onto The Coming Out Lounge for a truth telling chat about growing up with gay dads.…
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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, the confusion of pre-adolescence and the stirrings of “Who am I?” and you’ve got the making of a typical made…
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 lasting loves, and all about stepping into the reality that you, and me, and baby makes three…my eggs,…