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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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So let’s talk about that closet thing in a slightly different way. I’m sure many of you have thought about it but haven’t completely processed how coming out is going to play out at work or in your career. That’s ok. Take your time and address each thing as it comes up. But since we’re…
Today we’re going to do something, well, pretty simple. We’re going to have a simple conversation about Truth Being Told…because truth rocks. It’s been awhile since we’ve had a raw conversation about coming out, being married, and having kids. But that’s where we’re headed today. Joining me is Doyle Smiens. A father, husband, and a…
Hello Closet Busters. It’s time once again to stop your closet dwelling…to step out, step up and step in to living your truth. But what if that truth meant…lots and lots and lots of questions and people not really getting you. We’re not talking them not getting you because you’re gay, we’re talking people…
Polyamory…is it a new sexual revolution? A fad? A revolt against societal norms? A slap in the face of the heteronormative? Or is it simply a way of being in relationship with yourself and others. Depending on whom you speak to, the answer could be yes, no, or all of the above. Yet the real…
Here’s the thing. You may not realize it, but to come out you need to be a leader. You need to take leadership of your life and realize, coming out is simply a form of reinventing the you that you thought you were and taking a stand to stand out as who you’ve always been. In fact,…
I want you to imagine the following scenario. You’re happily married. You really love your spouse. You do beautiful work in advocacy for marriage equality and your husband is chef. Between the two of you, you have three beautiful children that also share time with your husband’s ex-spouse. However, there’s a story hiding in the…
Tall, strapping, soulful, and ready willing and able to help men open their hearts to their deepest purpose. But what happens, when suddenly, a new stirring shows up causing you to wonder what your purpose is as a man? A pebble in the shoe sort of moment where who you thought you were suddenly feels…
Lettuce Entertain You. For those who aren’t in the restaurant industry, those words may not sound familiar, but that name brand alone means showing up to be totally yourself as one of the dominant brands in the industry! So what the heck does that have to do with coming out? Everything. When you show up...
What if you suddenly woke up one day having no fear, no filter, and you didn’t want to be around b.s., negativity, toxic people, or waste anymore time not living in your truth or not following your dreams. Sounds pretty amazing doesn’t it? But what if getting there required that you move half way across…
What if you lived life profoundly. Stepped into life from a completely, surrendered mindful space to accomplish great things, experiencing new adventures, testing your limits and knowing that through your willingness to let go and jump-in, you’re going to be wiser, more authentic, and triumphant being the unique you that you were meant to be…
Ready, set, let’s play ball. But what if being an athlete, and there are hundreds of thousands of them out there, meant you couldn’t be “out there!” In other words, you didn’t feel like you could be “out” on the field, the court, the rink…wherever your athletic passion takes you. You couldn’t be you, your…
Today were going to do some straight talking. No, were not going to try to turn you into a heterosexual. No, no, no. That’s just not how I roll. What my guest and I want to do today is to have some Straight Talk for a Curvy World – you know talk about those things…
Who taught you about the birds and the bees? Who taught you the art of being in the Boudoir? It wasn’t my parents for me, and probably not for you. We learned what we learned about sex and sexuality by absorbing what little bit was being talked about. Locker room hi-jinx, over heard conversations by…
Let’s get real. We’re all hiding something. Something that we don’t want people to know about us. Maybe it’s something trivial or big. Regardless of the magnitude, the imposter syndrome is in some way a part of each and everyone of is…but it doesn’t have to be. The sooner you get comfortable in your own…
Perfection. The pursuit of it can drive you mad, until you realize, as Mary Poppins would say, “You’re practically perfect in every way!” You are, you truly are perfect, divine, and whole – you just might not realize it. Today we’re going to explore the pursuit of perfection – the ups, and downs. There will…
Let’s mix a little cocktail of adventure, spirituality, and sexuality and call it a solid relationship, shall we? In today’s world of LGBTQ + the rest of the alphabet, sex is far more than just a physical act to get a release or to make babies. It’s a spiritual thing too. And, spirituality is not…
The closet door opened. You walked through. Faced your demons as well as the naysayers and you’re now living your out and proud lesbian life. At least that’s the hope. Yet, for some reason, things aren’t quite working out the way you thought. You’ve got a great career going on, a gal by your side,…
Parenting. It’s one of the ultimate joys and one of the greatest challenges you go head-to-head with in life. But what happens when you come out of the closet as a gay parent? Especially when you come out as a gay, Italian, Catholic, gay parent. Jay Forte, author, speaker and nationally ranked thought-leader takes a…
Imagine looking at your child and that child telling you they can’t love you because your church told them it was either tell your parent you can’t condone their “lifestyle” or forego being baptized into the church. That’s exactly what the Mormon church ruled on November 5th with a new policy that bars children of gays...
Instead of calling it coming out, let’s start calling it Chasing What Matters. You know the stuff that matters most for you like, living your truth, being fully present in your sexual orientation, feeling free, and loving yourself. That’s why this week I’ve brought in the Sparkle Fairy to the Coming Out Lounge. She’s an...