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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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Imagine feeling fully in yourself. No more hiding, stressing, or feeling scared of being who you are. Now envision, the whole journey of living authentically was simply about “Closing The Sale.” Stepping into that place of really being who you are started with a simple “Sales Job” on yourself so that you could buy into……
If the external shell that defines what you see in the mirror didn’t exist, then who, what, and how would you be? What would you see? How would you experience the world? How would your interactions with others be different? Who would you physically be or desire to be? Now imagine, through those explorations, you…
There you stand. Looking in the mirror. Muffin top, balding head, creases just beginning to form under the eyes. Or maybe, now that you’re “out of the closet,” you start second-guessing “Am I really prepared to have sexual encounters with someone of the same sex?” Regardless of the vantage point, the first step is to…
Not everyone is meant to be a parent. Nor is everyone meant to be the parent of a LGBT child. However, there’s something unique about those individuals who are LGBT and choose to be parents. It’s a loving, desire against all odds, to push the societal boundaries, and claim your stake to make a difference…
None of us wants to face the unexpected. Especially after “coming out of the closet.” The last thing any LGBT individual wants is more hassle, worry, and heartache. That being the case (no pun intended), the question becomes, “What have you done or are you doing to protect yourself from the pitfalls of life that…
“Human pain is inevitable. Human suffering is optional.” Embracing this mantra as a new truth, can be a challenge. Especially, in the face of a major life crisis – divorce, incurable illness, tragic loss of a friend or family member, receiving a pink slip on our birthday. Regardless of the challenge, it’s the DNA of…
It’s a long journey from the woods of Possom Trot Alabama, to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, but when your a lady who exudes ease, grace and style, anything’s possible…including a fab career in the entertainment industry. But little did Christopher Michael Graham realize as he ran as fast as he coud from the…
Gay, straight, bi-sexual, transgender…the mixing bowl of finding love doesn’t really change regardless of your sexual orientation…it’s just the recipe varies slightly. • Is he into me because of my pecs and abs? • Does she like me because I’m more butch than her? • Do we really get each other because we were both…
Regardless of whether we hear it from someone else or buy into to our own “monkey mind” scripts, there’s a plethora of “Un-Truths” that we to weave into our belief systems as we venture out of the closet, or through any huge life transformation for that matter! However, once we understand that “we are not…
There’s guilt and shame and then there’s GUILT AND SHAME! And no, we’re not talking about the individual that comes out of the closet (that’s a whole other show)…we’re talking about the parents. Each and every parent has some form of guilt and shame they traverse after hearing their child utter those words, “I’m Gay!”…
Hailing from the tropical isle of Jamaica, Akil Campbell, Raleigh, North Carolina resident, Chair for Shades of Pride, and Advisory Member for the National Voices for Equality, Education and Enlightenment (NVEEE), brings a heart felt perspective to being Gay and African American to the Coming Out Lounge. Masterful in his endeavors to consistently give back…
Long before Snookie and the Jersey Shore we’re a hit, Scott Backman spent his summers making his own waves with his two brothers, Jeremy his twin, and Jonathan his younger twin, at the shore. Not sure if it was the brotherly head butts or his infatuation with Nickelodeon’s “You Can’t Do That On Television,” Scott…
Denise LaFrance, coach, mother, Portland, Maine resident, joins Coming Out Coach Rick as they go coach-to-coach and head-to-head, so to speak. (I think this is okay because it could mean we’re putting our heads together. But don’t worry; no blood will be shed here because it’s all in the name of understanding and supporting you…
It takes a village, to create the passion, that launches a movement…plus a powerful entertainment exec that’s living her life out and proud as the CEO and Founder of FREE2LUV. Enter Tonya Sandis. Entertainment industry veteran, executive producer of award-winning entertainment properties, and brand developer extraordinaire, Sandis has brought her experience and passion for cause…
Kicking off the debut show of the Coming Out Lounge, Coming Out Coach Rick Clemons dives right in with a provocative hour, exploring the “Art of Being Gratefully Gay.” Catapulting well beyond cliché appreciation – “I’m thankful I’m gay so I don’t have to have sex with someone of the opposite sex” – we’ll explore…