In recognition of International Transgender Day of Visibility last week, Robin dedicated this week’s podcast episode of “Coming Out Late” entirely for the purposes of exploring what “identity” and “representation” looks like through the lens of gender non-conforming and transfeminine artist/poet/performer/activist - ALOK. In this episode you will … be exposed to the work ‘spoken’ word of ALOK, a gender non-conforming, transfeminine artist, poet, and activist. Learn how ALOK dealt with childhood ...
Apr 03, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 79
In today’s episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin explores two commonly asked questions that most of us ask ourselves at ‘some’ point along our coming out late journey’s - and those are: “What if I’m NOT Really Gay?” “And, What If I’m Wrong? We want assurances and certainty in life that we aren’t going to blow-up-the-family, be disowned by our parents and/or siblings, be fired at work or be ghosted by our children IF, by some chance, we are wrong about our sexuality. In this episode you w...
Mar 27, 2023•36 min•Ep. 78
In today’s episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin discusses the topics of fear and confusion as they relate to the coming out late process. Robin explains, “...fear and confusion have been pervasively popping-up in a variety of forums where people gather for support and conversation regarding their coming out late journey’s. We need to have open and honest conversations about the common fears we experience and the mind-blowing confusion we’re hit with when coming out later in life.” In th...
Mar 20, 2023•22 min•Ep. 77
In this Part 2 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin continues the conversation with her first panel of late blooming clergy folx who all found one another within Robin’s Coming Out Late Facebook Group. In this Part 2 episode you will hear Robin and her panel of late blooming queer clergy discuss… How for most of us, it simply never occurred to us to explore our sexuality. What do our queer clergy folx say to people who condemn them for being gay? Southern Baptist versus Northern Baptist...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 76
In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin introduces us to the beginning of nearly four hours of recorded conversations with late blooming queer clergy folx who all found one another within our Coming Out Late FB Group. In this Part 1 episode you will hear Robin and her panel of late blooming queer clergy discuss the topic of being queer and being Pastors, as well as, together, answer questions submitted by members of Robin’s Facebook Group, “Coming Out Late”… “What advice do you hav...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 75
In this Part 2 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin continues her conversation with friend and Lesbian Curiosity Coach, Samantha Fox, to keep talking about sex and relationships as it pertains to our ever-growing community of newly-out, not-straight queer folx. In this episode you will hear Robin and Samantha discuss . . . A very big part of our coming out process IS awakening to our own sexual desires, our sex drive and defining our own sensuality. The taboo of self-pleasuring, masterb...
Feb 27, 2023•36 min
In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin invites back to the podcast friend and fellow Coach, Samantha Fox, to talk about sex and relationships as it pertains to our ever-growing community of newly-out, not-straight queer folx. In this episode you will hear Robin and Samantha discuss . . . The coming out late journey is fraught with potholes, messy-middles, and a multitude of emotions. But, what about what happens AFTER you’re through the messy middle - what then? Post the messy-mid...
Feb 20, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 73
In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin sits down to chat with the 2023 Rehoboth Beach, DE “Women’s Fest” Co-Chairs. In this “Women’s Fest” episode of the “Coming Out Late” podcast, you'll learn . . . That the Coming Out Late Community is organizing a Retreat to Women’s Fest ‘23, located in Rehoboth Beach, DE April 27-30th, 2023. The importance of “community” when coming out later in life - finding “community” at safe lgbtq+ events, like, Women’s Fest. The history of Women’s Fest a...
Feb 13, 2023•44 min0
In this Part 2 episode, Robin continues her conversation with Krista, a 49-year old late bloomer. Krista never really used any labels for herself regarding how she felt about boys and girls, men and women - but she did know she was never really enamored with ‘guys’, when all of her female school friends were! After a secret relationship with a girl in high school, (they even went to the high school Prom together), Krista moved out of state for college and married a man when she was quite young. ...
Feb 06, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 71
In this Part 1 episode, Robin interviews 49-year old late bloomer, Krista. Krista was originally from Nebraska and New Mexico before her family moved to Texas where she lived until graduating from high school. Krista never really used any labels for herself regarding how she felt about boys and girls, men and women - but she did know she was never really enamored with ‘guys’, when all of her female school friends were! After a secret relationship with a girl in high school, (they even went to th...
Jan 30, 2023•31 min
In this Part 2 episode of “Life After Coming Out Late”, Robin continues her conversation with late bloomer and Women Loving Women support group friend, Cheryl. Cheryl left us hanging in Part 1, as to what her life looks like now, now that she has settled-into her own place and helping her daughter get settled and adjusted as well. Having no previous experience ‘being’ with a woman, let alone ever having dated a woman, Cheryl was in no rush to get herself ‘out there’ on the dating scene. Instead,...
Jan 23, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 4
In this episode, Robin meets back up with an old Women Loving Women Support Group pal, Cheryl. It’s been a little over a year, and Robin wants to know what Cheryl has been up to since coming out late. Robin asks Cheryl to share with us what her life was like BEFORE coming out, how DID she realize she was gay and come out, and what ‘life’ has been like since surviving the dreaded messy middle. Through this conversation with Cheryl & Valerie, once again, Robin shows us the importance of “repre...
Jan 16, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In this episode, Robin sets the tone for 2023 - not only for herself - but she challenges us all to think about setting some conscious intentions for our lives in 2023. Robin asks us to ponder and select one word that will be our battle-cry for all of 2023. In this episode of the “Coming Out Late” podcast, you will learn . . . What is conscious awareness? Why is it important to be consciously-aware? What does it mean to ‘set-intentions’? What are the benefits of setting intentions? How can setti...
Jan 09, 2023•18 min•Ep. 67
In this episode, Robin again breaks the mold in the world of LGBTQ+ podcasting by introducing us to yet another one of her listeners, via a letter she received from Helen. Like the previous letter read in last season’s Episode #55 by Michelle in Australia, Robin received a letter from Helen, outlining her very painful and difficult 2022, complete with Helen’s coming out story. Robin was so struck by Helen’s vulnerability, the pain she is working through, the self-discovery she is experiencing, a...
Jan 02, 2023•20 min•Ep. 1
In this Part Two episode, Robin continues her conversation with late bloomer and LGBTQ+ Mindset & Empowerment Coach AND Spiritual Mentor, Kari DeWitt. Robin picks back up with the challenging question for Kari, “...how do we help our LGBTQ+ coming out late community overcome debilitating feelings of selfishness while they’re navigating their new trajectory in life as a gay person…?” Kari’s answer may surprise you. Likewise, Robin and Kari also look back at how much about themselves and about...
Dec 26, 2022•45 min•Ep. 65
In this episode, Robin talks with Kari DeWitt, an LGBTQ+ Mindset & Empowerment Coach as well as a Spiritual Mentor. This is not Robin & Kari’s first rodeo or podcast episode together - Robin interviewed Kari back in Episode 5 of the “Coming Out Late” podcast in November of 2021, as her first-ever podcast guest. Back then, they chatted with one another about all-things LGBTQ+, sharing bits ‘n pieces of their own coming out late stories, as well as talking about the enormous growth each we...
Dec 19, 2022•30 min•Ep. 64
In this episode, Robin interviews late bloomer and emotional wellness coach, Dee Burrell. Robin and Dee’s chemistry and easy-conversation style make it easy to ponder the possibilities that our thoughts are not who we are - that they’re just thoughts. Likewise, the two discuss and disclose what it was like to realize you are gay at the age of 5 but living in the south being raised a staunch southern baptist. After four children, eight years of clawing her way out of the closet and fourteen years...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 63
In this episode, Robin debuts a new segment of her podcast called, “Consider the Possibility”. In “Consider the Possibility”, Robin introduces a particular topic or theme or idea that she hopes will help us all think a little deeper, feel a little more awakened and possibly even inspire us to act a little differently as we navigate through this journey of life and of coming out. In this episode you will consider the possibility of ‘impermanence’ and learn . . . What is the meaning of ‘impermanen...
Dec 05, 2022•19 min•Ep. 62
In this episode, Robin is interviewed by Greg Sowell, host of his own podcast called, “Why Am I?” Greg’s premise behind his “Why Am I?” podcast, is that he likes talking to interesting people and tries to trace a path to where they were to where they find themselves today. Nonetheless, Robin makes an excellent guest on his show, because clearly her path to where she was to where she finds herself today is quite an unlikely path indeed. In this episode, you will hear Greg interview Robin and lear...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 61
In this episode, Robin is interviewed by Abigail, a relatively new, self-proclaimed pansexual, and Host of her own podcast all about relationships called, “The Manic Pixie Weirdo”. The week before this episode aired with Robin, Abigail did a solo episode on her podcast called, “My Relationship with Coming Out”, and therefore wanted to interview Robin to learn more about her own relationship with coming out, and what Robin’s process was like. In this episode, you will hear Abigail interview Robin...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 60
In this episode, Robin takes us back into an inside look, (“Part Two”), into several really poignant conversations that took place in one of her four weekly support groups she facilitates for women coming out late in life. With permission from all the women in this small group this particular week, they collectively agreed that the conversation that transpired was just too good NOT to share with her podcast listeners. In this Part Two episode, you will hear and learn about . . . We pick up the c...
Nov 14, 2022•36 min•Ep. 59
In this episode, Robin shares with us an inside look into one of her four weekly support groups she facilitates for women coming out late in life. With permission from all the women in this small group, on this particular day, they collectively agreed that the conversation that transpired was just too good NOT to share with her podcast listeners. In this episode you will hear and learn about . . . We initially opened the conversation by pondering the following comment/question: “Do you find that...
Nov 07, 2022•53 min•Ep. 58
In this episode, Robin is being interviewed by Annie McKinnon, creator and Host of “Talking All Things LGBTQ”. With a full year under her belt, since starting her own podcast and coming out to the world in the first few episodes, this is an interesting inside look at Robin’s recount of her story a year later, as well as her reflecting on the many lessons she has learned along the way. One thing she knows for sure, is that loving a woman has been a beautiful journey and “easier” for her, than lov...
Oct 31, 2022•58 min•Ep. 57
In this episode, Robin discusses the in’s and out’s of relational compatibility, emotional EQ, timing, chemistry and of course, ‘curiosity’ with friend, colleague and Lesbian Curiosity Coach herself, Samantah Fox. In this episode you will hear and learn about . . . Figuring out chemistry: even with video-chatting, and audio-texting constantly, ‘chemistry’ may be evident for some, and not for others; everyone processes at their own pace and in their own way. The importance of understanding each o...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 56
In this episode, Robin continues to break the mold in the world of LGBTQ podcasting by introducing us to one of her listeners, Michelle, hailing all the way from Australia. Robin was so struck by a note she received from Michelle, that she knew she had to share it with her listener’s, with MIchelle’s consent of course. Robin also knew that the impact of Michelle’s words and all the sentiment behind them would be better spoken by Michelle herself. So, Michelle agreed to read her own letter to Rob...
Oct 17, 2022•33 min•Ep. 55
In this episode, Robin continues the candid and informative conversation with the members of her weekly Women Loving Women Wednesday evening support group about Online Dating and Internet Safety with former Detective Sergeant Becky Rodgers. They talk about, and engage others to discuss, how and what it means to stay safe in AND out of the online dating apps as well as in and around the internet in general. This conversation was recorded with permission by ALL participants who attended this suppo...
Oct 10, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 54
In this episode, Robin invites the members of her weekly Women Loving Women Wednesday evening support group to join her in a candid and informative conversation with former Detective Sergeant Becky Rodgers. They talk about, and engage others to discuss, how and what it means to stay safe in AND out of the online dating apps as well as in and around the internet in general. This conversation was recorded with permission by ALL participants who attended this support group. Our Women Loving Women W...
Oct 03, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 53
In this Part 2 episode, Robin continues the conversation with the people in her weekly Bisexually Speaking support group continuing to discuss what it’s like to not only come out late, but come out late AND bisexual - it’s a complex journey. Robin’s weekly support group, Bisexually, is not always recorded, but we collectively agreed that it was time to record this conversation in an effort to begin dispelling the many myths surrounding being a bisexual, and coming out late today. The Bisexually ...
Sep 26, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 52
In this episode, Robin invites the members of her weekly Bisexually Speaking support group to join her in a candid and complex conversation about what does it mean to be bisexual in 2022-2023, AND, what is it like coming out late AND coming out as bisexual. Recorded with permission, the Bisexually Speaking support group gives participants the chance to talk-out all of the different ways that Coming Out as Bisexual can look in ‘today’s’, gay environment; as well as what are some of the challenges...
Sep 19, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 51
In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin introduces you to two new friends of hers - Rebecca and Issy, the co-founders of YES!, via an episode of one of their very own podcasts. YES! is a nonprofit educational organization that provides sex-positive, intersectional, consent-based, sexuality education to people of ALL ages. Yes! stands for Your Empowered Sexuality . They offer anti-oppressive and shame-free educational programs using interactive workshops, social media, and other med...
Sep 12, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 50
