In this week’s episode, Robin talks about the keys to living a serene and fulfilling life. Robin puts on her philosophical beret and covers topics such as “acceptance”, “surrendering”, “expectations” and “letting go” and what in the world does that have to do with coming out late? Give yourself permission to ‘think’ and ‘do’ differently; because we can! Nothing changes if nothing changes. We ALWAYS have options and choices to ‘think’ and ‘do’ differently. It’s how we respond to adversity, to cha...
Oct 24, 2023•19 min•Season 3Ep. 109
This week Robin continues her conversation with the late bloomers from her most recent Coming Out Late Retreat to Traverse City, MI. As you’ll be able to glean from the banter, this group has grown quite close to one another, had a GREAT time, and shared a lot of very special moments and memories. Many who attended have later shared with Robin that their Retreat experience was life-changing for them. That makes my heart sing! I know this Coming Out Late Retreat had an enormous impact on ME as we...
Oct 16, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 108
This week Robin invites the attendees from her most recent Traverse City, MI Retreat to come on the show and share their enthusiasm and experiences. Robin’s Coming Out Late Support Groups and Retreats are quickly becoming one of the fastest ways to make new friends and build your community and tribe within this fast-growing late blooming sector of the LGBTQ+ community. Over seventy-five percent of the Phoenix Retreat attendees made their way to Michigan to attend the Coming Out Late Traverse Cit...
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 107
Robin shares details about her online support group “Women Loving Women”. She also dives into the powerful responses she received after posing the question “What do you wish you knew then that you’ve known now on your journey” to the women of the group. In this episode, you will learn… You can take care of yourself—you can do hard things. Fear of the unknown is the common thread that holds so many back in life. Finding the inner strength to say “Yes, I’m gay” and learning to trust yourself. Ther...
Oct 02, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 106
In this episode, Robin reads a post written by a member of her “Coming Out Late” community about feeling stuck and sad while in the beginning stage of the messy middle. Robin also shares with us the outpouring of beautiful and practical support and encouragement. Grab your pen and paper because you are going to want to write down some of the really useful suggestions, as well as some of the poignant positive affirmations that the authors’ responders shared with her. In this episode, you will lea...
Sep 25, 2023•29 min0
“Coming-Out-Late Grief: It’s Real” ‘Life' is full of uncertainty, discomfort and pain, as well as joy, peace and freedom. It is when we master the art of being comfortable with discomfort and uncertainty, that we have mastered the art of living life - not just surviving it. Why should our coming out late journey be any different? It is in the discomfort, the uncertainty and the grief in which our growth can occur and our souls may soar. Grief is not only an expected part of ‘life’, but it will a...
Sep 18, 2023•26 min0
In this follow-up episode to last week, Robin continues to answer a few more questions which were submitted by members of her Coming Out Late Facebook Group. In today’s episode of “Your Queer Questions Answered”, Robin discusses the following topics: Dividing up your marital assets don’t always have to be 50/50. Go over ALL of your expenses with a fine-tooth comb! Do you know what it costs to live in the housing you’re currently living in? Should you get rid of the house? Or budget even tighter ...
Sep 11, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 103
In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin addresses some topics brought up in her Coming Out Late Facebook Group. In today’s episode of “Your Queer Questions Answered”, Robin discusses the topic of “Coming to terms with lost time.” Here is the topic in their own words: “I wish I’d been able to have that part of me, all along. I mourn, (a bit), the life I could have had, the full relationships that could-have-been, had I known earlier.” She goes on to say, “ I LOVE my kids…and my wuzb...
Sep 04, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 102
In this part 2 episode Robin continues to celebrate her monumental milestone of producing 100 episodes of “Coming Out Late” with two very special guests - her two adult millennial daughters! For the first time ever, the three of them sit down and discuss their Mom’s coming out journey and how it impacted their lives. They discuss… What did “Gay Awareness and Representation” look like from two twenty-somethings growing up? Sexual stereotypes and what those looked like then, versus now. Reflecting...
Aug 28, 2023•42 min0
In this episode of “Coming Out Late”, Robin celebrates her 100th episode with two very special guests - two Millennials - who also have experience with friends and family members coming out of the closet! “Don’t touch that dial” and stay tuned-in as the three of them talk about the LGBTQ+ community in general and about their own experiences with the LGBTQ+ community and having queer loved-ones. They discuss… At what age or grade did you first become aware of ‘gay’ people? Was there any/much repr...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 8 min
In this Part Two episode of “Coming Out Late” Robin continues talking with Resiliency coach Michelle Dickinson about using ‘resilience’ as a lifestyle and lifelong tool. We think that all of the answers we seek are external to us - when they’re not. If we didn't have challenges, we would never realize our capacity to overcome them. Challenges really are the compass to our expansion. Trust the ‘journey’ and believe that life is always unfolding for your highest good. Also, ask yourself, “...Are...
Aug 14, 2023•29 min
In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin talks to a dear business friend, Michelle Dickinson. Michelle is many things, but her forte is coaching people to lean into resilience as a lifestyle, and embrace the journey of personal expansion. In this episode, you will learn: that ‘resilience as a lifestyle’ is not something that you have to go and get through adversity - it’s something that you nourish. how to stop being our own worst enemy by getting out of our own way. what is at the ...
Aug 07, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 98
In this Part 2 Episode, Robin picks up the conversation with the group of queer clergy-folx from her FB Group, “Coming Out Late”. Robin recorded four hours of epic clergy conversations, two of which you heard in Episodes #75 & #76 back in March. The final two hours of those recordings are here, in Episodes #96 and #97. Patriarchy, language, pronouns and “mansplaining”.. “Doubt the defaults”, Rev. Eyde Mabanglo What is “monotheism? According to Google, monotheism is the belief in the existenc...
Jul 31, 2023•53 min0
In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin shares with us a second conversation she had with a group of queer clergy-folx from her FB Group, “Coming Out Late”. Robin recorded four hours of epic clergy conversations, two of which you heard in Episodes #75 & #76 back in March. The final two hours of those recordings are here, in Episodes #96 and #97. The Rev. Wilda C. Gafney, Ph.D., also known as Wil Gafney, (born 1966) is an American biblical scholar and Episcopal priest . She is a...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 5 min
In this Part 2 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin continues the conversation with Pleasure Education sexpert Whitni Miller. Casting aside timidness and insecurities around the topic of sapphic sex, members of Robin’s weekly “Not Straight Support Group” participated in a thoughtful, compassionate and consented conversation about pleasure, sex and intimacy for the purposes of this podcast. In this episode you will learn… The difference between “performative based sex” and “pleasure base...
Jul 17, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 95
In this Part 1 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin invites the infamous social media sexpert Whitni Miller to be a Special Guest at the weekly “Not Straight” Support Group. Casting aside timidness and insecurities regarding talking about sex, all the members of the support group participated in a thoughtful, compassionate conversation about pleasure, sex and intimacy. In this episode you will learn… How do we flirt & let them know we’re interested in them? People-pleasing and the p...
Jul 10, 2023•56 min0
In this Part 2 episode of the Out & Wild Women’s Wellness Festival, Robin recaps the experiences we each had with this group of queer Festival goers, culminating the conversation asking everyone to describe one memory that has stayed with them long after they’ve returned home. In this episode you will hear the Festival attendees reflect-on… What is ONE word that describes your experience at the Out & Wild Women’s Wellness Festival? And why? Who were you before the Festival, but more impo...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 93
In this unconventional Bonus episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin continues telling the tale of her experience getting to the Out & Wild Women’s Wellness Festival in Wales. Three flights, four different train changes, one questionable cab ride and a thoughtful car lift TO the festival was “all it took” for Robin to eventually arrive at Out & Wild! Listen to Part 2 to the crazy ups-n-downs of Robin’s journey to Wales! In this episode you will learn… You are stronger, wiser and mo...
Jul 01, 2023•34 min
In this 2-part Episode Robin describes what the Out & Wild Women’s Wellness Festival is all about, describing the facilities, offerings, and venue. THEN, Robin invites 15 of her closest UK-friends to join her in a recorded zoom gathering to talk about THEIR experiences at the Festival. In this episode you will hear the Festival attendees answer… What is ONE word that describes your experience at the Out & Wild Women’s Wellness Festival? And why? How has the Festival transformed you, afte...
Jun 26, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 92
In this unconventional episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin takes a casual, unscripted approach this week, sharing with you a recent ‘thing’ she did. She did a ‘gay’ thing and she wants to share with you her ‘gay thing’ experience, AND share with you the things she learned about herself along the way. These ‘things’ Robin learned about herself are universal lessons we can all benefit from. She also hopes to recruit many of you to join her next year, to do this ‘gay thing’ together in on...
Jun 19, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 90
In this Part 2 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin continues the conversation with Late Bloomer Adriana and her co-parent and current husband, Darius. You’ll hear how they walk us through their process of managing their marriage, their families and their futures during and after Adriana’s recent awakening of her sexuality. For reference, Adriana no longer identifies herself as a heterosexual woman. In this episode you will learn… Wanting something more for yourself, or something differ...
Jun 12, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 89
In this Part 1 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin welcomes the married duo of Adriana and Darius to talk about how Adriana’s recent awakening to her sexuality has impacted their marriage, how they have navigated this journey together, and how they plan to move forward. In this episode you will learn… How important it is to listen to those little whispering voices inside us. The vital nature in which “communication” really does play a role in the success of all relationships. Take thin...
Jun 05, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 88
In this Part 2 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin continues the conversation with her newest group of Coming Out Late Retreat attendees in a conversation they had immediately following their return from “Women’s Fest” in Rehoboth Beach, DE. In this episode you will learn… What happens when we “don’t wear the uniform”? What IS ‘the uniform’? An insider’s / attendees perspective on Women’s Fest in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Volunteer at queer events - its a safe and less scary way to meet new ...
May 29, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 87
In this Part 1 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast Robin has gathered with the newest group of Coming Out Late Retreat attendees immediately following their return from “Women’s Fest” in Rehoboth Beach, DE. You’ll hear from most everyone who attended the retreat with Robin. In this episode you will learn… Some who attended the retreat opted not to participate in the Recap gathering because, despite being in their first same sex relationship, they are not out to most people in their lives, nor...
May 22, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 86
In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast Robin has a casual but critical conversation with another late bloomer, Sabrina, about the importance of developing a money mindset in our lives - especially before, during and after our coming out late journeys. Together Robin and Sabrina broach the “Money Mindset” subject from their own beginner’s knowledge and personal experiences. In this episode you will learn about and hear Robin and Sabrina discuss… What IS “Money Mindset”? And how/why does t...
May 15, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 85
In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast Robin has a casual but critical conversation with another late bloomer, Sabrina, about the importance of developing a money mindset in our lives - especially before, during and after our coming out late journeys. Together Robin and Sabrina broach the “Money Mindset” subject from their own beginner’s knowledge and personal experiences, and not from any kind of ‘expert’ stance. Whether you are in a contractual relationship, a marriage, partnered or no...
May 08, 2023•52 min•Season 2Ep. 84
In this Part 2 episode of “Coming Out Late in Phoenix, The Retreat”, Robin continues the conversation with her group of not-straight women who braved the queer wilderness in Phoenix, Arizona to attend the very first “Coming Out Late” Retreat! Mostly on their best-behavior, you will hear just how much each person grew, appreciated and reaped in the benefits of meeting and retreating in-person. In this episode you will hear Robin and the Coming Out Late Retreat group informally talk about their ex...
May 01, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 83
In this highly anticipated episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin re-gathers with the group of not-straight women who braved the queer wilderness in Phoenix, Arizona to attend the very first “Coming Out Late” Retreat! Robin instigates the banter and conversation with her new forever friends as they each discuss what the Retreat meant to them. Mostly on their best-behavior, you will hear just how much each person grew, appreciated and reaped in the benefits of meeting and retreating in-per...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 82
In this Part 2 episode of “Coming Out Late In A Hetero Marriage”, Robin jumps right back in with her first-ever conversation with husband David, and his wife and late bloomer, Monique, who are actually going through Monique’s Coming Out Late process in real-time, and SHARING their experiences with us! There’s LOTS to absorb, take-in and learn! In this episode you will … “Kroger Parking Lot Therapy”, and having those REAL HARD conversations and asking one another the big scary questions, and disc...
Apr 17, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 81
Thirty-two years ago, 16-year old David, the new kid in high school, bravely squished his way through a wall of Monique’s clique of high school friends, (congregated around her locker in the hallway), and asked a mutual friend to introduce him to Monique - in front of everyone. That brave move earned David the intrigue and attention of Monique; AND earned David the honor of walking with her to their next class together. It also earned them both the distinct pleasure of nearly three decades of ma...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 80
