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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 challenge, that defines our character.
• We must accept we have no control over people, places, things & situations.
• The key to life, to serenity, and to living a fulfilled life is ACCEPTANCE.
• We learn how to accept by learning how to surrender; we learn how to surrender by learning how to LET GO.
• We need to learn how to let go of - and live free-from - ‘desired outcomes’ and ‘expectations’.
• The myth about chasing ‘ideal outcomes’. What’s the probability of catching our ‘desired outcomes’? What’s the cost of chasing our desired outcomes?
• We’re not in the CONTROL business - that’s codependency’s job!
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for these or future retreats, email Robin: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-PHILADELPHIA, PA: July 24-27

-GRAND JUNCTION, CO: Sept. 4-7

In this Part 2 episode, Robin continues her conversation 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, another late bloomer themselves, share their own beginner’s knowledge and personal experiences, not from any kind of ‘expert’ stance. Whether you are in a contractual relationship, a marriage, partnered or non-partnered, it is critical that we late bloomers have a sense of money matters, know our financial rights and have a better understanding of our financial position in our world.

In this episode you will learn… 

• What IS a “Money Mindset”? And how/why does that affect YOU?
• Three steps in budgeting: (1) try to save 10% of your income, (2) know what your monthly fixed expenses are and try to keep them at 50-60% of your income, and (3) put aside about 30% for “spending” or your “fun money”.
• You can only cut-back your expenses so much, but, can you renegotiate your big, big fixed expenses, (i.e., auto insurance, homeowners insurance, your mortgage to a lower interest rate, rent, etc.); the next question is, can you increase your income at all?
• Whether you’re a stay-at-home mom, work part time, or even full time, know what value you bring to your marriage and be willing to fight for your value!
• Know what the rental market is in your area and determine what your income needs to be in order to move out and live on your own.
• If neither you and/or your spouse cannot afford to move out, then you both need to ask the question, “...how can we meet our needs within the marriage. Are you ok with me seeing someone else and you seeing someone else…?” (a.k.a., ethical non-monogamy).
• Whether or not you stay in the marriage, there will always be trade-offs. The questions are: What are you financially able to trade-off? And, what are you comfortable trading-off?
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for these retreats, email Robin: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-PORTLAND, ME: June 19-22, 2025 - ONE SPOT STILL REMAINING

-PHILADELPHIA, PA: July 25-27

-GRAND JUNCTION, CO: Sept. 4-7

Robin has a casual but critical conversation with late bloomer, Sabrina, about the importance of developing a money mindset; especially as late bloomers on our coming out late journeys. Whether in a contractual relationship, a marriage, partnered or non-partnered, it is critical that we late bloomers have a sense of money matters, know our financial rights and have a better understanding of our financial position in our world.

In this episode you will learn… 

• What is a “money mindset”? How do you develop a mindset around money? How does it affect you and your future?
• What's your relationship with money? What has your journey with money been throughout your life? How did your relationship with money first get formed? Do you think you are capable of handling money?
• What are the 'stories' you tell yourself, [surrounding money], and the automatic reactions you have in your body, [as it relates to money matters.]
• To develop a healthy money mindset, we must first go through three steps: 1. bring awareness-to our own beliefs around money; what are we telling ourselves about money? 2. Where do my beliefs around money come from? How did your parents talk about money? Were they spenders or savers? 3. Then ask yourself, "Are those beliefs still serving me in my life now?"
• Improving your money mindset, and becoming proactive about your awareness and understanding of money matters can incrementally impact your future financial security.
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for these retreats, email Robin: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-PORTLAND, ME: June 19-22, 2025 - ONE SPOT REMAINING

-PHILADELPHIA, PA: July 25-27

-GRAND JUNCTION, CO: Sept. 4-7

A NEW COMING OUT LATE OFFERING:

“Quieting the Mind & Finding Stability in Your Coming Out Late Process”.

A gentle, body-centered somatic healing series, led by Chris, our seasoned Somatic Worker & Yoga Therapist. TWO Saturdays remain.

Saturdays: May 31, and June 7. 10am-11am EST.

Drop-In Fee: $25/class.

Use this links to sign-up: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/398482

In this episode, Robin announces her upcoming celebration of not only another trip around the sun, but also her 10-year Gay-Aversary! Robin can’t believe it’s already been 10 years since coming out to herself over Memorial Day weekend in 2015. You’ll hear about 10 things that Robin learned over the course of these past 10 years and share some personal stories with you as well. 

In this episode, you will learn . . .  

• We are not the same person we were when we first came out to ourselves.
• We are going to make mistakes and have heartache along the way.
• The importance of “Strategy” and “Timing” on the Coming Out Late journey.
• Why creating a “Dream Team” is integral to your safety and sanity!
• Why “Navigating Family Dynamics” and “Boundaries” are important.
• Education, Self-Acceptance, and Timing are key factors on this journey.  
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

A NEW COMING OUT LATE OFFERING:

“Quieting the Mind & Finding Stability in Your Coming Out Late Process”.

A gentle, body-centered group yoga series,, led by Chris, our seasoned Yoga Therapist.

6-Consecutive Saturdays: May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, and June 7. 10am-11am EST.

Cost: $120/person for 6-week series; PLUS: Bonus 1:1 Intake Assessment w/Chris

or Drop-In Fee: $25/class.

Use this links to sign-up:

-Drop-In Link: ($25pp/session)

https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/398482  

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for these retreats, email Robin: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-PORTLAND, ME: June 19-22, 2025

-PHILADELPHIA, PA: July 24-27

-GRAND JUNCTION, CO: Sept. 4-7

In this Part 2 episode, Robin continues her conversation with a coming out late compadre, Jennifer. Jennifer talks about her early upbringing where she not only dealt with extraordinary life challenges but also became acutely aware of her attraction to girls. Social conditioning, compulsory heterosexuality, religion, and other factors greatly impacted Jennifer’s conscious or unconscious decision to ‘shove it,  [her attraction to womyn], down.

In this Part 2 episode, you will hear Robin and Jennifer discuss . . .  

• What it was like; what happened, and what is life like now?
• conversion therapy disguised as ‘counseling’
• growing up LDS, (Latter Day Saints)
• Trusting our inner voice - our intuition.
• “How do I kill this [attraction for women] without it killing me!”
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

A NEW COMING OUT LATE OFFERING:

“Quieting the Mind & Finding Stability in Your Coming Out Late Process”.

A gentle, body-centered group yoga series,, led by Chris, our seasoned Yoga Therapist.

6-Consecutive Saturdays: May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, and June 7. 10am-11am EST.

Cost: $120/person for 6-week series; PLUS: Bonus 1:1 Intake Assessment w/Chris

or Drop-In Fee: $25/class.

Use these links to sign-up:

-6-Week Series Link: ($120pp/6-sessions) + BONUS Comp. Assessment

`https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/398385

-Drop-In Link: ($25pp/session)

https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/398482  

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for these retreats, email Robin: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-PORTLAND, ME: June 19-22, 2025

-PHILADELPHIA, PA: July 24-27

-GRAND JUNCTION, CO: Sept. 4-7

In this Part 1 episode, Robin spends time talking with a coming out late compadre, Jennifer. Jennifer talks about her early upbringing where she not only dealt with extraordinary life challenges but also became acutely aware of her attraction to girls. Social conditioning, compulsory heterosexuality, religion, and other factors greatly impacted Jennifer’s conscious or unconscious decision to ‘shove it,  [her attraction to womyn], down.

In this Part 1 episode, you will hear Robin and Jennifer discuss . . .  

• the effects of familial mental illness
• growing up LDS, (Latter Day Saints)
• growing up with no LGBTQ+ representation, at all
• about divorce, deceit and moving to another country at the age of 13
• “How do I kill this [attraction for women] without it killing me!”
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

A NEW COMING OUT LATE OFFERING:

“Quieting the Mind & Finding Stability in Your Coming Out Late Process”.

A gentle, body-centered group yoga series,, led by Chris, our seasoned Yoga Therapist.

6-Consecutive Saturdays: May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, and June 7. 10am-11am EST.

Cost: $120/person for 6-week series; PLUS: Bonus 1:1 Intake Assessment w/Chris

or Drop-In Fee: $25/class.

Use these links to sign-up:

-6-Week Series Link: ($120pp/6-sessions) + BONUS Comp. Assessment

`https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/398385

-Drop-In Link: ($25pp/session)

https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/398482  

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for these retreats, email Robin: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-PORTLAND, ME: June 19-22, 2025

-PHILADELPHIA, PA: July 24-27

-GRAND JUNCTION, CO: Sept. 4-7

In this Episode, “Quieting the Mind & Finding Stability in Your Coming Out Late Process”, Robin invites Chris Blais on to talk about a new offering to Robin’s Coming Out Late Community.

When you sign up for Chris’ 6-week yoga series, you will learn . . .  

• the difference between yoga and yoga therapy
• the importance of self-regulating and how to find stability
• how to quiet the mind and develop emotional regulation tools
• how to regulate catastrophic thinking by connecting our mind & bodies 
• the importance of routine + regularity + repetition
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

A NEW COMING OUT LATE OFFERING:

“Quieting the Mind & Finding Stability in Your Coming Out Late Process”.

A gentle, body-centered group yoga series,, led by Chris, our seasoned Yoga Therapist.

6-Consecutive Saturdays: May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, and June 7. 10am-11am EST.

Cost: $120/person for 6-week series; PLUS: Bonus 1:1 Intake Assessment w/Chris

or Drop-In Fee: $25/class.

Use these links to sign-up:

-6-Week Series Link: ($120pp/6-sessions) + BONUS Comp. Assessment

`https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/398385

-Drop-In Link: ($25pp/session)

https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/398482  

Chris Blais: Genderexpansiveyogi@gmail.com

Robin Douglass: Comingoutlater@gmail.com

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for these retreats, email Robin: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-PORTLAND, ME: June 19-22, 2025

-PHILADELPHIA, PA: July 24-27

-GRAND JUNCTION, CO: Sept. 4-7

In this Part 2 Episode of “Queer Clergy Talk About Love, Sex, and the Bible”, you will hear the unique perspectives of queerness and religion from about half a dozen members of our Coming Out Late Facebook Community, who also happen to be Clergy. 

• Patriarchy, language, pronouns and “mansplaining”..
• “Doubt the defaults”, Rev. Eyde Mabanglo
• Is God gendered?
• The idea of “transactional preaching” versus “transformational preaching”.
• Should we be saving the church?
• Knowing your queer black history: Bayard Rustin, Audrey Lorde, Pauli Murra; knowing that Compton Cafeteria came before Stonewall, etc.
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for these retreats, email Robin: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-PORTLAND, ME: June 19-22, 2025CONFIRMED

-PHILADELPHIA, PA: July 24-27TENTATIVE DATE

-GRAND JUNCTION, CO: Sept. 4-7CONFIRMED 

A NEW OFFERING: “Quieting the Mind & Finding Stability in Your Coming Out Late Process”. A gentle, body-centered group, led by Chris, our seasoned Yoga Therapist.

6-Saturdays: May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, and June 7. 10am-11am EST.

Cost: $120/person for 6-week series or Drop-In Fee: $25/class.

Use these links to sign-up:

-6-Week Series Link: ($120pp/6-sessions)

`https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/398385

-Drop-In Link: ($25pp/session)

https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/398482  

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this Part 2 Episode of “Finding Your Community at Coming Out Late Retreats”, you will hear the conversation continue between Robin and about half of the group that attended the Nashville Retreat earlier this month.

Listen-in as you will hear and learn all about Coming Out Late Retreats, told firsthand by the folx who just returned from the Nashville Coming Out Late Retreat: 

• So, what happens at these Coming Out Late Retreats?

• “Vulnerability is the only bridge to build connection.” -Brene Brown
• What touched the Retreat-goers the most?
• What is ‘Queer Joy’?
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-PORTLAND, ME: June 19-23, 2025CONFIRMED;

-PHILADELPHIA, PA: AugustTENTATIVE;

-GRAND JUNCTION, CO: early September TENTATIVE

SMALL GROUP COACHING: Be one of 6 late bloomers who tackle some of your biggest struggles in 75-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this episode, Robin enjoys a casual conversation with a gaggle of gays from the recent Coming Out Late Retreat to Nashville, TN.

Listen-in as you will hear and learn all about Coming Out Late Retreats, told firsthand by the folx who just returned from the Nashville Retreat: 

• So, what happens at these Coming Out Late Retreats?
• “Vulnerability is the only bridge to build connection.” -Brene Brown
• What touched the Retreat-goers the most?
• What is ‘Queer Joy’?
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-PORTLAND, ME: June 19-23, 2025CONFIRMED; -PHILADELPHIA, PA: July 24-27TENTATIVE; -GRAND JUNCTION, CO: September 4-7 CONFIRMED.

SMALL GROUP COACHING: Be one of 6 late bloomers who tackle some of your biggest struggles in 75-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

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 specialist in womanistbiblical interpretation, and topics including gender and race.
• Rev. Rufus A. Strother Jr., The Rev. Rufus A. Strother Jr. led a predominantly African-American congregation in northern Westchester County for 38 years and was noted for his work to foster understanding between races and to improve community relations, particularly during the years of the civil rights movement.
• The documentary, “Mama’s Boy” on HBO Max, by Academy Award Winning Screenplay Writer, Dustin Lance Black.
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-KENNEBUNK, ME: June 19-23, 2025CONFIRMED; -PHILADELPHIA, PA: AugustTENTATIVE; -GRAND JUNCTION, CO: early September TENTATIVE

SMALL GROUP COACHING: Be one of 6 late bloomers who tackle some of your biggest struggles in 75-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this episode, Robin and Chris discuss the essay Robin read in last week’s episode, written by her nomadic traveling friend, Gila. Robin and Chris break down the essay, line-by-line, and compare how Gila’s insights and words seamlessly dovetail with our experiences with coming out late in life.

Here’s a sampling of what you’ll hear Robin & Chris explore…

• "We are shaped by our experiences. Without both the challenges and the joyful moments, there is no path for growth.” -Gila Melamed
• How can ‘joy’ be a catalyst for growth?
• Remember also,  ”The point of change [growth] comes when we can no longer stay the same.”
• ‘Hard’ doesn’t have to mean ‘bad’.
• The day will come for all of us when we realize we can no longer stay the same.
• It’s difficult to have a compassionate heart when you’re in fear.
• The beauty of forgiveness lies in the freedom it gives us.
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-KENNEBUNK, ME: June 19-23, 2025CONFIRMED; -PHILADELPHIA, PA: AugustTENTATIVE; -GRAND JUNCTION, CO: early September TENTATIVE

SMALL GROUP COACHING: Be one of 6 late bloomers who tackle some of your biggest struggles in 75-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this episode, Robin shares the other blog post from her late blooming nomadic traveling friend, Gila Melamed. With this blog post, Robin and Gila force us to take a look at both that which brings us joy, and that which challenges us and makes us realize that without both there can be no growth. And without growth - we die - inside and out.

Here’s a sampling of what you’ll hear discussed…

• "We are shaped by our experiences. Without both the challenges and the joyful moments, there is no path for growth.” -Gila Melamed
• The day will come for all of us when we realize we can no longer stay the same.
•  The ‘road’ to inner peace and liberation is not all unicorns & roses - Gila describes their path like this: “.. .Even though I knew with all my heart, that following my heart was the right thing for me,  my other parts were fighting me, trying to dim my shining light, reflecting their fear so profoundly, that at times, I was on my knees with agony..
• People are doing their best - unfortunately it doesn’t always align with our needs for safety and comfort or our desires. 
• Our emotional health and personal growth is contingent upon our own willingness to get curious and honest while exploring our emotions and feelings.
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com. -KENNEBUNK, ME: June 19-23, 2025; -PHILADELPHIA, PA: July or August; -GRAND JUNCTION, CO: Early September

SMALL GROUP COACHING: Be one of 6 late bloomers who tackle some of your biggest struggles in 75-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this episode, Robin talks about a special friend she met over two years ago - a single, female, nomadic traveler who journals her travel experiences in a blog. An intermittent reader of her blog, Robin happened across two entries in particular that she wants to share with you; one this week, and one next week. Enjoy!

Here’s a sampling of what you’ll hear discussed…

• "In life, there is time for everything."
•  The struggles with loneliness are real.
•  In admitting our fears aloud, to trusted friends, we learn that we are not alone.
• Lessons of forgiveness, time well-spent and friendships.
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

MY NOMADIC TRAVELING FRIEND: “In Life, There Is Time for Everything.”

SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/home/post/p-150225058

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-NASHVILLE, TN: April 4-7, 2025FULL

-KENNEBUNK, ME: June 19-23, 2025CONFIRMED

-PHILADELPHIA, PA: July or AugustTENTATIVE

-GRAND JUNCTION, CO: OctoberTENTATIVE

SMALL GROUP COACHING: Be one of 6 late bloomers who tackle some of your biggest struggles in 75-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this episode, Robin shares with us a story she came across in social media - about a woman who left her husband after a 10-year marriage, then finding herself in a nearly two-year WLW relationship, and was eventually broken-up with. Robin uses this example to illustrate the following…

• Where does our sense of stability really come from?
•  Do we stay in old relationships (marriages), because they're safe & stable?
•  What happens when we chase comfort and security outside ourselves?
•  What can we gain by getting quiet, spending time with ourselves, asking ourselves deep questions & getting curious? 
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

-NASHVILLE, TN: April 4-7, 2025FULL

-KENNEBUNK, ME: June 19-23, 2025CONFIRMED

-PHILADELPHIA, PA: July or AugustTENTATIVE

-GRAND JUNCTION, CO: OctoberTENTATIVE

SMALL GROUP COACHING: Be one of 6 late bloomers who tackle some of your biggest struggles in 75-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this episode, Robin interviews Gender Expansive Yoga Therapist, Chris Blais. They discuss why we must learn to practice 'courageous love' - if we are to thrive, not just 'survive' these tumultuous times!

You will learn about…

• Practicing courageous love.
• R.A.I.N. - Recognize, Allow, Investigate & Nurture.
• Healing & honoring all our feelings. 
• What a strong back and a soft front mean.
• “May we be safe. May we be happy. May we be healthy. May we live with ease. May all beings have these things.”
• May we all “be the change we wish to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

RESOURCES:

GENDER EXPANSIVE YOGI, Chris Blais

Instagram: @genderexpansiveyogi  Email: Genderexpansiveyogi@gmail.com

EP. #164: MERCY & COMPASSION FOR ALL LGBTQ+ PEOPLE:

Re: Bishop Mariann Budde

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2114849/episodes/16494276

BISHOP MARIANN BUDDE:

Book: How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith

Book: Receiving Jesus: The Way of Love

TARA BRACH:

The link to: Meeting these Times with Courageous Love

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.co

In this episode, Robin acknowledges the crazy political climate we're currently in and how that impacts our new gay lives. She asks the question, “Should we go back in the closet after just coming out late?”

You will learn about…

• The urgency with which we each need to get into action - as much as we can while remaining safe..
•  How our ‘governmental structure’, ‘democracy’, ‘freedoms’ and sense of being a ‘united nation’ are all lies and illusions.
• How to care for yourself during these stressful, anxiety-ridden times .
• How our public reactions and a direct approach communicating to our elected officials DOES really have an impact!
• The Rachel Maddow Show (transcribed from 2/20/25) https://www.happyscribe.com/public/the-rachel-maddow-show/maddow-to-block-trump-s-agenda-help-republican-politicians-find-their-spines
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

NEW! 2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

Handsome Podcast LIVE Tickets - buy here: www.ryman.com

https://www.ryman.com/event/2025-04-06-handsome-live-tig-notaro-fortune-feimster-mae-martin-at-7-pm

-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? Be one of 6 late bloomers who meet for 90-minutes, in 6 sessions in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in March '25. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com to request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

Pertinent Links:

-Heather Cox Richardson: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/

She can also be found in Facebook, Youtube and Instagram: @heathercoxrichardson

-Rachel Maddow: www.rachelmaddow.com

“The Rachel Maddow Show”, MSNBC

-House.gov

-Congress.gov

-The Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

In this episode, Robin invites you into a private conversation between a bunch of late bloomers who all met in Robin’s Coming Out Late Community. After meeting one another, week after week in Robin’s three weekly support groups, a bunch of them realized they lived pretty close to one another so many of them have met one another in real life and are forming friendships and creating their local communities.

You will learn about…

• How being a part of a community really is good for your soul.
•  That a simple last minute zoom call between new friends can be so goofy and uplifting.
•  How you really can name your pets ‘people names’ like David the dog or Todd the tortoise.
•  Which one are you? Monogamy? Or, polyamory?
• Are you a top? A bottom? Or a switch? Or…topsy-turvy?
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

NEW! 2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com), (more locations will continue to be added). 

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

Handsome Podcast LIVE Tickets - buy here: www.ryman.com

https://www.ryman.com/event/2025-04-06-handsome-live-tig-notaro-fortune-feimster-mae-martin-at-7-pm

-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? I really do ‘get you’ and have been through it too. Be one of 6 late bloomers where we’ll tackle some of your biggest struggles in 60-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in January 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this episode, Robin selects a social media thread from one of her favorite Facebook Groups. The Admin. starts what turns out to be, one of the most meaningful and “therapeutic” threads that overwhelmingly aligns with Robin’s core Coming Out Late values that she simply HAD to share it. Robin strongly believes that the initial post, and the thread of comments and solicited advice that follows, could be used as a Coming Out Late handguide. The overall theme, “It Is Ok”, addresses feeling the feels, the emotional roadblocks, and thinking versus feeling, to name a few!

In this episode, you will learn…

• “It is ok” to be afraid, to not know what you are doing, and to ask a lot of questions.
• “It is ok” to still want to be with men, or to not want to leave your marriage.
• It's okay to be a lesbian. It's okay to be a bisexual. It's okay to be Trans. It's okay to be non-binary. It's okay not to know what you are and/or choose no label at all!
• We are all on different journeys, and our paths and perspectives are built on our own life experiences.
• Lean-in to your feelings. It’s okay to feel those. Feeling your feelings is ALL you need to do. Feel and breathe.
• There is no urgency to *do* anything, just BE.
• Take the time to process the changes!
• There is no right way or one-way to do any of this. YOUR path is the right one.
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation for all the time, love and energy she pours into our Community. Any and all donations are deeply, deeply appreciated!!  Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

NEW! 2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com), (more locations will continue to be added). 

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

Handsome Podcast LIVE Tickets - buy here: www.ryman.com

https://www.ryman.com/event/2025-04-06-handsome-live-tig-notaro-fortune-feimster-mae-martin-at-7-pm

-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS: Be one of 6 late bloomers tackling some of your biggest struggles in 75-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program. Email me your interest at Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

NEW! 2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com), (more locations will continue to be added). 

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

Handsome Podcast LIVE Tickets - buy here: www.ryman.com

https://www.ryman.com/event/2025-04-06-handsome-live-tig-notaro-fortune-feimster-mae-martin-at-7-pm

-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? I really do ‘get you’ and have been through it too. Be one of 6 late bloomers where we’ll tackle some of your biggest struggles in 60-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in January 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this episode, Robin discusses the recent interview Rachel Maddow did on MSNBC with Bishop Mariann Budde. Bishop Budde spoke directly to Trump and Vance, during the National Prayer Service, about showing mercy for the vulnerable people targeted by his policies and Executive Orders.

You will learn about…

• The key principles of Bishop Budde’s plea aimed at Donald Trump.
•  What is moral leadership?
•  What is the importance of compassion and mercy?
•  What did Bishop Budde mean by, “I filled a space that hadn’t been occupied in a while.”?
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

NEW! 2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com), (more locations will continue to be added). 

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

Handsome Podcast LIVE Tickets - buy here: www.ryman.com

https://www.ryman.com/event/2025-04-06-handsome-live-tig-notaro-fortune-feimster-mae-martin-at-7-pm

-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? I really do ‘get you’ and have been through it too. Be one of 6 late bloomers where we’ll tackle some of your biggest struggles in 60-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in January 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

RACHEL MADDOW’S MSNBC INTERVIEW w/BISHOP BUDDE: Here’s the link to watch the viral video of Rachel Maddow’s interview with Bishop Mariann Budde at the National Prayer Service: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/full-interview-rachel-maddow-talks-with-the-bishop-who-asked-trump-directly-to-show-mercy-230028869613

MONDAY WAS THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION - HERE'S WHAT I'M THINKING:

1. It's going to be a looooong, hard four years. But? We've all done hard things, for a loooong time. We've got this!
2. Don't allow the current political climate deluge your future. 
3. Build your queer community and go where the good feelings and support are.
4. Detach from all the external negativity and focus inward on being compassionate to yourself and your family; practice daily grounding techniques and surround yourself with positive, supportive queer friends.
5. Build community and nurture new queer friendships.

In this episode, Robin shares different responses of people reflecting on the past year and the power of embracing the changes you experience!

In this episode, you will learn about…

• Exciting updates about the upcoming year for the Coming Out Late Community in Facebook.
•  Finding the light at the end of the tunnel if you’re in the messy middle.
•  Reflecting on the most significant difference in your life from this time last year.
•  How Robin is changing her language to reflect her current journey of launching a small service business?
• Remembering it’s better late than never because it’s never too late.
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

NEW! 2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com), (more locations will continue to be added). 

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

Handsome Podcast LIVE Tickets - buy here: www.ryman.com

https://www.ryman.com/event/2025-04-06-handsome-live-tig-notaro-fortune-feimster-mae-martin-at-7-pm

-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? I really do ‘get you’ and have been through it too. Be one of 6 late bloomers where we’ll tackle some of your biggest struggles in 60-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in January 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

HERE ARE SOME THINGS I LEARNED:

1. I learned to take as much time as I need when making a decision, (like choosing my word for the year), that greatly impacts my self-esteem, my serenity and my self-compassion.
2. I learned to pay attention throughout my day, to WHAT messages my body is whispering, (and sometimes screaming), to me; AND pay attention to how my disposition is showing up - and HONOR & ACKNOWLEDGE those messages & feelings. Don’t push those feelings aside - instead use them as clues for how to proceed,
3. I learned that I feel WAY better when I strive to keep my mindset as positive as possible, eliminating negative self-talk and incorporating more compassionate and supportive encouragement to the words I choose to speak -  especially the words that the voice in my head uses.
4. I learned that the words we choose and use really do matter. From where I’m sitting, there’s an enormous difference between DISCIPLINE and INTENTIONALITY.
5. And lastly, I also learned that the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean in January is WAY, way colder than the temperature of the cold water streaming from the shower head in our homes!

In this episode, Robin wishes you a Happy Queer Year and invites us to ponder what WE want our own new year to look like for 2025.

In this episode, you will discover…

• “What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year,” by Vern McLellan.
•  If we bring or allow dysfunction into a relationship or a situation, then that's exactly what we're going to get in return.
•  Exercise your choices that align with the best version of yourself.
•  Take the time and space, (quiet space), to reflect on how you moved through last year and how you want to move forward in the new year.
• What tiny changes can you make in your day to day that can help you move forward toward how you want to feel most of the time.
• How can we help ourselves take more responsibility in what we bring to our new year.
•  Routinely ask yourself, “Is this what I want?” “What do I want in this or any situation?”
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $10 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $10pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

NEW! 2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS:

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com), (more locations will continue to be added). 

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

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-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? I really do ‘get you’ and have been through it too. Be one of 6 late bloomers where we’ll tackle some of your biggest struggles in 60-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in January 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this episode, Robin shares with us some examples of the types of comments we could possibly and most likely WILL receive as we slowly OR quickly come out to people all around us. Knowing what questions *may* be asked during your coming out process is half the battle - at least that way you can prepare for them, right? 

Robin also shares with us some possible retorts to these questions, and maybe a few retorts that she really wouldn’t advise you saying, but ones SHE would love to have you say in these oftentimes rude, intrusive scenarios. Sometimes ‘knowing’ what to expect when we’re navigating the coming out process IS half the battle!! Hopefully you won’t need ANY of these responses - but be prepared and decide how YOU want to respond should you be asked a personal, intrusive question.

In this episode, you will learn…

• What are some of the common questions we ARE asked when we’re coming out to others - or even if we’re NOT coming out and we’re simply in a social setting among other not-straight women.
• How to handle rude and inappropriate personal questions when faced with “curious” people questioning YOUR sexuality, for you.
• Should you respond? Should you respond snidely? Should you confront their blunt rudeness? It all depends….
• Being prepared and expecting the unexpected is usually a good tactic to take!
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass
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• 2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: NEWLY ADDED!
  To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com), (more locations will continue to be added).
  -NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025
  -KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025
  
  
• SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? I really do ‘get you’ and have been through it too. Be one of 6 late bloomers where we’ll tackle some of your biggest struggles in 60-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in January 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.
  
  
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In this episode, Robin invites Chris back to chat with her about Dating and relationships - specifically about red flags and deal breakers.

In this episode, you will learn…

• What are red flags? Are red flags different in ‘dating’ scenarios versus relationships?
• What are deal breakers? Are deal breakers different from red flags?
• Why are red flags and deal breakers important?
• What are examples of red flags and deal breakers?
• What holds us back from honoring our red flags and deal breakers?
• “The red flags you ignore in the beginning will be the reason why you’ll be unhappy in the relationship. It will also be the reason why it ends.”
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: NEWLY ADDED!

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com), (more locations will continue to be added). 

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? I really do ‘get you’ and have been through it too. Be one of 6 late bloomers where we’ll tackle some of your biggest struggles in 60-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in January 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this episode, Robin invites Chris back to chat with her about the “C”-word - compassion! Discover why compassion practices are so important, how we can do them virtually anywhere, and why do we need them?

In this episode, you will learn…

• What compassion is and how is it different from empathy?
• Why is compassion important and how is compassion related to our coming out late process?
• What does ‘doing the work’ mean? Some examples of ‘doing the work’ are: seeking support, self inquiry, getting quiet and listening inwardly.
• The importance-, and examples-of, Compassion Practices.
• The mental, physical and emotional benefits from practicing compassion..
• To believe, in this moment, that we are exactly where we are supposed to be.
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: NEWLY ADDED!

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com), (more locations will continue to be added). 

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? I really do ‘get you’ and have been through it too. Be one of 6 late bloomers where we’ll tackle some of your biggest struggles in 60-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in January 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

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 this episode you will learn… 

• You are not alone! What you are thinking, feeling and experiencing is not only common and ‘normal’, but temporary as well.
• How to ease your over-taxed nervous system.
• We all share similar feelings of uncertainty, self-doubt, confusion, guilt, and a deep visceral fear of the unknown during our coming out late process.
• There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to approach our coming out or to confront & resolve the relationships affected by our coming out.
• Worry is another form of fear; it's a waste of our energy and a misuse of our imagination. “Worrying” is like manifesting what you don’t want. (What we focus on grows). Worry is also just a way to attempt to control something we have no control over.
• NO amount of worry is going to change the future - none. And if no amount of worry is going to change the future, then no amount of REGRET will change the past.
• Any amount of gratitude you can muster-up, WILL change the present. 
• Please support our “Coming Out Late” podcast and buy Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: NEWLY ADDED!

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com); more locations will continue to be added. 

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

SMALL GROUP COACHING: Struggling to make sense-of and manage your Coming Out Late journey? I really do ‘get you’ and have been through it too. Be one of 6 late bloomers who will tackle some of your biggest struggles in 60-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in January 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com to learn more.

JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP:
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Robin responds to comments, questions and topics from different social media outlets that address coming out late; and she shares her personal perspective about common issues.

In this episode, you will learn…

• You win some, you lose some—acknowledging relationships may change after coming out.
• Remember—it’s not about sexuality, it’s about toxicity and toxic people don’t need to be in your life.
• Girlfriends?—understanding how women loving women relationships operate and establishing clarity.
• The Big Freeze—”gay panic” and why we get nervous when we like someone.
• Flirting—knowing what crosses the line and communicating with your partner.
• Mutual respect and mutual love is always important.
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

LINKS to RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: NEWLY ADDED!

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com), (more locations will continue to be added). 

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS: Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? I really do ‘get you’ and have been through it too. Be one of 6 late bloomers where we’ll tackle some of your biggest struggles in 60-minutes, for 6 weeks in a newly launched Small Group Coaching Program starting in January 2025. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my Small Group Coaching Information Sheet.

The holidays are upon us and we have only been ‘out’ for a short while; or maybe we haven’t quite come out to everyone yet; or maybe our soon-to-be-ex ‘outed’ you to his entire family. In this episode Robin and Chris talk about the upcoming holidays and how we plan ahead, prepare for and protect ourselves from some seriously uncomfortable holiday experiences.

• Keys to successful holidays: transparency, openness and honest communication.
• Use a lifeline if you need one, and have an exit plan
• Be ready for provocative questions by having a few pre-prepared responses.
• Develop a self-care practice/routine, (e.g., nourish all your senses
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass
• If you want more conversations around navigating the holidays when you’ve come out late, check out the previous “Coming Out Late” Episode #115.

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

2025 COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: NEWLY ADDED!

To be put on the email list for any/all of these retreats, email Robin at:, (Comingoutlater@gmail.com), (more locations will continue to be added). 

-NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025

-KENNEBUNK, ME - June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2025

PRIVATE & SMALL GROUP COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? I really do ‘get you’ and have been through it too. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 OR Small Group Coaching Info Sheet.

In this episode Robin shares with you a ‘coming out late’ story submitted by one of her podcast listeners. Now 60-years young, this former Evangelical preacher shares their coming out late journey in her own words.  

• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: The 2024 Coming Out Late Retreat season wrapped up with 3 nights and 4 days of gay fun and deep conversations in Traverse City, MI. Keep an eye and an ear out for when and where we’ll be retreating to in 2025. Thank you to ALL who attended this year! Please Note: Provincetown, MA: CANCELED.

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this Part 2 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin continues her conversation with Samantha Fox, 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, masterbation and why no one talks about it.
• Objectification: being the object of the male gaze.
• Is our outlook upon men determined by WHEN you came out? Are lifelong lesbians LESS likely to be objectified by men? Are their relationships with men different than women who come out late?
• The different emotional conditioning for men versus women.
• Sex was an obligation they did ‘for’ their husbands; it wasn’t something they liked, enjoyed or even wanted to do.
• What was wrong with me? Feeling ‘broken’ in our hetero relationships and in our marriages.
• Working through the cultural ‘learnings’ and ‘traumas’ to heal our perceived brokenness.
• NONE of us are ‘broken’. We are just deeply buried under layers and layers of cultural, societal, religious conditioning that needs to be undone; but NONE of us are broken.
• Have experiences so that you can “collect the data” about yourself and get to know WHO you are!
• ‘Lesbian Bed Death’ is NOT exclusive to just lesbians - it occurs in ALL unhealthy relationships.
• Get to know your own sex drive and sexual needs and be true to your needs.
• Communicate! Communicate! Communicate! Not doing so in your relationships is like taking a tourniquet to your relationship and cutting off the blood supply.
• “Fantasizing” is such a great way to get in touch with what you like.
• Dispelling the Myth: Lifelong lesbians *may* not be better at sex than we are.   
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation for all the time, love and energy she pours into our Community. Any and all donations are deeply, deeply appreciated!!  Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

ONE-on-ONE PRIVATE COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS

There is nothing like the comforting effects of two late bloomers talking about the process and journey of coming out later in life together; especially when one of them is a “been there, done that” Coming Out Late in Life Coach. Robin is now offering private one-on-one coaching for men and women who are in need of some support, compassionate conversations, guidance and accountability during this confusing time in our lives. For more information about her coaching services reach out to Robin at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

P.S. Robin will be offering small group coaching beginning January 2025. 

In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin invites back to the podcast 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-middle, we are still faced with dealing with feelings and ‘people’ when we begin to date women. Just because we’re now dating women doesn’t mean we are immune from ‘relationship challenges’ and no longer have to deal with ‘personalities’.
• Peeling back the layers of not only comphet, (compulsory heterosexuality), but also patriarchy, misogyny, and capitalism, to realize that most, if not ALL, of our beliefs and traditions and cultural ‘norms’ need to be reinspected by each of us - least of which is the concept of monogamous relationships; or, that there is just “one person” out-there for us; or that, once in a committed relationship, that it is ‘for life’ - it may not be.
• To be open to the possibility that being in a relationship is an opportunity to learn and grow from within - to heal our wounds and grow. And that once a relationship may have run-its-course, that perhaps it was an experience in our life to purposefully teach us a needed lesson. “Relationships” can, and possibly *should*, be looked upon as a beautiful string of experiences with all different kinds of people.
• How “expectations” are the death to every and all relationships and experiences. Let go of expectations and allow yourself to experience the joy and wonder of that particular moment, and then the next moment, and the next.
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation for all the time, love and energy she pours into our Community. Any and all donations are deeply, deeply appreciated!!  Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

ONE-on-ONE PRIVATE COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS

There is nothing like the comforting effects of two late bloomers talking about the process and journey of coming out later in life together; especially when one of them is a “been there, done that” Coming Out Late in Life Coach. Robin is now offering private one-on-one coaching for men and women who are in need of some support, compassionate conversations, guidance and accountability during this confusing time in our lives. For more information about her coaching services reach out to Robin at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

SMALL GROUP COACHING COMING IN JANUARY 2025.
To be put on the list to receive information about the new Small Group Coaching Program, email Robin at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

In this Part 2 episode Robin continues the conversation with Chris of “The ABC’s of Coming Out Late” and covers the letter “B”. She and her partner Chris discuss the importance of this life skill, how we should use this life skill and gives real-life examples of this “B”-word in action! 

Today, you’ll hear Robin cover things like:

• Setting boundaries is not easy because it can often feel very uncomfortable.
• How the technique of “the broken record” can be used to help us set boundaries.
• Being clear is kind and being unclear is unkind, (e.g., sharing a marital bed).
• How Chris & I have been navigating boundaries in OUR relationship lately.
• Finding the balance between being codependent and then being rational and reasonable. 
• Boundaries need to be simple, yet firm, with a graceful, neutral tone.
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: The 2024 Coming Out Late Retreat season wrapped up with 3 nights and 4 days of gay fun and deep conversations in Traverse City, MI. Keep an eye and an ear out for when and where we’ll be retreating to in 2025. Thank you to ALL who attended this year! Please Note: Provincetown, MA: CANCELED.

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this Part 1 episode Robin continues the theme of “The ABC’s of Coming Out Late” and covers the letter “B”. She and her partner Chris discuss the importance of this life skill, how we should use this life skill and give real-life examples of this “B”-word in action! 

Today, you’ll hear Robin & Chris cover things like:

• What is a boundary and what are they so important? What are the three different types of boundaries?
• Why healthy boundaries need to be flexible yet firm.
• Boundaries help protect our well-being and help us to live up to our core values. Boundaries also offer us the opportunity to practice self-inquiry, self-awareness and self-care.
• Boundaries are about clarity; helping others clearly understand how they can/should interact with us.
• In all your human interactions, ask yourselves: “Is this okay? Or is this not okay?”
• P.A.U.S.E.: Possibly Another Unknown Solution Exists. (You won’t know unless you “pause”. J.A.D.E.: Justify, Argue, Defend, or Explain.
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: The 2024 Coming Out Late Retreat season wrapped up with 3 nights and 4 days of gay fun and deep conversations in Traverse City, MI. Keep an eye and an ear out for when and where we’ll be retreating to in 2025. Thank you to ALL who attended this year! Please Note: Provincetown, MA: CANCELED.

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

This week in the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin & Chris finish up their conversation about “Acceptance” and the relevance it has to our coming out late journey. Stay tuned for future episodes in “The ABC’s of Coming Out Late” series where Robin will pick up with, “B” is for _______. Any guesses? 

Today, you’ll hear Robin & Chris discuss:

• The power of cultural conditioning; AND, we do not have to accept any particular type of cultural conditioning if we don’t want to - we have choices!
• Acceptance is a mindset, a state of mind. It’s where we can acknowledge and embrace reality without judgment.
• The opposite of acceptance is resistance. And what we resist always persists; so stop resisting, and allow acceptance into your life. 
• Acceptance is a practice. So, how do we practice that art of acceptance? Step 1: become aware of what feels unacceptable; Step 2: allow those feelings to be.
• The Serenity Prayer for Acceptance: “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: If you are interested in attending any or all of the Coming Out Late Retreats in 2025, and want your name on the 2025 Retreat Master List for next year, then please email Robin at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this Part 1 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, Robin boldly opens with the first of a series she’s calling, “The ABC’s of Coming Out Late”. As we all know, coming out late is not for the faint of heart, so this week Robin begins the ABC’s of Coming Out Late with the letter “A”, standing for, well, you’ll have to listen to the episode to find out. Robin and Chris talk about what “A” is, why it’s important in life and how it relates to coming out late!

In this Part 1 episode, you’ll learn:

• Food for thought on topics and tools to consider using on your coming out late journey, starting with the ever important “A” is for acceptance!
• What does the formula Suffering = Pain x Resistance mean?
• What is the difference between resigning and accepting?
• What do they mean by “what we resist persists’?
• How is ‘acceptance’ a state of mind? And why is acceptance so important?
• Ways in which we can cultivate more acceptance into our lives.
• What is the “Serenity Prayer” and its significance?
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: The 2024 Coming Out Late Retreat season wrapped up with 3 nights and 4 days of gay fun and deep conversations in Traverse City, MI. Keep an eye and an ear out for when and where we’ll be retreating to in 2025. Thank you to ALL who attended this year! Please Note: Provincetown, MA: CANCELED.

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and manage this new aspect of your Coming Out Late life? It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com and request my 1:1 Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this Part 2 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, you’ll hear Robin & Chris continue their conversation with nearly all who attended the Coming Out Late Retreat to Portland, OR last month. You’ll hear firsthand the life-changing effects that this retreat had on everyone who attended. 

Today, you’ll hear more stories and awakenings from the retreat attendees reflecting-on and discussing the following:

• Overcoming our fears - even our fear of attending a retreat!
• How vulnerability + connection = community!
• Taking care of ourselves by asking for what we need.
• The importance of remaining open and flexible.
• The Coming Out Late Retreat to Provincetown, MA has been canceled!
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. Spaces are limited, so act now! The dates for the last Coming Out Late retreat are: Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: CANCELED. Email Robin to Register NOW: Comingoutlater@gmail.com

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, you’ll hear Robin & Chris facilitate a virtual discussion with nearly all who attended the Coming Out Late Retreat to Portland, OR last month. You’ll hear firsthand the life-changing effects that this retreat had on its attendees. 

Today, you’ll hear retreat attendees reflecting-on and discussing the following:

• How ‘connection’ and ‘community’ play such a vital role in experiencing and walking through this coming out late journey!
• How we find comfort and growth in hearing other’s stories and realizing, helping us to realize, “I’m not alone!”
• How, (if at all), did they feel differently between the pre-retreat zoom gathering, and the post-retreat zoom gathering?
• How, through mindful meditation and journaling, did we answer the question, “How would I be different if I were not impacted by social conditioning?”
• How simply ‘showing up’ immediately helped us all feel ‘grounded’!
• The Coming Out Late Retreat to Provincetown, MA has been canceled!
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. Spaces are limited, so act now! The dates for the last Coming Out Late retreat are: Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: CANCELED. Email Robin to Register NOW: Comingoutlater@gmail.com

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

Some of us went a lifetime having ‘no clue’ we were attracted to women until much later in life. Others, on the other hand, always knew they ‘liked girls’, but stuffed it down, way down. Internal homophobia, deep-seeded homophobic denial, and compulsory-heteronormativity all played a huge role in delaying, and denying, our journey to discovering and embracing our true selves. One thing we late-bloomers know for sure is, if we were straight, we sure as heck wouldn’t be asking ourselves if we weren’t! But don’t take our word for it, keep listening to the Coming Out Late Podcast and hear the similarities in our stories.

In this episode, you will learn about…

How Robin figured out she’s gay, (using her unique ‘research technique’) 

How many of us get to the point of: “Ok. Enough is enough already. I have to figure this out! Why am I feeling this way toward women? ”

“So this IS a ‘thing’. It isn’t just me.” 

Robin’s theory on her own deep homophobic denial 

A few podcasts and books specifically for women questioning their sexuality

Links to resources:
SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. Spaces are limited, so act now! The dates for the last Coming Out Late retreat are: Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: CANCELED. Email Robin to Register NOW: Comingoutlater@gmail.com

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, you’ll hear Robin re-gather with the over dozen late bloomers who joined her in Philadelphia, PA for the second Coming Out Late retreat of 2024. 

Today, you’ll hear retreat attendees discussing their retreat experiences firsthand, like:

• What is the #1 feeling that every retreat attendee says they walk away with? 
• How, (if at all), did they feel differently between the pre-retreat zoom gathering, and the post-retreat zoom gathering?
• How the expression, “Feel the fear and do it anyway” applies to these retreats.
• How simply ‘showing up’ immediately helped us all feel ‘grounded’!
• The Coming Out Late Retreat to Provincetown, MA has been canceled!
  
  
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. Spaces are limited, so act now! The dates for the last Coming Out Late retreat are: Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: CANCELED. Email Robin to Register NOW: Comingoutlater@gmail.com

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this BONUS episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, you’ll hear Robin talk about the differences between ‘making plans’ and ‘planning the outcomes’ of those plans. And why having emotional attachments to those outcomes negatively affects our lives and relationships.

Today, you’ll hear Robin discuss:

• What is the difference between ‘making plans’ and ‘planning the outcomes’?
• Why is ‘planning the outcome’ so detrimental to us?
• What is an emotional attachment to an outcome?
• Only a few spots remain for the upcoming Traverse City, MI Retreat, September 26-29, 2024. To register & attend, email Robin ASAP to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. Spaces are limited, so act now! The dates for the last Coming Out Late retreat are: Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: CANCELED. Email Robin to Register NOW: Comingoutlater@gmail.com

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, you’ll hear Robin & Chris discussing the purpose and power of setting intentions, particularly how setting our intentions most definitely relates-to, and impacts our coming out late journeys.

Today, you’ll hear Chris and Robin discuss:

• What is an intention and what is the purpose of setting one?
• Examples of intentions that were set by recent retreat goers.
• What is the power behind setting intentions?
• Why the Coming Out Late Retreats are the perfect safe space to be learning how to set your intentions, and putting them into practice in real-time!
• Only a few spots remain for the upcoming Traverse City, MI Retreat, September 26-29, 2024. To register & attend, email Robin ASAP to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.
• Wanna support your “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. Spaces are limited, so act now! The dates for the last Coming Out Late retreat are: Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: CANCELED. Email Robin to Register NOW: Comingoutlater@gmail.com

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this Part 2 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, you’ll hear Robin & Chris being interviewed by Stevie Inghram, on her podcast called, “Queer Storytime the Podcast”. 

Today, you’ll hear Stevie ask Chris and Robin questions about:

• How do we, as late-arrivals and new members of the LGBTQ+ community, overcome the burden of cultural conditioning and this complex stress and trauma that we've had to navigate throughout our lives, and since coming out?
• What are some of the practical tools Chris & Robin use to move from this darkness into experiencing the joy of your identity and the lightness and expansiveness of your identity?
• Chris speaks of yoga as a healing modality, using movement, inquiry and kindness to move through their life - through good and bad times. 
• How finding and joining ‘community’ can be vital to one’s healing and growth.
• Several spots remain available for the upcoming PHILLY, PA Coming Out Late Retreat; August 22-25; Email Robin ASAP at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

RESOURCES:

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. IF you are even remotely interested in attending, please send Robin an email to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com. Spaces are limited, so act now! The Coming Out Late retreat dates are: Portland, OR: (Aug. 15-18); Philadelphia, PA: (Aug. 22-25); Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: (Oct. 16-20).

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

In this Part 1 episode of the Coming Out Late podcast, you’ll hear Robin & Chris being interviewed by Stevie Inghram, on her podcast called, “Queer Storytime the Podcast”. Robin and Chris’ initial conversation with Stevie can be found in Ep. #130 & #131 of this “Coming Out Late” podcast.

Today, you’ll hear Stevie ask Chris and Robin questions about:

• Chris & Robin tell their own personal coming out stories.
• What does Robin mean by the phrase, “...there’s something in the air…”?
• There’s an expectation that everyone is heterosexual or cisgender.
• How can we use our suffering for good in the world?
• How and why does the queer community continue to grieve and mourn?
• Several spots remain available for the upcoming PHILLY, PA Coming Out Late Retreat; August 22-25; Email Robin ASAP at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.
• Send Robin an email NOW to be put on the PROVINCETOWN, MASS. Coming Out Late Retreat, October 16-20. Robin: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. IF you are even remotely interested in attending, please send Robin an email to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com. Spaces are limited, so act now! The Coming Out Late retreat dates are: Portland, OR: (Aug. 15-18); Philadelphia, PA: (Aug. 22-25); Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: (Oct. 16-20).

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS. Send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .

QUEER STORY TIME, the PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introductory-episode-of-queer-story-time-the/id1711367302?i=1000630941312

IG: @queertransthriving; @Future.nmd.yogi
Email: queerstorytimethepodcast@gmail.com

In this episode Robin is joined by guest host Chris, and together they dive deeply into the value and gems of attending a Coming Out Late Retreat.

You’ll hear Chris ask Robin questions such as:

• What was the inspiration behind you wanting to start hosting Coming Out Late Retreats?
• What is the overarching mission and vision of your Coming Out Late Retreats? 
• What kind of experience can be expect to have on a Coming Out Late Retreat?
• ONE hotel room remains available for the PORTLAND, OR Coming Out Late Retreat; August 15-18; Email Robin ASAP at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com. 
• Several spots remain available for the upcoming PHILLY, PA Coming Out Late Retreat; August 22-25; Email Robin ASAP at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.
• A few spots remain available for the TRAVERSE CITY, MI Coming Out Late Retreat; September 25-29; Email Robin ASAP at: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.
• Send Robin an email NOW to be put on the PROVINCETOWN, MASS. Coming Out Late Retreat, October 16-20. Robin: Comingoutlater@gmail.com.
• Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

SUPPORT GROUPS:

MESSY MIDDLE MONDAYS: EVERY Monday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5 pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/165736

THE GENDER EXPANSIVE EDITION: EVERY Tuesday, 75 mins; 8pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/robindouglass/e/253374

NOT-STRAIGHT SUPPORT GROUP: EVERY Wednesday, 75 mins; 12:30pm EST, Zoom, $5pp each week via Buy Me A Coffee. Register each week using this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass/e/93135

COMING OUT LATE RETREATS: Attending a Coming Out Late Retreat in-person, is a MUST DO for 2024. IF you are even remotely interested in attending, please send Robin an email to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com. Spaces are limited, so act now! The Coming Out Late retreat dates are: Portland, OR: (Aug. 15-18); Philadelphia, PA: (Aug. 22-25); Traverse City, MI: (Sept. 25-29); and Provincetown, MA: (Oct. 16-20).

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING w/ROBIN DOUGLASS
Struggling to make sense-of and MANAGE this new aspect of your COMING OUT LATE life? Then send me an email and request my 1:1 Coaching Information Sheet. It really does make a BIG difference to have someone like myself who ‘gets you’ and who has been through it. Email me at Comingoutlater@gmail.com for my Coaching Info Sheet.

SUPPORT ROBIN’S PODCAST: Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider buying Robin a “virtual” coffee as a sign of your appreciation. Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass

JOIN the COMING OUT LATE FACEBOOK GROUP: If you are AFAB, a transwoman, nonbinary, lesbian, androgynous, bi-, pan-, and have recently, or ARE coming out late in life - join us in my private facebook group, “Coming Out Late”. Here’s the link:  www.facebook.com/groups/209443717714063/ .