This is my favorite podcast yet with my two partners, Nate and Jennifer, as we talk about how our relationship works.

We discuss:

- A recent article I read about when the term "heterosexual" was invented

- Why does it matter if we are queer or how we identify?

- The template we are handed when we marry as heterosexual

- The challenges and joys of being a non-monogamous "throuple"

- What really is normal?

- Are our thoughts really our own?

- Why Jennifer hates labels

- How have these changes affected how Nate perceives himself and has he been a bit "different" all along?

Click below to read the full article that I mentioned and shared some of in this episode!

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170315-the-invention-of-heterosexuality

Click below to listen to a great episode that mentions the question I referenced "Are your thoughts really yours?"

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2xZTLknKv7UObRZ2kXTnfZ?si=k4W4e3-ZSrKWmEu5LgmMsg

Today

But before I sing I talk a little about how the episode I wanted to

Check out the interview that Robin Douglass did with Resiliency coach

The phrase that keeps repeating in my head that Michelle said is "Challenges are opportunities for expansion."

"The Truth Awoke" by Abigail Hobbs

You showed up, and I shut out

The voices screaming deep inside

Betrayed by my own feelings

Religion stripped me of my rights

Years went by, I tried to cope

Convinced that it was I who was wrong

You played the game, played the part

And you strung my heart along

But the truth awoke: Time is up

Turns out, you are a fuck

And I won’t listen to your lies 

You can’t fool me anymore

Gravity you can’t deny

Reality kicked down the door

Don’t show me your sad face

Cause I put your ass in its rightful place

Yeah don’t show me your sad face

Cause I put your ass in its place 

Don’t tell me that you’re sorry

Forgiveness never did me well

You used your god to bring me shame

Poisoning me with fear of hell

Well, I’m done, and I don’t care

If you think that I’m a bitch

I found out, found my voice,

Stopped the train, made the switch

Cause the truth awoke, Time is up

Go pay the price to be a fuck

I’m no longer the me you brainwashed me to be

I locked you up, burned the key, 

Now I’m living wild and free

Cause the truth awoke, Time is up

I am free and you are stuck

*"The Truth Awoke" is an original by Abigail Hobbs - please do not steal it

Today I take an uncommon approach for my podcast and I bring my electric piano into the corral to share a new song I wrote. :) I have never played piano for my horses so this episode is really special to see how much the horses loved the music. Definitely check out the video!!

But before I sing I talk a little about how the episode I wanted to record got sabotaged by my day turning upside down. I am learning a bit about "resiliency" from a recent podcast.

Check out the interview that Robin Douglass did with Resiliency coach Michelle Dickinson on the Coming Out Late Podcast episodes #98 and #99.

The phrase that keeps repeating in my head that Michelle said is "Challenges are opportunities for expansion."

"The Truth Awoke" by Abigail Hobbs

You showed up, and I shut out

The voices screaming deep inside

Betrayed by my own feelings

Religion stripped me of my rights

Years went by, I tried to cope

Convinced that it was I who was wrong

You played the game, played the part

And you strung my heart along

But the truth awoke: Time is up

Turns out, you are a fuck

And I won’t listen to your lies 

You can’t fool me anymore

Gravity you can’t deny

Reality kicked down the door

Don’t show me your sad face

Cause I put your ass in its rightful place

Yeah don’t show me your sad face

Cause I put your ass in its place 

Don’t tell me that you’re sorry

Forgiveness never did me well

You used your god to bring me shame

Poisoning me with fear of hell

Well, I’m done, and I don’t care

If you think that I’m a bitch

I found out, found my voice,

Stopped the train, made the switch

Cause the truth awoke, Time is up

Go pay the price to be a fuck

I’m no longer the me you brainwashed me to be

I locked you up, burned the key, 

Now I’m living wild and free

Cause the truth awoke, Time is up

I am free and you are stuck

*"The Truth Awoke" is an original by Abigail Hobbs - please do not steal it

Today I talk about a recent podcast I listened to that has gotten me thinking about what it means to live satisfied.

Here are the things I discuss:

- Glennon Doyle's "We Can Do Hard Things" podcast episode #239 'Why are we never satisfied?'

- How our capitalist culture is designed to keep us always wanting more

- My struggles with being a goal-oriented person

- Simple things I have been noticing in my life that bring me full satisfaction

- Learning to not subscribe to the "hustle culture" or the "capitalist culture"

- 3 questions to ask yourself this week...

- Comparing is one of the biggest reasons I feel dissatisfied

- 5 ways I help myself stay grounded, grateful, and satisfied!!!!

My pond take-a-ways:

My pond take-a-ways:

Today we shake things up and do an interactive walk around my front pasture with Zelle!

In this “Trek to Connect” I learned:

Today’s session was really good for me. I hope you too find value in it.

Today we shake things up and do an interactive walk around my front pasture with Zelle!

In this “Trek to Connect” I learned:

Today’s session was really good for me. I hope you too find value in it.

Today we shake things up and do an interactive walk around my front pasture with Zelle!

In this “Trek to Connect” I learned:

Today’s session was really good for me. I hope you too find value in it.

Today is a vulnerable episode of the significant changes happening in our family.

-My son heads off to college

-My girls start public school for the first time

My horses circled up to support me, (Zelle was basically trying to crawl in my lap), as I read my most recent blog post describing my feelings on all of it.

Change is difficult even when it's really good change.

My emotions spilled over today as the reality continues to hit me.

I hope this episode encourages others that it's never too late to make changes in your life once you realize you want to do something different.

You get to choose the life you live and you don't have to be stuck in one way even if you have done it for a long time.

Let's keep moving toward the things that bring us peace!