Gay Men's Life Lab with Buck Dodson

As I say at the end of my coaching and therapy sessions, “we’ll have to stop here.”  Join me for this final episode as I wrap up the podcast.  Tune in to hear about my decision, what’s next and how I hope to stay in touch. You may even hear some inspiration on approaching endings and new beginnings in your own life.

To stay in touch with me and be notified of future offerings from Gay Men’s Life Lab, please join my email list by visiting www.buckdodson.com.  

Even though there won’t be new episodes, I encourage you to ‘gay it forward’ by sharing any episode you think would help someone in your life.  

To gay superpowers! 
Buck

In this episode, I talk with sought-after coach, speaker, professor, and author, Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown about his new book, The Souls of Queer Folk.  

Join me as I talk with Joel about:

• What it means for leaders to be “Queer-minded”  
• How growing up LGBTQ teaches us to be leaders in life
• Queer culture as a wisdom tradition with value for all people, especially organizational and business leaders
• The 9 values that express the beauty of LGBTQ+ people 

Get your copy of Joel’s book, The Souls of Queer Folk and learn more about Dr. Joel A Davis Brown at:

• Linkedin
• Pneumos

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Thanks!
Buck

In this episode, I talk with trauma and recovery coach, spiritual companion, and queer elder, Hunter Flournoy. We dive deep into what it means to heal as gay, bi and queer men & how compassionate community and spirituality are key to embrace ourselves and each other. 

Join me as I talk with Hunter about:

• The importance of LGBTQ Heart Circles for gay men and queer people to see & feel seen
• How and why Hunter helps men to accept and embrace ourselves by coming home to our bodies and breath
• Relationships as a spiritual practice so we can be our true selves and be with others
• Creating queer community to recover from our individual and collective trauma so we find safety with other LGBTQ people and beyond
• The retreats and spiritual journeys he offers for GBTQ men to find our truth and our depth through 

Learn more about Hunter Flournoy and how you can work with him at  spiritjourneys.com and hunterflournoy.com.

Stay subscribed or start following to be notified when new episodes come out.  You can also join my email list by visiting www.buckdodson.com.  
 
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Thanks!
Buck

In this episode, I talk with psychotherapists and founders of Calm Counseling, Dr. Vanessa Scaringi and Kate Garland, LCSW about the role of attachment styles and relationships in recovering from eating disorders, body dysmorphia and excessive exercise.

Join me as I talk with Kate and Vanessa about:

• Why disordered eating, body image and exercise issues “work” to address chronic loneliness and disconnection 
• How the search for sameness and conformity are risk factors for disordered eating and exercise
• The importance and challenge of being messy and imperfect in relationships
• How anxious, avoidant and disorganized attachment styles show up in eating and body image
• Ways to begin identifying feelings and needs and speaking up about them to safe people

Learn more about Kate and Vanessa and their psychotherapy practice, Calm Counseling, at www.keepcalmatx.com  and @calmcounselingpllc and follow them on Instagram.

Stay subscribed or start following to be notified when new episodes come out.  You can also join my email list by visiting www.buckdodson.com.  

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Thanks!
Buck

A “Gays On” episode featuring Burak Yilmaz on healing and self-discovery

In this episode, I talk with Burak Yilmaz about his remarkable path to freedom as a gay man which he chronicles in his upcoming book, If My Mother Never Left. 

Join me as I talk with Burak about:

• Being tortured for speaking out as a gay man in Islam
• Learning to survive alone on the streets of Turkey and New York City
• Overcoming shame and recovering from depression 
• How writing has helped him heal and live as his true self
• His work to support and guide younger generations 

Get your copy of Burak’s new book, If My Mother Never Left and follow him at https://burak212.com and on Instagram.

The “Gays On’ Series presents the voices of men who are on their journey of living openly and authentically. Not necessarily the perspective of therapists or coaches, these are the lived experiences and wisdom of gay, bi and queer man on what it’s like to heal through love.

Stay subscribed or start following to be notified when new episodes come out.  You can also join my email list by visiting www.buckdodson.com.  
 
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Thanks!
Buck

We need our gay superpower now more than ever. Our communities, especially our members who are trans, gender non-binary and/or drag artists, are being subjected to assaults on our identities and human rights. Let’s double down on who we are and in this episode, why we’re here. 

Tune in to this ‘Quick Buck’ solo episode as I dive into the powers of camp and drag. I explore:

• What are gay and queer superpowers?
• How camp and campiness speaks to queerness and helps us feel seen
• The role of drag in cultivating joy, confidence, freedom and gay spirit
• The power of drag to artfully evoke thought and create social change 
• Drag as an invitation to expand with your own expression of the feminine

Stay subscribed or start following to be notified when new episodes come out.  You can also join my email list by visiting www.buckdodson.com.  

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Thanks!
Buck

Let’s talk about sex. Healthy, pleasurable and healing sex that is. In this episode, I talk with Certified Sex Therapist, coach and clinical social worker, Dr. Israel Martinez, about helping gay bring sex into the light in order to have more enjoyable, enthusiastic and shame-free sex. 

Join me as I talk with Dr. Martinez about:

• The distinct challenges gay, bi and queer men face in having healthy sex
• What the 5 senses have to be with having pleasurable sex
• The difference between ‘spontaneous arousal’ and ‘responsive arousal’
• Expanding the definition of what sex actually is to you and your partner(s)
• Exploring more of your body during masturbation and self-pleasure
• Tips on using sex apps to find partners for the good sex you deserve
• Using www.fetlife.com and other sex-positive communities to find partners

Learn more about Dr. Israel Martinez at http://www.lgbttherapynj.com and get notified of the release of his forthcoming book on gay men’s sex and pleasure. In the meantime, you can purchase his first book Helping Gay Men Find Love.

Stay subscribed or start following to be notified when new episodes come out.  You can also join my email list by visiting www.buckdodson.com.  

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 Thanks!
Buck

Gregory Elsasser-Chavez on the high costs & high rewards of coming out

Part of the ‘Gays On’ Series featuring the voices and stories of gay, bi and queer men.

Welcome to a new season of Gay Men’s Life! In this episode, I talk with Gregory Elsasser-Chavez about his remarkable path to freedom as a gay man which he chronicles in his upcoming book, Terms of Estrangement. 

Join me as I talk with Gregory about:

• The impact of realizing he could be a gay dad or a dead dad
• Finding the will to leave the Evangelical Christian church
• The torment of “ex-gay” reparative and aversion therapies
• Coming out and ending a marriage to his wife
• His steadfast commitment to parenting his sons through painful resistance

You can follow Gregory on Twitter at GregoryElsasser and find his soon-to-published memoir, Terms of Estrangement on Kindle. 

 The “Gays On’ Series presents the voices of men who are on their journey of living openly and authentically. Not necessarily the perspective of therapists or coaches, these are the lived experiences and wisdom of gay, bi and queer man on their path to self love. 

Stay subscribed or start following to be notified when new episodes come out.  You can also join my email list by visiting www.buckdodson.com.  

 If you found this episode helpful, please ‘gay it forward’ by subscribing and leaving a quick review and rating. This helps more folks like you find Gay Men’s Life Lab!

Thanks!
Buck

And we’re back! I’ve missed you all so I’m happy to bring this episode to close out 2022 and preview what’s to come when Season 3 launches next month. Clearly, I extended my “summer” sabbatical through Fall so I go into what I’ve been going through and how this impacted my return to the podcast. I invite you to tune in to hear some of my story and to reflect with me on what it’s like to come out as your most authentic self. 

Some of the topics I cover are:

• Moving through seismic transformations that rock you at your core
• Coming out as a metaphor for showing up as who we are today
• The “necessary relinquishing” we must face to grow
• What I’m learning through radical surrender with my body 

Stay subscribed or start following to be notified when Season 3 episodes start next month.  You can also join my email list by visiting www.buckdodson.com.  I’m looking so forward to being back in this conversation with you all. 

If you found this episode helpful, please ‘gay it forward’ by subscribing and leaving a quick review and rating. This helps more folks like you find Gay Men’s Life Lab! 

Happy new year!
Buck

I’m sorry for the podcast silence last month, especially since it was Pride Month. Although Gay Men’s Life Lab celebrates LGBTQ+ pride every month.  In this episode, I share about my decision to take a few months off from the podcast so I can spend the summer soaking up some extra self, relationship and business care. 

I hope you’ll tune in to join me for this relatively brief conversation about my decision. It involves filling my well, learning to set limits and listening to my inner creative. As always, I hope this might inspire you to double down on self care this summer or on whatever care your life is needing right now. 

Stay subscribed or start following to be notified when new episodes are on their way.  You can also join my email list by visiting www.buckdodson.com.  I’ll be in touch with podcast updates as well as new blogs, coaching programs and more. 

As always, I love hearing from you so feel free to share your thoughts, episode ideas or just say hello by leaving a message on our Phone Line at 512.808.0849. 

If you found this episode helpful, please ‘gay it forward’ by subscribing and leaving a quick review and rating. This helps more gay men find Gay Men’s Life Lab! 

Thanks and talk with you all in September!

Buck