The Love Fix

The Love Spectrum, Coming Out, and Sexual Fluidity with Anne-Marie Zanzal


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Sherry and Carla kick off this week talking about if it’s really that sexy dating someone with an accent, or if we just romanticize it. Then they take a Love Fix Question about how to break the habit of lying in your relationship and welcome guest Anne-Marie Zanzal. Anne-Marie is a coach, ordained minister, chaplain, and author. She came out later in life and shares her journey from tucking away her sexuality while raising a family, to stepping into her true authentic self. She talks with Sherry and Carla about her work specializing in women coming out later in adulthood, why there still is a stigma around being gay, and how we can face our own internalized homophobia.

 

What You’ll Hear In This Episode:

  • A Love Fix Question — what do you do if you find yourself lying and constantly being dishonest in relationships?
  • What are the main reasons people typically lie, and how can therapy help?
  • Anne-Marie is known as the Coming Out Coach — how did she know she was gay? What are the ways that she hid it, and how did she decide to step fully into her truth?
  • Is being gay as widely accepted in America as we think it is?
  • Want Coming Out Coaching from someone who has walked the path before? Here’s how to Contact Anne-Marie, along with how to work with Sherry and Carla on overcoming codependency, dating, a break-up, healing from toxic relationships and gaining confidence.
  • Anne-Marie talks about being brushed off by her own (lesbian) therapist!
  • What does Anne-Marie appreciate about dating women more than her past relationships with men?
  • Is there an age where it’s too late to come out?
  • What about if you want to come out, but you have shame and another type of life already in place?
  • What are some of the reasons women may know they are gay but don’t come out until later in life?
  • What is internalized homophobia, and how does it show up in ourselves and other people?

 

Tweetables:

  • “Because there's visibility in the media and there's representation out there, I think people are less afraid to come out than they were in the past.” - Anne-Marie
  • “The truth is, the truth is going to come out.” - Sherry
  • “I really believe that sexuality is fluid.” - Carla
  • “All of a sudden, I was with women who understood, and we're talking about things that I had never said to another human being.” - Anne-Marie
  • “There’s a lot of shame about a woman being a good girl. We want to live to a standard that is set by our families and our parents and our churches and our communities. When we don't do that, we feel like we've done something wrong.  - Anne-Marie

 

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Find Out More: 

 

Sherry

Website | Instagram | Facebook | Love Smacked | Wake Up Recovery for Codependents and Toxic Relationships | Sherry Gaba’s Coaching Packages

 

Gain access to Sherry’s FREE ebooks for codependency, love addiction, or narcissistic abuse. https://relationship-quizzes.com/ 

 

Carla

Website | Instagram | Facebook | Contagious Love | Online Dating Bootcamp

 

Anne-Marie

Website | Instagram | Authentic Peace | Coming Out Later in Life Resources 

 

Today’s episode is sponsored by Carla’s book Contagious Love: Break Free from Codependency for Damn Good and Sherry’s book Love Smacked: How To Stop the Cycle of Relationship Addiction and Codependency To Find Everlasting Love

Thanks to Contagious Love and Love Smacked for sponsoring this episode.

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