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Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

LGBTQ+ Relationship Advice | E236

Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

YAP Media Network | Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Relationships, Health & Fitness

4.7890 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Love is love, and the bonds of attachment transcend identity. At the same time, gay and lesbian relationships face unique challenges and stressors — from without, and from within. On this episode of the podcast, my colleague, LGBTQ+ relationship-affirming marriage and family therapist Kensington Osmond shares compassionate strategies that promote growth and healing for gay and lesbian individuals and couples. Empowerment, healthy-identity development, growing up gay in the context of a strict religion, dealing with a non-supportive family of origin, how unresolved internalized shame can show up in relationships — we're tackling all of it today. Join us! (And join the conversation in the comments of this post!) xoxo,  Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby GrowingSelf.com

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0:00.0

This is Dr. Lisa Marie-Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.

0:28.5

The Roots of Electroof. The roots of electronic dance music, my friends, from the Year of Our Lord 1977, that is Giorgio Maroder, with a song from here to eternity.

0:36.2

Little nod to the mastermind behind a lot of electronic dance music, disco.

0:43.1

He was one of the producers, I understand, of Donna Summers' music.

0:46.7

And I just, I wanted to eliminate just one of the amazing and glorious facets of gay culture that I so appreciate.

0:58.2

And there is much more to gay culture than just parties.

1:03.3

But my goodness, personally, some of the happiest and most fun, most magical moments of my young life were spent in clubs by four and about gay people.

1:16.1

And we had the best time.

1:17.6

I probably shouldn't tell you this because I was such a bad little bunny.

1:21.7

But when I was 18 years old and I was in college, I had a college ID with like a little laminated front and I lifted it up

1:31.0

with a razor blade and changed the date of my birth with a Sharpie marker. It was so bad. It was like

1:37.7

so obvious. And it trooped up to the coolest gay club in town with my friends all in our little baggy pants.

1:45.8

And I will never forget this incredibly merciful person who just sort of took one look at

1:52.4

my idea and was like, happy birthday, baby. And we went in and had the time of our lives and

1:58.6

just so many, so many fond memories.

2:01.9

That's not why we're here today is to hear me reminisce.

2:04.6

What we're here to do is to talk about gay same-sex relationships specifically.

2:14.8

You know, I don't specialize in same-sex relationships. It's quite a specialty.

2:22.5

Over the years, I've worked with a number of same-sex couples and individuals, and I think we do

2:27.5

great work. And, you know, I have become aware, thanks to your feedback, frankly, that because of my own, you know,

2:37.3

mostly heterosexual personal orientation and just like what would I usually do, you know,

2:43.2

with heterosexual couples, it's very easy for me to slide in to kind of this worldview that really talks

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