Owning It: Anxiety surrounding coming out with Riyadh Khalaf

Owning It: The Anxiety Podcast

Caroline Foran

Overwhelm, Education, Health & Fitness, Panic Attack, Caroline Foran, Stress, Anxiety

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

At this point in the season, I want to explore anxiety in the gay community: particularly the anxiety surrounding coming out to family and friends, feeling 'othered' at school growing up gay. For this episode I am joined by Celebrity Masterchef winner 2020, LGBTQ+ activist, bestselling author and broadcaster Riyadh Khalaf who shares his experience with me from childhood right through to present times. We talk about the anxiety of feeling at odds with how you think you 'should' be. The fear of rejection. How he navigated telling his parents that he was gay - which was not the story of instant acceptance you'd hope for - and where he's at now with self-love and acceptance. He offers great insights and advice for anyone facing their own experience of coming out. I really loved having this chat with Riyadh and whether or not you as the listener are gay doesn't really matter, if you've ever felt a disconnect between how you feel inside and the person you put out to the world, this conversation will resonate with you.

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1:21.2	Hello, dear listener, and welcome back to season four of owning it the anxiety podcast with me,
1:25.9	Caroline Forne. My guest this week is an old pal from
1:29.1	my early days in media who has gone on to become pretty much a superstar, bestselling author,
1:34.0	TV presenter and role model to young LGBTQ plus people everywhere. His name is Riyadh.
1:39.8	For this episode we talk about his experience of growing up gay in Ireland and the layers of
1:44.5	anxiety that went along with that. The anxiety he still deals with today, and he specifically
1:48.9	shares insights into the anxiety associated with the act of coming out and telling your
1:53.4	nearest and dearest. Riyadh articulates everything so beautifully and so clearly, and with such
1:59.1	vulnerability and honesty, I really hope it speaks
2:02.1	to you as much as it did to me. Thank you as always for listening and for supporting owning
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