Is dating different after coming out? These are my honest takeaways 🌈✨

Is dating different after coming out? These are my honest takeaways 🌈✨

Is dating different after coming out as a lesbian? These are my honest takeaways from dating women. This is my experience dating women on dating apps after coming out and everything I learned about dating women as a sapphic human. Anyone in the LGBTQ community knows it can be a like dating sapphic and queer folks on dating apps. These are the lessons I learned dating in the LGBT community. As someone who has dated men, I also share my experience of how dating is different now. Hope this helps anyone who is newly out, a baby gay, etc! The best is yet to come. CHAPTERS 00:00 dating after coming out 01:19 feeling extra vulnerable 04:08 quicker connections 06:58 making the first move 09:16 rejection 11:50 dating apps 16:50 listening, thoughtfulness, and being intentional 17:38 healing 🌈GET MY FREE JOURNAL PROMPTS HERE: ⁠https://strollingthroughlife.myflodesk.com/journalprompt1⁠ [https://strollingthroughlife.myflodesk.com/journalprompt1] Here's the link to my coming out story episode: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jJc9jfSjgNojPUVDHp05Z?si=PGU8st5TTA2q79UEielBzw [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jJc9jfSjgNojPUVDHp05Z?si=PGU8st5TTA2q79UEielBzw] SHOP MY FAVES ✰ https://www.amazon.com/shop/strollingthroughlife CONNECT WITH ME ➳TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@strollingthroughlife_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@strollingthroughlife_] ➳INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/strollingthroughlife_/ [https://www.instagram.com/strollingthroughlife_/] FTC DISCLAIMER: This episode is NOT sponsored. All opinions are my own. ✰I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program. I earn a commission on qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. ✰Some links are affiliate links. If so, I will be given a small commission if you purchase items using my links. This helps support me & my channel! :) ☞Business Inquiries: kristen@strollingthroughlife.com

I’ve felt behind in life as a queer person. Here’s what I needed to hear about traditional timelines

I've felt behind in life as a queer person. Here's what I wish I knew...From repressing who I was to being afraid to come out. It took many years to finally accept who I was and am as a lesbian. There are pressures of fitting into a box and living a "traditional" life and having a certain timeline, even in the LGBT community. But we're on a queer timeline. By being queer, we're already living outside of societal norms and therefore giving ourselves permission to not follow any traditional timelines. There are no expectations or rules. We can create our own queer timelines as LGBTQ folks. This is a social commentary on how being queer leads to questioning societal expectations and social pressure. The best is yet to come. CHAPTERS 00:00 questioning societal norms and expectations as a queer person 03:06 comparison is the thief of joy 07:19 the queer timeline 09:23 breaking free from the timeline 11:07 feeling lost and living in the "in-between" 🌈GET MY FREE INNER CHILD JOURNAL PROMPTS HERE: ⁠https://strollingthroughlife.myflodesk.com/journalprompt1⁠ [https://strollingthroughlife.myflodesk.com/journalprompt1] Here's the link to my coming out story episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jJc9jfSjgNojPUVDHp05Z?si=PGU8st5TTA2q79UEielBzw [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jJc9jfSjgNojPUVDHp05Z?si=PGU8st5TTA2q79UEielBzw] SHOP MY FAVES ✰ https://www.amazon.com/shop/strollingthroughlife [https://www.amazon.com/shop/strollingthroughlife] C O N N E C T W I T H M E ➳TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@strollingthroughlife_ [https://www.tiktok.com/@strollingthroughlife_] ➳INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/strollingthroughlife_/ [https://www.instagram.com/strollingthroughlife_/] FTC DISCLAIMER: This episode is NOT sponsored. All opinions are my own. ✰I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program. I earn a commission on qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. ✰Some links are affiliate links. If so, I will be given a small commission if you purchase items using my links. This helps support me & my channel! :) ☞Business Inquiries: kristen@strollingthroughlife.com

Here's how I heal my queer inner child (she just needed permission to be herself)

It's time for some queer inner child healing! A lot of us in the LGBTQ community never got the chance to be our true authentic selves growing up. What would you say to your LGBT younger self if you could? I take you through a visualization exercise to meet your sapphic younger self and spend time with them. Maybe you just needed to heal your inner child to feel more like you. Cheers to queer joy and doing the things younger you loved! The best is yet to come. CHAPTERS 00:00 healing your queer inner child 02:07 what is inner child healing? 02:31 writing letters to your younger self 3:54 journal prompts 4:58 inner child work 5:34 visualization exercise 15:32 visualization exercises and meditations in the future 🌈GET MY FREE JOURNAL PROMPTS HERE: https://strollingthroughlife.myflodesk.com/journalprompt1 [https://strollingthroughlife.myflodesk.com/journalprompt1] Here's the episode about growing up in the church: https://open.spotify.com/episode/27yVNEbY8dPoJUdDDNE9Ql?si=1LTPtOHCQeOz01QVsUp9kg [https://open.spotify.com/episode/27yVNEbY8dPoJUdDDNE9Ql?si=1LTPtOHCQeOz01QVsUp9kg] SHOP MY FAVES ✰ https://www.amazon.com/shop/strollingthroughlife C O N N E C T W I T H M E ➳TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@strollingthroughlife_ ➳INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/strollingthroughlife_/ FTC DISCLAIMER: This episode is NOT sponsored. All opinions are my own. ✰I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program. I earn a commission on qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. ✰Some links are affiliate links. If so, I will be given a small commission if you purchase items using my links. This helps support me & my channel! :) ☞Business Inquiries: kristen@strollingthroughlife.com

Am I bi or am I a lesbian? Here's how I figured it out

This is how I figured out if I am bi or a lesbian. It took me many years from realizing I'm queer and identifying as bisexual until I realized I am a lesbian. Figured out what letter you are in the LGBTQIA community can tough. Also, labels aren't for everyone. But Being LGBTQ and figuring it out along the way is okay. I hope if you're currently on a coming out journey or figuring out what your identity is that this video can help. Cheers to being in the LGBT community, friend! The best is yet to come. CHAPTERS 00:00 how I realized I'm a lesbian and not bi 03:25 my backstory & my coming out story 05:32 questioning my identity in college & dating men 12:45 identifying as bi 15:29 why it took me so long to figure out who I was 18:45 intimacy & self worth 27:28 am I asexual? 30:51 what made me realize I'm a lesbian 34:54 I'm just a lesbian Here's the link to my coming out story episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jJc9jfSjgNojPUVDHp05Z?si=PGU8st5TTA2q79UEielBzw SHOP MY FAVES ✰ https://www.amazon.com/shop/strollingthroughlife C O N N E C T W I T H M E ➳TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@strollingthroughlife_ ➳INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/strollingthroughlife_/ FTC DISCLAIMER: This episode is NOT sponsored. All opinions are my own. ✰I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program. I earn a commission on qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. ✰Some links are affiliate links. If so, I will be given a small commission if you purchase items using my links. This helps support me & my channel! :) ☞Business Inquiries: kristen@strollingthroughlife.com

I went to Catholic School and Came Out as Gay. Let’s talk about Religious Trauma…

This is my story about growing up Catholic and being queer. I've done a lot of healing to work through my religious trauma. As a lesbian woman who went to Catholic school my whole life and never missed a Sunday mass, it was incredibly hard to come out and look at myself in the mirror. I never thought I could be gay growing up. But I was and am gay. Faith deconstruction is not for the weak. Unfortunately, many LGBTQ people who grew up in the church have experienced religious trauma. This is my story. To my sapphic and LGBT folks who grew up in the church, you are loved and amazing just as you are! The best is yet to come. CHAPTERS 00:00 growing up in the church 04:30 going to Catholic school 11:00 vocations & marriage 14:50 being gay according to the church 21:10 religious trauma & being LGBTQ 29:37 does religion do more harm than good? 36:36 queer and trans folks are amazing just as they are Here's the link to my coming out story episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jJc9jfSjgNojPUVDHp05Z?si=PGU8st5TTA2q79UEielBzw SHOP MY FAVES ✰ https://www.amazon.com/shop/strollingthroughlife C O N N E C T W I T H M E ➳TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@strollingthroughlife_ ➳INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/strollingthroughlife_/ FTC DISCLAIMER: This episode is NOT sponsored. All opinions are my own. ✰I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program. I earn a commission on qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. ✰Some links are affiliate links. If so, I will be given a small commission if you purchase items using my links. This helps support me & my channel! :) ☞Business Inquiries: kristen@strollingthroughlife.com