Strolling Through Life

Kristen
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This is an LGBTQ podcast about queer healing, self discovery, coming out, and learning to live as your authentic self. I share honest conversations on mental health, identity, inner child healing, therapy, and navigating an identity crisis, especially for those coming out later in life. This is a safe, cozy space for sapphics and anyone on a healing journey who feels lost, overwhelmed, or disconnected and is ready to come home to themselves, embrace self love, and grow into who they truly are. 🌈✨🦋

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    the uncomfortable truth of being a late in life lesbian (what nobody likes talking about)

    Coming out later in life can be a jarring experience. Being a late in life lesbian will feel like you have some catching up to do-- and that's okay. I realized I was a lesbian while living with my boyfriend at the time. I'm a late in life lesbian and will say that coming out later in life is worth it. There is no perfect timeline in the LGBTQ community. Queer folks sometimes know their whole lives that they're queer and sometimes it takes people decades to realize they are. For anyone navigating their own queer identity in the LGBT community, it's okay to not have all the answers. Self discovery is a beautiful journey that sometimes takes more time. Sometimes hitting rock bottom and realizing that you're sapphic is actually the best thing that can happen for you (at least it was for me haha). The best is yet to come. CHAPTERS 00:00 late in life lesbian 02:15 coming out later in life and feeling behind 02:52 queer adolescence 04:35 I knew more about myself and what I wanted 05:33 it feels like you're blowing up your life and everything is new 09:18 coming out to people from my past 11:26 later in life lesbian 🌈GET MY FREE JOURNAL PROMPTS HERE: ⁠⁠https://strollingthroughlife.myflodesk.com/journalprompt1⁠⁠ 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 CONNECT WITH ME ➳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

    12 min

  2. May 31

    The Reality of Dating After Coming Out (It’s Not What I Expected)

    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 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 CONNECT WITH ME ➳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

    19 min

  3. May 22

    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 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

    13 min

  4. May 15

    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 Here's the episode about growing up in the church: 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

    17 min

  5. May 8

    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

    37 min

  6. May 1

    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

    38 min

  7. Apr 23

    I'm a lesbian in my 30s and I have NO CLUE if I want kids

    I don't know if I want to be a mom. I'm a lesbian in my 30s and I don't know if I want to have kids. I never had representation of queer families growing up. And I love to see LGBT families now with their queer joy. As a queer women in my 30s, my biological clock is ticking and I feel like I should know if I want to be a parent or not. Or should I? Should I be childfree and accept DINK life (dual income no kids) or become a lesbian mom? I'll be going over questions and thoughts I have currently about being childfree or becoming a queer mom. The best is yet to come. CHAPTERS 00:00 I’m in my 30s, I’m a lesbian, and I don’t know if I want to have kids 05:19 Why do I want kids? 06:07 Do I want a biological child? 07:19 Finding fulfillment in life 09:07 The biological clock of having kids 10:28 Being a queer parent 12:29 selfishness & societal expectations 15:06 Am I ready to have a kid? Here's the link to the last episode (my coming out story): 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_/ ➳WEBSITE: https://www.strollingthroughlife.com 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

    16 min

  8. Apr 16

    I Realized I was Gay While Dating a Man (my coming out story)

    This is my coming out story and my journey of realizing I'm queer. I started telling myself in Catholic school to not be gay and not be a lesbian. And then slowly as time went on, I started slowly accepting myself. I was living with my boyfriend when I realized I'm gay. It truly took a lot of work on myself to finally accept who I was. For any Sapphic or LGBTQ folks, it's never too late to live your truth. The best is yet to come. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 my coming out story and journey 01:31 My “don’t be gay” era 06:10 gay marriage talks 08:37 I have a crush on Nick Jonas 12:26 the first girl… 21:18 I date a man for the last time… 22:37 the epiphany moment 26:27 dating again after the breakup and only dating sapphics 31:16 the journey of figuring out who you are SHOP MY FAVES ✰ https://www.amazon.com/shop/strolling... C O N N E C T W I T H M E ➳TIKTOK:   / strollingthroughlife_   ➳INSTAGRAM:   / strollingthroughlife_   FTC DISCLAIMER: This video 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

    33 min

  9. Apr 9

    I Had an Identity Crisis… and I'M GAY! 🌈✨🦋

    Welcome to the Strolling Through Life Podcast! I share my personal journey from eco-friendly YouTube creator to embracing my truth, navigating a life-changing identity shift, and coming out as someone who can only date women. I talk about the emotional impact of the pandemic, therapy, unlearning old patterns, and reconnecting with my authentic self while creating a safe, cozy space for queer healing, self-growth, and deep conversations. This podcast is for anyone feeling lost, overwhelmed, or disconnected, and searching for self acceptance, LGBTQ community, and the courage to come home to themselves. The best is yet to come. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Welcome to the new Strolling Through Life Podcast! 01:36 From eco-friendly lifestyle YouTuber to this 02:39 How the pandemic changed things... 03:36 My hope for this podcast is for it to be a safe cozy space 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_/ ➳WEBSITE: https://www.strollingthroughlife.com FTC DISCLAIMER: This video 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

    6 min
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This is an LGBTQ podcast about queer healing, self discovery, coming out, and learning to live as your authentic self. I share honest conversations on mental health, identity, inner child healing, therapy, and navigating an identity crisis, especially for those coming out later in life. This is a safe, cozy space for sapphics and anyone on a healing journey who feels lost, overwhelmed, or disconnected and is ready to come home to themselves, embrace self love, and grow into who they truly are. 🌈✨🦋

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