Lesbian Chronicles: Coming Out Later in Life

Episode 367: Are You Drowning?

Melisa and Alli talk about how those early relationships after coming out can feel safe, but the reality is, you're drowning so anything feels "safe." We share how we've learned from those early relat...

2026-09-06

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Episode 366: The Cost of Being a Woman

This week, Alli and Melisa explore the “cost of being a woman,” including the financial expectations women navigate in dating and everyday life. We unpack Professor Scott Galloway’s argument that men ...

2026-08-30

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Episode 365: Meet Tennah

Our friend Tennah joins the show to chat about her love for astrology and tarot. She also gives us a bit of an Astrology 101 lesson -- a valuable tool for anyone coming out later who is bound to be as...

2026-08-23

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Episode 364: Happy Endings?

Alli shares her very questionable massage experience in NYC. We also discuss what's the "best" or "right" way to tell kids about divorce? And is "no contact" really necessary or is it just a way to ha...

2026-08-16

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Episode 363: Dating Without Losing Yourself

Melisa and Alli talk about dating without losing yourself, some early expectations in a relationship and the small ways to show you're in it with someone. Become a supporter of this podcast: https:/...

2026-08-09

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Episode 362: What's Your Number?

Melisa and Alli discuss a survey from the National Survey of Family Growth that found the median number of opposite-sex partners in a lifetime among women aged 25-49 years of age is 4.3. Become a su...

2026-08-02

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Episode 361: The Power of Boy Jeans

Our friend Robin joins the show to chat with Alli about her evolving style and what inspires their individual styles today -- and the power of "boy jeans" Become a supporter of this podcast: https://...

2026-07-26

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Episode 360: Your Brain's Rumination Loop

Melisa and Alli explain why your brain naturally ruminates after a breakup. It's not because you're "stuck," but because your mind is trying to make sense of what happened and solve an unresolved prob...

2026-07-20

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Episode 359: All Lesbians Go to Heaven

Briana Smith joins the show to talk about growing up Mormon, getting married at 20 years old, having four kids by the time she was 29 --- and how meeting a woman at a wedding changed everything. Conn...

2026-07-12

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Episode 358: The Rules of Attraction

Melisa and Alli answer a listener email about their attraction to masc women vs. femme after coming out. Also, is there a power dynamic when kissing? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www...

2026-07-05

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Episode 357: Three Plus One

This week Alli and Melisa explore the "3+1" theory from Simon Sinek which says that relationships require three core pillars of compatibility combined with one external factor -- Intellectual Compatib...

2026-06-28

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Episode 356: Meet Liliana Bakhtiar (Atlanta City Council Member)

Trigger Warning: Episode mentions rejection of trans kids, a violent murder, and self harm Liliana Bakhtiar -- the first queer Muslim person to be elected in Georgia and the first non-binary councilm...

2026-06-21

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Episode 355: In Our Femme Energy

What distinguishes femme energy versus masculine energy when you take away the heels and the backwards hats? Our friend Robin joins the discussion with Alli and Melisa as they talk about how these ene...

2026-06-14

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Episode 354: When Things Fall Apart

Alli shares how the book "When Things Fall Apart" is helping her right now. We also get into how to get comfortable with the discomfort of not knowing the future. (And how sometimes seeing a medium he...

2026-06-07

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Episode 353: The Capacity

Sometimes we take someone's capacity for a relationship really personal when the reality is, it's not that deep. This week Melisa and Alli discuss how much capacity plays a role in emotional bandwidth...

2026-05-31

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Episode 352: Meet Kiki!

Kiki Joy joins us to share about life living in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota and being on her own since the age of 17. She talks about her journey to coming out later in life and how the pandemic...

2026-05-24

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Episode 351: Lessons of Emotional Turmoil

Alli and Melisa explore the emotional ups and downs of relationships, both romantic and platonic that have taught us some lessons along the way. And accepting the fact that not everyone is going to li...

2026-05-18

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Episode 350: Dr. Lorri on Building Trust in Yourself

Dr. Lorri Sulpizio joins us to talk how modern “therapy speak” can sometimes make people second-guess themselves. What's the difference between true intuition and overthinking? Also, how do we hold sp...

2026-05-10

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Episode 349: Meet Abby Nissenbaum

Singer-songwriter Abby Nissenbaum joins the show to share her story of growing up in a Jewish-Catholic household, being outed as a teenager by a neighborhood mom and what life is like today navigating...

2026-05-03

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Episode 348: Lesbian Visibility Week

Alli and Melisa talk about what it means to be a "visible" lesbian and how that image has evolved since we came out. And how friendships with couples look different now than when we were married to me...

2026-04-26

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Lesbian Chronicles: Coming Out Later in Life

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