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Reaching Out with Michael Constable

Reaching Out with Adam James Cohen

I could not be more excited to have Adam James Cohen from Second Adolescence Podcast on Reaching Out today!

Adam is both a psychotherapist and the San Francisco-based podcast host of the incredible Second Adolescent Podcast -- a podcast on which I had the pleasure of being a guest a few weeks back! I'm so thrilled to be able to return the favor and have Adam share his story with us on Reaching Out.

Adam touches on so many great, resonate-y coming out topics. He talks about his survival tactics in the closet -- including how he basically taught himself to code-switch to sound more masculine as a young boy, he talks about the absolute euphoric feeling of having someone really see you for the very first time after you come out to them, and how to embrace the cringey but "messessary" (messy + necessary) moments that take place after you come out as you go through your Second Adolescence.

Adam takes us through the concept of Second Adolescence and how it originally came to him and eventually turned into his incredible podcast and more!

Also, if you've been following Reaching Out for a few episodes, you've probably heard guests and myself bring up how important and helpful therapy is in the coming out process and beyond. Adam, being an actual trained professional, gives us great advice on how we can view the concept of therapy a little bit differently than just going and talking to a trained professional -- and in doing so, he makes "therapy" seem much more accessible for everyone, especially if seeing a trained professional is not possible for you for whatever reason.

Adam and his podcast are both such a fucking treasures -- I cannot wait for you to meet him through this episode and then hop on over to Second Adolescence Podcast to give that a listen. Maybe even start with episode 10? I don't know, just an idea. ;)

Enjoy!

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