{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F7d0c8654-e71a-4176-9382-f2b2a1c91ec0","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 128: Home For The LGBTQ Holidays \u2013 Rick Clemons","description":"It\u2019s inevitable. The holidays are here and there\u2019s no escaping them. Well I guess you could if you choose to go into some altered state of some other reality, but for most of us that just isn\u2019t possible. Now add to the holiday season the challenges of being LGBTQ, single, working in a job that doesn\u2019t please the family\u2026you know all that lovely holiday fodder that makes for roasting your chesnuts over the family fire and you\u2019ve just become the main course for the buffet at the family gatherings.\r\nWell let\u2019s start some new traditions and \u00a0discover some new ways of being either at, or absent at the family holiday gathersings. It\u2019s all up to you. Yes it is, and it\u2019s all up to you how you choose to show up and react when the gay bombs, racist politics, defaming women\u2019s rights or goodness forbid you\u2019re 30 and still not married gasp get lobbed your way.\r\nHere\u2019s what\u2019s instore for the LGBTQ screw you if you can\u2019t accept me episode\u2026\r\n\r\n* Simple tips for keeping your cool when in the holiday hotseat\r\n* Techniques for drawing boundaries\r\n* Common practices for not letting your buttons get pushed\r\n* Exercising the greatest leverage you have that is truly a present worth giving\r\n* Creating a two-way street of understanding to agree to disagree\r\n\r\nWebsite\r\nTwitter\r\nFacebook\r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}