Women Wanting Women

Queer matchmaker, Elise Braunschweiger, shares practical advice for queer women trying to find love plus insight into the unconscious biases that drive the choices we make and the ways we behave in dating. Meet Elise Braunschweiger, queer female matchmaker and relationship expert… Elise started her career at a matchmaking company where she was the 3rd employee and as they opened offices across Ame...

Queer entrepreneur Nadya Rousseau shares her epic journey of going from homeless to successful business owner, and how she and her wife, Lauren Jones, survived and thrived creatively together. Meet Nadya Rousseau… Nadya and her wife, Lauren Jones, are the founders of AlterNew Media. Nadya Rousseau went from experiencing homeless to being a model, actress and show producer to being a successful mar...

Queer entrepreneur Lauren Jones shares her journey to founding her company plus advice for handling objections and remaining patient while others are being unreasonable. Meet Lauren Jones, founder of AlterNew Media… AlterNew Media is a mission-driven marketing company, founded and run by Lauren Jones and her wife – two bisexual women who are married to each other. They met when they were teenagers...

District Attorney Satana Deberry shares her advice for holding positions of power while still being a great boss, mother and human being. Meet Satana Deberry, the lesbian running to be the Attorney General for the State of North Carolina… Are the things you’re working on in life right now serving you on your journey to becoming the person you want to be? And if not, are you willing to do anything...

Bárbara Arredondo Ayala shares her history of pushing boundaries and making an impact on the international stage. Meet my dear friend, Bárbara Arredondo Ayala… Who is the first lesbian friend you text when you meet someone new or match on an app or get back from a date? Throughout the years I was single, between breaking up with my ex and meeting my fiancé, that person for me was Bárbara Arredondo...

Jordana Michelle shares the story about the time she hit rock-bottom in lesbian dating and what she did to bounce back. Hitting rock-bottom in dating… Have you ever hit rock-bottom? The good thing about hitting rock-bottom is that, even though you feel wretched, life always gets better from there. (Because that’s the definition of “rock bottom”). And in this episode of Women Wanting Women I talk a...

Jenn Lederer teaches how to story-tell your life/career using a comedian’s formula. [Heads up: during this interview with Jenn Lederer there will be mentions of sexual violence.] Meet queer comedian and keynote speakerJenn Lederer… Have you ever wanted to be better at engaging with new people when you meet them for the first time? What if you could talk about yourself in a way that lights people u...

Lesbian journalist, Brooke Sopelsa, shares personal stories, professional tips and insights from LGBT reporting. A conversation with lesbian journalist, Brooke Sopelsa… Brooke Sopelsa is the editorial director of NBC Out, the LGBT section for nbcnews.com, where they cover the queer community, creating stories about and of interest to the LGBT community. Our lesbian chat… During this episode of Wom...

There’s nothing worse than doing something socially embarrassing. In my case, the most embarrassing thing I ever did happened at a lesbian event in around 2012. And in this episode of Women Wanting Women I share the story of what I did and why it was so embarrassing. During the episode I share: A story so embarrassing that I ran away screaming when it happened… Some personal details about my frien...

Jean Chou and I met when we were both newly out of law school and newly out of the closet. I’ve wanted to interview her for a while, so we finally got together so I could pick her brain about her perspectives on lesbian dating and relationships as well as the patterns she had to break and the lessons she had to learn in order to grow her successful law practice and navigate her professional and pe...

Have you ever ignored a red flag? I have, and in this episode of Women Wanting Women, I share the story of how my first lesbian relationship started, and how I first saw a red flag and ignored it. Annie Lalla once shared with me the idea that intuition is your future self, reaching back, whispering in your ear, and telling you what to do. What if that’s true? Are you going to ignore your future se...

Meet Rizala Carrington: a behind-the-scenes lesbian social media connector. Rizala Carrington has been working for the community for over 10 years, making it easier for women to connect with each other. Rizala Carrington is the creator of Lesbian Pride a Facebook group with more than 885,000 members along with an Instagram that has 138,000 active followers as of the date of this podcast episode. A...

Meet my friend Becca Lenox, a brilliant, bisexual former lawyer, now trying to make it as a stand-up comedian in NYC and beyond. I met Becca Lenox when we were both starting to practice law. We first connected through some acquaintances at a queer law school event, we got to know each other from spending time together in court, and we’ve stayed friends over the years thereafter. She is wise, bold...

[Heads up: during in this interview with Ariel Daunay there will be mentions of violence against women.] Meet Ariel Daunay… Ariel Daunay is a friend, and she’s a somatic bodywork healer who works with women on the interconnection between the body and mind in relation to your psychological past and current beliefs that may be limiting you. Have you ever wished for more ease and connection in your l...

Lauren Smith wants you to help you trust yourself to spot red flags early on in dating. Meet Lauren Smith: a queer dating coach who created a system for analyzing how you think and feel after each new date, so you can make the best possible decisions about whom to let in to your life and your heart. Have you ever been so concerned about how someone else was judging you that you failed to concern y...

Meet my dear friend, Martha Heymans. Martha is a relationship coach who works with individuals and couples, helping them to use their relationships as a tool for self-discovery. What if every conflict in your life was actually just a miscommunication? Martha believes that they are. And she teaches that how we behave with others (and how their behavior affects us) contains valuable information we c...

Meet queer coach and content creator, Khanyisa Mnyaka… Khanyisa Mnyaka wants to know: what do you want to do with this life? Knowing what you want is the first step. Because once you define what you want, you can start taking steps that align with that. And it’s not just about money, career ambition, or how you will be remembered after you’re gone. – It’s about become better people inside.   Durin...

Meet Liz Culley, queer female podcaster, producer and entertainment industry badass. Liz Culley is a self-identified bisexual who married a lesbian. So for everyone out there who would instantly reject a woman for being bisexual, keep that in mind. In this episode Liz Culley talks about coming out, making lesbian friends, being bisexual in queer spaces, feeling left out of the queer community, the...

Ali Hendry wants to teach you how to love more and fear less in the face of jealousy. Ali Hendry is a certified holistic relationship coach for queer women, and on this episode of Women Wanting Women we dive deep into her favorite tools for helping women create the life they want. Have you ever been jealous in a relationship before? Ali Hendry is passionate about helping women unpack jealousy and...

Meet Joanne Heyman, integrative coach and founder and CEO of Heyman Partners… Before becoming a coach, Joanne Heyman spent the first 23 years of her career in senior management and running pro-social organizations. Joanne Heyman is a self-described anti-authoritarian who believes that deprivation is a terrible motivator and that coaching is a way to game success – both personally or professionally...