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Coming Out at 50 Can Be Hard. Shelly Found a Coach.

She spent decades building an identity as a wife and mother. Could she disrupt “a perfectly good family dynamic” to live her own truth?

By Catherine PearsonOctober 14, 2026
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She spent decades building an identity as a wife and mother. Could she disrupt “a perfectly good family dynamic” to live her own truth?

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