LGBTQ Spirituality Storytime: Identity, Self-Acceptance + Being Outed

🌕 Story time! Have you ever been outed before you were ready — or carried the heavy weight of internalized homophobia?✨ In this vulnerable episode, I’m peeling back the layers and getting real about my personal journey with queer and nonbinary identity, self-acceptance, and belonging.While reflecting on being “outed” during my middle school years, I explore how navigating shame during those early experiences shaped my path toward healing, spirituality, and the creation of Queer Soul Alchemy.This one’s tender, raw, and deeply human — an offering to anyone who’s ever felt “other” and is still learning to take up space in the queer community.In this episode, you’ll learn:🏳️‍🌈 A vulnerable personal story of Lee Devi's being outed in middle school, and how that shaped their journey of queerness and self-acceptance to eventually found QSA.🔮 Astrology deep dive: what the Scorpio Full Moon (5/12) reveals about empowerment, Sun in Taurus, and Pluto retrograde’s lessons for shadow work and transformation💫 Reflections on healing from internalized homophobia and finding true belonging within self and in queer community🎧 If you’ve ever felt unseen, invalidated, or unsure of your place in the LGBTQ+ community, then this episode is for you. Embracing your queerness is not just personal — it’s a powerful act of collective liberation and resistance! Hit play now to learn why.✨ Links + Offerings:🌍 Guatemala Yoga Retreat (Feb. 3-10, 2026): Itinerary + Application⁠🔮 Personal Readings: youareloved.one/readings🎨 Coloring Books: youareloved.one/coloring-books📖 Blog Post that Inspired this Story: Musing on Queerness🌀 Online Courses: youareloved.one/online-courses💌 Join my email list for updates + free self-care guide: youareloved.one/podWherever you’re listening from, please like, subscribe, and leave a review — it helps so much in growing this queer little corner of the podcasting world! 🌱Blessed be, and with all my love,Lee Devi ✨---What is up, my witches? Welcome to the Queer Soul Alchemy podcast, a supportive community helping queer folx to embrace their authentic selves by exploring Yoga, Astrology, and Spirituality. I’m your host, Lee Devi. New episodes drop every Thursday.Queer Soul Alchemy is a podcast at the crossroads of Yoga, Ayurveda, Astrology, Sexuality, and Spirituality, offering practices and conversations for personal transformation, healing, and healthy self-expression. Rooted in queerness and the LGBTQ+ community, this space celebrates queer identity, uplifts transgender voices, and advocates for LGBTQ rights. Whether through self care, queer yoga retreats, or the journey to embrace your authentic self, this is a sanctuary for travelers, allies, and the queer community.About Your HostWhen I was growing up, I didn’t have any LGBTQ+ role models, and I didn’t know it was okay to be myself. I’m Lee Devi, a queer and nonbinary teacher, healer, and guide (they/them). Through over a decade of Yoga practice, Ayurvedic study, and living a Yogic lifestyle, I’ve unraveled — and continue to unravel — layers of mental and spiritual conditioning. And somewhere along the way, I became the role model of my own dreams.Today, I’m a 500-hour Registered Yoga Instructor, a 600-hour Ayurvedic Health Counselor, a Transformational Retreat Facilitator, and an Intuitive Astrologer. My work integrates Yoga, Ayurveda, Astrology, Spirituality, Queerness, and Self Care to support personal transformation and healing within the LGBTQ+ community and beyond. I believe that every person deserves the space to embrace their authentic self and connect with the divine energy within.✨ Want to stay connected and receive my free self-care resource guide? Join my email list at www.youareloved.one/pod.