Today, October 11th, is National Coming Out Day. I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate any board members, as well as their partners, friends or family, who have taken the courageous step to show the world who you really are. Over the past 30 years, I've had the privilege of helping numerous patients work on these issues, most often with positive long-term results. Funny enough, sometimes a person coming out to a parent is met with: "Uh, yeah. I've know since you were a kid," or "Tell me something I don't know," or "Thank God. I thought you were never going to tell me".
Again, celebrate the right to be who you are.