In Season 2, Episode 17 of the Element Q Podcast, host TJ Woodward welcomes Reverend Carlton Teabout, Agape minister and spiritual teacher, for a deeply moving conversation on healing shame, aging, body image, and inner child wounds within the LGBTQ+ community. Together, they explore what it truly means to mature as gay men, challenge cultural narratives around aging, and reclaim wholeness beyond appearance, productivity, or societal expectations.

Drawing from New Thought teachings, spiritual psychology, conscious recovery, trauma-informed care, and lived experience, TJ and Carlton unpack how early experiences of not being seen shape identity, addiction, shame, and self-worth. They discuss the powerful role of inner child work and re-parenting in healing at the root, why true transformation is an inside job rooted in consciousness, and how ...