The Q

A recap on what's been going on with me for the last few months and where I'm headed --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/welcometotheqpodcast/support

This episode is for anyone who has had life happen to them and knew they had to keep pressing on but also acknowledged that they truly did just need a break to take care of themselves because we spend so much time fighting for things and sometimes you just have to stop fighting and let yourself rest otherwise you do more damage. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/welcometotheqpodcast/support

So many things have happened over this past year and so many things have happened already in the new year. What will they think of next? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Catch up with me as I explore what I've been up to and what's coming up next for me. Welcome back to the Q! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Been missing the podcast? Me too. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Starting Monday, my life is going to be thrown into some serious chaos. So here's a look into how I prepare for starting up my second job again, how it's going to affect my podcast schedule and all things self-care because when you have two jobs how do you have time for things? -- you make it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

This is my ode to summer because in about 2 weeks the start of a new job, a clinical exam countdown and a possible decision to move (again) might make things get a bit crazy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Alright, now that the hype has gone down let's talk about how women's right to choose has been taken away and what that means for everyone else as well. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

I've been road tripping the whole month of July. This is the episode about my adventures. Come journey with me. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Happy Juneteenth! I hope everyone got out and did whatever they felt would fill their cups today in celebration of our ancestors. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

We Back Kid! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Here are 29 thing I learned from turnin' 29 -- I think I did something similar last year when I turned 28 but here you are have another glimpse into my life and my learning journey at the moment. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

listen to me blabber on about how night owl vibes is my life story and how the world was not creative for creatures such as us who walk the night and are born into the darkness --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Is there a solution to racism? What is it? Can it be eradicated? What are your thoughts? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Watch me wing the hell out of this episode because I couldn't remember the original topic I wanted to talk about when I wrote it down lol I do want to give a huge shoutout to my little sister Nalajah though for writing her book and putting it out there for the world to see. Go check out the instagram post for the links to her info. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Happy Made Up Day of Showing Your Partner(s) over exaggerated expressions of love that you should be showing normal amounts of everyday day. Yup, I'm one of those people who does not like valentine's day even when I have been partnered it's still been something i've not cared to participate in. that's NOT what this episode is about -- not in its entirety anyway but this is going to be part of the alternative series of episodes that talks more about the kinky side of my life and my adventures on those high seas. If you care to join us gear up and strap in. If not, feel free to skip to a different episode or a different season all together. If you have a suggestion for an episode though or if you want to be a co-host definitely let me know :-) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Happy Black History Month y'all -- Question: are you cooked or are you seasoned? If you have to ask what this means then this question was probably not meant for you. I'm primarily talking to my Black identifying people in this episode and if that's not you you're welcome to listen to the episode anyways you might learn something lol. In any case, this is an episode that talks about a lot of different things regarding the black community but it all boils down to turn up this February but also take the time to learn something new about your culture, heritage, ancestry this month. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Have you ever wanted to start your own podcast? -- Listen to how I created mine and how I do some of the things I do to keep mine going. If you do end up starting your own after hearing this episode shout me out and we can do an episode together. :-) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Buying a first car? Buying a new car after an accident? Maybe you just want something different? This is the episode for you. Come learn how to buy a car and celebrate my car (Shaun)'s 3rd birthday. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

I'm just chatting about how I'm almost done with my LCSW licensure hours and how far the social work field still has to go on making things more accessible for people to get their licenses and actually make the money we're worth. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Happy New Year folx! Here we are in 2022. I hope everyone made it to the other side safely and is in good health and mental states. As we start off the new season we are going to be jumping into many new avenues. I wouldn't exactly call them resolutions for the podcast but we will definitely have some new directions that we head in this season. Stick around to find out just how far we'll go. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Change is inevitable as well know but what does that actually mean? How do we deal with it? Can change be non-linear and how do we handle when we have to backtrack in order to produce something better? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Now ladies, this one's for y'all. If you thought I forgot about y'all I didn't. I'm coming for us too because we have so many wayy too many things that society has put onto us that we need to shake loose. In case any females listening didn't get the memo we are no longer competing with each other, we are uplifting, supporting and empowering each other, mkay. If you want to be a petty chick go take your business elsewhere because ain't nobody got time for that. If you can't address another woman face to face about whatever your issue is, then you don't have an issue frankly. Because if you can't talk about to take action and do something about it then why complain about it? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

He's baaaaaccccckk. I told y'all we would be doing another one. My best friend David joins us for another fun fact filled episode talking about men, masculinity, toxic societal norms and more. We definitely had a lot packed into this episode so we will have a part two for this topic because we just couldn't discuss it all in the 2 hours we had. Tell us what y'all think. Is toxic masculinity something you deal with fellas? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

It's LGBTQ history month! And it's the end of Ace Week which with all the stuff going on for me with the hiatus, I didn't have enough time to plan for the real kind of episode I wanted to do this year so I'll just have to go all out next year then. But this is just a reminder to go hug your ace friends let them know you care. And go educate yourself on one thing LGBTQ in these last couple days of October. Coming Out Day was the 11th and if you did honor your truth this year, as the title of this episode states -- WELCOME TO THE FAMILY! & if you didn't that's okay too you are still every bit valid in your identity and we're here for you as well. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

October is Nat'l Domestic Violence (DV) Awareness Month as well as Breast Cancer Awareness. This episode is dedicated to my grandma who is a 20+ year survivor of Stage 4 Breast Cancer

*this was originally posted on the Patreon back in April/May which has since been discontinued. All further bonus episodes will be posted directly to the podcast platform moving forward.*  So one of my instagram followers and high school friends asked me to speak about the relationship between my ace identity and my kink community involvement and how they can overlap. This kinda went along with my pride/mental health series that was themed last season so if you want to go check out those posts on the website and the archive on the IG you can. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Have you ever thought about going back to an old idea or a first love (of any variety)? This episode I kinda pep talk myself through a difficult mental moment and try to encourage others on how to re-evaluate their plans in life and what they have going on in effort to reconnect with themselves and the things that used to bring them joy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Okay so as promised I said I was gonna fill y'all in on what was going on during my longer than planned hiatus from the podcast. Well this episode is the one to listen to if you want to know where I was, what happened, and how grateful I am to not be in that situation anymore. While dishing on my personal life, I will also be explaining some Q-tips on how NOT to end up in a situation like mine and what you can do to avoid any hassles if you happen to find yourself in my situation anyway. Hold on tight because we're gonna get real, no filter. I'm not ashamed of my experiences (okay, maybe this one particularly) but re-framing this for myself just meant that this was a learning experience and I walked away with new knowledge I didn't have before. That knowledge, I will take with me forever and now in the event of another emergency I will know what to do.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

This one's for my LSWs this one's for all the new graduates. . .there are plenty of things I wish I knew before I got into this field that might have tipped the scales as far as my decision to continuing getting my education in the field or just choosing more wisely where to work. This episode is going to be discussing all of those craters to stay away from and while all of the struggles won't be avoidable at least you'll have more knowledge about them and how to better navigate them than I did. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Welcome back to the Q Season 5 People!!!! It is our one year anniversary season and we are gonna ease back into things this time around. I'm going to be moving in a few weeks so this season might get a little crazy but for this episode I'm just gonna coast through and discuss one of the things I've beeen working on BTS for pushing myself forward and how I stay motivated.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

If you are new to the community or you're just looking for queer spaces that offer inclusion, acceptance and/or the chance to create a chosen family the resources discussed in this episode will be for you. There will also be some resources in here for allies of the community who want to educate themselves about the community and be better advocates and activists for the community. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Chances are you know someone in the community. If you don't that could mean you've been deemed unsafe to come out to or you just hang in really specific circles which begs the question -- do you care about people in the community. If you don't thats your choice but if you do and you find that nothing in your life represents that or let's people know that this episode is for you. Allies are needed in order to help things become more normalized and for equity rights and fairness across the board. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

There's so much drama in the LGB and it's super hard to identify as T but somehow someway the ignorance of y'all who gatekeep are messing up my day. May I offer some advice from the Ace kid, be accepting of every name, label and ID people choose to utilize for themselves. It's bad enough we have to deal with stigma from other non-queer folks, we don't need it from anywhere else. Just saying

Being queer is not just about being queer. We all are more than our orientations, presentation and what's below our waistline. When we say we are loud and proud we mean that applies to all facets of our identity which can include race, religion, gender, sex orientation, our professions, our identity as parents, siblings, children, and more. We are not defined by just one part of our lives and this episode is about all the ways those things can intersect. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

How many ways do you feel attracted to someone? Is there just romance and sex with partners and are friendships always really just friendships? The split attraction model gives an a nice foundation for why the answers to those questions are no and just how many ways attraction can be expressed in any relationship you have. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Allow me to reintroduce myself. I am an out, loud and proud black androgynous cisgender kinky hetero-romantic asexual named Qi. This episode is going to be about my queer journey so far and what I hope to continue learning along the way. Please remember my experience is just one of many and not all queer people have experienced the same things. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Happy Pride Month Folx! This episode we will learn the beginnings of the LGBTQIA+ communities. If you don't know Pride started with a riot led by the trans community and we graciously thank them for their service and their sacrifices so that we could have the established/growing queer communities we have today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Anyone who watched Grey's Anatomy knows that towards karev's end on the show when Jo went into treatment, he kept focusing on how he didn't need/want any more crazy romantic interests. But he stuck around and he married her and then he left her for the ultimate crazy interest he had had since the beginning of the show. The irony is definitely not lost there. But what is crazy? Is crazy actually a term we want to be using to describe not only our loved ones but ourselves or the people we interact with everyday. Language is always the staple of societal norms and mental health is no different. We need to end the stigma against mental health especially given all the talk the pandemic has placed on mental health and how those services saw a growth in utilization probably more than ever. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

TW: this episode will use heavy direct language about domestic, sexual, physical, emotional/psychological abuse across platforms and institutions as well as from an individual perspective. This country was built on generations of trauma. If that doesn't make you uncomfortable I'm not sure what will but trauma is something that affects us on so many levels not just a global one. Although trauma most commonly happens on an individual or community level it stems from the global infrastructure that it is encased in. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Substance Abuse is something that has been increasing in awareness due to the opioid crisis we are experiencing. But pills are not the only types of substances that we need to be worried about & sobriety is no longer the only evidence based treatment out there. Addiction can take many forms and respectively so can treatment. One size does not fit all when it comes to rehab, drug clinics or even D&A(drug and alcohol) therapy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

This week's episode is about depression and how to tell the difference between typical sadness and possible depressive episodes or chronic depression. Not all sadness is created equal and the more we know the better we can support ourselves and others. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Anxiety is something we all deal with maybe not always in a clinical sense but we all know what it feels like to be nervous. Anxiety can be simple nervousness or excessive worrying but often times it's deeper than that. On today's episode we will discuss what anxiety is and what it isn't and some coping skills you can use to help yourself through a high stress moment. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

We're doing a throwback to the first season opener episode and we're winging it! I'm probably gonna regret doing that but hey it's a holiday weekend. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

It is the end of March 2021. I just had a birthday and I turned 28 and although I'm not 30 yet I've learned a lot over the course of the past few years and this episode I'm gonna share some of that wisdom. Any mention of any entity is not sponsored. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

It's been a whole year since this pandemic started. Where are we now? Listen to find out. This episode was also streamed LIVE on instgram if you want to watch the replay check out the podcast on IG @welcometotheqpodcast. I used the windscreen this time so I sound a bit muted but I will remember to take it off next time so I sound loud and clear.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

All my friends know I am down with the swirl. They don't quite understand it but they know it's classic Qi to go for the white guy in the room. Where do you stand on interracial dating/marriage/children? There's a lot to unpack here of course and we have a co-host joining us who will offer their perspective on what interracial dating has been like for them from the opposite end of being a black man who is currently dating a white female. If you're new to interracial dating or contemplating take some notes it's definitely doable and most certainly worth it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Women are supposed to be chased and sought after, right? Nah, ladies is pimps too. We can do everything a man can and sometimes we do it better. But this episode isn't about that. It's about how women are held to more double standards on dating than men. Even with toxic masculinity women still have a harder lot as far her behavior being policed in relation to her race, sexuality, education level, economic status and other identifying factors that may color the way a person sees women's behavior with regard to the people she chooses to do her business with in every sense of the word. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

Who celebrated Valentine's Day? Should we even recognize this as a holiday? What are the messages we are being sent about love, dating, beauty and the perceived value of being in a coupled partnership? Listen to find out how we can navigate some of the toxic societal norms we are all fed from birth about how we should go about finding "the one" and what look(s) we need to have in order to attract/keep them around. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

This episode is the first live episode of my podcast so it may sound a bit different than normal. But trust all the same energy, spunk and sass is still there while we discuss Love and Apology Languages. Now apology languages are something new that I recently found out about but I think they have just as much if not more impact as the love languages. Tune in to find out why --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support

We're baaack with the 2nd round of black history info. This episode I'm going to go deep into the root of a good portion of the culture's issues. Before you said it's redundant yes it does have to do with slavery times. If we could deny that part of our history we would but we can't so might as well understand it and use it to our advantage to break all the cycles. Also I misspoke when I explained what BIPOC meant. It means Black and/or Indigenous Person Of Color. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welcometotheqpodcast/support