Unavoidable Shit with Jarvis

Welcome to the Unavoidable Shit Podcast! In this episode, we dive deep into the art of living out loud, tackling the unavoidable challenges that come with it—haters, social media trolls, and the critical role self-awareness plays. Join us for an insightful conversation featuring Mikey Everything, a Chicago native, queer rapper, entertainer, and artist. Get ready to explore the nuances of authentic...

In this episode, we delve into the intricate dance of love, loneliness, and the unavoidable messiness that comes with it. Explore the pitfalls of singlehood, the stress of dating, and the risky business of embracing your inner "hoe." Get ready for candid conversations, hilarious anecdotes, and brutally honest insights that will leave you nodding in agreement or questioning your life choi...

We're delving deep into the unavoidable messiness of allyship. In a world rife with issues of social justice, equity, and diversity, understanding what it truly means to be an ally is more crucial than ever. Join our insightful host as we navigate the choppy waters of allyship and unveil the stark truths that often go unspoken. We'll tackle questions like: What is genuine allyship? How can...

Welcome to the highly anticipated Season 2 premiere of the Unavoidable Shit Podcast!  In this powerful episode, we dive deep into a topic that resonates with countless individuals across the globe: being a person of color in the workplace. Join us as we embark on a thought-provoking journey, exploring the real-life experiences, challenges, and triumphs of POC professionals striving to make their m...

Welcome to this thought-provoking episode of our podcast, where we will be exploring a controversial topic that has been stirring up conversations in many communities. As people of color continue to fight for equality, some have raised the question of whether this fight is truly about equal rights or simply about gaining power to become like the very system that has oppressed them. Drawing from ou...

“Being a Black Queer human is a metaphysical dilemma I haven’t quite conquered yet.” The original line goes something like: “ Being alive and being a woman is all I got, but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven’t conquered yet…” — ‘Tangie’ "I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pa...

Some churches “weaponize scripture and religion to do very deep damage on the psyche,” this also comes and other forms. Some people may call it spiritual bypassing and others might call it spiritual trauma! Spiritual trauma occurs as a result of events that threaten and damage our core spiritual values and goals . This can be a result of either abuse by religious/spiritual figures or being raised...

Toxic positivity or sometimes positive toxicity is a dysfunctional approach to emotional management that happens when people do not fully acknowledge negative emotions, particularly anger and sadness. It is a "pressure to stay upbeat no matter how dire one's circumstance is", and this pressure may prevent a person from coping emotionally with such circumstances by feeling otherwise natural emotion...

I think there is going to be a large paradigm shift in a few years, and it could either be to a new age of enlightenment and unity and we’ll be raised to a new level of consciousness, or it could be a return to a dark age of kings and mass, open oppression followed by a die-off of human culture. “I know it sounds new age-y, but what I’ve truly come up with is that you really need to trust that you...

If you refuse to develop in the dark, you create a distorted picture of your life! Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion . It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.” “The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth. “Society cannot function if it is every man for himself." The intention f...

"Friends How many of us have them? Friends Ones we can depend on Friends How many of us have them? Friends Before we go any further, let's be Friends Is a word we use everyday Most the time we use it in the wrong way Now you can look the word up, again and again But the dictionary doesn't know the meaning of friends And if you ask me, you know, I couldn't be much help Because a friend's somebody y...

To experience the most profound levels of sexual ecstasy, we must be willing to release, even if only temporarily, the drive for explosive orgasms and surrender to a quest for self-discovery and healing. Your soul is your connection to the Divine. Sacred sex is an activity of joining souls in holy, celestial creation, expressing your appreciation, for the gift of life. Sharing your body’s vitality...

When Religion Leads to Trauma Some churches “weaponize scripture and religion to do very deep damage on the psyche,” Gay, lesbian and trans people are told that God condemns them, unwed mothers that they are living in sin, and many natural human desires are deemed evil. Even after people leave religions where they have suffered abuse, they can still harbor the emotional conviction that they are “b...

Peter McWilliams once said, “ Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort. ” Discomfort is a catalyst for growth . It makes you yearn for something more. It forces you to change, stretch, and adapt. The intention for this conversation is to create an atmosphere of change via the spaces that makes us most uncomfortable !

Unavoidable shit is a podcast, that with a sense of lightness and humor journeys through the paradigm of unavoidable conversations!! Join me your favorite truth teller, Jarvis!! As I explore my quirky misadventures with conversations surrounding my experience of being a black queer male, and 30 something!! At the same time navigating my way through the spiritual community. The streams of conscious...