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The Q
by Qi
The podcast that has all your questions, quirks and Q-tips about life. Leave me a comment or suggest an episode for me to talk about or talk about it with me as a co-host. Check out the podcast IG page @welcometotheqpodcast for more info and content
Episodes
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Eps 72: Turn Around
A recap on what's been going on with me for the last few months and where I'm headed
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Eps 71: Unconventional
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...
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Eps 70: My Jim Carrey year
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?
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Eps 69: Day 351
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!
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Hiatus Announcement
Been missing the podcast? Me too.
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Eps 68: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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.
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Eps 67: Ode to Summer
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.
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Eps 66: Vagina Monologues
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.
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Eps 65: Into the Woods
I've been road tripping the whole month of July. This is the episode about my adventures. Come journey with me.
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Eps 64: Moses and the Message
Happy Juneteenth! I hope everyone got out and did whatever they felt would fill their cups today in celebration of our ancestors.
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Season 7 Trailer
We Back Kid!
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Eps 63: #twenty-fine
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.
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Eps 62: Night Owl Vibes
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
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Eps 61: My Friend Morgan
Is there a solution to racism? What is it? Can it be eradicated? What are your thoughts?
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Eps 60: Mulan Vibes
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...
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Eps 59: Living Single - Soloamory
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....
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Eps 58: Cooked or Seasoned
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...
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Eps 57: The Creative Process
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. :-)
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Eps 56: Adulting 101 - Buying a Car
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.
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Eps 55: Almost There
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.
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Eps 54: Same Game, New Hustle
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...
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Eps 53: Adaptability
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?
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Eps 52: Toxic Femininity (for my ladies)
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…
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Eps 51: Toxic Masculinity w/David
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…
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Eps 50: Welcome to the Family (Part 2)
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...
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Eps 49: Take Back the Night (DV Awareness Month/Breast Cancer)
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 🎗 *CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNING* (please press pause at any time during this episode if you need to take care of...
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Bonus Episode #1: Happy Kinkaversary to Me
*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...
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Eps 48: Second Glances
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…
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Eps 47: Adulting 101 (Rent, Rommates and Receipts)
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...
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Eps 46: Social Work Pitfalls
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...
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Eps 45: Step Out on Faith
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…
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Eps 44: Welcome to the Family (Part 1)
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...
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Eps 43: Allied Forces
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...
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Eps 42: Close the Gate
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…
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Eps 41: We Are All Human
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...
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Eps 40: Love is Love
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...
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Eps 39: Ace of Cookies [LIVE Episode]
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…
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Eps 38: Alphabet Mafia
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...
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Eps 37: Karev's Mantra
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...
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Eps 36: American Legacy
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…
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Eps 35: Liquid, Dust and Capsule Rust
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...
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Eps 34: Dark Rooms and Cancelled Plans
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.
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Eps 33: Spirals and Snowballs
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...
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Eps 32: Take Your Shot
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.
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Eps 31: Adulting 101: Never Stop Learning
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.
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Eps 30: One Year Later: Post Pandemic Edition
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…
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Eps 29: Dating Outside the Lines ft. Marc
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...
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Eps 28: Girls Ask Guys (Double Standards) ft. Natia
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…
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Eps 27: Dating/Western Beauty Standards
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…
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Eps 26: Love/Apology Languages (1st Live Episode)
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...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The podcast that has all your questions, quirks and Q-tips about life. Leave me a comment or suggest an episode for me to talk about or talk about it with me as a co-host. Check out the podcast IG page @welcometotheqpodcast for more info and content
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The podcast that has all your questions, quirks and Q-tips about life. Leave me a comment or suggest an episode for me to talk about or talk about it with me as a co-host. Check out the podcast IG page @welcometotheqpodcast for more info and content
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