It's About DAMN Time

At some point, pushing through stops being resilience.

Lately, I haven't been taking care of myself. Work stress. Money stress. Bad sleep. Not exercising. Creativity feeling stuck. And after three panic attacks in a few weeks, I had to stop telling myself I was fine.

But this episode became about something bigger.

Why are we so willing to endure things we already know aren't working?

Jobs. Relationships. Habits...

What if healing isn't about becoming a whole new person?

What if part of healing is going back for the version of yourself that stopped talking?

My friend Tamara Cox joins me for a conversation that started with a simple phrase: Heal Out Loud.

Tamara stepped away from social media for almost nine months. She needed the break. But when she came back, she realized she wasn't just returning to social media. She w...

We say we want peace.

Then peace finally shows up...and something about it feels weird.

So we start looking for something to fix. Something to worry about. Something to react to. Sometimes we even create the very chaos we said we were tired of.

This week, my friend and DAMN University alum Leigh LaRie is back, and she is NOT the same woman who joined me for Surviving Survival Mode.

Leigh has spent the last few ...

What if the thing you're craving isn't actually sex?

Maybe you want to be held. Maybe you want a real conversation. Maybe you want to feel seen, understood, safe, or connected to somebody again.

This week, I'm joined by spiritual intimacy coach and sensual alchemist Inez Powell for a conversation about what intimacy really looks like beyond the bedroom.

We talk about why so many of us confuse sex with intimacy...

I didn't plan this episode.

No outline. No real direction. I just needed to talk.

After dealing with some unexpected grief, old guilt, and my own fear of how short life really is, I found myself asking a question I wasn't prepared to answer:

What actually makes me happy?

And the fucked up part?

I didn't know.

I've spent years showing up for other people. My daughter. My family. My friends. My job. This podcast. But somewhere along the wa...

Ever looked at a friendship ending and realized maybe it wasn’t just about “growing apart”?

This week, I’m joined by content creator Efa Akutekha for one of the most honest conversations I’ve had about friendship breakups, emotional accountability, and the stories we tell ourselves when relationships fall apart.

We talk about the pain of losing people who once felt like family, c...

Sometimes burnout doesn't look like falling apart.

Sometimes it looks like saying, "I'll deal with it later."

That's exactly what I did.

For over a month I ignored a cough. I convinced myself I didn't have time to go to the doctor because there were bills to pay, work to do, and a daughter to prepare for college.

Then one nurse practitioner asked me a simple question.

When she found out I already had the medicine I needed at home, she l...

This week, I’m back with friend of the show, Dee 'Lil D' Porter, and we had to talk about a phrase that sounds good…until you really sit with it.

“You attract who you are.”

Do you though?

Or are you just letting people stay who never should’ve had access in the first place?

We get real about self-esteem, patterns, and the truth about why you keep ending up in the same situations w...

Some weeks, showing up feels impossible.

Not because you've quit.

Not because you don't care.

You're just... tired.

In this unplanned and completely unscripted solo episode, I talk through something I've been wrestling with myself. What do you do when you're mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted, but your dreams are still waiting on you?

This isn't an episode where I pretend to have all the answers. It's a conversation about t...

Ever been in the middle of sex…and realize you’re not even there?

Yeah. We’re talking about that.

This episode gets real about what it means to be “good” at sex but still feel disconnected from your own pleasure. If you’ve ever found yourself overthinking, performing, or focusing more on your partner than yourself…you’re not alone.

I’m joined by somatic s...

Have you ever been so stressed that your body made the decision for you?

That's where I've been.

After weeks of traveling, family responsibilities, unexpected car problems, and trying to make sure my daughter was ready for her next chapter at Xavier University, I hit a wall. My shoulders were tight. My brain was foggy. I couldn't relax. I didn't even realize how run down I was until my body finally said, "Enough."

In this honest, unfi...

Getting back on track sounds easy…until it’s actually time to do it.

This week, Jarratt DAMN is joined by returning guest and functional nutritional therapy practitioner Medina “Nia” Henry for a real conversation about starting over on your wellness journey, rebuilding consistency, and why “life be life-in” might be the excuse keeping us stuck.

From stress eating and gym anxiety to meal prep, burn...

May kicked my natural Black ass.

After a month away from the podcast, I'm finally back behind the microphone. Not because everything is fixed. Not because life magically got easier. Simply because the storm let up enough for me to start moving forward again.

In this solo episode, I'm sharing what happened during one of the toughest months I've had in a while. Between injuries, financial stress, family responsibilities, and watching m...

This wasn’t the episode I planned to record.

It’s late. I’m tired. Life is life right now. Then I got a message from my cousin about his daughter graduating… and it got me thinking.

What do we actually say to this next generation?

Not the usual advice. Not the clichés. Not the “follow your dreams” speech.

Because if we’re being honest… we’ve never seen a world like this before.

In ...

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do… is nothing.

This wasn’t planned. No outline. No script. Just me being honest about something I don’t always get right… rest.

I went into this week thinking I needed to travel, be outside, create content, stay consistent, and “make the most” of my time off.

My body said nah.

So I listened.

In this episode, I’m talking about what it really looks li...

This week started with TikTok ads about male kegels, beet root, and supplements promising better performance.

I thought I was about to record a “grown” episode.

But the more I sat with it, the more I realized… this isn’t about sex.

It’s about the fact that I don’t know how to relax. I don’t know how to let go. I’ve been “on” for so long, my body forgot how to turn off.

And it...

What happens when the job looks good on paper… but feels wrong in your body?

This week, I’m sitting down with Arylle Young to unpack a post that stopped me mid-scroll: “I quit the job everybody wanted.”

At first, it sounded bold. Brave. Maybe even reckless.

But this conversation turned into something deeper.

We talked about:

• The quiet tension of staying somewhere that drains you
• The lie we tell ourselves abou...

I grew up in church.

God was always the right answer.

Mess up? God.

Feel guilty? God.

Need forgiveness? Quote a verse and reset.

But depression changed everything.

When my mental health started slipping, my faith didn’t disappear. My trust did. I didn’t feel guided. I didn’t feel covered. I didn’t feel held.

And when I was struggling the most, I kept hearing the same thing:

“You’re not praying hard enoug...

This week I’m joined by content creator, podcaster, and entrepreneur friend Kat P.

We talked about what it really means to be “unfiltered” without being emotionally reckless. How overthinking shows up even when you look fearless online. Why content creation can turn into therapy before you ever step foot in therapy. And how being honest can free you… or burn the whole bridge down.

It’s funny. It’s...