My friend, Jess, stopped by to have a conversation with me about all things queer. It was so much fun to be able to have this chat. Jess and I have been friends for about 2 years now and they are someone who I absolutely adore. Benefits of having your friends on your podcast, you can immediately dive into some real deep topics because we were already talking about them anyways.

I hope you enjoy listening to our chat.

You can find Jess and all their goings-on here: https://linktr.ee/Jessgracegarcia?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

You can find me on TikTok and Instagram; @sargent.says

As my youth pastor would say at the end of every youth group: "Direct your questions, comments and snide remarks" to [email protected] (No snide remarks, please. But questions and comments are always welcome.)

As always, huge thanks to Brian Smith of Wholly Holy Music Productions who produced our theme music.

Heather and I immediately jumped in and talked about topics like why "Being Queer" is so much more than just being who we are, how deeply connecting with people lets you jump past some of the small talk but maybe you eventually come back around to it, how unpacking who you are is a lifelong process that goes through many iterations and phases.

I loved having this conversation especially right on the heels of Heather's label friend, Flamy Grant. You can check out where to find her below.

You can follow her on Instagram and check out all her links here: https://www.instagram.com/heathermaemusic?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

You can find her music on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3wdm6k2HSsI6uWkYPuKj7V?si=qWngVBVxRBCWWlbXWuQoaA

You can find out more information about Fern Fest here: https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=30fd9550af60c3ccJmltdHM9MTcyNjcwNDAwMCZpZ3VpZD0xYWU3Nzc5My1kMjRhLTYwZmMtMGY5NC02NjliZDNlMjYxMzImaW5zaWQ9NTE5Nw&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=1ae77793-d24a-60fc-0f94-669bd3e26132&psq=fern+fest&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWljaGlnYW5mZXJuZmVzdC5jb20v&ntb=1

You can find me on the socials, Instagram and TikTok: @sargent.says

As always, huge thanks to Brian Smith of Wholly Holy Music Productions who produced our theme music.

If you have any questions or topics that you want me to talk about, send me a DM. You can also send me an email if you'd like to be a guest on the podcast: [email protected]

I'm taking on new coaching clients, so if you want to work with me, or are interested in learning how to work with me, send me a DM and I would love to jump on a free coaching call with you to see if we'd be a good fit.

Jonah & Cameron Overton are the pastors of Zao MKE Church in Milwaukee, WI.

We talked about so much in this episode, like usual. Please go check them out. They stream their Sunday services on their YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/@ZaoMKE

You can find Jonah on Instagram & TikTok: @rev_jonah

You can find Cameron on Instagram & TikTok: @cameronmalakaio

As always, huge thanks to Brian Smith of Wholly Holy Music Productions who produced our theme music.

If you have any questions or topics that you want me to talk about, send me a DM.

You can find me on Instagram and TikTok: @sargent.says

I'm taking on new coaching clients, so if you want to work with me, or are interested in learning how to work with me, send me a DM and I would love to jump on a free coaching call with you to see if we'd be a good fit. You can email me: [email protected]

Today my guest is none other than Christian Contemporary Music Queen herself, Flamy Grant. She is a singer/songwriter who has taken the Christian Music charts by storm with her provoking, and in my case, healing, songwriting that has led to new forms of worship.

I had the privilege of seeing her at this year's Queer Christian Fellowship and she was so good!

We talked about so much in this episode. We started talking about the movie, Everything, Everywhere, All At Once, and it was a through-line that kept coming back up throughout the conversation.

Flamy is currently on her 32-city tour. You can find your local tickets here: https://tr.ee/j9GcNHYDJ-

You can follow Flamy on Instagram: @flamygrant

You can follow me on TikTok and Instagram: @sargent.says

If there is anyone in particular that you'd like me to have on the podcast, you can send me a DM. I am always looking for more people who want to have heart-lead conversations about being queer.

As always, huge thanks to Brian Smith of Wholly Holy Music Productions who produced our theme music.

If you have any questions or topics that you want me to talk about, send me a DM.

I'm taking on new coaching clients, so if you want to work with me, or are interested in learning how to work with me, send me a DM and I would love to jump on a free coaching call with you to see if we'd be a good fit.

My guest today is Jaime Messina. Jaime is a mindset & empowerment coach for late in life lesbians and other sapphic people who want to elevate their consciousness and heal themselves and the world. We absolutely geeked out over consciousness and how it's such a specifically universal thing.

You can check her out every morning Monday-Friday on TikTok where she reads a book for her followers. It's a good time, I try to watch whenever I can.

Her TikTok and Instagram are: @jaimemessina

You can join her Facebook community, Club Lilles.

You can find me on TikTok and Instagram: @sargent.says

Follow the podcast Instagram: @_queer.consciousness

As always, huge thanks to Brian Smith of Wholly Holy Music Productions who produced our theme music.

If you have any questions or topics that you want me to talk about, send me a DM.

I'm taking on new coaching clients, so if you want to work with me, or are interested in learning how to work with me, send me a DM and I would love to jump on a free coaching call with you to see if we'd be a good fit.

AKA: Didly D!ck with Eric Feltes.

You'll have to listen to the whole episode to understand.

Eric Feltes is a life coach for gay men who have been hurt by the church. He's also a friend. I wanted to bring him on to hear his lived experiences, especially as a gay man who works with gay men. We talked about so much that it'd be impossible to list all of the topics here. We tangented from topic to topic and made some really great points along the way. So give it a listen and let us know what you think!

You can find Eric on Instagram: @ericfeltes

Eric's TikTok: @eric.feltes

lifecoachingbyfeltes.com is his website if you'd like to learn how to work with him.

You can find the podcast on Instagram: @_queer.consciousness

You can find me on Instagram & TikTok: @sargent.says

As always, huge thanks to Brian Smith of Wholly Holy Music Productions who produced our theme music.

If you have any questions or topics that you want me to talk about, send me a DM.

I'm taking on new coaching clients, so if you want to work with me, or are interested in learning how to work with me, send me a DM, or an email to: [email protected] and I would love to jump on a free coaching call with you to see if we'd be a good fit.

Here's part 2 of my conversation with Don Martin.

Don is host of the Head on Fire Podcast, author of poetry and fiction books, and a content creator on TikTok and Instagram, he is deeply talented and an absolute delight to talk to. He has a brand new YA Queer book coming out- Verity Vox and the Curse of Firefox, which we discussed and technically he announced it to me first. We talked for over 2 hours and because of the sheer volume of things we talked about, I decided to break this episode up into 2 parts. Enjoy part 2!

You can find Don on Instagram and TikTok: @headonfirepod

You can now find the podcast on Instagram: @_queer.consciousness

You can find me on Instagram: @sargent.says

As always, thanks to Brian Smith of Wholly Holy Music Productions for our theme music.

Don is host of the Head on Fire Podcast, author of poetry and fiction books, and a content creator on TikTok and Instagram, he is deeply talented and an absolute delight to talk to. He has a brand new YA Queer book coming out- Verity Vox and the Curse of Firefox, which we discussed and technically he announced it to me first. We talked for over 2 hours and because of the sheer volume of things we talked about, I decided to break this episode up into 2 parts. So here’ part one and part 2 will be out in a few days.

Enjoy!

Don's Instagram: @headonfirepod

Don's Podcast: Head On Fire. It's on Apple and Spotify.

You can find me on TikTok and Instagram: @sargent.says

As always, huge thanks to Brian Smith of Wholly Holy Music Productions who produced our theme music.

If you have any questions or topics that you want me to talk about, send me a DM.

I'm taking on new coaching clients, so if you want to work with me, or are interested in learning how to work with me, send me a DM and I would love to jump on a free coaching call with you to see if we'd be a good fit.

My guest today is Andy Peters. This episode was so fun to be able to sit down across the couch from my good friend and have a real, authentic conversation about what Pride means to each of us, It was Pride weekend in Chicago and this was a great way to wrap up Pride month for me.

Andy Peters, he/they (formerly Artemis) celebrates knowledge by pursuing a Masters of Counseling on top of their current Masters of Gender and Culture Studies. He uses his degree in their clinical counseling internship and trans rights activism work. Andy loves their cat, building community, pop culture and constantly meeting the person they are always in the process of becoming.

You can find Andy on Instagram: @artemisthegodd

As always, huge thanks to Brian Smith of Wholly Holy Music Productions who produced our theme music.

If you have any questions or topics that you want me to talk about, send me a DM. You can find me on Instagram and TikTok: @sargent.says

I'm taking on new coaching clients, so if you want to work with me, or are interested in learning how to work with me, send me a DM and I would love to jump on a free coaching call with you to see if we'd be a good fit.

Today my guest is Juno Schulze.

Juno Schulze (they/them) is a writer, artist and podcaster who has done a lot under the name “NJ Schulze”. Their audio drama ‘Dream Girl City’ was written and produced right as they were starting their gender identity and sexuality journey. Today, they’re an accomplished storyteller striving to tell queer stories that connect with an audience that needs them.

We had so much fun on this episode. Both having grown up in high control religion, it was interesting to see how similar yet different they were and how they effected our coming out journey.

We talked about so many things. I hope you enjoy this episode.

As always, huge thanks to Brian Smith of Wholly Holy Music Productions who produced our theme music.

If you have any questions or topics that you want me to talk about, send me a DM.

I'm taking on new coaching clients, so if you want to work with me, or are interested in learning how to work with me, send me a DM and I would love to jump on a free coaching call with you to see if we'd be a good fit.