This week on Unpacked the Podcast, we unpack our questions and open up to all of you. Di reveals that she is starting therapy, Rev breaks down why you should have a will and Tiff tells us what she values most in her friends.

Don't miss this episode and be sure to share!

Questions of the episode:

Do you have a will and advanced directive?

What are the three qualities you value most in a person?

When you are upset do you prefer to be left alone or would you rather have someone try to cheer you up?

Do you believe you are hard-wired for conflict or did you learn to deal with conflict along the way?

What did your last relationship teach you?

What is the difference between a generational curse and a generational habit?

This week's Let's Unpack Session is from Reddit and we are talking about coping! 

We love hearing from you. Contact us with your Am I the Butthole?/Advice questions, give us your feedback and tell us if there is anything you want to hear: [email protected].

We are happy to have added a resource page for this episode, if you need help, please, we implore you to reach out.

You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts including,  Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Stitcher,  Podbean,  iHeartRadio, Spotify, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to share this podcast!

Although it's no longer mental health month, mental health is still something that needs to be addressed and not attacked. So this week we're gonna run back episode 47 Breaking the Stigma Part 2 Signs, Symptoms, Coping with the wonderful Dayna Slade!

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In this episode, we talk to Di's sister mental health professional Dayna Slade about how to recognize our own signs, symptoms, and coping skills for Mental Health Awareness Month. 

We all get transparent with our personal stories, from stress eating to eye twitches and we break the stigma by talking about our own experiences.

We will unpack:

Daily routines to help you deal with stress, anxiety, and depressions. 

The signs of stress including teeth grinding, high blood pressure, eye twitching, and stomach upset. 

The signs of depression including lack of motivation, sleep disturbance, decreased patients, and constant crying spells. As well as symptoms of over motivation, no sleep, and overeating.

The signs of anxiety including shortness of breath, racing heart, sweaty palms, hypersensitivity to sound, light, and movement. 

Exercises you can do with your five senses to ground yourself right now.

4-7-8 breathing technique

Come unpack with us and help us break the stigma. Be sure to look into findyourwords.org to help you with suicide prevention, how to speak to your doctor about your mental health assessments about depression, and how to talk to your kids about mental health

Don't suffer alone.

We love hearing from you. Contact us with your Am I the Butthole?/Advice questions, give us your feedback and tell us if there is anything you want to hear: [email protected].

We are happy to have added a resource page for this episode, if you need help, please we implore you to reach out.

You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts including,  Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Stitcher,  Podbean,  iHeartRadio, Spotify, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to share this podcast!

One of our favorite Facebook groups Boi's Revealed had a discussion this past week and we wanted to bring it to the people. 

This week on Unpacked the Podcast we unpack the topic: Why do we chase people who make it known they just wanna be friends, are not interested in a relationship, have not healed from the past, are not compassionate to their feelings, and so on? Why do so many of us allow women to use us emotionally, financially, and sexually in hopes they'll fall in love with us?

This one is deep! Chat with us and let us know what you think!

Questions of the week

If there was one thing you could change about your character specifically, what would it be and why?

Would you rather lose your vision or lose your hearing?

What did you dream about last night?

If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Have you ever treated a person in a way that you regret? What would you do differently if given a chance?

Why do we chase people who make it known they just wanna be friends, are not interested in a relationship, have not healed from the past, are not compassionate to their feelings, and so on? Why do so many of us allow women to use us emotionally, financially, and sexually in hopes they'll fall in love with us?

This week's Let's Unpack Session is from Reddit and we are talking about splitting finances! 

We love hearing from you. Contact us with your Am I the Butthole?/Advice questions, give us your feedback and tell us if there is anything you want to hear: [email protected].

We are happy to have added a resource page for this episode, if you need help, please, we implore you to reach out.

You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts including,  Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Stitcher,  Podbean,  iHeartRadio, Spotify, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to share this podcast!

This week on Unpacked the Podcast, we're channeling our inner Jodeci with a Come and Talk to Us kinda sesh. Rev, Tiff, and Di each bring two questions and our unique life experiences to the table and we go deep, unpacking our feelings and bearing it all. 

Questions of the week

What do you feel is the hardest part of identifying as a lesbian?

What is the first thing you notice about people when you meet them?

What advice would you give to someone who feels like they are too emotional for their partner?

How did having an absent parent affect the way you interact in relationships?

What advice would you give to your 10-year-old self?

What are the top three songs to the soundtrack of your life?

This week's Let's Unpack Session is from Reddit and we examine the question, would your loved one be the butthole if they didn't inform you they had less than 6 months to live?

We love hearing from you. Contact us with your Am I the Butthole?/Advice questions, give us your feedback and tell us if there is anything you want to hear: [email protected].

We are happy to have added a resource page for this episode, if you need help, please, we implore you to reach out.

You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts including,  Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Stitcher,  Podbean,  iHeartRadio, Spotify, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to share this podcast!

This week on Unpacked the Podcast, we're talking about stereotypes, friendship, and memories. They dig deep into what it is like to experience life as a masculine of center black lesbian women. In this episode, Rev, Tiff, and Di each bring two questions to the table and we go deep, unpacking our feelings and bearing it all. 

Questions of the week?

Why am I your ride or die friend?

What was the hardest part of coming out for you?

As a masculine of center woman, what is the one stereotype you can't stand the most?

What is your all-time favorite memory? 

What is something that the world is missing out on?

What is the difference between innocence and ignorance? This week's Let's Unpack Session is from our friends at sixbrownchicks on Twitter and we unpack exactly how far does your love go?

Remember to be authentically you! Happy Pride to our LGBTQIA friends, family, and community!

We love hearing from you. Contact us with your Am I the Butthole?/Advice questions, give us your feedback and tell us if there is anything you want to hear: [email protected].

We are happy to have added a resource page for this episode, if you need help, please, we implore you to reach out.

You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts including,  Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Stitcher,  Podbean,  iHeartRadio, Spotify, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to share this podcast!

This week on Unpacked the Podcast, the crew celebrates Pride and Juneteenth! We go deep on topics celebrating our heritage, what it would be like to travel back in time, and how we can help the LGBT community. In this episode, Rev, Tiff, and Di each bring two questions to the table and we go deep, unpacking our feelings and bearing it all. 

Questions of the episode:

What changes would you like to see for the LGBT community in this country? 

Would you rather travel back in time and meet your ancestors or travel into the future to meet your descendants?

If you were able to go back and experience the Middle Passage, would you visit it today and if there was no risk of enslavement, would you be a spectator if you could go back inl time.

What was the last thing that made you incredibly angry?

What one question would you like to ask a member of a different LGBT group?

Within the LGBT community, why do we bash each other? Why can't we don't we get along?

This week's Let's Unpack Session is from our friends at sixblackchicks on Twitter and it's a doozy! What would you do if you found out your spouse had kids with one of your siblings?

Remember to be authentically you! Happy Pride to our LGBTQIA friends, family, and community!

We love hearing from you. Contact us with your Am I the Butthole?/Advice questions, give us your feedback and tell us if there is anything you want to hear: [email protected].

We are happy to have added a resource page for this episode, if you need help, please, we implore you to reach out.

You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts including,  Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Stitcher,  Podbean,  iHeartRadio, Spotify, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to share this podcast!

This one is for the Girls, the Gays, and the Theys! 

This week we are unpacking for Pride month and baby it feels so good to be born this way. Rev, Tiff, and Di sit down to chat about their favorite topics and questions for allies!

Remember to be authentically you! Happy Pride to our LGBTQIA friends, family, and community!

We love hearing from you. Contact us with your Am I the Butthole?/Advice questions, give us your feedback and tell us if there is anything you want to hear: [email protected].

We are happy to have added a resource page for this episode, if you need help, please we implore you to reach out.

You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts including,  Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Stitcher,  Podbean,  iHeartRadio, Spotify, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to share this podcast!

WE'RE 50 EPISODES DEEP UNPACKED FAM! 

What a journey it's been! Rev, Tiff, and Di spend this episode vision casting what the next steps will be for this podcast. We each ask a question (with some REAL full circle moments) and we end with an epic Let's Unpack Session to kick off Pride Month. 

Remember to be authentically you! Happy Pride to our LGBTQIA friends, family, and community!

We love hearing from you. Contact us with your Am I the Butthole?/Advice questions, give us your feedback and tell us if there is anything you want to hear: [email protected].

We are happy to have added a resource page for this episode, if you need help, please we implore you to reach out.

You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts including,  Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Stitcher,  Podbean,  iHeartRadio, Spotify, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to share this podcast!

This week on Unpacked the Podcast, the crew sits down, and well...they talk. In this episode, Rev, Tiff, and Di each bring two questions to the table and we go deep, unpacking our feelings and bearing it all. 

This one is filled with tears, love, wisdom, and all the reasons we do this!

Be sure to look into findyourwords.com to help you with suicide prevention, how to speak to your doctor about your mental health, and assessments about depression.

Don't suffer alone.

We love hearing from you. Contact us with your Am I the Butthole?/Advice questions, give us your feedback and tell us if there is anything you want to hear: [email protected].

We are happy to have added a resource page for this episode, if you need help, please we implore you to reach out.

You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts including,  Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Stitcher,  Podbean,  iHeartRadio, Spotify, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to share this podcast!

This week we're getting crystal clear transparent and unpacking trauma and PTSD. Rev, Tiff, and D break down what trauma and PTSD are, how trauma has impacted their lives, and what steps you can take towards recovery.

Yesterday was Mental Health Action Day and today we hope you being here with us unpacking leads to you or someone you know taking the actions they need to get the help they need.

Let's breathe the stigma together.

Be sure to look into findyourwords.com to help you with suicide prevention, how to speak to your doctor about your mental health, and assessments about depression.

Don't suffer alone.

We love hearing from you. Contact us with your Am I the Butthole?/Advice questions, give us your feedback and tell us if there is anything you want to hear: [email protected].

We are happy to have added a resource page for this episode, if you need help, please we implore you to reach out.

You can find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts including,  Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Stitcher,  Podbean,  iHeartRadio, Spotify, subscribe, rate, review, and be sure to share this podcast!