Relational Rants

<p>We have more access than ever...passwords, locations, Ring cameras, notifications for everything...and somehow, we feel less secure.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I unpack how surveillance has quietly become a...

<p>In this episode, I’m talking about the obsession with shaming and ridiculing fat people on the internet and why it’s not really about health. </p><p><br></p><p>Because when people say they’re “concerned about...

<p>Are people really taking advantage of us… or are we overextending ourselves and calling it generosity?</p><p><br></p><p>In this off-the-cuff episode, I’m unpacking what we actually mean when we say “I feel taken...

<p>Everybody’s quick to point out the red flags in dating — the love bombing, the $200 dates, the “good morning” texts. But what if the real question is: What are you bringing into the pool? </p><p><br></p><p>Sometimes...

<p>Gifts are nice…but being remembered? That hits different.</p>

<p>"Playtonic," a word born from a Cam Newton clip — becomes the doorway into a larger question: How much of our lives are governed by the identities we cling to? </p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, J. Marie explores...

<p>This episode begins with cultural fatigue with the same arguments, the same justifications, the same talking points, and asks a simple question: Can we actually think this through?</p><p>This isn’t an argument for or...

<p>This episode is a gentle year-end reflection. I talk about where I’ve been, my health flare-up, grief, dissociation, autopilot, and the quiet courage of just continuing. I share what I’m leaving behind, what I’m...

<p>Meet Maddie the Baddie-My Mad Scientist #JMarie #UnMuted #RelationalRants #WisdomInMadness</p>

<p>In this episode, I introduce you to a part of myself I call Maddie the Baddie, my internal mad scientist who sees patterns, analyzes everything, and protects me with psychological precision.This conversation was...

<p>The scent of clean closets, bacon with notes of bleach—always meant safety in my grandmother’s house. She lived by structure, discipline, and routine. </p><p>In this episode, I talk about how my grandmother held our...

<p>In this intimate and layered reflection, J. Marie unpacks what it means to be called — not just as a therapist, but as a soul who entered this world with a knowing. A knowing of what others need. A knowing of how to...

<p>🚨 Mercury Retrograde EditionHe spun the block. Again. With defamation in the subject line.This surprise drop is not a regular episode. It’s an anniversary. A ritual. A remembering.I’m telling the whole...

<p>Whew! Where do I begin?In this episode of Unmuted: Relational Rants and Real Talk, I unpack a “promising” connection that unraveled faster than he could plan a proper date. From the passive pursuit to the confession...

<p>This episode wasn’t planned. A tragic story out of Chicago shook me—and I pressed record. What followed was a raw unraveling: grief, memory, defense, self-reflection, and the parts of me that show up when the world...