I hadn't written a song on my own since I was in high school. Two years ago, playing around on one of my ukuleles, this song came out in the matter of an hour or two. It is a prayer for self mortification. Arrangement and recording by Vincent Devito. "I can't get out of my head, trapped in my mind. A stranger in this body, stuck in time. The path I drag my heels down carves out the circle of my life. The self-reflection wonders, is it too late for it to die? Deliver me. I struggle with the wrong...
Jan 22, 2025•3 min•Season 2Ep. 5
I first met Michael Leonardi (more commonly know as Leo around the office) on the creative team for WWE. We both got fired from there years ago, and now we reconnect not to commiserate loss, but to celebrate the path to Self Discovery and joyful purpose. Leo talks about how stumbling upon Michael Singer opened up a whole new world to him and how the spiritual path is not only fulfilling but functional as we navigate through the world.
Dec 15, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Welcome to my conversation with coach, speaker and host of the podcast "Something For Everybody" Aaron Machbitz. I loosely crossed paths with Aaron when he performed as professional wrestler Jaxon Stone. But I grew to admire Aaron from afar as I saw him plugging away at his podcast over the last few years, tackling the kinds of topics I find interest in. After losing his sister to suicide in 2018, Aaron aimed to answer the question of what causes mental suffering. He's explored the answer to tha...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 3
I have never written for the sake of writing. But a couple weeks ago, I sat down with the opening line in mind of, "At a Time before there was time, in a Place where there was no place, existed The No Thing." In a couple hours, I wrote my first short story just for me. But I thought I would share it with you.
Aug 22, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 2
On the first episode of "Our Universe is Mental with Jimmy Jacobs" I catch up with embodiment and transformational guide Jonathan MacCaul. Back in 2020, Jonathan guided me to connect with my body more, and through that initiation, I began to understand the connection between our bodies and the trauma we've experienced in our lives that have shaped our patterns of behavior. It's my intention and hope that through sharing this episode, listeners might learn to connect with their bodies in order to...
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 1
After 30-some days on the road, Danny Duggan (@HotShotDannyD) and I brother it up on the podcast talking about balancing wrestling with real life and being on the road. Danny shares his experience of the serious car accident he was in on May 1, 2019 and how it changed his life.
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Spiritual conduit, medium, personal development coach, author and international speaker Dan King (@dankingsoulgasm)! Dan and I talk about being your authentic self, connecting with spirits, and the dangerous of following what you've been told.
Dec 04, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 32
It's a time for gratitude! While in the middle of a 26 day tour of Canada, I celebrate Thanksgiving with other wrestlers. On this episode of the podcast, I talk to 5 different wrestlers about what they're grateful for. TK O'Ryan (@WildHorseTKO), Blair Onyx (@Blairxyno), Vincent (@TheHorrorKingVM), Brian Johnson (@Bjo_mecca) and The Juice Juventud Guerrera (@JUVENTUDGUERRE2).
Nov 28, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Comedian Marty DeRosa from the Marty and Sarah Love Wrestling podcast! After walking over to my house in Lululemon tights, Marty converses with me about how he deals with depression, comedy culture, how wanting more leads to wanting more and the romantic story about how Marty & Sarah met.
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 30
The Bryan and Jimmy Book Club is back with Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It's a challenging read with some complex ideas, but Bryan gives his best interpretation of the book while I just try to keep up! The next book on the Bryan and Jimmy Book Club is Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza.
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Pro wrestler and fur-baby mother Solo Darling! The former Sugar Creature comes on the podcast to share all her wisdom on love languages and connection, and gives a moving case against nihilism. And we talk about Officer Magnum and Lady McMurray... the dogs! 🌻
Nov 06, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Singer of the band Fucked Up. Host of the podcast Turned Out a Punk. Creator of the docuseries The Wrestlers on Viceland. Damian Abraham is a jack of many trades and this week he's on the podcast to talk the punk life, his DMT experience, synchronicity, making documentaries, his struggle with anxiety and his subsequent discovery of medical marijuana after years of being straight edge.
Oct 31, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Holistic healer and life coach Brittany Brda from spiritandmatterchicago.com is on the podcast this week. We talk about the benefits of reiki, identifying as our trauma, Burning Man, psychosomatic illness and limiting beliefs.
Oct 23, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 26
It's TV personality, host and interviewer Gabby Loren! Gabby and I talk about spirituality, manifestation, breaking personal patterns and free will. Gabby talks about her life-changing trip to Israel and what she learned about the Torah.
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 25
It's professional wrestler and recovering addict JT Dunn! JT publicly opens up for the first time about different aspects of his life. He talks about the childhood traumas that led him to addiction, dealing with those traumas now as an adult, and how he locked himself in his house for 57 days in order to get sober.
Oct 09, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Artist, philosopher, conspiracy theorist, and truth seeker Nick Hinton is on the podcast this week. The multiverse, singularity, AI, simulation theory, the Saturn Time Cube, DMT, symbolism, archetypes, myths, and did our universe actually end in 2012?
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 23
The WWE Universal Champion, atheist and nihilist Seth Rollins is on the podcast! Seth and I talk about the journey he's been on to discover more about the nature of our existence and if there's something more out there. Seth tries to sell me on determinism and tells me why his 20-year-old self would hate his current day self. We talk about his success in WWE and if everything he dreamed of as a child is really all it's cracked up to be.
Sep 25, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Futurist, Biohacker, Psychonaut, World Traveler, Quantum Observer, Spiritual Gangster, and Esoteric Philosopher PJ Black is on the podcast this week. From DMT to the Ancient Pyramids to interdemensional travel to the very nature of time and space, this is a conversation you don't want to miss!
Sep 18, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Writer, director, producer and all around good dude Matt Mazany! Matt and I met while writing for WWE. In this fun conversation, Matt and I talk about being in good spiritual shape, sharing the human experience through art and eventually I convince Matt to have kids! mattmazany.com
Sep 11, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 20
The man Cary Silkin is on the podcast this week! In this honest and beautiful conversation, Cary opens up about his years of partying in NYC in the '70 & '80s, the characters he met hustling on the streets, his relationship to AA, coming to terms with his sexuality, and the connections he made in the years he owned Ring of Honor.
Sep 04, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 19
The Quit Man is here! But what is here? What is truth? What is reality? And hey, did Robert Evans REALLY quit WWE in Gorilla Position? All this and so much more in this fun and existential episode of the podcast!
Aug 28, 2019•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Giv'er! Cody Deaner is on the podcast this week. Cody talks about his faith, charity, the importance of connection and much more, while Jimmy goes on some existential rants (What else is new?)
Aug 21, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 17
It's the next book in Bryan and Jimmy's Book Club with The Second Mountain by David Brooks. It's selfish vs selfless, independent vs interdependent, me vs us, 1st mountain vs 2nd mountain when Bryan and Jimmy talk about the themes of this book. They go in depth about life's journey from personal success to community, marriage, faith, religion, and commitment. And Bryan laughs a lot!
Aug 14, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Comedian Matt McCarthy sits down with Jimmy to talk about his time writing in WWE, how he used comedy as a kid to get what he wants, what led him to sobriety and why he still collects VHS tapes. You can see more of Matt at thisismattmccarthy.com
Aug 07, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 15
AWAKENING! Clinical psychologist Meg Roekle joins the podcast week to bring some enlightenment to Jimmy's existential journey. Nonduality, no self, the stories we tell ourselves, listening to our bodies, and the Wizard of Oz. This episode covers it all. For more info, visit Meg's website at megroekle.com
Jul 31, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Jimmy sits down this week with his friend, roommate & life manager Caitlin. As Jimmy tries to sort out his existential journey, Caitlin opens up about the recent tragedy of her friend's suicide and how it brought her closer to her friends. Caitlin also talks about her 20 years of being straight edge and why she finally gave it up.
Jul 24, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 13
You may know her from the opening song of the podcast- it's all around good dude and funny person Sarah Shockey. In this episode, Sarah and Jimmy compare notes on personal growth. Sarah tells hilarious stories from her childhood, talks about her early creativity and shows her appreciation to the beauty of the sky.
Jul 17, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 12
The Innovator of Violence Tommy Dreamer gets EXTREME...ly deep and personal this week when Tommy opens up about his love of wrestling, family, loyalty, his dying father's advice to him, and why he went public about his dark thoughts of murder/suicide.
Jul 10, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Jimmy talks to his new friend, writer, director and all around fun person Julie Zhan. Jimmy and Julie met at a personal growth workshop, so they get real introspective. Julie talks about her struggle letting go of control, her relationship to her work and being in the entertainment business as an Asian American. Julie's short film Zoetic is available on HBO Go and HBO Now.
Jul 03, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Former WWE Intercontinental Champion, current public speaker and the happiest person on the planet, Marc Mero joins Jimmy Jacobs to talk about how he went from being a successful professional wrestler to losing everything (including almost his life), how he went on to gain so much more. Jimmy and Marc discuss death, how to stay positive, and the effect Marc has on the lives of the kids he talks to.
Jun 26, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 9
