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SoulFullyThe Music in Africa Episode | Celebrating Music, Culture and the Continent with Violet MailaIn the final episode of season 1 Daphne and Aileen are joined by Violet Maila music industry professional and art activist from South Africa. They discuss the role of extended family in forming our identity, the power of music in shaping our expression as Violet tells the stories of how she landed in the music industry and the joy it brings her. How important business acumen is for African musicians and the struggles they face finding financial reward for their skill.As Project Manager for the Music in Africa Foundation, Violet highlights the research an...2023-09-051h 08SoulFullyThe Ungrowing Up Episode | Shedding old and Creating New BeliefsIn the penultimate episode of season 1 Daphne and Aileen chat together about what it means to be wise, how to tap into one’s deepest longings and desires and live a life where heart and mind are aligned. They look at some of the challenges in fulfilling this from imposter syndrome, tradition and belief systems and invite us to celebrate each other’s brilliance as well as our own.2023-08-2957 minSoulFullyThe African Creative Episode | Celebrating the Richness of African Design with Mazzi OduThe Soulfully hosts and guest Mazzi Odu, a published author, respected fashion journalist and pan Africanist discuss her experiences as a Ugandan immigrant in the UK, her unconventional route to being published and her determination to forge a way forward to celebrate the high end creative industry globally and in Africa. This is a conversation not to be missed as it touches on narratives around blackness, the joys and challenges of cross cultural marriage and how we as Africans can champion our own design heritage and emerging designers.http://www.magnusoculus.com/Instagram...2023-08-221h 03SoulFullyThe Black Woman Leads Episode | Rehema Shabaya on Championing Diversity in the Corporate WorldAileen and Daphne sit down for a conversation with Rehema Shabaya, a senior manager at one of the world’s largest consultancy corporations, and a Diversity and Inclusion champion and mentor, focused on getting young women into technology. Rehema, who was born in Kenya, shares her experiences growing up as a tiny minority in England, being exposed to different cultures from an early age, navigating being among other black cultures in London and her unconventional career path that started in International Development and eventually led to her embarking on a career in IT Consulting. We di...2023-08-151h 00SoulFullyThe Friendship Episode |Making, Maintaining and Loosing Friends.Daphne and Aileen sit down to explore the topic of friendship and sisterhood and the different ways in which we gain, nurture and lose these relationships.How do our early and childhood experiences and our personalities impact the ways in which we handle our friends? Listen in to how our hosts ‘break up’ unhealthy friendships, and what’s the ideal number of friends to have. What’s your friendship style? Grab a glass or a cuppa and join in the conversation.2023-08-0843 minSoulFullyThe Hairy Episode | In Conversation with Afro Textured Hair Activist Lekia LeeWarning: mention of attempted suicide. This week we’re joined by Lekia Lee, founder of Project Embrace, an initiative to increase visibility of Afro Textured Hair. Lekia shares her own journey to self-love and acceptance, the challenges of overcoming her internal critical voice about her identity and beauty, and how she found her way to fully self-embrace.We discuss whether hair is the last bastion of discrimination. Lekia describes how desire for her own daughter not to experience self-criticism led her to launch Project Embrace, which aims to break boundaries and change perceptions of beauty by...2023-08-011h 05SoulFullyAddressing Mental Health in the African and Diaspora community with Dr Sandra JumbeAileen and Daphne are joined by guest Dr. Sandra Jumbe, a health psychologist from Malawi living and working in the UK. They discuss what mental health is, while looking at how it can be positively maintained and some of the triggers that can adversely affect it. Sandra shares her personal experience, from being a foreigner in the UK as a teenager, to being a black woman in the field of research in health psychology. The conversation considers the stigma surrounding mental health in African communities and some of the work Sandra has initiated to...2023-07-251h 04SoulFullySoulFully Yours - Meeting the hostsIn this inaugural episode, long-time friends Aileen and Daphne introduce ourselves and discuss the topics that we as African Diaspora women of a certain age care about and will be bringing from the intimacy of our dinner tables to this podcast. From optimising health and well-being (mental, physical, emotional and spiritual), menopause, careers and entrepreneurship, navigating relationships, race, culture, raising multi-cultural kids and everything in-between. We touch on Aileen's unique heritage and her truly multi-cultural household and Daphne's not-so-pleasant but memorable Mount Kilimanjaro challenge. We introduce Sherlock The Dog, our third host...but he...2023-07-1841 minSoulFullySoulfully TrailerSoulfully is a new podcast celebrating women in the African diaspora. This is Season 1.2023-07-1302 min