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Somewhat GrownS2E10 On Forgiveness: Is Everyone Trying Their Best?How does healing take place when the hurt is still fresh? How much benefit of the doubt should we give to people who consistently move a bit mad? What role does self forgiveness play in helping us to forgive others? Join us as we reflect on what has gotten us through 2023, what we look forward to embracing more of in the new year and share what we're learning about forgiveness. We hope you enjoy this final episode of season two!
2023-12-2350 minSomewhat GrownS2E9 On Accountability: Boys Don’t Cry and Men Are Trash? With Chimdi & FortuneJoined by two male guests who also happen to be our good friends, we talk about the differences we noticed in how we were raised based on our gender. How were cultural norms played out or challenged as you were growing up, and how does that affect you now? How do we take accountability to become better humans? Listen as we all chime in on our second audience question about gender differences and family dynamics.
2023-11-2352 minSomewhat GrownS2E8 Passion VS Money with founder Jemilea Wisdom-BaakoHow do you stay connected to your passion when it goes from a hobby into a means for your livelihood? How do you pursue the thing you love in a way that remains soul nourishing? We’re joined by award winning poet and founder of Writerz n Scribez, Jemilea Wisdom-Baako (@PoeticJemz) as we respond to an audience question on whether to chase your dreams as a self starter or financial stability. Jemilea shares her key learnings about asking for help, the importance of fostering well being at work and how creativity can bring healing. We also discuss how to de...2023-10-3158 minSomewhat GrownS2E7 We Tired, Girl. We Tired.What tensions arise between staying on top of work and being kind to yourself? Who gets let down sometimes by how you choose to spend your time? How do you overcome the discomfort of being alone? In this episode, we take a bit of time to do something that we can struggle to make enough space for in our day to day grind: pausing to come up for air. In keeping with our love of speaking authentically, our conversation centres around that golden check in question: how are you really?
2023-09-0732 minSomewhat GrownS2E6 Road to 30We recently turned twenty-nine which means we’re approaching the big adult age of thirty! How do you handle the internal and external pressures that come with reaching a certain age? How do you balance enjoying where you are now with looking forward to where you hope to be in the future? How has journeying through your twenties reshaped your goals and unmet expectations? Listen as we discuss our true feelings about approaching the milestone of turning 30 and meeting the new versions of ourselves dawning on the horizon ahead.
2023-07-2835 minSomewhat GrownS2E5 Feelings Aren’t Everything, but also, They Are! (Boundaries Revamped)This episode is all about boundaries. How do we cope with the grief from losing a relationship to newly set boundaries? How do we know when it's time to let someone go in order to honour ourselves? What role do our feelings play in deciding our boundaries? Following on from our season 1 episode on boundaries, we go deeper into lessons learned about respecting them since then. To round up, we share our hopes for stepping into age 29 this month (shout out to our fellow June babies)!
2023-06-2941 minSomewhat GrownS2E4 On Therapy with Psychotherapist Oby Bamidele: Doing Is Easier than FeelingWe're thrilled to bring you this season's longer episode on therapy, with our first ever guest feature! Joined by psychotherapist Oby Bamidele (@obybamidele), we learn about her journey into becoming a therapist, hear her professional perspective on truth vs myths about therapy, how to navigate opening the pandora's box of our unprocessed feelings and what is truly at the heart of self care and self love: knowing your boundaries. Acknowledging how daunting the process of starting therapy is, we also discuss how to find the right therapist for you. Along with opening up about our journeys with therapy, we...2023-05-2556 minSomewhat GrownS2E3 (Part 2) Jesus take the wheel!In this episode we continue our conversation about faith and how it has progressed with us into our adulthood. Does the way you practise your beliefs look different now to before you became somewhat grown? How have small or significant external happenings such as the pandemic influenced your world view? Listen as we talk about what happens when you've said Jesus take the wheel and He doesn’t even start the car, and what we’re learning about what faith means to us.
2023-04-0731 minSomewhat GrownS2E3 (Part 1) What’s Faith Got to Do with it?What does it look like to live out your world views as you evolve through different life stages? How do our beliefs ebb and flow as we mature? How do we bring up this sensitive aspect of our personal lives in the context of work? In this episode we answer an audience question about whether change comes by force or by choice and start a conversation about how our Christian upbringing plays out in each of our lives now.
2023-03-3133 minSomewhat GrownS2E2 Autonomy Versus ResponsibilityHow do you strike the balance between being responsible and living your best life? In the freedom of living independently as adults, who are you accountable to? What do you privilege in the pursuit of self discovery? Join us as we unpack how we’ve navigated risk taking, identifying our limits and the idea of being perfect in relation to becoming our authentic selves.
2023-02-0332 minSomewhat GrownS2E1 Guess Who’s Back (back back)?! / BLOCK HIM AGAINYour two favourite twenty-somethings figuring out adulting are back for a new season! We return from our hiatus since the summer of 2022 and catch you up on what’s happened in our lives since then. Highlights include Thembe’s travel adventures, Izzy’s professional break-throughs featuring rubbing shoulders with celebrities and reflections on lessons learned from the previous year, like knowing when to block a guy. We also discuss our intentions for the new year. What’s your word for the year?
2023-02-0327 minSomewhat GrownS1E10 Friendship CrossroadsAs we come to the end of the road for season one, we conclude our conversations on heartbreak by exploring what happens when platonic friendships fade. Are there conversations that can make or break a friendship? How do you trust that a friendship will survive rocky moments? How do we approach the crossroads of growing apart from bonds we once thought would last forever? We answer a listener's question, share the importance of holding space for feelings and for a person to evolve, and look forward to what the next stage of the year brings.
We hope...2022-05-0636 minSomewhat GrownS1E9 (Part 2) Heartbreak: An Hour Max!!How do you love someone and let them go? Is there such a thing as ‘the one’ or the right person? Buckle up because in this part two episode we go a bit deeper into heartbreak. Join us as we dive into the difference between fear and love; ideas of romantic love that we have outgrown, and those that still hold true. We also reflect on the lessons heartbreak has taught us and what helped us emerge on the other side of it, rounded off with some heartbreak song recommendations (for one hour max, though)!
2022-03-0326 minSomewhat GrownS1E9 (Part 1) Heartbreak: Is Love Always Enough?In the spirit of Valentine's Day, we are delving into the subject of love. Is the four letter word a forever word? What happens when a relationship ends, or doesn't even get to start, yet love lingers? What coping mechanisms can be put in place to navigate through the pain of heartbreak? Join us as we unpack what we think it takes to love, its importance as a factor in a working relationship, and how to heal when it turns into heartbreak.
2022-02-1429 minSomewhat GrownS1E8 Where the Money ResidesWhat are your financial goals? Does more money mean more problems? In our first episode of 2022 we focus on finances - a topic that can feel uncomfortable or unnecessary to discuss openly, but why? Join us as we delve into talking about money, negotiating salaries and how we balance budgeting with saving, investing and enjoying.
2022-01-2033 minSomewhat GrownS1E7 Festive Feelings and Family Dealings: Rounding Up 2021What have you dedicated this year to? Does the festive season get you in your feelings? If you’re single during the Christmas season, how do you deal with questions from family about when you’re eventually getting married? Join us in our first extended episode as we reflect on the year 2021. We discuss cuffing season, motives for getting in and out of romantic relationships, lessons learned and what we wish to carry into the new year.
2021-12-0950 minSomewhat GrownS1E6 On Faking It Till You Make ItHow do we strike the right balance between portraying perfection and being real? Do professional spaces have room for us to reveal our more human selves? What role does trust play in feeling vulnerable with people you don’t know so well? From crying in office meeting rooms to winging workshop delivery, join us as we reflect on times where faking it led us to either fail or flourish.
2021-11-0934 minSomewhat GrownS1E5 (Part 2) On Loneliness and Building Authentic FriendshipsDoes loneliness become more prevalent after University or when we journey further into our twenties? Do friendships always need to serve a purpose? How do we make new friends as adults? Join us as we continue the conversation on loneliness and share our experiences of trying to build more authentic connections.
2021-10-1426 minSomewhat GrownS1E5 (Part 1) On Loneliness and Watering Your Own GrassWhat is the difference between being alone and loneliness? What are some of the triggers for loneliness? In this episode we unbottle our thoughts on what and where our feelings of loneliness come from and share some of our own tried and tested cures for it.
2021-10-0119 minSomewhat GrownS1E4 Know Thyself: Authenticity & PurposeHow well do you know yourself? How do we know what’s best for ourselves in our twenties? Who are the people in your life who help you become more you? This episode is all about authenticity, finding your tribe and self acceptance. Join us as we discuss our journeys into discovering ourselves and our purpose.
2021-08-2736 minSomewhat GrownS1E3 (Part 2) Boundaries: Call Me by My NameIn part two of our boundaries episode, we conclude by delving into what it takes to maintain boundaries for different relationships. Who gets to call you by a nickname versus who can handle you getting undressed in front of them? All we know is that boundary setting is a process.
2021-08-1219 minSomewhat GrownS1E3 (Part 1) Boundaries: Feelings and Zoom MeetingsWhy does setting boundaries feel so awkward sometimes? Like struggling to find an escape route from a Zoom meeting that you really don’t need to be in. How do we maintain our boundaries when romantic feelings come into the mix? Join us as we discuss protecting our physical or emotional space and learning to be brave in honouring our boundaries and other people’s.
2021-07-2923 minSomewhat GrownS1E2 On Well-being and Black JoyHow has the pandemic affected our wellbeing? Do our needs change based on our personality traits? Should we post our chocolate chip cookies online if something serious just went down in the world? Tune in as we talk self-care, social media and joy as a form of resistance.
2021-06-1725 minSomewhat GrownS1E1 I’m Not Going to Eat Your Food All the Time and That’s OkayTo kick off episode one of the series we discuss being creatives and what we’ve loved and learned from being children of immigrant parents. How do we shake off the feeling that it’s a luxury to relax? Is the grass always greener once we leave home? Join us as we discuss solo trips, family and food politics.
2021-06-1725 minSomewhat GrownIntroducing Somewhat GrownWelcome to Somewhat Grown! We've created this podcast for holding open conversations about adulting as two twenty somethings who are figuring it out as we go. We're excited to share this space with listeners of all ages.
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