Legally Clueless

After spending 2 years at home recovering, Patricia is told it’s time to go back to school. But how do you return to life when you’re not sure you can keep up? In Part 2 of this powerful story on the Legally Clueless Podcast, Patricia shares what it looked like to rebuild her confidence, her identity, and her future, step by step. From doubting her ability… to being questioned by teachers, to risi...

This week on For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango is joined by Mandi Sarro for an honest, empowering conversation about value, money, and the mindset shifts every woman needs to make when it comes to charging what she’s worth. From the concept of “b*tch tax”, charging more for difficult clients, to unlearning the need for external validation, this episode dives into the real reasons so many women...

This week on The Mid Week Tease, Adelle Onyango unpacks the limiting beliefs that quietly shape how you see yourself, your work, your money, and your life. A lot of what we call self-doubt, fear, or “not feeling ready” isn’t random. It’s learned. Formed in childhood. Reinforced over time. And often… never questioned. In this episode, Adelle explores how early experiences shape core beliefs like: “...

In this powerful episode of the Legally Clueless Podcast, Patricia shares how her life completely paused and how she slowly, courageously rebuilt it. From learning how to walk again, to returning to school filled with fear and self-doubt, to rising through the ranks and rediscovering her brilliance. This is a story about resilience, identity, and what it really means to start over. And if you’ve e...

She was told she was “useless.” In that moment, everything shifted. In this episode of the Legally Clueless Podcast, Terry Muikamba-Gitonga shares her journey from shrinking in toxic work environments to choosing herself and building something of her own. From navigating self-doubt and people-pleasing to doing the inner work and trusting her intuition, Terry opens up about what it really takes to...

What if the patterns you struggle with today… started long before you even realized it? In this week’s episode of The Mid Week Tease, Adelle Onyango sits down with accredited psychologist Faith Guchu for a powerful, eye-opening conversation ahead of the upcoming wellness talk: Becoming The Woman You Want To Be Together, they unpack how childhood wounds, including subtle emotional experiences like...

In this episode of the Legally Clueless Podcast, we continue with Part 2 of Blessing’s story. After leaving Kenya in search of a fresh start, Blessing shares her experience working in the Gulf as a domestic worker, navigating culture shock, isolation, and the emotional toll of being far from home. Despite her determination to rebuild her life, she found that the feelings she was trying to escape:...

In this week’s episode of The Mid Week Tease, Adelle shares the three simple statements she says every morning that have transformed how she experiences her days. Inspired by a neurosurgeon’s insight into how the brain works, this episode explores how your thoughts influence what your brain pays attention to, and how you can gently rewire your mind to notice more joy, progress, and possibility. In...

In this episode of the Legally Clueless Podcast, Blessing shares the first part of her deeply personal story. Born in Nairobi to very young parents, Blessing grew up moving between homes, from Nairobi to Nakuru, Thika, and relatives’ houses, searching for stability in a childhood filled with uncertainty. After losing her father at a young age and navigating an emotionally distant relationship with...

Kindly take this short survey, your responses help shape future episodes of Difference She Makes and track how these stories are landing: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/diffshemakes In the final episode of Difference She Makes, we sit down with South African human rights lawyer Sibongile Ndashe, founder of the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), whose work sits at the intersectio...

Kindly take this short survey, your responses help shape future episodes of Difference She Makes and track how these stories are landing: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/diffshemakes In this episode of Difference She Makes, we sit down with Odunoluwa Longe, Founder of TLP Advisory and Co-Founder of DIY Law, to explore how women are shaping the legal frameworks powering Africa’s tech ecosystem. Odun...

In this powerful episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango sits down with Waceke Nduati, founder of Centonomy, to unpack the real reasons many women struggle with money and how to reclaim financial agency without shame. This conversation goes far beyond budgeting. Together, they explore: How money trauma shapes women’s financial decisions - The limiting beliefs women are socialised to hold a...

Some days we forget. We forget how loved we are. We forget the moments that made us proud. We forget the days we laughed until our stomach hurt. And it’s not because those moments didn’t happen. Psychology shows that our brains have a negativity bias, meaning painful experiences stick longer than joyful ones. Over time, our minds can begin to tell us a story that life has mostly been difficult, ev...

In Episode 368 of the Legally Clueless Podcast, we share Part 2 of Nkirote’s remarkable story. In Part 1, we heard about her unstable childhood in Meru, the loss of her grandmother who raised her, and the gradual deterioration of her eyesight due to glaucoma. Teachers stepped in when family could not, raising funds for surgery and eventually helping her join Saint Lucy’s School for the Blind. Part...

In this week’s episode of The Midweek Tease, Adelle reflects on a powerful idea from the final episode of Difference She Makes with South African human rights lawyer Sibongile Ndashe. While Sibongile spends her career challenging institutions and pushing legal systems to protect women, one line from the conversation stayed with Adelle long after the interview ended: “We must be gentle with each ot...

In Episode 367 of the Legally Clueless Podcast, we share Part 1 of Nkirote’s powerful story. Born fully sighted in Meru County, Nkirote’s childhood was marked by instability, moving from one household to another, losing her primary caregiver, and navigating neglect and emotional hardship at a young age. At just 12–13 years old, her eyesight began deteriorating. What started as subtle vision proble...

What if your job disappeared tomorrow? Who would you be? In this week’s Midweek Tease, we unpack a powerful idea inspired by my recent conversation with Odunoluwa Longe on Difference She Makes: Your purpose should be your life, not your job. For many high-achieving women, identity and productivity have become intertwined. We are praised for being exceptional, indispensable, reliable. But what happ...

In Part 2 of Keziah Mumbi’s story, we move from suspicion… to diagnosis. After nine years of severe period pain, fainting, vomiting, job loss, and being dismissed by multiple doctors, Keziah finally meets a gynaecologist who believes her. The diagnosis? Stage 4 endometriosis. What doctors initially thought was “just a cyst” turned out to be far more serious. During laparoscopic surgery, surgeons d...

What happens when a woman steps into a leadership position that has only ever been held by men? And what happens when she decides to run… just two weeks before elections? In this episode of Difference She Makes, we sit down with Natasha Ali Erry, Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and Chairperson of the Mombasa Law Society, to unpack mentorship, audacity, leadership, and the quiet pressure women...

What if you’re not unrealistic… What if you’re remembering what’s possible? In this week’s Mid Week Tease, I unpack something that stopped me in my tracks during my conversation with Natasha Ali on Difference She Makes. She said, almost laughing, “I think I’m a little delusional.” But what if that “delusion” is actually optimism bias? What if it’s self-efficacy? What if it’s the power of possible...

For years, Keziah Mumbi was told her pain was “normal.” At 12 years old, she began experiencing extremely heavy periods, severe cramps, vomiting, fainting, and anemia. She was going through an entire pack of pads a day. She stained her school uniform. She was sedated from pain. She missed classes. She lost jobs. And still doctors told her: “You’re too young to have endometriosis.” “It’s just hormo...

Are you shrinking yourself to feel safer, more lovable, less intimidating? In this episode of The Mid Week Tease, Adelle reflects on the quiet ways women, especially African women, make themselves smaller in their careers, relationships, and ambitions. Inspired by her recent conversation with Ruth Tanui on Difference She Makes, this episode explores: The psychology behind the confidence gap Why wo...

In Episode 364 of the Legally Clueless Podcast, Kenyan stand-up comedian Rahab Kihuha shares Part 2 of her story, a powerful continuation that explores sobriety, motherhood, womanhood in male-dominated spaces, and what it truly means to heal holistically. In this episode, Rahab reflects on navigating the comedy industry as a woman, performing while pregnant, confronting patriarchy on and off stage...

In this episode of Difference She Makes, we explore how professional excellence becomes a quiet but powerful form of resistance inside deeply gendered institutions. Our guest, Ruth Tanui, is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and the Founder and Managing Partner of Tanui & Company Advocates. Through her journey, from navigating hostile work environments to building her own law firm, Ruth s...

What if “treating yourself” isn’t indulgence but a psychological necessity? In this week’s Mid Week Tease, Adelle reflects on how she’s learned to intentionally place joy into her life, especially around birthdays. From solo stays by the pool with poetry and silence, to beach days and bicycle tours, this episode explores why joy deserves to be planned, not postponed. Drawing from personal ritual a...