The Other Side Of Your Twenties

Hello friends, We hit the 25 episode mark woop woop! In this new monthly series, we tackle people pleasing and why it is so harmful! The first episode introducing people pleasing and the paradox of people-pleasing. Tune in <3 Let's connect Sources: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/people%20pleaser https://www.amandaanngregory.com/is-it-kindness-or-people-pleasing

Hello friends, I'm baaaack!! Finishing our grief series with mental health specialist Tiffany who walks us through death, grief, the myth behind the 5 stages of grief and how to deal with the aftermath of loss. Tune in <3 ----- Get in touch with grief therapist Tiffany Book mentioned in the interview: The Grieving Brain

Hello friends, On this weeks' episode, we talk about finding meaning in our lives after loss and whether there is actual meaning to be found in the loss of a loved one. Tune in <3 Sources (David Kessler): https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jan/17/finding-meaning-in-the-life-of-a-loved-one-who-dies-is-part-of-grief https://fullcirclegc.org/2022/01/03/finding-meaning-from-grief/

Hello everyone, In this episode we'll talk about all the different types of grief we can feel that are not necessarily related to death. From broken childhoods to crushed dreams and heartbreaks, we talk about all the beautiful things we lost in the fire. Tune in <3

Hello everyone, This month's theme is all about grief and navigating difficult seasons in your life. In this episode we'll talk about grief and all the things I wish I knew embarking on this grief journey. Tune in <3 Also, starting this month with a new rebranding and a new logo. Let me know what you think

Hello friends, We're almost ending the afrotales of this month with an episode about loving your hair 101. This is great if you want to start your natural hair journey or trying to wear your hair out more. Tune in <3 Sources: Seun Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SeunOkimi

hello friends, This episode we'll talk about the struggles of natural hair journey, loving your type 4 hair radically and how empathy is the way to go when it comes to dealing with our hair. Tune in <3

Hello girlies!! This week is an episode that took so much time to make so I really hope you enjoy it!! We'll talk about childhood memories of doing our hair, the psychology between our relationship with our hair, Pink Lotion and afros being fuckboy repellent. Tune in <3 All the sources mentioned (in chronoligical order): Sources:  https://www.allure.com/story/texturism-natural-hair https://...

Hello friends, Starting this month with a poem introducing the theme of the month, natural hair! hope you enjoy it xx Poem: In my hometown, The leaves on the trees are all 4c No need to tame them They all are free So who can I blame then For seeing the beauty in them and not in me? On my TV, It’s all different types of curls I see Big curls, big hair, big energy I can’t find myself in that categor...

Hello friends, In this episode, we'll talk about losing friends, making friends, getting called out by our guy friends and holding ourselves accountable. Tune in <3

Hello ladies, On this episode, we discuss L.O.V.E with Sandra: from men without assets hating golddiggers, black love and showing love to our men to the ghetto of the dating scene, we dive deeep into relationships. Tune in

Hello girlies, Tune in for the recommendation of the month as we finish the month of love. This month it is not a book but the Tv-show Insecure a show about navigating all the different types of love. Tune in <3

Hello friends, On this episode we'll talk about showing up authentically, the difficulty of maintaining and meeting new friends as full grown adults and the friendships we lose in time. Tune in <3 Sources mentioned: https://www.britannica.com/topic/friendship https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzWsQO6PjeG/?igsh=MTA0ZDFhZzlla2ZyZQ%3D%3D

Happy (early) Valentine's Day ladies

Hello ladies, The affirmations of this month are focused on love. Take a deep breathe and let's dive in

Hello girlies, I wanted to introduce a book of the month, related to all the topics we discussed throughout the month in the podcast. Let me know if you enjoy this x

Hello girliees, Stayin on the topic of new habits building, we'll talk about how to deal with discipline as a perfectionist ( I know a lot of yall are). Tune in xx Sources mentioned: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/discipline#:~:text=Discipline is the quality of,discipline More Synonyms of discipline https://www.atm-magazine.com/close-but-not-quite https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ11...

Hello girlies, In this episode we talk about why new year new me energy is toxic and what tools we can use instead to improve ourselves on a daily basis. Tune in

Hey girlies, I wanted to start monthly affirmations to start the day! Hope you enjoy this as much as I do

Happy New Year girliiiies! I wanted to start this year with wishing you the very best of 2024. Excited to embark on this new journey with you

Hello ladieees, On this episode we discuss all the lies we were told about our mighty twenties. Grab a cup of coffee and tune in! Scientific reources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852646/ Taraji P Henson quote: https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/essence-wellness-house/taraji-p-henson-explains-why-the-strong-black-woman-identity-at-essence-wellness-house/

Hello girlies, In this episode, we will discuss the immigrant parents dream versus pursuing your own dream with Niyat Berhane who followed her passion in cosmetics and pursued her own dream of becoming an entrepreneur in the cosmetics industry and skin care specialist.

In this episode, we'll discuss the original story of this podcast while introducing our first series - Chronicles of A Liar: a series where we will unfold all the "lies" we've been told. For the first episode in this series we will look at the immigrant parents' dream. References in this article: https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_802 https://www.hachettebookgro...

Welcome to the Other Sides Of Your Twenties, a podcast about the not so fun side of adulting. This is a little introductory episode behind the rebrand of the podcast. Tune in <3