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Merry Christmas everyone and a blessed 2021. The year has come to and end and we all can attest 2020 was a year like no other. I am grateful that my family and I survived covid 19 it got very dicey at one point and scary. As I look back and look forward to Christmas I share my thoughts and ask you to reconsider taking up the gift that Christmas brings in the form of Jesus. I end the year with this...

Join in as I speak to Wendy who is a mother, runs a, montessori nursery and founded a charity valled Homeward bound. She recently graduated with a degree in Animal science:Animal behaviour and welfare. This was a very informative conversation and U was inspired by her passion for animals and their welfare. She talks to me about her charity and the work they do in detail. They have a facebook page...

Join in my conversation with the beautiful and amazing Raluca. She shares her passion for languages and in particular Arab. She has worked in the middle East thanks to her love for the language. Did you know Arab has different accents? She teaches us all about this. She is inspiring and reminds us that language can be used to empower people and ourselves too.

Join my conversation with Louisa the first guest on the new series #TheEverydaywomanAndthenSome she highlights the lack of black representation in publishing, print media;especially children's books. She is a lady with many hats doing it all. This was a wonderful and rich conversation. #blackrepresentationinbooks #childrensbooks #africanheroes #Africankingsandqueens #womeninpublishing #chuldrensbo...

I am a woman that is my superpower what is your super power? This series is to celebrate the Everyday woman in all her facets. It is a series to give an ear to the voice of the woman. It is a series to help us appreciate women, recognise them, understand their passion and most of all lift up the woman!

End of Season 1 Final episode of Season 1 Episode 11: Emotional intelligence We look at the 5 components of #emotionalintelligence and I speak about #emotionalleadership #integrity #genderbias #comparrisonsmenmakeofwomen

Background music by #MustardbyIthekaProductions In this episode we look at the definition of social class and how language is viewed by the different tiers of the class systems. We look at how language can affect what class one can be in

In this episode we look at support and partnership within the family set up. There is always that person in the family who is the go-to person, the one who supports everyone, who organises things but sadly this person is always forgotten when they need support. I challenge you yo think are you the weakest link? Are you the person who doesn't support your family members the go to person? Are you ma...

Quick corection ISA:Individual Savings Account. In This episode Makena the host looks at our relationship with money. Was money a topic of discussion when growing up? What made me start saving. Are there ways to salvage the situation if you haven't started saving #budget #savings #Cashisa #socialcapital #networks

The host Makena reflects on the term 'distance travelled' through looking at the things have led to her baby's 6 month birthday. Reflections around help, self care, extending grace to oneself and growth spurts.

These are short reflection episodes on moments that put a lifetime stamp in my life. In this episode Makena reflects on her 35 birthday and the events that took place. What struck is how her relationship with parents has changed from being quite rigid and somewhat scary to her to evolving to be more of a friendship, fun and laughter. She also reflects on her conversation with her massause and the...

Looking at Trust within a romantic set up. How can trust be built? How can one rebuild trust when it's broken?

This episode looks at where Trust begins in the family set up. How parents nurture trust. What ways can they do this

This episode will look at definition of Trust. Will be the 1st part in looking at terms such as trustworthiness and intoduce the various components needed for Trust to be realized.

This episode is longer as I share the meaning behind the podcast name as well answer the questions you asked.

Looking at the sociology and psychology definitions of collective/shared identity. Understanding the place for it and how it impact human relationships. What is the collective/shared identity you subscribe to?

It piggy banks unto episode 3. This episode looks into tips to incorporate when joining a new team/organisation/relationship. I look at the challenges in adjusting to change and group dynamics.

I will look at the element: belonging in social capital, and how that impacts us as individuals. This is a raw conversation and issues such as suicide and bullying are touched on so warning you might be trigged.

Following on from Ep1 which looked at what social capital we are building in our relationships, in this episode I expound on what exactly is social capital and I examine one of it's elements: reciprocity. How reciprocity impacts human relationships.

Friendships are one the building blocks of our society and are strengthened by social capital. Do we have social capitals? Are they healthy? Do the friendships we have able to withstand waves of life e.g this lockdown season? There is a challenge for all of us at the ebd of this episode tune in to find out

#humanrelationships are vital to human survival be it business, friendship, marriage, family we are intricately designed to crave relationships. We thrive and become more creative even productive if we have healthy relationships. #humanrelationships are impacted by #society, the environment we grew up in and now social media. Our behaviour and identity is heavily influenced by our background, wher...