In This Season

Hitting a follower milestone on Instagram felt surreal…and strangely unchanged at the same time. In this episode, I unpack my love-hate relationship with Instagram, the burnout, the breakthrough and the boundaries that sustain my system now. If you’re building something online (or just stay sane while scrolling), this one’s for you :) As always, thank you for being here in this season with me!!

If you’re in this season of your twenties then welcome to the “best years of your life” or “the defining decade” These are the years to find who you are, make big life decisions, travel, work, date, marry, make friends, get promoted and above all else; no regrets !! How does that make sense? This is our first time living, and in this world that insists we listen to every voice, all at once, we’re...

Have you ever woken up in the morning after going to bed so pumped and ready to tackle the next day, only this morning you’ve woken up with 0 motivation? Yesterday you crushed your to do list and more and today you struggle to get yourself to take a shower. Have you had that before? If that’s you, then this episode is going to break down a fundamental part of our health; something that affects eve...

Identity. Something we’ve heard countless times before but do we know what happens when this becomes unstable? It’s a feeling we’ve certainly all experienced at some point, so why does no one talk about it!? In this episode, I chat openly about my identity crisis and give some insight into this common yet taboo situation of uprooting yourself and how you think you are supposed to process transitio...

We’re no strangers to hustle culture. The grind, the work ethic, the late nights and “Founders Journeys” are everywhere and while they can be very motivating, they are also promoting a dangerous identity based in work. In this raw and vulnerable episode, we’ll be discussing some struggles with the concept of rest as well as 2 structures that have helped me rest efficiently. Rest ≠ laziness Work ≠...

We all experience it, multiple times in our lives. That feeling of not knowing where you’re going…feeling lost. And your twenties are permeated with this feeling so we want to chat about it but with a spin… Maybe you’re like me, where you’re not completely lost, you have a vague direction, but you’re not fully certain of the destination nor the path. I’ve called this feeling “unfound” - not lost b...

Have you ever caught yourself grieving a version of you that never actually existed? In today’s episode I unpacked the strange feeling of mourning the life you could’ve lived - the road not taken, the “what if” version of yourself. From identity and university expectations, to the pressure of wasted potential, we explore why imagine paths can feel so real and how to make peace with the one you cho...

We all know the idea that people share very frequently that “being single is amazing. It’s the best years of your life! Don’t take for granted how much free time you have!” Well after four years of being single I think I’m qualified to tell you the real realities of being without a relationship.

We all know those people, those moments, where we had to physically step back and acknowledge someone’s audacity. Whether it was an ex making an outrageous claim, or a teacher saying something in public about someone. I had an experience like that recently with a friend (this is not an episode to bash them…me telling the story is just a point of departure to give context to the idea of audacity) a...

Everybody at some point in their life has looked at someone and instantly thought “shucks! They are cool!” For whatever reason, this person‘s appearance or personality or brain or wit or style, made them look cool to you, but why is that? How do we get that? Can we create that and when does it go too far?

“The reason we fail at keeping to our resolutions is because we try to reinvent ourselves from the ground up, which is too much to do and then impossible to execute all the checklist items.” So this year, I’m choosing not to reinvent myself, because what plant can flourish if it keeps being ripped out of the ground?

Half a million Rand in debt, and still jobless? Is university even worth it? Recently, on the radio, a presenter was arguing that a university education is no longer needed…especially in South Africa. Here’s my take on this question and my experience having gone to university while I couldn’t afford to… If you’re enjoying the poddy, please consider rating the show! Until next week Tuesday! Mwah, R...

Has adulting made me a bad friend? Between deadlines, distance and my own emotional exhaustion - friendship feels harder than it used to. This episode is a confessional, a reflection and a gentle reminder that we’re all still figuring it out. I feel like I’m constantly dropping the ball. In this episode I unpack the guilt, the growing pains and the good stuff surrounding adult friendships.

In this season of disconnection the world appears to be a machine that is designed to get us to neglect what is really important about life. Poor social relationships, isolation and loneliness can increase heart disease by 29% and increase risk of stroke by 32%. If this is such a big public health crisis issue, then why aren't we talking about it more? Has society been brainwashed to the point of...

In this season of almosts…I was journaling one night and recounting my success in sticking to some of my goals and celebrating this discipline, only to have the streak broken the next day by an emotional hiccup. This was not a one time incident; it appeared that whenever I told someone (or my journal) about my accomplishment of a specific goal, I would go backwards shortly after. It got me thinkin...

Join me (Rae) as we chat about why we act scared of the finish line by procrastinating and putting off tasks that we claim we “have” to do. Good news is, you’re not broken! Bad news is, you have to get yourself out of this loop. But don’t worry! In this episode we not only talk about why we’ve misunderstood procrastination, and how it’s a symptom and signal more than anything else, but we also tal...

Why smart people stay stuck. How I’m learning to ensure I didn’t peak in high school and how I’m actively choosing to achieve more by aiming for imperfection.

We live in a world that glories the grind. And I used to think that the more busy I was, the more worthy I became. The problem? There’s no finish line. Join me as we uncover the art of slow productivity and doing enough without doing it all.

Long time know hear! It’s so good to be back to recording this podcast - I’ve missed it. Although I needed the break and the time to reflect, stepping back has shown me how much I love this creative process and the personal journalism In This Season gives me! The podcast needed a new direction, I needed a new direction. So welcome back to In This Season hosted by Rae. This episode chats about one...

A friend asked me earlier today what is one thing I learnt going from first year to second year in my university journey, I gave her two things: 1. Audit the wall on which your ladder is leaning (ensure that your habits now are aligned with where you want to end up someday in the future) 2. Have grace with yourself (don’t use it as an excuse but forgiving yourself for human errors and moments of w...

How can we live above the line? The line that we are talking about it the line between “thriving and surviving,” the line of burnout - the red zone. God does not desire for us to be living on a hamster wheel, He wants us to have abundant life and enjoy His creation. But in a world so obsessed with statistics and climbing the success ladder, how can we ensure that we remain emotionally healthy whil...

While burnout is commonly linked to working too hard, and taking too few breaks, it is also, and perhaps more frequently, a result of unresolved, distressing conflict with others. It is a trap I often fall into, getting anxious about tense relationships leading to me living in a burnt out state. This week we’re exploring another element of Elijah’s emotional energy journey band assessing how his l...

Have you ever looked at someone and thought, “they are so much more capable than me”? You think, “I would never be able to carry all that!” Actually, if God has called you to something, He will equip and strengthen you. Our job is to ensure that we are making sustainable decisions. Your ability to extend God’s Kingdom through individual projects He calls you to, rests on your capacity to maintain...

How can we know when to stop asking and start trusting or keep seeking and knocking? I’ve found that if you think of it as two different channels it makes things clearer; you need to trust the heart of God and His will for your life. That’s channel one. And then you need to seek His word and how He wants you to live and demonstrate His love here on earth. That’s channel two. Separating these two h...

How can we deal with uncertain answers in the Bible? What if there is no clear answer? We are not living in the same conditions as the authors of the Bible were so how can we ensure we interpret the lesson from the story correctly and accurately without taking it out of context and adding our own personal doctrine? We can use both the Spirit and the Word.