So This Is Love

Season 6 Finale! At 17, when Smurf meets Bill, she thinks she has found true love and a way out of poverty.  Guided by a mother who should have protected her, Smurf is led down a path that forces her to make desperate decisions to survive. Years later, an unexpected connection shows Smurf something she has never truly felt before: love. But what happens when you finally discover your worth after b...

Wangari & Raymond Wangari and Raymond met young. The kind of young where love feels like forever, and questions about marriage and children don’t feel premature. He was her first love, and for a long time, he felt like her safe place. But somewhere between growing up and getting closer, Wangari slowly started disappearing. What begins as a tender high school romance unfolds into a deeply layer...

Biggie’s story is a journey through love, chaos, and self-discovery. From one relationship to the next, he finds himself caught between extremes, intensity and softness, control and freedom. But no matter where he goes or who he is with, something within him remains unsettled. What unfolds is not just a story about the women he loved, but about the parts of himself he kept running from. This is a...

In this episode, Wanjiru shares the deeply personal story of her relationship with Bett. This love unfolds not as a dramatic coming-of-age queer tale, but as something quieter and more profound: the journey of finding yourself through another person. What begins as an unexpected connection slowly evolves into a relationship that challenges assumptions about identity, belonging, and what love is su...

This week on So This Is Love, Basma shares a story that will challenge what you think you know about Muslim girls and choice. Basma grew up in a home where love felt distant, and approval, especially from her mother, Omaya, felt earned. A strong-willed daughter with a voice of her own, she often found herself shut down instead of seen. As the pressures of marriage and conformity started to build,...

Faraja and Nanga is a deeply personal story about faith, love and the quiet courage it takes to choose your own path. Faraja grew up cherished by her father, Nanga, and was the apple of his eye. She was raised in what she remembers as a happy and stable home after her mother’s sudden absence. When her family later became Jehovah’s Witnesses, life shifted in subtle but significant ways. Faraja foll...

We have a man in the house! In this powerful episode of So This Is Love , Jerry shares his journey through childhood trauma, abandonment, and growing up in violent and emotionally unsafe spaces.  With honesty and grace, Jerry speaks about healing and finding purpose after years of pain. He also shares about his upcoming book, Of Pain and Grace . This is a rare and moving conversation about resilie...

Today’s episode is about two sisters raised by survival. One stepped in where a mother fell away, the other learned to run instead of stay. Through Amari’s emotional recollection, we observe how, through her eyes, love becomes duty, sacrifice becomes expectation, and resentment quietly takes root. This is a story about sisterhood, choice, and the kind of wounds that time alone doesn’t heal. Consid...

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Welcome to Season 6 In this episode, Makena looks back at a marriage she rushed into at a very vulnerable time in her life. What seemed right on paper quickly revealed bigger differences in values, expectations, and the reasons they both chose each other. As real life set in, so did the quiet tensions that slowly reshaped their relationship. This episode is an honest conversation about escaping, a...

In this episode, we meet Gathoni (her real name, but going as Louisa in this episode), once full of promise, now caught in the quiet unravelling of a love that previously felt like home. As success shifts the balance of her marriage, admiration turns to control, and affection to fear. This is the story of a woman learning to recognize her worth again, a journey through naivety, power and the coura...

Valerie’s mother grew up carrying the weight of a broken and unstable childhood, a stolen innocence and wounds that never found rest. In her longing to be loved, she searched for it in all the wrong places, leaving traces of that ache in her daughter’s life. In trying to outrun her mother’s story, Valerie found herself caught in its reflection, until grace met her where pain once lived. A story of...

In today’s episode, a young, headstrong, and rooted-in-faith Wendo steps into what she believes is the relationship she has been praying for: a love grounded in her beliefs, intentionality, and shared Christian values. What begins as romance slowly unravels into a story of control and manipulation, where religion becomes a weapon and obedience is demanded at any cost. As Wendo struggles to hold on...

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A word from our sponsors Eyaly Skin On So This Is Love , we always come back to self-love & self-care and for me, that now means investing in my skin. I’m starting a glow journey with Eyaly, trying out treatments like HIFU, RF microneedling & wellness IV drips - so can you! Find them at Alta Towers, 3rd floor or call 0710203565 to book your consultation. I’ll be sharing the whole process o...

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Our sponsor for this episode is Tuwork. Whether you're a consultant, entrepreneur, or just tired of pretending your dining table is an office (where is the lie?) TuWork offers flexible packages, beautiful garden spaces, private offices, communal workspaces, meeting rooms, and even a terrace bar! Try a day pass for only two thousand shillings by using my code tuworklove20 for a 20% discount. Ca...

Our sponsor for this episode is Tuwork. Whether you're a consultant, entrepreneur, or just tired of pretending your dining table is an office (where is the lie?) TuWork offers flexible packages, beautiful garden spaces, private offices, communal workspaces, meeting rooms, and even a terrace bar! Try a day pass for only two thousand shillings by using my code tuworklove20 for a 20% discount. Call t...

Zuri thought she’d met the man of her dreams in a chance encounter at an immigration office. He was a gentle giant, strong, masculine and towered over her in that way that Zuri always wanted a man to do so to make her feel protected. And he spoke to her directly, with intent, in that way that made Zuri feel chosen. Their love moved fast, but to Zuri, it felt like destiny. What followed was a quiet...

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She was the typical fresh-faced, doe-eyed high school graduate eager to embark on a new chapter after completing school.  He was a man of God. Right off the bat, Ella is enthusiastic to make herself fully useful in the church. She is swept up in the glow of youthful faith and the promise of a community that feels like home. But when Makaburi, the charismatic leader everyone reveres, draws her clos...

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Welcome to the season 4 finale! Thank you for listening. Consider supporting this podcast via our mpesa till number 9095819 or PayPal ⁠⁠⁠ sothisislovepodcastke@gmail.com ⁠⁠⁠ If you or someone you know is affected by domestic or sexual violence, find support here: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3ODUzNDUyODYyMzIwNDA3?igsh=eXkyNWRmZW1lenh5⁠  

Amara’s mother was vibrant, beautiful, and free-spirited—a woman who spoke with an enviable confidence and carried herself with effortless charm. But behind the poise was a crippling addiction, an absence that shaped Amara’s childhood and forced her to step into shoes far too big, far too soon. This is a story of survival, resilience, search for identity and of the quiet grief that comes with lovi...

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