The Embracing Podcast

What remains of you when the titles, the roles, and the achievements are all stripped away? Eiry and Yemi open this one on Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning — his idea that the last human freedom is choosing who you are no matter what's done to you — and turn it into an honest conversation about finding your core self underneath everything the world handed you. The first half is...

Before you ever get a say, the world starts handing you roles. Be this kind of woman. Be the good girl. Be the strong one. Be the daughter who holds it all together. In this episode, Eiry and Yemi pull apart external identity — the version of you built out of culture, family, and expectation — and ask the question underneath all of it: which parts of who I am did I actually choose, and which parts...

We didn't start this podcast because we have everything figured out. We started it because we don't — and we think that's exactly the point. In this first episode, Eiry and Yemi introduce themselves, explain why two friends of 20+ years decided to get on a mic and figure things out in public, and unpack what the word "embracing" actually means to them. This isn't a show a...

We didn't start this podcast because we have it all figured out. We started it because we don't — and we think that's exactly the point. The Embracing Podcast is two friends of 20+ years getting honest about identity, authenticity, and what it actually looks like to show up as yourself. New episodes every Thursday.