The Love, Stella Podcast.

Hey Gorgeous! Welcome back to The Love, Stella Podcast where we have conversations to stimulate your mind and feed your soul! So happy to share a brief life update and welcome you to Spring- a season of renewal rebirth. I start the episode by sharing some ways I am romanticizing my life this Spring and how through nature and decluttering. I then share a summary of my experience at the Badass Works...

Hey Loves- I am so happy to share this mini masterclass in personal branding and excellence. My conversation with Bukky George-Taylor, a PR expert in name and in practice was long overdue. She is the founder of Robert Taylor Media, one of the directors of The Lagos Today Newspaper, Director for Strategic Partnerships of The Luxury Network Nigeria, founder of Africa's first tourism App, Crawl A...

Hey Loves! This episode is such a breath of fresh air and I am happy to bring you this conversation with Dr. Kimberly Farris. Kimberly is the owner and founder of Kymistri Wellness, LLC. She is a Vinyasa yoga instructor, Certified Vibrational and Sound Therapy practitioner, Trauma Informed Sensual Yoga Instructor as well as a public health professional working in chronic disease prevention for the...

Welcome back to the Love, Stella Podcast! We are so happy to share this conversation with Dr. Janet Adetu. She is an Executive Professional and High Performance Coach who I met when I was Communications Director at the American Women's Club in Lagos. This podcast, we discuss her natural gifts and how she was able to hone and refine these gifts as she made progress up the ladder of excellence....

Happy 2024 and thank you for listening to this podcast! This episode of The Love, Stella Podcast shares some strategies on making 2024 your best year ever. Using the Wheel of Life concept adapted by Ali Abdal, Stella shares her strategies on how to do a life audit first then prioritize the key areas you want to tackle. She then goes on to share housekeeping updates on the podcast. Spoiler alert: W...

Seasons Greetings, Gorgeous! Welcome to a new episode of the pod, a video episode at that. *hand clap* I am pleased to bring you this conversation with Roxanne Bougsin. She is a thespian, Kizomba Queen and Mental Health Advocate who I had the pleasure of meeting and working with briefly from 2019-2020. She shares updates on her life, her journey in media and entertainment as well as her love for d...

Hey Gorgrous! Welcome to November. I am happy to bring you this podcast to officially welcome you into my birth month. We start off with a life update and a prayer for November to bring you peace, opportunity and love. We also move in to a petite Ted Talk/ Self Care Vignette on Divine Femininity as taught by Mama Ayahuasca and Grand Father Huachuma. We are also in conversation with Sylvia Nwoko, a...

Hey Friends! We are back this week with an amazing episode. We start off with a brief life update as well as a petite Ted Talk on the differences between Self Care and Self Love. We are in conversation with Stephanie Henderson of The Self Care Focus a gathering space for intimate events in Marietta, Georgia. We talk about her self care journey, the birth of The Self Care Focus and how important it...

Are you living a Gifted Life? Join us on this episode as we take a deep dive on Environmental Self Care, Financial Self Care and are in conversation with Damilola Okuboyejo. She is the Founder and Creative Director of By Dami Studios, Boxed by Dami and Just So Dope Kids and she shares her origin story, the importance of consistency and determination and saying goodbye to imposter syndrome. She als...

Hey Gorgeous! Welcome back to The Love, Stella Podcast and Happy Summer! We are pleased to bring this new episode that starts off with a life update of summer travels. We also get into the nitty gritty of Social Self Care and share some ways for us to protect our peace in person and online. Naffie Amadu Abdulmalik, Founder and CEO of NaffiExquisite Services shares some real deal tips on entreprene...

Happy Mother's Day! This week is extra special. We are in conversation with Dr. Memee K. White, Founder and Director of MKW Educational Foundation and member of the American Business Council in Nigeria. We cover her education origin story, her family life and the impact her Foundation is making in education. The necessity for cultural sensitivity while discussing special education in Nigeria i...

Hello Lovers and Friends! This week's episode is a banger. Honestly. After sharing a brief life update,we move into a conversation with Dr. Kathryn Tapper, lovingly dubbed Dr. KTap, who is a Jamaican born doctor who uses her unique personal journey from patient to physician to help others succeed in life by showing them how to DOMINATE their diagnosis and live their DESTINY! She is passionate abou...

Hi Lovers and Friends! On this weeks episode yours truly is interviewed by Dr. Chioma Duru, a friend of the podcast. She invites me to share a significant life event. I share my diagnosis, how it affected me and my family unit and advice on how best to support loved ones in similar circumstances.  My story is one of survival, gratitude and immense blessings.  President of Vulnerability I...

Lovers and Friends, Happy New Year! Our first episode of the year is very close to my heart because it features my first therapist in the world, Alaina Lopez, a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Anger Resolution Therapist and Registered Play Therapist in Houston, Texas.  On this episode,she shared information about her background as a Port Arthur, Texas native raised by her mom and g...

This episode highlights the connection between self, mind, spirit and inner peace.  Dr. Gigi Bastien joined the podcast and shared the Ubuntu Wellness Journey origin story, lessons learned from her recent St. Lucia retreat and provided tips on how to stay present grounded and mindful.  Enjoy!

We don't get to determine how long we live but we do get to determine how deep we live.  This quote, spoken by Tosin Durotoye and shared with my by Patrenia Werts Onuoha perfectly encapsulates this episode. Starting with a life update on Stella's 3 Part Birthday celebration, this episode is also a mini-primer on self love and truly celebrating your life. We share a synopsis of "Caring Enough...

This compelling conversation with Adaeze Oputa Anu is such a treat.  We begin by acknowledging the second anniversary of the #EndSARS protest where over 40 protesters lost their lives at the Lekki Toll Gate.  Adaeze then shared an overview of her early life in Lagos which was filled with love but also filled with pressure from the weight of public perception.  Our conversation...

This episodes highlights the connection between self, mind, spirit and inner peace in more ways than one.  Starting out with a life update, Stella shares news about a children's book she recently published and provides some highlights from her recent trip to Tulum, Mexico.  "No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering" by Thich Nhat Hanh is the book for this week and pivitall les...

This podcast shines a light on the importance of personal relationships and building healthy habits.  Starting with a review of Chapter 3 of Radical Self Love by Gala Darling, we are reminded on the importance of keeping friendships fresh and valuing the ones you love. Dr. Chioma Duru joins the podcast and shares actionable and relatable ways to help build better habits and live an intentiona...

Happy June! This episode of the Love,Stella podcast starts with a gem learned from the Drink Champs interview with Tank and follows up Stella's homework /self love date at a thriving brunch spot in the city.  Stella was joined on the podcast by Dr. Jas, licensed psychiatrist and published author of "To Whom it May Concern: Notes from a Psychiatrist".  She shared her journey to psychiatry...

Welcome to the Love, Stella Podcast! Our first episode introduces Stella, a public health communicator by day and a mother, wife and entrepreneur by night.  This episode also takes a brief look at identity and introduces the concept of self love.  Through prompts from "Radical Self Love" by Gala Darling, Stella draws on notes from her own life and challenges listeners to lean into the concept of r...