The More Sibyl Podcast

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: 계속 선택하는 사랑 |Almost Forty Years, Three Countries, and What It Takes to Stay — The One with the Ibikunles: Episode 4 (2026)   Love is patient, love is kind. Love hopes all things, and love endures all things (1 Corinthians 13:4-7). We all know this scripture. But the word I keep circling back to is endures. We love to dwell on the soft, beautiful things love...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents:  There is a room in most marriages that nobody talks about. Not the kitchen where the arguments happen. Not the living room where everything looks fine for visitors. The bedroom. The one that started full of something and somewhere along the line went quiet. No dramatic moment. Nobody planned it. It just happened. This episode I walked into that room with Pastor Te...

The Relationship Room Presents: We started with pole dancing. I know, I know — just stay with me. Mo! came back to The Relationship Room and mentioned, almost in passing, that she'd just had her first pole dancing class in Korea. And yes, we got into it: the sports bra, the grip, the videos she will absolutely never post on Instagram. We had fun. But then we kept talking. And somewhere in that con...

This is exactly the energy I wanted to open Season 9 with. The rawness, the healing, the self-love. This episode is a tribute to every woman who has been through so 8and chose, eventually, to let go instead of push through. Temi Oseni is 38, Nigerian, divorced, three-fibroid-surgery-deep, and currently living her best life in Southeast Asia on a self-funded gap year she planned entirely for hersel...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: Season 9 is here. And Mo! is not arriving polished. This season opener is a monologue; no guest, no research framework, no retrospective lessons tied with a bow. Just Mo! sitting with you in real time, naming what has been true for a while, and telling you exactly what Season 9 is going to be. Here is what is on the table: The number NINE. Why this season hits diff...

The Relationship Room Presents: In this episode of The Relationship Room, I sit with Mo! and we get into the relationships that shape us, starting with the most important one: the one with yourself. Mo! introduced something she calls "ghosting yourself," that slow, quiet disconnection from your own voice, your needs, and your intuition. The kind that happens long before you ever walk away from any...

What happens when the people who believed in you before you believed in yourself finally sit across from you and you get to say thank you on a mic? That is exactly this episode. I am joined by two of my oldest friends and fellow members of what we proudly call the Sisterhood of the Traveling Scarves. Temi, an endoscopy nurse visiting the US for the very first time, and Bisi, an ER nurse who has be...

The Relationship Room Presents: In this episode, Mo! and I talk about money, not just how it shows up in our relationships, but how it shapes our lives. We dive into the infamous Black Tax, something so many of us can relate to whether we live at home or abroad. There’s the pride that comes with being able to support family, and the quiet responsibility that follows. Mo! reflects on a moment when...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: In a moment where diaspora conversations often swing between "I miss home" and "I'm never going back," what happens when you actually spend two months living—not visiting—in the place you left behind? This episode brings Doc Ayomide back to us on the podcast for an unfiltered conversation about my recent two-month stay in Nigeria. What started as a trip home became...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how many of us are holding two things at once: prescription bottles on one hand, herbal teas and mindfulness practices on the other. Somewhere in the middle, a question keeps surfacing for me: what does healing look like when we stop asking it to choose between science and soul? In this episode, I sit with Dr. Tokunbo Akande,...

The Relationship Room Presents: You know that moment when you start to text someone you used to speak to every single day… and then your spirit just says, leave it? Welcome to the very first episode of The Relationship Room, a new segment of the award-winning More Sibyl Podcast, created because some conversations just need their own space. A space where we can talk plainly about the relationships...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: In this age of going no-contact, and in a moment where the word “narcissism” is often slapped on everything, family conversations can feel more divided than ever. Stay or leave. Set boundaries or keep the peace. As we close out the year, we wanted to slow that binary down and make space for nuance. In the final episode of this year, we talk about the weight of fami...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: This episode asks something quietly radical in our moment: what if the real crisis isn’t ignorance, but the steady erosion of how we relate to knowledge, to one another, and to responsibility? In my conversation with Mr. Gbane Okolo, we talk about what it’s like to think deeply in a world that often feels impatient with nuance, how curiosity can start to feel risky...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents:  Some friendships don’t arrive with fireworks; they arrive quietly, like a warm breeze on an unfamiliar coastline. That’s what meeting Seohan was like for me. This episode is a gentle, honest look at how unexpected connections can shape how we survive, grow, and soften while living far from home. In today’s conversation, recorded in Busan, South Korea, Seohan and I...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents:  What does it mean to belong everywhere and nowhere at once? In this episode of The More Sibyl Podcast, I sit with Dr. Xin She, a pediatrician, global health scholar, researcher, mindfulness educator, polyglot, and Fulbright Fellow, whose life spans continents, cultures, and ways of knowing. Together, we explore what it means to heal beyond medicine, to find wholen...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents:  To close out our Prostate Cancer & Men’s Wellness Awareness Series, we sit with Dr. Timi Adepoju, a physician, leadership coach, entrepreneur, and living proof that adversity can be a launchpad. From growing up in Ibadan during Nigeria’s era of scarcity to building thriving clinics and leadership programs in the U.S., his story is a masterclass in grit, grace,...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: In this episode, I sit down with Mr. Mark A. Harris, a men's health advocate whose story redefines what it means to face illness with faith, courage, and community. Recorded on Father’s Day, this conversation goes beyond prostate cancer; it’s about legacy, love, and learning to “do it afraid.” Mr. Harris opens up about his prostate cancer diagnosis, the heartbreaki...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents:  What does it mean to live well, even in the face of illness? How do we care for those navigating both the physical and emotional realities of cancer? In this episode of The More Sibyl Podcast, we sit down with one of the pioneers of psycho-oncology, Dr. Andrew Roth, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and longtime attending p...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: At five or six years old, Mr. Roland Odeleye walked miles through the chaos of Nigeria’s 1966 military coup, guided by an inner compass that brought him home safely. That moment became a defining spark in his journey, from Bodija’s fruit-filled streets to a life of purpose, advocacy, and resilience in the face of prostate cancer. In this deeply moving episode of Th...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents:  ⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode discusses suicide and depression. Please take care of your heart before you listen. How do we talk honestly about youth suicide, parenting, and mental health in communities where silence has been the norm? In this episode of The More Sibyl Podcast, we present a raw, necessary, and profoundly human conversation on one of the most pr...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents:  It’s back-to-school season, and while many families are packing lunches and buying supplies, some of us — especially in immigrant or multicultural homes — carry invisible loads. We’re advocating for kids who don’t “fit the mold,” navigating behavioral concerns, or trying to decode school systems never designed with us in mind. That’s why we hosted “More Than a Bac...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: 볼 수 있어야 꿈꾼다| From Ikorodu to the World: Testimony of Purpose and Possibility — The One With Testimony Adebiyi | Episode 27 (2025) In this powerful episode, we sit down with Miss Testimony Adebiyi, a passionate changemaker whose story begins in the low-income neighborhood of Ikorodu, Lagos. The daughter of a teacher and a pastor, Testimony grew up facing the...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents:  Can you imagine sending your 8-year-old back to your home country for school after immigrating to another country? Before you say, “Heck no!” Especially my Naija people, you might want to listen to this episode. This week, we’re joined by the remarkable Dr. Elizabeth Ajayi-Bridges: educator, community builder, founder, and mother extraordinaire. We both met in boa...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents:  Legacy. Leadership. Life Lessons. This episode on The More Sibyl Podcast is surely unforgettable. I had the privilege of sitting down with Professor Onatolu Odukoya, the former Chief Medical Director of Lagos University Teaching Hospital. What began as a conversation about legacy evolved into an enriching dialogue about purpose, faith, leadership, and the wisdom t...

The More Sibyl Podcast Presents: Welcome to July! We’re kicking off the month with a deeply resonant episode featuring my dear friend, Dr. Otito Iwuchukwu. She’s no stranger to this space; it’s not her first rodeo! But this time, we welcome her back in a role that’s even more intimate and relatable: as a mother and, as you’ll hear, a fierce advocate. As immigrant parents prepare for another school...