Tings and Things

“Faiza and her team have literally changed the game in Nairobi through a number of avenues. Qe pick her brain about her ventures, how she has gone against the grain and changed the Nairobi scene and curated one of the sickest vibes that people genuinely rock with.  Check out her personal page @faysflow. Also keep up with the best events, personally curated by Faiza in the +254, follow @ nairobirnb...

Our social media feeds can have a huge impact on who we are and the kind of mood that we have. For some people they find that they follow certain accounts promoting material gains and then find themself being depressed. What is the link between that and what causes this? We decided to switch up our feeds recently and this is the resulting conversation that stems from say action.

Drinkcember is the season to drink, eat, party, be merry, let your hair down, dance like you just don’t care…you get the gist. For so many people in our audience they get to travel home and see some old familiar faces and it is an incredible time to reconnect and bond with out close family and friends. 

Stefani is the owner of the La Elegant Boutique. She is building her empire becoming a pioneer for the fashion industry in Kenya. In this episode, we learn how she has grown her boutique and how she has created her own personal brand through her highly successful blog. Keep up with all her travel adventures and get your style inspo from her Instagram @Pendaroma Check out the hottest store in Nairo...

We are so thankful that you beautiful people have been rocking with us for so long. We are so appreciative of each one of you for tuning in and listening every Thursday. Tings and Tings is our baby, and with that being said it has grown past our immediate circle of friends. We are getting plays in countries that we have never been to and that is mind blowing. This episode is long overdue but allow...

“Rui Yamashita is a traveler and an artist behind Kangarui. She was born in Japan, raised in Kenya and her life experiences are reflected in each of her designs. A quirky fusion style, filled with color and often with animals found in East Africa, she wishes to spread her safari love around the world through her designs. Please check out her amazing designs at www.kangarui.com . Christmas is aroun...

After nearly three months apart this is just a loose and free episode where we just sit down and chat and catch up with what has happened over the last few months with us and sharing it with the Tings and Things Family.

Our generation has grown up with social media, it’s like we are the first to truly go through this. It has had a significant impact on how we now view and navigate relationships. It has added a significant twist on an already complex interaction. What dynamics do you think social media has brought into relationships?

So many of us defeat ourselves before we start. The self doubt, the fear of rejection and the thought of not being good enough are thoughts that play into keeping us from fulfilling our full potential.  Have you ever been so afraid of failing at something that you decided not to try it at all? Or has a fear of failure meant that, subconsciously, you undermined your own efforts to avoid the possibi...

Catching the green-eyed monster after surfing through social media is not uncommon. Witnessing friends going on vacations, seeking new opportunities, getting engaged, or making lots of money can sometimes make us feel inferior. We then sit around and mourn over our “horrible” lives without even thinking about how blessed we really are. The prevalence of social media is to blame for this madness be...

We’ve grown up with a transient lifestyle, commitments can be difficult for us to make. This comes from the society and culture we third culture kids often find ourselves in. We live in international communities where people rarely stay for more than a couple of years. We are constantly saying “goodbye.” We’d rather date multiple people at once because it’s much easier and more thrilling than just...

Sober October is usually a month without drinking, but its meaning  has been broadened to an overall healthy lifestyle for the month of October as the holidays approach. The holidays are often a time people neglect their diet and exercise regimen, and using the month of October to help reset your body, and prepare it for the holidays is a smart way to mitigate some of the damage that inevitably ta...

With the lives we live, for many of us we find ourselves in situations where we are far away from some of our closest friends. Some of us are lucky to have the people we love nearest to use. Irrespective of proximity, we gotta check up on our people because we have become masters of pretending and brushing things off. We delve into all of that this episode?

So many of us are involved with people that have been our friends that we have been with for a while. In this episode we discuss the conundrum of cutting off people in their lives that aren’t contributing their success/overall well-being. 

Welcome to the age of nostalgia. From live-action remakes of our favorite Disney films to Saturday morning cartoons streaming on Netflix to a renewed interest in everybody’s favorite neighbor, Mister Rogers, it seems like millennials don’t want to grow up. Nostalgia — the “wistful or excessively sentimental yearning” for the past — is not unique to millennials. But this seeming obsession with all...

Outliers: The Story of Success is the third non-fiction book written by Malcolm Gladwell and published by Little, Brown and Company on November 18, 2008. In Outliers , Gladwell examines the factors that contribute to high levels of success. To support his thesis, he examines why the majority of Canadian ice hockey players are born in the first few months of the calendar year, how Microsoft co-foun...

Share a lot of my life, personal thoughts and feelings here as well as create imagery, useful content and tips. But with this growing online presence comes a new, different responsibility. Primarily, the expectance to be ‘on’ at all times, and to answer everyone’s questions on pretty much everything. Instagram, in particular has made everyone so accessible and really broken down barriers in terms...

So many of us are strong free spirit is with some deep personalities. I know many of us have been raised in a way that is different to the one our parents have laid out for us. With that being said some of us have embarked on “unconventional career  paths or even business ventures that would raise an eyebrow to those in our parents generations this has required us to venture out and seek out mento...

Never before has a young generation paid this much attention to food, nor challenged the food supply chain, championed chef advocacy or focused on sustainability. As a Tings and Things collective we consider ourselves to be some people with some rather sophisticated tastes in food. Within the past few years, it’s become pretty clear that millennials are the foodie generation. Food-related things l...

There has been an overwhelming wave of cancel culture that goes on and we tackle this phenomenon in this episode. Every week it’s almost another person that we are cancelling. In this episode we delve deeper into this whole wave and who we are canceling this week? Thinking happy isn’t enough Have you managed the transition between positive thinking and positive doing?

This episode “Free Game” starts with Jono is prying into Simba’s introduction to the music industry and how he managed to established himself in such a competitive industry then unravels into a sequence of interesting and mind-blowing conversations that we wanted to share and things go downhill from there.

This is one of our favorite episodes that we have to have to share with you. Tings and Things is essentially a collection of conversations that we have had in our personal lives and for the most part we have decided to share those conversations with you. This episode is an off the dome conversation of things that we have had on had mind/things that we have decided to share with you.

So often many of travel home, or have friends that travel home for the summer. The summer flex is something we have participated in or witnessed first hand. In this episode we recap some of our most epic summer flexes, and give our two cents about the current flex climate and give our advice for all of those participating in the summer flex this year.

We are taught to tell the world everything. From what we ate last night to the relationship status of our current mate. Social media makes it easy to have instant access to our thoughts and ideas. It can be great at times and not so great sometimes. You know that moment when you're just out here minding your business and suddenly you get a phone call or email that the opportunity you've...

As people we are always digesting new things from tv shows, podcasts, books and so forth. In this episode you learn a little more about us and what we have been consuming lately. These things can have a significant impact on us in a number of ways ranging from entertainment to development.