Time for Us, With Dani Wallace

A chat with local DJ, Talia Zaken, our little baddie! She tells us her DJ origin story, diving into all facets of a career that seems like one big party on the surface. Yet, it demands a keen awareness of mental health, the potential for burnout, and the pursuit of balance.

Let's be honest, ketamine has become synonymous with dancefloor at this point. In this episode, I look at K and try to evaluate how we're treating this substance (and ourselves). And when I say "headache" at some point near the middle, I just mean I referred to like 40-50 articles to try and double-check the information that I came across, so I was ready to move onto the chat/opi...

My lovely friend Gia tells us why she ditched the Copper-T and drops some knowledge regarding the new contraceptive route she's decided to take – the 'Fertility Awareness Method'. A lot of the insight G shares relates to the two books referenced below: "In the FLO: A 28-day plan working with your monthly cycle to do more and stress less" by Alisa Vitti "Taking Charge of...

In this episode, I take a look at "What Happened To You?" by Dr Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey. The book takes a look at trauma through a Scientific lens, and honestly, it's blown me and continues to blow me out of the water. It's personally helped me cultivate understanding, empathy and tenderness for myself and the deep-rooted, self-sabotaging worldview that formed way back wh...

Wow, this one was a toughie to get out there. Travelling while podcasting has been a bit of a challenge - BUT WE DID IT! Progress over perfection. We learn, we move, we vibe. This week we chat to Aaron, my loverboy. You'll hear our closing thoughts as we say farewell to NYC. We get into a little bit of Aaron's time at Yale and chat about secret societies and fraternity pledging (the exciti...

This one is NOT for any of my family members LOL. I landed in the United States last week Friday – 5th May, so in this SOLO episode I give you a bit of a rundown of my trip so far. Keeping it light this week during this full-on stream-of-consciousness ramble that covers the wedding we attended in Greenwich and my first encounter with cock rings that I bought before leaving South Africa on this tri...

My second SOLO mini-episode…  A little late but here nonetheless. I’ve been unwell this week, which is the cause for delay.  In this poddy I get into the notion of “reconciling past versions of yourself”. I went to Durbs last week (my home town) and it did a number on me… Oy vey.  This one has been a beautiful challenge as I go from running away from myself to running into my own arms.  Hope you l...

Listen in on this glorious, rumbling, and rolling repartee with a very special person – Gabi Kempen. Gab's touches on her career at Google, we then swerve into topics like imposter syndrome, Instagram, and our endless pursuit of external validation. Only to hand break turn into chats around trauma, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), and TRE (tension & trauma releasing exercises). The c...

Join me for a SOLO mini-episode where I spill my guts on my recent ponderings around addiction/addictive behaviours/reliance on substances. I'm not sure how this is going to go down, it might go down the wrong hole, or it might go down smoother than a Japanese whiskey. Only time will tell... As I say in this podcast – I'm not a medical professional, everything I speak of is my experience a...

This week's friendly visitor is Kerry Chambers. A dear, sweet, friend of mine, one of my best. Listen up as we have a chinwag about work, fashion, and magic mushrooms. We make a case for repurposing the "boss bitch" / "girl boss" phase we've all endured (because we're yawning at the sentiment now). What if I kinda wanna be a "normal bitch" or a "happy...

The first episode of "Time for Us" is here! Yippee Ki-Yay... I have a chat with one of my nearest and dearest, Ariel Van Heerden <3 We chat about modelling, body image, our borderline drinking problems, and who we want to be when we grow up… Please excuse any hiccups, this is my firsty and we grow, we learn, we move. New episodes every Wednesday.

Hey, I’m Dani Welcome to my podcast! I don’t have it figured out, and I’m no expert.  This podcast is just ordinary people having conversations about this extraordinary thing we call life. Open, honest, unfiltered. There are no rules, we’ll go where we want, say what we think, and have a good laugh in between. Stay tuned (as they say) for chats with my friends and some new fraces 😂 Look – it'...