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Tomisin is a pioneer within the Nigerian music space. She’s a product designer, podcaster, strategist and the founder of Lucid Lemons 🍋
On this episode we catch up with her. We discuss identity issues between being in corporate vs being a creative. (09:20)
Tomisin tells us the backstory of Lucid lemons, we unpack its origins inspired in parts through her community and the relationships around her, such as with her best friend DJ Femo (18;45).
Life happens so we unpack why things slowed down and what was going on in real life.(25:30)
“2019 was my nose dive year, 2020 I was six feet under”. We unpack mental health, her battle with depression and what rehab was like. It required a lot of bravery but in her words “I met people in rehab that changed me at my core” (39:40)
We move further navigating the transition between Tomisin being her own boss and getting into corporate. From employer to employee (47:00)
Finally she tells how she’s starting over , building back up and get into some details about the Lucid business model (56:20). She also tells us what she’s currently working on and her current vision. We discuss the feeling of struggling to find the next steps.
This was a really great and insightful episode. We hope you enjoy listening and encourage you to share with your friends, like and rate our podcast. It’s all super important for our growth.
Find Tomisin here:
Personal IG: https://instagram.com/tomisin_akins?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Lucid Lemons: https://instagram.com/lucidlemonss?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Follow us on Instagram: @underconstructionpodcast
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Tomisin is a pioneer within the Nigerian music space. She’s a product designer, podcaster, strategist and the founder of Lucid Lemons 🍋
On this episode we catch up with her. We discuss identity issues between being in corporate vs being a creative. (09:20)
Tomisin tells us the backstory of Lucid lemons, we unpack its origins inspired in parts through her community and the relationships around her, such as with her best friend DJ Femo (18;45).
Life happens so we unpack why things slowed down and what was going on in real life.(25:30)
“2019 was my nose dive year, 2020 I was six feet under”. We unpack mental health, her battle with depression and what rehab was like. It required a lot of bravery but in her words “I met people in rehab that changed me at my core” (39:40)
We move further navigating the transition between Tomisin being her own boss and getting into corporate. From employer to employee (47:00)
Finally she tells how she’s starting over , building back up and get into some details about the Lucid business model (56:20). She also tells us what she’s currently working on and her current vision. We discuss the feeling of struggling to find the next steps.
This was a really great and insightful episode. We hope you enjoy listening and encourage you to share with your friends, like and rate our podcast. It’s all super important for our growth.
Find Tomisin here:
Personal IG: https://instagram.com/tomisin_akins?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Lucid Lemons: https://instagram.com/lucidlemonss?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Follow us on Instagram: @underconstructionpodcast