Between Me And The Ink

Have you ever felt gaslit because you feel like an orphan even though you have a family and you can't explain why? It presents as a very deep feeling of aloneness and a persisting lack of love. I found out there's a word for it, and you're not alone!

The loneliness pandemic? Okay, but does that apply to you? Me? I think not!

Routines might seem boring and predictable, but they are ideal for managing the parts of my life that are boring and need to be predictable. The benefits include building an astronomical level of self trust, and being able to get shit done with little to no friction!

Self sabotage can look like different things to different people. But at it's core, it's the same fear of failure driving us all.

Tough times really are upon us. And asking you to thrive would be unrealistic. This is just a call to survive.

Sadness is perhaps one of the most engulfing emotions, and yet one of the easiest to postpone, or completely ignore. In this episode, I remind you that you're valid in all of the things that may have made you sad, and that you should grieve whenever grief comes knocking.

Emotional activation is such a common occurrence that it makes no sense why we were never actively taught how to self regulate. But it's not too late to learn, is it? I certainly think not.

Setting goals is easy, but without a system, achieving them is near impossible.

When a Kenyan producer decides to feature queerness in their show or film, you can almost always bet on mediocrity, at best, in the representation. And to be fair, it's always better than the homophobic 'jokes' we've had to accept for so many years as a deluded form of acknowledgement for the existence of queerness. But, we do deserve better, yes?

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone was a very insightful read that continues to bless my life, years after I first read it. In this episode, I summarized 8 lessons I got from it that stay timeless.