Cocoa Butter Junkie

In the episode I go back to a painful period in my life

Pieces I read in the episode

https://medium.com/@thiskenyanwoman/living-someone-else-s-life-9ee14b30b422

https://medium.com/@thiskenyanwoman/practicality-a-k-a-kicking-and-screaming-into-adulthood-895c4c895ed2

https://medium.com/@thiskenyanwoman/my-eyes-are-wide-open-168904d7203f

https://medium.com/@thiskenyanwoman/my-dear-brother-565100275861

https://medium.com/@thiskenyanwoman/thoughts-inspired-by-death-and-the-new-year-61680a021fc7

https://medium.com/@thiskenyanwoman/one-empty-mind-521ae3262f3

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS

https://www.youtube.com/c/thefuturishere

https://www.instagram.com/thefuturishere/

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Music

Happy African Village by John Bartman

Not Remembering her by Esther Abrami

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In the episode I examine common misconceptions about therapy

HELPFUL RESOURCES

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Music 

Happy African Village by John Bartman

Birds by Monk Turner

Fascinoma-04 Its Your Birthday Instrumental Version by Monk Turner

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In the episode this week, let's examine how we talk to ourselves.

This weeks recommendations

Dr. Tracey Marks

https://youtu.be/Ux0FHPux6J0

Softie The Film

https://youtu.be/vfKFuvjFn_4

https://www.softiethefilm.com/watch

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Further reading

https://www.mindwell-leeds.org.uk/myself/feel-better/practise-self-help/depression-self-help/challenge-how-you-think-depression

https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/stop-automatic-negative-thoughts#1-remove-should-thoughts

https://positivepsychology.com/challenging-automatic-thoughts-positive-thoughts-worksheets/

https://cimhs.com

Music 

Happy African Village by John Bartman

Not Remembering her by Esther Abrami

Ellie's Home Stretch by The Green North Sound Society

Fascinoma-04 Its Your Birthday Instrumental Version by Monk Turner

In the episode we talk to Muhu, a counseling psychologist about the therapy process, exploring what it is, what its not and common misconceptions about it.

MTRH-Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital

You can book a session with her on +254714807447

Growth Catalyst

https://www.growthcatalysts.org/

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This weeks recommendations

Dr. Ramani

https://www.youtube.com/user/DoctorRamanDurvasula

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Music 

Happy African Village by John Bartman

Not Remembering her by Esther Abrami

Ellie's Home Stretch by The Green North Sound Society

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In the episode this week we explore emotional abuse, starting with ourselves

This weeks recommendations

Zikora

https://www.amazon.com/Zikora-Short-Chimamanda-Ngozi-Adichie-ebook/dp/B08K942N84

Notion

https://www.notion.so

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Music 

Happy African Village by John Bartman

Not Remembering her by Esther Abrami

Ellie's Home Stretch by The Green North Sound Society

On the episode this week, A Conversation with Ama

This weeks recommendations

Conversations with Ama

https://anchor.fm/conversationswithama/

Sam Vaknin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uM13pZxBLM

An open letter to South African Men by Vusi Thembekwayo

https://medium.com/@vusispeaker/an-open-letter-to-south-african-men-d290022c356d

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Music 

Happy African Village by John Bartman 

Not Remembering her by Esther Abrami

Ellie's Home Stretch by The Green North Sound Society

On the episode this week is a submission I received from one of you guys, a listener...

This weeks recommendations

Criminal UK Season 2 Episode 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtHBrjgDjes

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Music 

Happy African Village by John Bartman 

Not Remembering her by Esther Abrami

Ellie's Home Stretch by The Green North Sound Society

Into It by Kwon

Today I talk with Ntombi from the Podcast Season 2000 about making the same episode on both our podcasts :-) 

This weeks recommendations

Go listen to Ntombizodwa: Season 2000

Unspoken Feelings of a Gentleman I & II by Pierre Alex Jeanty

How to Stop Feeling So Damn Depressed: The No BS Guide for Men by Jonas A. Horwitz PhD

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Music 

Happy African Village by John Bartman Not Remembering her by Esther Abrami

Fascinoma-04 Its Your Birthday Instrumental Version by Monk Turner

Ellie's Home Stretch by The Green North Sound Society

Into It by Kwon

Hey there!

I’m baaaack!! For real this time! Welcome to Season Two of the podcast!!!!

In this episode, I tackle what I’ve been up to since I took a break & what grief has been like for me

Grief definition from 

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/grief

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grief

Read The 128th stage of grief here

https://medium.com/@thiskenyanwoman/the-128th-stage-of-grief-6118de96ca23

The stammer

https://medium.com/@thiskenyanwoman/the-stammer-73170532fcf1

I am so down in the dumps, my soul is overwhelmed.

https://medium.com/@thiskenyanwoman/i-am-so-down-in-the-dumps-my-soul-is-overwhelmed-309055584f9e

Listen to Episode 2 here

https://anchor.fm/cocoabutterjunkie/episodes/EPISODE-2--My-Mental-Health-Experience-efhl75

Listen to Episode 3 here

https://anchor.fm/cocoabutterjunkie/episodes/EPISODE-3--The-day-I-found-out-my-brother-was-dead-efmq4e

Listen to Episode 8 here

https://anchor.fm/cocoabutterjunkie/episodes/EPISODE-8--Women-Vs-Womanhood-in-Kenya-ehel26

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Notes on Grief | The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/notes-on-grief

MDQ’s episodes on CTA

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY82RVylbju3bkK_ya_PD0w0690w9Loi2

Passenger List. 

https://passengerlist.org/

 Unmarried 

https://www.showmax.com/eng/tvseries/9e6vwnk0-unmarried

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Music

Happy African Village by John Bartman

Not Remembering her by Esther Abrami

Hey, so here's a bonus episode as I work  on Season 2. It's taking a  shape I hadn’t planned on but I am happy it is going the way it is…can’t  wait to release it.  Just a few more days!

Platitude definition read from wikipedia : https://g.co/kgs/zUYhkr

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This week I’m listening to 

Where should we begin with Esther Perel, a podcast that follows one couple’s therapy session of different couples with Esther Perel. 

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Music

Happy African Village by John Bartman

Not Remembering her by Esther Abrami