Hear Me Out

Hear Me Out

By Thembi Maseko & Zintle DubeEducationSelf-Improvement
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Hear Me Out episodes

  • EP15 - Sin (part 2)

    00:00 Continuing the conversation about sin and transformation

    03:00 The consequences of choices that feel small at first

    06:00 Conviction, shame, and the difference between the two

    09:00 Confession, accountability, and bringing struggles into the light

    12:00 Grace is not permission to stay stuck

    15:00 Breaking patterns through practical and spiritual discipline

    18:00 Community, support, and the courage to ask for help

    21:00 Identity beyond failure and learning to receive forgiveness

    24:00 Final encouragement to choose repentance and freedom

    27 min
  • EP15 - Sin (part 1)

    00:00 Introducing the conversation about sin

    03:00 How sin can become normalised in everyday life

    06:00 Desire, temptation, and the choices that shape character

    09:00 Why hiding struggle gives it more power

    12:00 Sin, consequences, and the people affected by our decisions

    15:00 The need for honesty, conviction, and repentance

    18:00 Moving from condemnation toward grace and restoration

    21:00 Building habits that make obedience more practical

    24:00 Setting up the deeper conversation in part two

    26 min
  • EP14 - Purpose

    00:00 Opening the question: what is purpose?03:00 Purpose beyond job titles, achievements, and social pressure06:00 The experiences that begin to reveal what matters to you09:00 Gifts, passion, and the difference between talent and calling12:00 Navigating uncertainty when the next step is unclear15:00 Faith, obedience, and trusting the process over a perfect plan18:00 Comparison, timelines, and staying focused on your own journey21:00 Purpose in relationships, service, and everyday responsibility24:00 Seasons of preparation that do not yet look like progress27:00 Courage to pivot when a path is no longer right30:00 Building a life that reflects your values and calling33:00 Final encouragement to pursue purpose with patience

    36 min
  • EP13 - Leadership (part 2)

    00:00 Returning to the leadership conversation

    02:00 Leading difficult people and handling offense

    04:00 Personal leadership struggles and the cost of responsibility

    06:00 The weight of being entrusted with people

    08:00 Reverence, accountability, and the fear of getting leadership wrong

    10:00 Representing Christ and leading by example

    12:00 Balancing care for people with the work that must be done

    14:00 Blind spots, pressure, and praying for leaders

    16:00 Obedience when leadership feels exhausting

    18:00 Public failure, scandal, and the standards placed on leaders

    20:00 Grace, accountability, and remembering leaders are human

    22:00 Extending grace while still growing in character

    24:00 Fixing your eyes on Jesus rather than the task

    26:00 Owning mistakes, apologizing, and closing reflections

    28 min
  • EP13 - Leadership (part 1)

    00:00 Opening the conversation about leadership

    02:00 Everyday stories and recognising influence in ordinary life

    04:00 Leadership begins with responsibility and character

    06:00 Is your life worth following?

    08:00 Leadership capacity, values, and Christ-like direction

    10:00 Humility, correction, and following instruction

    12:00 The visibility and responsibility that come with influence

    14:00 Leading through service and the example of Jesus

    16:00 Early experiences that revealed leadership potential

    18:00 Feeling the pressure when all eyes are on you

    20:00 Recognising leadership through mistakes and accountability

    22:00 When did you realise you were a leader?

    24:00 Disappointment, school leadership, and an inner sense of calling

    26:00 Natural influence, correction, and responsibility

    28:00 Closing reflections on leadership as a daily practice

    30 min
  • EP12 - GBV

    00:00 Introducing a difficult conversation about gender-based violence

    02:00 Naming violence, abuse, and society's growing numbness

    04:00 Faith, spiritual warfare, and practical responses

    06:00 Abuse, violated trust, and the impact on survivors

    08:00 Listening to survivors and the long road of healing

    10:00 The justice system and the pain of cases that fail survivors

    12:00 How trauma changes trust, safety, and relationships

    14:00 Violence within families and betrayal by those meant to protect

    16:00 Making space for questions and shared reflection

    18:00 Is it fair to hate men after violence?

    20:00 Recognising good men without dismissing lived experiences

    22:00 Why some survivors have never encountered safety with men

    24:00 Protective community, care, and rebuilding trust

    26:00 The difficulty of men speaking about violation

    28:00 Stigma, silence, and creating room for male survivors

    30:00 Abuse experienced by men and the barriers to disclosure

    32:00 Fatherlessness, wounds, and the role of healthy men

    34:00 Emotional regulation, accountability, and getting help

    36:00 Choosing help instead of allowing pain to become violence

    38:00 Why people stay in violent relationships

    40:00 Empathy, longing for love, and cycles of harm

    42:00 Redefining love and challenging harmful normality

    44:00 Bringing abuse into the light and where to seek support

    46:00 Final call for awareness, listening, and action

    47 min
  • EP11 - Work (Part 2)

    00:00 The conventional life path versus an unconventional one

    02:00 Swimming against the current and choosing stay-at-home motherhood

    04:00 Abrupt life transitions and God closing one season

    06:00 Registering for a new degree and sensing a new direction

    08:00 “Submit” as yielding to a higher power

    10:00 Family tension, finances, and trying to make the path work

    12:00 Leadership conflict, pressure, and being pushed out

    14:00 Wanting to finish something after other endings felt premature

    16:00 Yielding, leaving, and the freedom that followed

    18:00 Trusting God with one income and a changing household

    20:00 Identity questions, marriage, and disappointment with life

    24:00 Old self-harm thoughts returning and choosing to stay for her son

    26:00 Obedience, disappointment, and deciding to follow God fully

    28:00 Relearning identity, passion, and the beauty of an unconventional journey

    30:00 Rest culture, guilt, and trusting God with career direction

    33:00 Final encouragement from Matthew 6:33

    ```00:00 The conventional life path versus an unconventional one

    02:00 Swimming against the current and choosing stay-at-home motherhood

    04:00 Abrupt life transitions and God closing one season

    06:00 Registering for a new degree and sensing a new direction

    08:00 “Submit” as yielding to a higher power

    10:00 Family tension, finances, and trying to make the path work

    12:00 Leadership conflict, pressure, and being pushed out

    14:00 Wanting to finish something after other endings felt premature

    16:00 Yielding, leaving, and the freedom that followed

    18:00 Trusting God with one income and a changing household

    20:00 Identity questions, marriage, and disappointment with life

    24:00 Old self-harm thoughts returning and choosing to stay for her son

    26:00 Obedience, disappointment, and deciding to follow God fully

    28:00 Relearning identity, passion, and the beauty of an unconventional journey

    30:00 Rest culture, guilt, and trusting God with career direction

    33:00 Final encouragement from Matthew 6:33

    34 min
  • EP11 - Work (Part 1)

    00:00 Opening banter before the work conversation

    04:00 Childhood dreams, careers, and what changed along the way

    08:00 Purpose, creation, and why work should feel meaningful

    10:00 How sin corrupted work even though work itself is good

    12:00 Jobs versus work and the question of long-term calling

    14:00 Teaching, exhaustion, and depending on God in the classroom

    18:00 Whether work is forever and how seasons can shift

    20:00 Choosing people-centered work over science and maths

    24:00 University choices, finances, and starting in teaching

    28:00 Early opportunities and signs that the path was opening

    30:00 Getting the job and seeing God's hand in the process

    32:00 Fast growth, leadership, and becoming an HOD at 25

    34:00 Obedience, character growth, and why the detour mattered

    35 min
  • EP10 - Racism (part 2)

    00:00 Opening question: racist things people have heard or experienced

    02:00 Hair comments, jokes, and awkward classroom moments

    04:00 Cultural difference versus actual racism

    06:00 Stereotypes about transport, money, and what black success should look like

    08:00 The hidden seed behind subtle discrimination

    10:00 Moving from anger to grief for racist people

    12:00 When “that’s racist” gets overused and loses precision

    14:00 Explaining black hair and culture in everyday conversations

    16:00 Why some people treat “black” like a taboo word

    18:00 English names, mispronunciation, and cultural erasure

    22:00 Family stories and what racism sounds like at home

    24:00 Colorism, buried memories, and unspoken trauma

    26:00 Why people need to speak up instead of staying silent

    29 min
  • EP10 - Racism (part 1)

    00:00 Opening banter and embarrassing stories

    04:00 The classroom bathroom story and teenage humiliation

    10:00 Early shame around being black

    14:00 Language, slurs, and internalized racism

    18:00 Colonization and imported ideas of “civilized”

    20:00 Systems of oppression under apartheid

    22:00 Why racism is demonic and taught through institutions

    24:00 Learning the history and grieving its damage

    28:00 Honoring parents and those who endured the system

    30:00 How apartheid’s structures still shape daily life

    32 min

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