In our final episode for the season and 2025, we took a moment to reflect on the year. Mofi has been binging Grey’s Anatomy (better late than never I guess🫢) and Esther seems to have finally shaken the flu that’s been dealing with her for months.

We wrapped things up by giving ourselves some flowers for staying consistent with the podcast despite all of life’s challenges and being in different time zones. Go us!😀

We have genuinely loved being on this journey and we deeply appreciate all the support we have received from you. We hope you have a great rest of the year, and a fabulous new year! 💕

Aisha, Mofi & Esther

On this episode, we catch up on life after a rough October. WE talk about Esther and Aisha's quiet birthdays, the pressure of gift giving, and our feelings about the ember months.

We also get into the viral Vogue article, “Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?” and unpack everything connected to it. Privacy politics, the pressure to perform relationships online, influencer culture, parasocial audiences, influencer burnout, the return to conservative dating ideals, and why shame shows up in women’s relationships.

We end the episode with returning to accountability goals - do we even remember how to do that?

As always, we hope you enjoy this episode and we would love to hear your own thoughts on the topic.

We're back with another catch-up episode! Esther has been under the weather and lost her voice thanks to the daycare flu her toddler lovingly passed along (sharing is caring, right?). Mofi is in job-hunting mode with new urgency, and we're hopeful for some good news soon. Aisha is working on balancing her career with her social life, while also on a quest to find friends who share her values… which might be hard because she’s one of one (and the only one!)

As always, we hope you enjoy this episode and we would love to hear your thoughts on the topics discussed.

p.s. If you are interested in being Aisha's friend (and you meet the criteria), please send an email to [email protected]

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This week, we’re asking tough questions: Are African parents too coddled? Is it time to decenter them in our emotional narratives? And how do you negotiate conflict when your values are at odds? We rant about African parents and whether things are actually getting better with each generation. 

Mofi shares the details of a recent fight with her mum and questions why empathy so often feels one-sided. Esther, meanwhile, can’t relate, and isn’t exactly worried about her own parenting skills. And Aisha? She swears she’s not a yapper... but based on how much she had to say in this episode, we’re not so sure. Maybe she just needed to get somethings off her chest?

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This week’s episode was all about catching up! How did Mofi’s first ìtọ́jú Mentoring event go? How did Esther survive a week of solo‑parenting? And how is Aisha settling into work and life in Nigeria?

We discussed the realities of childcare in Canada — the hunt for the right daycare and never‑ending waitlists. Aisha and Mofi talked about the “sibling tax” they pay as older siblings, while Esther couldn't relate and proudly admitted to doing the taxing instead. We rounded things off with our summer and future plans (which may or may not include a group trip with you, our listeners 👀).

We hope you enjoy the episode and yes, the sound quality is better this week 😀 As always, we’d love to hear your thoughts so join in on the conversation by leaving us comments on Spotify or Instagram.

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In this deeply personal episode, Aisha opens up about the moment her family discovered she doesn’t want to have children and the emotional aftermath that followed. The hosts unpack the societal pressures surrounding marriage, childbirth, and the subtle (and not-so-subtle) pressures of patriarchal expectations. They also explore the cultural preoccupation with biological children and how that ties into the controversial topic of surrogacy. 

Plus, a historic first: all three hosts scored well on their Accountability report cards. Growth all around!

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In this episode, we explore the tension of staying in relationship with people we don’t agree with. Is cutting people off always the answer? What’s the cost of continuing the relationship? Can we draw the line between discomfort and danger? We explore how much grace is expected and whether that grace gets in the way of accountability, especially when there is an imbalance of power. Esther shares why grace and understanding should be at the center of disagreement. Aisha and Mofi ultimately agree but with reservations as they reflect on who is always expected to take on the burden of educating and extending grace, and at what cost. We wrap the episode by sharing our accountability goals and ask ask for grace as we move through them.

Enjoy the episode and let us know what you think. Thank you for sticking with us for 10 episodes. We’re looking forward to 10 more with you.

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