Finally part 2 is up and I will say this one is spicier! there's just something about a best and worst countdown format that once you get into the groove of it, you can't help but dive deep into the real tea! I won't be revealing any spoilers right now, so just go ahead and listen and let me know if you can figure out if I am talking about your favorite celebrities or not. Or even better... let me know who or what you want me to talk about next!

Let's have a little levity shall we?! In celebration of 10 episodes I decided this week we were going to go with something light and fun. It is also the first listener submission! This week is part one to the best and worst aspects of being a small scale celebrity in Nairobi. I talk about what I loved and the cool experiences I had and the things I could have lived without. I admit it was cool and I really enjoyed myself, but at this point I don't know if I would have gone about it the same way now that I'm looking back. How about you listen and let me know, would you want to be a celeb? 

Music and editing credits: Jerawbeatz

ok I admit it, this episode had me tear up as I recorded. but I bet you can't tell! I have been competitive my whole life and it has driven me to do some amazing things and achieve more than I would have ever imagined, but it also means defeat hits me hard. this episode is where I open up about how I have navigated (still navigating, to be honest) through the feelings that come along with defeat. To use a famous sports cliche, it's not about whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. However, that doesn't really express how annoying the knock down is...

you may not believe this when I tell you, but I was more scared to move back to the US than I was to move to Kenya. Repatriating seems like it would be a lot easier than navigating a whole new country. Welp, I would disagree with you there. In fact, it's felt so challenging that mid-recording I decided to break this episode into two parts. This is another tough episode so make some room because we are hitting it head on!

This one is for my astrology babes (but not really) honestly your late 20s are traumatic no matter what but adding in to the mix the weight of relocation and a global pandemic...ouchies. This is still an add-on to last weeks episode of advice I would give about relocation but my advice will not be the typical "how to get cheap flights" or a "GRWM as I go on vacay". this is my most personal episode yet. So, if you have been feeling like I've been low-key avoiding a deep dive into my own trauma, this will at least get your feet wet. thankfully no tears were shed as I recorded, don't want to mess up the audio. 

Culture shock. An obvious experience for anyone going to a new place, especially if they are going to live there. It's hard to describe how it feels in your body. Its almost a mellow anxiety for me. I knew that Kenya was going to be my new home but for a while it did not feel like that, especially after my sister left. It felt like every day was waking up at a friends house after a sleep over as a kid. it was somewhere I knew I would eventually be comfortable  but at the time it was too unfamiliar. Some things are more shocking that others and shock does not equal bad. so many things that were shocking at first for me are now warm memories. Listen for those memories and the best advice I have on getting over culture shock. 

A jewish person and a muslim sit down together... no this isn't a bad joke, it really happened to me and its a very good memory of my first year in uni. its the first glimpse at my experience with appreciation and appropriation and where that line may be?  I suggest you grab yourself a paper and pencil because at the end I even map out what I hope is a helpful Venn diagram. We are back in my freshman year, this time in my cross cultural communication class 

We are out of Zambia and settling down in Kenya with my big sister! the title of this episode was almost "Puke Covered Chaos" but I did not want it to seem like this podcast was going to be all about drinking. There will be plenty more drunken episodes, but that won't be too much of a running theme here. Although,  isn't that adulthood anyways? a lot of drinking, a lot of chaos but also a lot of love and good vibes. that is what this episode is about, so it is absolutely worth listening to.
This episode is dedicated to my  wonderful sister and former USIU schoolmate Eddie (RIP and thanks for the help Eddie) You both helped make some of the first of over a decades worth of memories. Good,Bad and Drunken memories.