No Head Podcast

No Head Podcast

By Dorothy OokoReligion & Spirituality
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No Head Podcast episodes

  • Episode 49: On Being Vulnerable
    My guest today is Priscilla Muhiu, General Manager of Glovo Kenya. Priscilla is also a blogger and her blog, “Confessions of a Career Woman” is about living an authentic and vulnerable life. We are talking about the power of being vulnerable and raising a child with autism. This is the second part of my talks with Priscilla.
    46 min
  • Episode 48: Servant Leadership
    My guest today is Priscilla Muhiu, General Manager of Glovo Kenya. Priscilla is also a blogger and her blog, “Confessions of a Career Woman” is about living an authentic and vulnerable life. We are talking about servant leadership and vulnerability. You will also find out about what happens in a food delivery company and I promise, it will make you think about making you order 30 minutes before curfew……
    This is part one of my talks with Priscilla
    45 min
  • Episode 47: Debunking the Covid-19 Vaccines Myths
    IIn today’s episode I chat with Tabitha Kavoi, originally from Kenya and now living in the UK...She is Public Health Specialty Registrar currently placed in Public Health England. She has public health experience in communicable and non-communicable disease, health promotion, health protection and healthcare public health in the UK across different organisations. In the last year she has been heavily involved in COVID-19 response and management in the UK. She has featured on Kenyan national TV and BBC Africa and has been writing articles about lessons learnt from the coronavirus outbreak and her experiences. She is giving us a Covid-19 for Dummies and debunking the myths we are reading about the Covid-19 vaccines. She answers the question why it’s important for you to take the vaccine....
    55 min
  • Episode 46: Changing the Single Story about Africa
    In this episode I chat with journalist Samira Sawlani. On Twitter she refers to herself as Sam S (@samirasawlani). Walks Like a Supermodel. Punches Like a Warrior. Journalist. Writer. Reader. Africa (not a country) Fitness. Shoes.
    We are talking about how a British-Indian woman came to tell African stories… how 2020 taught her how to grieve and how she is learning to create and be a safe non-judgemental space for others who may be grieving. She delves into the politics of inequality and the global order, her love for the continent and talks about how journalism found her… Listen in….. Shout out to @adelleonyango, @EverydayAfrica and #abubakaradamibrahim (Season of Crimson Blossoms) and many others for changing the single story about Africa.
    52 min
  • Episode 45 - Toxicity
    My guest is Lunar Odawa-Nguchu - a psychologist, a certified coach at Bloom Consulting Services and founder of Njoo Dada. We are talking about Toxicity...Toxicity is anything that takes life from you…. We look at toxicity in relationships, in families, in business and at work. How do you know someone is toxic? How can you tell you are toxic? How do you know you are in a toxic workplace or have a toxic client? Toxicity is as suffocating as it is abusive...find out how to keep your sanity and maintain your well-being...
    43 min
  • Episode 44: Unlocking Gratitude
    My guest is Muthoni Njoba, an entrepreneur , well-known make-up artist and a household name to lovers of beauty. We are talking about unlocking self-love through gratitude (find the gratitude journals on IG @unlockingselflove. Three things that keep Muthoni going are saying affirmations to remind her of who she is, developing a habit of gratitude and staying focused on goals. Purpose for her is defined by doing what you love. She wants to be known as giving her best in all she does and being the best at whatever she undertakes to do. She believes in the power of words in our life which is what led her to start the gratitude journals. You can purchase these from her IG page. The coach who reached out to her on IG is @PERSONAL.DEVELOPMENT.COACH
    53 min
  • Episode 43- Mindful education
    My guest is Mike Murungi, a trained lawyer, head of Policy for Eastern Africa at Google. We are talking about early childhood education and how this impacts the human resource development of a country. During Covid-19, Mike became radicalised in how he approaches early childhood care and education to his children. He talks about how our education system is obsessed with the future and is time-bound. It also is very passive as children are just supposed to sit and not question anything. He believes we need to empower children to know and to ask questions. This has led him to homeschooling. He believes that the best education is one where the children interact with the environment and have the power of choice.
    43 min
  • Episode 42: Mindful connectivity to Nature
    My guest is Zambian-born environmentalist Dr Musonda Mumba. Her environmental career – spans over 20 years. She has been at UNEP for 10 years and was  the head of the agency’s Terrestrial Ecosystems Team until Feb this year when she moved to the United Nations Development Programme - UNDP as Director of the Rome Centre for Sustainable Development. Dr Musonda Mumba is the founder of Network of African Women Environmentalists (NAWE). She is part of the WE Three Queens on YouTube and Listening to Earth Group. She is passionate about this planet we inhabit.
    In this episode we talk about our connectivity to nature through language and how words talk about how we are connected to the space around us. Musonda reminds us about the importance of being deliberate about teaching our children our African languages and our culture and makes an appeal about being intentional about not assimilating ourselves. She sums the three things that affect all of us: how we live, how we eat and how we work. Her hope is that we will become more reflective about we connect to nature….
    46 min
  • Episode 41 - Being Intentional about our stories Pt2
    We continue with our conversation with Mwihaki Muraguri, founder of Paukwa House Ltd., a story-house dedicated to showcasing and sharing positive stories from Africa. This conversation was after our interview but listening to Mwihaki talk about the why of her raison d’être made me want to share this bit of our conversation. So what is your why? What drives you?
    We talk about education and socialisation and Mwihaki reminds parents that their role is to help their children understand their purpose and figure it out….  Your child is the pilot and you, the parent, are just a co-pilot.  We also talk about the role of propaganda...to make our children feel this is the best country to be in. Most of all propaganda that would remind them that being Kenyan is more important than tribe!
    16 min
  • Episode 40: Being intentional about our stories
    In this episode I chat with Mwihaki Muraguri, founder of Paukwa House Ltd., a story-house dedicated to showcasing and sharing positive stories from Africa. Her views will inspire you to look out for an authentically African perspective so as to counter and change the prevailing negative social stereotypes on Africa. Throughout her career, the advancement of Africa has always been at the core of her agenda. She delves into our education system and the importance of critical thinking. She is emphatic about the need to interrogate our history more critically so that we create a just and cohesive society.
    1 hr

About No Head Podcast

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”No Head" is about living life in the present moment, navigating life together & telling African stories. Dorothy Ooko, when not doing a full-time job in communications, facilitates a course at Google called Search Inside Yourself (SIY). The head is host to all our thoughts, our concerns, our biases, fears & insecurities that invariably get in the way of our being fully present to life. “No Head” is about awakening our real identity, our true authentic unadulterated uncontaminated identity -- that identity which is our true self. That identity which leaves our assumptions, our judgments, our biases behind and allows us to tune in more deeply into the present, to avoid getting lost in our thoughts about the past or the future and helps us stay in touch with our experiences as they unfold moment by moment. This is what mindfulness is all about…Make sure you subscribe to the podcast on Google Podcast, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher and check the website www.nohead.space so you never miss an episode.