Poetry by Yemeece

Welcome to the season finale of the podcast. We are wrapping up this season with the topic: Becoming Whole. 

I am more than convinced that choosing to become whole is perhaps the best thing we can do for ourselves and the journey of becoming whole is simply bringing yourself from a place of self-centeredness to a place of great awareness. This is the yellow brick road that changes everything.

Today's poem is titled Feast:

here you are. thinking things you believe are your truths.

things that put you down before your reflection. 

you have gathered cache of voices on this journey to becoming you. 

voices that whipped your self-esteem and handed you a plethora of rules.

rules no one can justify or meet. the crucible of these weights crush you

over and over like an unending ocean tide. you are afraid to stay with yourself.

you run a lot. To people. To places. To ideas. anything that drowns the noise. 

but all you need to do is feast. feast on your silence

till it feeds you a voice. Rehearse your voice till it becomes your own. 

Use your voice to silence the cache of past voices hovering over your peace.

Turn a soft lens inwards. Outgrowing yourself is inevitable.

Your desires will change over time. You should practice being gentle

a little bit more with yourself. You must forgive yourself too.

and quickly. unlearn the culture of shame. 

holding yourself up to a standard of perfection is an easy way to die.

No one has ever survived being perfect.

This episode summarizes my goal and vision for you as my listener. Please share and visit the website Yemeece.com to sign up and subscribe to my newsletter. Thank you for listening. Cheers

“…You don’t always get what you expect. I wish someone, sometime when I was growing up, would have told me what expectations would get me. Our parents, schools, everyone tells us things will be a certain way when we’re adults and if they’re not that way, we should make them be; or at least pretend. But after a certain point that just doesn’t work.” 

A lot of us are under pressure and it is from the weight of the expectations we carry. Expectations create pressure, one that comes with having to fulfill. How? Because all expectations create a mental image in your mind that you find yourself striving for all your life to make into reality.

On this episode, we discuss how the weights of expectations hurts us physically and psychologically. We also go ineptly on what to do with expectations in general.

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Our lives are run by Impermanence, the law of change and becoming. A series of different moments coming together to give the impression of a continuous flow. Our lives are not solid or fixed, and when we embrace this truth, we can always move forward with grace.  

Join me in the podcast's mid-season as we dive into the Impermanence that runs our lives, embracing it and moving forward into a new season with hope.  

The poem read on this episode is called Impermanence 

Nothing is forever 

The only constant in life is Impermanence 

It is why I stay aware in full consciousness of time 

with my one goal  

to welcome everything 

with love, faith, and hope 

knowing it is in these strengths 

I become 

Until a new episode of the podcast airing on the 4th of January, 2021, please stay safe, and I'll see you in the new year.  To stay connected, please subscribe to my newsletter on yemeece.com and follow me on Instagram @yemeece 

Happy Holidays!

Today's episode is a conversation on what transpires in us after we suffer a brutal loss, one that leaves us with no closure. 

How do we grieve collectively in a healthy way, processing our feelings, caring for our mental health and leaning into the light called hope. This episode is tailored on the recent happenings in Nigeria that has left the world in shock and a lot of Nigerian youths scarred, scared and bleak. 

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