Sincerely, Jada

To end off the year, Jada summarizes the wins, losses and new beginnings she experienced in 2025. She also touches on some trends she noticed this year across popular culture and music.

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Main Themes:

• ​new beginnings
• ​goals
• getting laid off
• learning

This week Jada connects with business founder and industrial engineer, Mikhailla Matthias, to discuss her path to overcoming imposter syndrome and the need to overachieve to be seen as valuable. She shares more about her gift box business, IDeserveCo, and how it was inspired by her own struggle with feeling worthy of doing nice things for herself without feeling guilty or selfish.

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Main Themes:

• imposter syndrome
• overachieving
• self care beyond the surface

• post-graduate struggles
• boundaries

This week Jada answers some personal questions and gives her take on the Mariah the Scientist/Young Thug saga.

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Main Themes:

• ​romantic relationships
• ​dealing with emotions
• feeling misunderstood
• red flags

Author and entrepreneur, Tinashe, stops by for an insightful conversation centered around the quarter life crisis phenomenon. We compare our experiences as a 26 year old man and a 26 year old woman living in two different countries and navigating two different seasons of life.

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Main Themes:

• marriage
• having kids

• career growth
• struggles men face

• Western culture vs East/South African culture
• quarter life crisis

This week we are in for a funny one. Tokoni stops by to share a few storytimes, discuss how newlywed life is going and dive into a few messed up scenarios - courtesy of Reddit.

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• ​Intro (0:00-03:18)
• ​Imessage Game: (03:19-09:23)
• ​How Married Life is Going (09:24-12:40)
• ​Agree or Disagree? (12:41-20:10)
• ​Cute or Cringey? (20:11-24:43)
• ​Found Out Why Ex Broke up With Me 4 Years Later (24:44-30:22)
• ​Coworker Stealing Food (30:23-34:32)
• ​Wife Ruined Dinner (34:33-38:48)
• ​Food Poisoning Storytime (38:49-42:09)
• ​Uninvited From Destination Wedding After Paying in Full (42:10-46:35)
• ​Friend's BF Invited Himself on Girls Trip (46:36-55:10)
• ​Outro (55:11-56:16)

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Main Themes:

• ​wedding drama
• ​relationships

In this episode, Jada gets real about the learning curve she experienced in trying to become a good partner. She gets real about negative behaviours she's struggled with such as speaking out of anger and emotional manipulation and how she did the work in order to build a healthier relationship.

Attachment Styles: https://www.attachmentproject.com/attachment-style-quiz/

Other Related Episodes:

1. ​ Ep 47 - "Listen to This If You Struggle to Express Your Feelings to People"

Apple Music Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ep-32-listen-if-you-struggle-to-express-your-feelings/id1654399089?i=1000647833522

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/19alrbUdekYQDbKYzbP7Ns?si=7AgVX4-tQHuRpQ2cKZI3aA

1. ​ Ep 16. "Am I The Drama?: Insecurities and Projection"

Apple Music - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ep-16-am-i-the-drama-insecurities-and-projection/id1654399089?i=1000620923207

Spotify -https://open.spotify.com/episode/32khknTfXmvSCmHSqo8p5x?si=wLB4qzgzRPSDABkSVkus_g

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Main Themes:

• ​toxic behaviour
• ​growth
• ​self-reflection
• ​romantic relationships
• ​healthy love

Jada sits down with guest, Muiriosa Griffin, to talk through the loneliness of adulthood. Muiriosa shares her experience moving from Ireland to France and finding herself with a new child and no community to rely on. Whether you’ve moved to a new place like Muiriosa or you're just feeling emotionally isolated, this conversation is a reminder that community can be rebuilt through confident communication.

Muiriosa Griffin:

Website: www.upwardconfidence.com

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Main Themes:

• self sabotage
• moving to a new place

• confident communication
• being intentional in friendships

In this episode, Jada chats with Matthew Lowe, a licensed psychotherapist, to unpack the fear of commitment so many of us carry in our 20s and beyond. From dealing with indecisiveness to living with regrets - they explore what is really behind the fear of choosing wrong and how to let go.

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Main Themes:

• therapy
• commitment issues

• fear and regret
• relationships
• settling down

This week Jada opens up about what led her to begin taking health and fitness more seriously. She shares some of her struggles with dealing with weight gain, emotional eating and insecurity.

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Calorie Deficit

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Lose It

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Main Themes:

• body image
• insecurities
• working out
• health
• healthy eating

Thank you for your patience, your girl is officially off the market and back to regularly scheduled programming. In this week's episode Jada shares some life updates and shares some stories about the wedding chaos.

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Main Themes:

• therapy
• anxiety
• wedding planning
• wedding day