Season 3 is here!

This episode is very much a stream-of-consciousness check-in.

I'm back for a new season after a much-needed hiatus. A lot is different, including living and job situations, friendships and keeping in touch with them, and honestly, just life.

Listen to get the gist and more on the direction of this podcast in the coming months.

It's been a very interesting 5-6 months in my life. My experiences have been maddening, saddening, whelming and exciting all at the same time. 🦋

I've made some major changes in life, and I finally have enough brain space to articulate and share that with you. Listen to what I've been up to, life lessons I'm learning, and some new S&S community endeavours. 🌸

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Fikayo discusses what it truly means to eat with your body in mind with Emily Lawrence a "wholesome hedonist making recipes & documenting home baking, making & gardening."

These two creatives both have lived experience with diet culture, passion and love for cooking and baking, and living with chronic pain - all things which intersect in more ways than you’d initially imagine.

How do we really fuel our bodies and achieve a balance that works for us, is sustainable and accessible especially as woman?

Listen to learn and join the conversation!🌸

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If I could come up with a personal theme for myself this mental health awareness month, it would be the word "nurture".

Nurturing needs, goals, eating habits, emotions, belief systems, and discipline when needed.

What's your theme? 🦋.

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My CBC Piece "⁠Bloom⁠" mentioned in the episode.

This is a chit-chatty episode where I answer some questions you sent to me and discuss my unpopular opinions, thoughts on age, why I hate duck nails, and the need for women to see themselves as providing benefits beyond sex in relationships.

I end this episode with encouraging you to find ways you can self-preserve and reframe seeing that practice as "necessarily selfish."

Enjoy! 🌸

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Black women can indeed break and fragility/delicateness should not have to be a luxury to us. From dating to health outcomes, learn how colonialism plays a crucial role in the pedestalling of white women and the sometimes damaging rhetoric of the "strong Black woman".

Amidst all of this, we reclaim softness as Black women.

Thank you to the PhotoVoice Project for this opportunity to ponder.

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In this episode, Coach Yanick Séïde and Fikayo chat about how to build confidence and trust in different areas of one's life amidst stressors, lack of representation, and other life obstacles.

Coach Séïde shares some practical advice on how to show up for yourself and how that translates in your career journey, development of your values, and overall understanding of life.

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Yanick  Séïde, Founder and CEO of Chrysalis Women Empowerment, is a life and career coach , an international keynote speaker, a mentor, a best-selling author and host of The Mid-Life Purpose Show. She is a recipient of the London Organisation of Skills Development (LOSD)

Yanick's professional journey includes a series of transformative experiences that led her from serving in the Naval Reserves to becoming a teacher, conference interpreter, and translator, followed by a career in the Federal Government that spanned over 20 years.

With a wealth of experience in human resources, mentoring, and leadership, Yanick’s approach is grounded in authenticity, clarity, and actionable guidance. Her mission is to help women confidently embrace change and create lives aligned with their purpose, a mission she is uniquely qualified to undertake.Our Instagram

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its Valentine's day. Who are you today amidst a culture that's afraid of/to love?

Join me as I read a short passage from bell hook's book, all about love and expand on it from the perspective of a woman though sometimes hesitant, ultimately unafraid to love.

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There is so much talk about manifesting the person you want to be and the life you want, but how do you actually do that?

Listen to learn how to operate from a place of faith and hope as opposed to fear and insecurity and what this seemingly small mindset shift can do for you. 🌸

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Happy New Year!🥂

Or Fancy You There.

Listen to find out the story behind that phrase and why even if some things didn't go your way in 2024, you should operate from a place of hope and faith, not fear and insecurity in 2025. 🤍🦋🔗

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