The Echo Chamber

In this weeks episode we talk about shadow work. Ez describes shadow work as an act of self care, essential for self love and acceptance. We explore the discomfort and shame that accompanies looking at our shadows whilst acknowledging that shadow work is necessary to push past shame and live liberated lives. We touch on the relationship between shadow work and collective consciousness/collective care, examining how engaging with our shadow supports us to show up in community lovingly and authentically. Shadow work is painful, but important work and we hope this conversation resonates with you.

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In this weeks episode we talk about our journey as writers. Ez talks about grappling with feelings of imposter syndrome in relation to her writing and some of the ways whiteness clouds her ability to engage with diversity within literature. Jade touches on the importance of keeping a diary as a child and the way this nurtured her love for writing and expressing herself through writing. We acknowledge the way our identity differs from what would be considered the traditional archetype of a ‘writer’ and whilst this may come with its limitations it also fuels our desire to tell our stories and the stories of those from marginalised communities.

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In this weeks episode we're joined by Nana & Rose of TwoTwo's Podcast! We have a good energy conversation with the ladies about their individual journey's with their sexuality, being masculine presenting queer black women, and soooo much more. We touch on dating women who have never dated women before and navigating those challenges, motherhood, friendships, the differences between dating men and women, and just have an all round good energy conversation full of laughter and moments of lucidness.

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In this weeks episode we sit down with special guest Ebinehita Iyere, Founder of Milk Honey Bees. Ebinehita talks about her experience of working with young Black women which led her to study Black girlhood in education. We share memories about when we first engaged with ourselves through a racialised and gendered lens, acknowledging the difficulties Black girls face growing up in the UK.

We broach a very sensitive subject and debate that is being had about some comments the writer and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie made about transgender women, as well as the more broader conversation on cancel culture.

In this episode we discuss our observations of the conversations being had, as well as Chimamanda's essay published in response. In terms of the transphobia part of the conversation, we acknowledge the gaps in our knowledge as well as our positions as privileged learners.

We hope you enjoy our musings in this conversation, and we're open to any feedback or comments.

Jade & Ez x

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In this episode we recap on our goals for the year and take stock of the progress we’ve made in relation to the vision boarding exercise we completed in January. Ez spoke about the magic of manifesting a new life in Nigeria as well as some of the difficulties in reaching her financial goals. Jade speaks about the sense of ease and alignment she feels in relation to her housing situation as well as progress with her upcoming book. Traditionally, setting goals has felt anxiety inducing for us so we celebrate our commitment to ourselves and the ways we’re able to map progress in this area of our lives. We send love to anyone working towards specific goals this year as well anyone who struggles with goal setting.

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In Conversation with a Social Worker ft. Sarah by The Echo Chamber

Ep 65. The Verdict ft. Franklyn Addo by The Echo Chamber

In this episode we discuss our experience of breakdowns. We talk about some of the things we can identify as structural causes of mental breakdowns as well as the interpersonal, relational causes for people to reach breaking point. We talk about how it felt to witness our mums breakdown and Ez talks about how living with Borderline Personality Disorder means she experiences breakdowns regularly and how she is learning to cope with this.

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