A chat with local DJ, Talia Zaken, our little baddie! She tells us her DJ origin story, diving into all facets of a career that seems like one big party on the surface. Yet, it demands a keen awareness of mental health, the potential for burnout, and the pursuit of balance.

Let's be honest, ketamine has become synonymous with dancefloor at this point.

In this episode, I look at K and try to evaluate how we're treating this substance (and ourselves).

And when I say "headache" at some point near the middle, I just mean I referred to like 40-50 articles to try and double-check the information that I came across, so I was ready to move onto the chat/opinion section with you guys lol

This podcast in no way advocates the use of drugs. Substance abuse is a serious thing, if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, please find the link to various helplines below: 

https://findahelpline.com/za/topics/substance-use

My lovely friend Gia tells us why she ditched the Copper-T and drops some knowledge regarding the new contraceptive route she's decided to take – the 'Fertility Awareness Method'.

A lot of the insight G shares relates to the two books referenced below:

Hope you like.

Greetings beauts! Here lies a disclaimer of sorts regarding the topics I discuss here. I felt the need to upload this because of the personal nature of a lot of my conversations. It is what it is. At least it's honest.

LOVE ya!

Just a quick poddy ep!

I wanted to share how I'm currently SMASHING my productivity levels and BANGING through work at a rate of knots. I've cracked the code and it involves a magic coffee elixir & ADHD Relief Music. Also - some pretty gnarly insights on how Hiring Managers/Recruiters are reviewing CV's these days... I got a critique on my CV (using Resume.io) and it turns out it's an utter piece of shit. NOT BECAUSE OF MY QUALIFICATIONS but because of how I've written it up!

I was ShOcKeD.

Anywho. Hope you like.

New episodes every Wednesday (at the very least)... with additional eppy's out in between.

In this episode, I take a look at "What Happened To You?" by Dr Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey. The book takes a look at trauma through a Scientific lens, and honestly, it's blown me and continues to blow me out of the water. It's personally helped me cultivate understanding, empathy and tenderness for myself and the deep-rooted, self-sabotaging worldview that formed way back when I was a young warthog.

If you too seek to be blown. Then give it a listen.

HMU if you wanna talk about it @dan_annwallace on IG

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Anchor, and Google podcasts.

Wow, this one was a toughie to get out there. Travelling while podcasting has been a bit of a challenge - BUT WE DID IT!

Progress over perfection.

We learn, we move, we vibe. This week we chat to Aaron, my loverboy.

You'll hear our closing thoughts as we say farewell to NYC.

We get into a little bit of Aaron's time at Yale and chat about secret societies and fraternity pledging (the exciting stuff - duh!)

And our chat veers in all sorts of directions.

Disclaimer, we are TIRED. And I barely edited this thing LOL so enjoy us in our rawness.

There are sound inconsistencies as Aaron learns how to wield a mic (I apologise in advance).

New episodes out on Wednesdays!!! (I promise! This was an exception)

HMU if you wanna talk about it @dan_annwallace on IG

If you like my show let me know by giving me a follow and leaving a rating on my Spotify show page.

Love ya!

This one is NOT for any of my family members LOL.

I landed in the United States last week Friday – 5th May, so in this SOLO episode I give you a bit of a rundown of my trip so far.

Keeping it light this week during this full-on stream-of-consciousness ramble that covers the wedding we attended in Greenwich and my first encounter with cock rings that I bought before leaving South Africa on this trip. Agh this episode is just a bit of fun!

Hope you like. New episodes out on Wednesdays.

HMU if you wanna talk about it @dan_annwallace on IG

If you like my show let me know by giving me a follow and leaving a rating on my Spotify show page.

Love ya!

My second SOLO mini-episode… 

A little late but here nonetheless. I’ve been unwell this week, which is the cause for delay. 

In this poddy I get into the notion of “reconciling past versions of yourself”.

I went to Durbs last week (my home town) and it did a number on me… Oy vey. 

This one has been a beautiful challenge as I go from running away from myself to running into my own arms. 

Hope you like. New episodes out on WeDnEsDaYs!

HMU if you wanna talk about it @dan_annwallace on IG

Here's a link to the Snoop Dogg video I was talking about hahaha – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfF3bThOW0Q

Listen in on this glorious, rumbling, and rolling repartee with a very special person – Gabi Kempen.

Gab's touches on her career at Google, we then swerve into topics like imposter syndrome, Instagram, and our endless pursuit of external validation. Only to hand break turn into chats around trauma, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), and TRE (tension & trauma releasing exercises).

The chats flowed, we laughed, we shared, we preluded a lot of our insights with the phrase “I was listening to a podcast” – oh the irony... And before we knew it time ran out. What fun it was!

Please forgive any peculiar audio, Gabs dialed in from Dublin so the signal was a bit iffy at times.

The book references we threw out that we haven’t read (but want to!) are listed below:

New episodes are out every Wednesday. I hope you dig it.

HMU on @dan_annwallace if you wanna talk about it.