Umami Conversations

Umami Conversations

By Agnes AppiahEducationSelf-Improvement
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Umami Conversations episodes

  • # 17 Gratitude,Healing,Loss (Final Episode season 1)

    Trigger warning: In this last episode of the season, I start off with a word of gratitude to my guest and listeners. I dived into talking about the importance of healing and the loss that changed the trajectory of my life. I touch on a few sensitive points, this was not scripted but raw and spontaneous. 

    Once again I want to thank you all for riding with me this season. Stay tuned for Season 2 where we dive in deeper into topics around black excellence/astrology/spirituality/theology and the likes. If you have any specific subjects you would like to hear me converse about on Umami Conversations do not hesitate to reach out. You can send me a DM on my Instagram page for now @amasuccess1

    FYI:

    💖A few bonus episodes will be posted through the summer 

    💛Our Website www.amasuccess.ca will also be live this summer 

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    29 min
  • # 16 Words and the Oral Art of Kasàlà with Diana Sainsily
    "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words may never hurt me"! Do you remember saying this as a child, ignorantly entangling yourself. This statement for a very long time seemed true to me until I find out that Words are the one thing that can actually hurt me the most.
    I sit down with Speech Pathologist Diana Sainsily about the power of words and her journey with that. Diana also shares with our listeners an Oral Art from Africa called kasàlà that changed the way she sees the world and the people within it. We end this episode with a surprise for our listeners so make sure you stick to the end.
    Let's keep the conversation flowing let me know what part of the conversation resonated with you the most. How has been your relationship with words?
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    With love and Light,
    Amasuccess
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    41 min
  • # 15 Celebrating Womens International Day pt. 2 and a Toast
    Women, especially BIPOC women have been ostracised in society for many years. However, with all that's been done to keep us shut down, we still find our way slowly going to the top. In this segment of Celebrating Women's international day, Ernestina hits us with a statement. I paraphrase, she says"when BIPOC women stop asking for validation they will pierce through territorial spirits". Seeking for validated keeps us away from fulfilling our callings and expanding to our fullest potential. Tune in to find out more about this conversation.
    I end this episode with a toast to us; Women. Make sure you have a glass to toast with me.
    With Love,
    AmaSuccess
    You can connect with Ernestina Francois.
    Website: Axcesslifeskills.com
    Tel. 613-316-5738
    Let's keep the conversation flowing let me know what part of the conversation resonated with you the most. What did you agree and disagree with?
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    31 min
  • # 14&15 Celebrating Women's International Day a convo with Ernestina Francois
    As Women’s international day just passed by, I still wanted to take a moment and celebrate the achievements of women. I sit with Ernestina Francois Certified Life coach and Impact Speaker. Ernestina is also an advocate for women and daily strived to see women from all walks of life come together and uplift one another.
    In this episode of Umami, Conversations Ernestina expresses that her desire for bringing people together, especially women stemmed from her childhood. Where she saw lack when she turned to the right or left. However, in her
    her little mind, she always knew that, if one person shares with another and this notion of sharing goes around there would be no lack, lack would really vanish.
    The conversations get more in-depth when I ask Ernestina why she thinks lack comes from when we live in such abundance.
    IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT:
    * God puts a calling in each person's heart.
    * The reason why lack exists is that we are in opposing view with one another.
    * Greed, power, manifests themselves into individualism, that society sort of praises.
    * Projecting into what black women have achieved so far, there is still a lot of work to be done.
    *Workplace experience amongst older black women and the younger ones.
    *No one can take your glory from you unless you give it to them.
    *Stepping out of this vicious cycle of not uplifting one another.
    * And much more...
    You can connect with Ernestina Francois.
    Website: Axcesslifeskills.com
    Tel. 613-316-5738
    Let's keep the conversation flowing let me know what part of the conversation resonated with you the most. What did you agree and disagree with?
    Find AmaSuccess on social media.
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amasuccess1
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amasuccess1/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3q7_i2DetoUVkxjVgvG0Cg
    Look out for part 2 Next week.
    Blessing.
    AmaSuccess
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    58 min
  • #13 A Tale: Women Cirlce
    Hey beautiful souls, I am grateful you've tuned in yet again for another episode. Today, I sit alone and share with you my experience with the women's circle and why I believe it is important to be part of one. My journey started in 2018, let me know if you ever joined a women's circle and what your experience was like. You can find me on Instagram @amauccess1. You can also listen to the podcast on other platforms by clicking this link: https://linktr.ee/amasuccess.
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    21 min
  • #12 Motherhood and Gender Roles-Fedora Kalenda pt.2
    Fedora closed up the 1st segment of this conversation by making this statement: Our Gender roles should not be based on what society dictates but should be based on our individual characteristics as men and women in general and particular. She makes an emphasis on the importance of knowing thyself to some degree in order to not be lost in the titles that society would give us when it comes to gender roles.
    In this segment, we explore another powerful statement she made in a previous podcast which was: Women should not be fighting to be like men but fighting to be women.
    *Fedora provided her point of view on the feminine movement.
    *She shares how this society has become
    *She also shares her views on how men and women can co-exist,
    *We end it with her sharing her experience after having her second child, forced her and her partner to review the gender roles they had established at home.
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    40 min
  • #11 Motherhood and Gender Roles-Fedora Kalenda
    Fedora is a dynamic young woman and mother of two young beautiful girls. Born into a family of 7 children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, she immigrated to Canada in 2003 where she has since settled. Over the years, she has cultivated a cultural, artistic, and intellectual curiosity that has allowed her to navigate through many spheres. She is eclectic and her interests flow between music, art, fashion, and literature. She likes to meet people and loves to take part in philosophical and even political debates.
    A quote that represents her state of mind: "I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." from Galileo Galilei
    In this first part of our conversation, Fedora expresses her love of being a mother to 2 beautiful girls and how much they are teaching her. I ask her to elaborate on that matter. Tune in to find out what she has to say as a mother and her role when it comes to gender roles.
    This Episode is available NOW on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Anchor, Google Podcast
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    26 min
  • # 9&10 Vulnerability: An African Women's' perspective-Jamilla Secyugu
    Jamilla is a thirty-six-year-old, Montreal raised immigrant, from Kenyan and Rwandan lineage. Since both of her parents converted to Islam prior to any kind of cognizance, she was raised with elements of Islam as well an influence of the predominant culture and religion of Christianity. As a mother of two, she’s had to learn how to adapt rather quickly to most situations it is something she now recognizes as a strength she inherited from both parents.
    Finding identity in a label obsessed world has been a difficult journey. The validity in cross-sectioning identity and adaptability is a skill set she wishes to teach her children as well as anyone willing to learn. Simply because that could help traverse even the most daunting subjects that could lend itself to the ability and/ or possibility to have a conversation.
    Everything difficult starts with a conversation that is uncomfortable. A quote that would represent life as she sees it “I am no longer accepting things I cannot change, I am changing things I cannot accept” -Angela Davis
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    44 min
  • #9 Vulnerability: An African Womens' perspective-Jamilla Secyugu

    Jamilla is a thirty-six-year-old, Montreal raised immigrant, from Kenyan and Rwandan lineage. Since both of her parents converted to Islam prior to any kind of cognizance, she was raised with elements of Islam as well an influence of the predominant culture and religion of Christianity.  As a mother of two, she’s had to learn how to adapt rather quickly to most situations it is something she now recognizes as a strength she inherited from both parents. 

    Finding identity in a label obsessed world has been a difficult journey. The validity in cross-sectioning identity and adaptability is a skill set she wishes to teach her children as well as anyone willing to learn.  Simply because that could help traverse even the most daunting subjects that could lend itself to the ability and/ or possibility to have a conversation.

    Everything difficult starts with a conversation that is uncomfortable. A quote that would represent life as she sees it “I am no longer accepting things I cannot change, I am changing things I cannot accept”  -Angela Davis

    In this episode we conversate on:

    -Identifying self in eyes of parents culture 

    -Vulnerability needs to be retaught to black women

    -Vulnerability is not a sign of weakness


    This Episode is available NOW on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, Anchor, Google Podcast

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    24 min

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Umami Conversations is a podcast and community for unapologetically honest and therapeutic dialogue through the art of storytelling and mindfulness.