Getting candid with Mabel & Ivy

Dr. Natalie Bitature shares with us her education journey, getting into entrepreneurship highlighting experiences of her working with her father in an industry dominated by males, to running her own projects and businesses as well as sustainability of these ventures, the hardships and eventually we get a little personal. Enjoy this awesome episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We host the lovely David Kasaami aka DJ Kasbaby, one of the biggest DJs in Uganda making it big in the industry of music and an individual who shares with us the origin of his talent and how he managed to make some money off of it. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We host the amazing KK! Now Kenny Abdul Kareem, a big name in the media industry in Uganda

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We host Dr. Meddy Rutayisire and have an overview of what abortion entails, the procedure, the laws, the consequences, the medical part and the non medical part of it. It's a little bit of everything. Enjoy learning a bd informing yourself. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We discuss whether there's a need for pregnant girls to be expelled out of schools in this day and era especially with the disruptions that COVID has caused. Is that the solution ? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

This episode focuses on what objectification is, examples and circumstances where we see objectification. We ask a couple of questions that weren't so easy to answer

We hosted this episode via zoom and had everyone basically share their experiences with love Bombing. Love Bombing is when a person floods you with attention and adoration that it gets overwhelming! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We are joined by the beautiful Sandra Kabanyoza and had a chat about what beauty really is and how beauty is perceived. What comes with having a version of beauty that is generalized and is there a need to do away with it ? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Do you believe in the power of the D! Anyway we're busy discussing a bunch of nothings and somethings on whether dickmatization is a real thing. It's a whole lot of back and forth. Choose where you lie. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

If someone were perfect in all other ways but not the right size and fit for your sex life. Would you stick around? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We discuss what exactly purity culture is and if it's achievable. The pros and cons and some of the things we experienced in light of purity culture growing up. Enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We enjoy all your feedback and appreciate it. We used this episode to do just that. Go through your feedback. Thank you for your support! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

In this episode, we discuss the origin and history of Colorism and have a debate on whether issues concerning color of human skin can actually be considered as having a ‘preference' and the implications of having skin color preference as we often term it. Are we just colorist hiding behind having preference ? Or is it possible to having preference of a skin color without being colorist. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

This episode is all about the way we go about correcting people. We discuss the thin line between being conceited & self righteous and the need to hold people accountable. We majorly focus on the way the ways certain organs like the church through religious leaders share their message on correction. Hope you enjoy it ! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Growing up, there were plenty of ways that God was presented to us. Our very first idea of God is usually through church, Sunday school, Bible stories etc. You now get to ask ourselves what God means to you. Outside of church, the teachings of your pastor, what your parents tell you, what school has taught you... Can you say that you know God for yourself, through your own lenses ? ( insert Allah, Budha etc ) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

It is often said. To love is to stay. To stick and to support no matter what. On this episode we discuss, the impacts of choosing to define your love that way. What exactly is your breaking point? If you were to look deep within yourself, are you the kind to stay for forever, is that what love means to you? Or do you think otherwise? Enjoy this episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

In this episode we discuss about cancel culture. We have conversations that vary from establishing exactly what cancel culture is, the impacts of cancel culture, have we lost the ability to grant people grace ? We also looked at the meaning of redemption and what that means. One could find this a very controversial topic so we look forward to your feedback. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

The hosts have a dialogue about compatibility between people in relationships. Is chemistry always a sign of compatibility? Would you give up a person you are compatible with simply because of friction with their relatives? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

While dating, does it really matter how old either of the parties are? Or you can do what you want the way you want to? Is there a difference between a way older person dating a way younger person ? ( 18-22) and a way older person dating a relatively younger person ( person above 23? ) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

What style of dating are you into? Are you the ‘stick to one person at a time' kind or the date as many as you'd like. The hosts talk everything multi dating. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

The hosts take you through what the dating was like for them previously and what it is like now. What do you think dating means to you now ? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Today's topic is shaking tables... Or the mango trees

Many times we invest a lot more time in understanding and cultivating romantic relationships neglecting friendships. In this episode we discuss how we can invest and create wholesome friendships. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Still part of the relationship series. In this episode the host delves into whether productivity does in-fact say a lot about your worth. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Episode 2 is another one on relationship with self. The hosts discuss What the phrase “self love” entails. Are we really loving our selves or are we indulging? What forms can self love take and how do we harness that.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

With all that happened last year, we sure thought a conversation on what we each discovered of ourselves would be important. This shall in turn perhaps shape who we are on 2021. The key question is: what exactly did you notice about yourself during the unprecedented times? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We go back in time and discuss our journey of how the podcast has been. We shall be back for season 2! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We host psychologist and mental health advocate, Patricia Kabayo, who gives insight and educates us about mental health and its challenges. She also speaks about ways of coping with mental health issues from a professional point of view. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

With all the uncertainties that came with the lock down and now the opening of schools for some students. The pressure and stress of meeting goals after a huge time lag is one that needs to be discussed. Our guest Edgar Mugarura lets us know how he deals with demands of school. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Ivy and Mabel discuss the positive and negative impacts of social media on mental health. We use all these platforms to stay connected but just how much do they affect the way we live? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We host Benjamin Rukwengye ( CEO of Boundless Minds Uganda ). He discusses how things like expectations, conditioning , gender roles affect the mental health of men and enables us understand life from two different perspectives in the various stages of growth of a man. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Listen to our guest, Racheal Babirye, as she takes us through her journey of fighting and learning to cope with depression. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

What exactly is anxiety? We discuss everything from signs of anxiety, to they types, ways of coping with anxiety to triggers and how we can be there for friends that suffer with anxiety as a disorder. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Raw is what this episode is. Grief is a personal experience for each of us and everyone goes through it differently. This week's episode is very intimate and captures the experiences of each of our guests the best way they know how to share it. We discuss the stages of grief, what grief is etc... Carry your tissues. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We discuss all about consent. Is consent always verbal? Why is it important? What purpose does consent serve? Who can and cannot give consent. Catch this and more on this episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Today's discussion encompasses how we think, feel and view ourselves especially amidst the pressures of society. Is it possible to cope with such insecurities? Ivy and I break it down! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

In this age of smart phone tech, social media and open minds. Nudes have become an easy and convenient way to spice up relationships and sex. Join us as we dig into this topic, addressing the power behind nudity and nudes . --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Are you afraid to talk about sex? Are you curious about sex? Are you looking for a safe space with a relatable conversation on sex? This is the episode for you! This is the longest segment you shall find but it is worth it! We talk about all the nitty gritties! and answering the questions in your survey all the while. PART 2 is the real bomb! Our guests Guttabingi Doreen, Freddie & Jonathan Sempa give us a broad understanding on first time experiences, trauma, sexual experiences, satisfaction from the male and female cishet and queer perspective. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

This is for all those pursuing sexual purity and virginity. We talk about what it's like to be a virgin in society. We talk about what you can do to stick with this goal and why it is okay to be what you want to be. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We are hosting Linda Atulinda and Innocent Natikyo. They are medical school students at Makerere University. We get to talk about how to take care of self, menstruation, toilet etiquette, breaking myths about sex, how to take care of oneself when one is sexually active and we discuss the male anatomy too. May you get to learn from this episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Ivy and Mabel get to answer the questions that have been raised by the listeners during the course of the series. The Episode focuses on issues concerning struggle love, flirting in & outside of relationships, leading people on and pillow talk. Should lovers share their friends secrets between each other? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We discuss how to cope with break ups. We share the causes of break ups, how break ups affected us and how we moved on from there and what we learnt from the entire dating process. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Some jumbled lighthearted & fun conversations about entanglements, Situationships, being a side chic or side guy, can you really have a best friend of the opposite sex as only a friend? and much more. Enjoy this episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

My guest and I discuss toxic relationships. What exactly are toxic relationships and how to break away from them. How do you start your journey of becoming. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

We get back to the couples I hosted on last weeks episode but this time to share about challenges in their relationships and the solutions they have. We also get to know how well they know their partners. A special guest wraps up the episode with general information on relationships. How to know if a partner is right for you & what the right time is. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Two couples share with us some details about their relationship. I hope young adults who are dating or hoping to date get to learn from their experiences. Enjoy the episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Join my friends, (Ivy & Celia) and I as we talk through our friendship journey! We hope this conversation is relatable and it encourages you to evaluate your friendships. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message

Introduction to the podcast. Episode 1 is all about getting to share what relationship with self means, how to start a relationship with self . My friend and I also share a few personal stories on self realization and the journey of learning who we are. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getting-candid-withmabelandivy/message