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This is our season's finale. I have less words to share. Thank you for choosing to spend your time here every week. I hope you find a message that resonates with you on this episode to affirms your journey too. Until next time, do take care. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yeu's Handmade 15% discount offer Discount code: LIVINGCONTENT (use at checkout point. One use per customer) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Living Content will be at Youth Day Yoga Market hosted by Oleratoyoga this Saturday (18 June 2022) Read more about the experience here. Shop Living Content's NEW Merch here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Post mentioned on the episode - read it here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by Lerato Sekanka Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

She is soft spoken but loud when it comes to what she stands for. I met her in 2019 at a black women hosted Table talk and she was sitting right opposite me with the most beautiful smile and bald head. In our conversation we realized we both had platforms that shared conversations with women, and so we kept in contact since. So today I am excited to bring you our conversation which we both had been planning for a while. She's an amazing woman who acts as she preaches, today I am in conversation with Phumeza Langa Phumeza is a strategic communications consultant, speaker and freelance writer. She is the host of Twitter chat and spaces #SistaHoodHour, established in 2017 and #SistaHoodHourConversations podcast that was started in 2020. Phumeza's career spans over 10 years including working with corporate and consumer clients, within the agency environment as well as being part of a corporate marketing and communications team. Through her #SistaHoodHour platform, Phumeza has been a part of work and conversations that impact women, not only to highlight the issues and concerns they face but intending to educate, create solutions and opportunities for women to connect and collaborate in different areas of their lives. In our conversation today we talk about her own journey with Sisterhoodhour, how the platform she created, and build become part of her self-discovery journey and even more. She shares about her personal journey with understanding self-first, her motherhood experience and the importance of embodying the aspirations we often hold for our girl child to also see lived out by their mothers especially in spaces we hope to change the narrative. This is my conversation with Phumeza Langa. Do enjoy listening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Phumeza Langa's work: Phumeza Langa on social media: @phumeza_shh #Sisterhoodhour on social media: @sistahoodhour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shop Living Content's NEW Merch here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by Lerato Sekanka Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode comes in between the series because it's long overdue. It's been a while since I brought you a new episode with Omphile for our Books Chat and Chill episodes. We in fact recorded this episode in April and it was meant to go live in May but life happened in between and here we are in June hence it just couldn't wait any longer. This is the second episode. On this episode we sat down to talk our experience reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, at some point while re-listening to our conversation I had to pull for a box of tissue because this conversation felt like a reminder I needed to hear, and I know for sure it will land with someone too. Omphile also says it herself that this one is one she might come back in future for the reminders here. This is my conversation with Omphile, do enjoy listening/watching this episode and remember to share your review. Watch and listen to the episode on YouTube here or search for Lerato Sekanka. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read all the books, audiobooks, and magazines you want on Scribd: Get your 60 days free by using Omphile's link here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Omphile's work with Bookamoso: On Instagram @bookamoso Via website - www.bookamoso.co.za ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by Lerato Sekanka Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za Email address: hello@livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

In today's episode with my guest, we discuss a topic that is pretty close to my heart which is embracing our unique essence. My guest today is an incredible woman who is supporting visionary Women of Color to remember their soul mission and find the courage to pursue it, so that they can increase their abundance and social impact. My guest today is Elyse Preston! Elyse is a Soulful Business Mentor and Healing Guide. Her work operates at the intersection of leadership, spirituality, community building and entrepreneurship. Her mission is to support leaders, changemakers and visionary entrepreneurs to experience deep healing and support, so that they can cultivate communities, services, and experiences that center radical healing and liberation. She uses the modalities of yoga, mindfulness, human design, and conscious business to support clients in seeking their purpose, creating community, and living more connected lives. In our conversation today we talk about her own journey with healing, some of her childhood memories and when she first knew that something was different about her. We dive into understanding Human Design and the freedom that comes with finally realizing how unique you are and that you do not have to fit the mold of your conditioning, society's expectations, this is a system that has been helping me a lot in my own journey with self and lastly we talk about entrepreneurship. This is my conversation with Elyse Preston. Watch and listen to the episode on YouTube here or search for Lerato Sekanka. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Elyse Preston's work: Elyse Preston on social media: @be.more.connected Be More Connected website: www.elysepreston.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shop Living Content's NEW Merch here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by Lerato Sekanka Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today I am in conversation with someone whose work inspires me so much even more after this conversation we had. With a gentle and big heart, today I am in conversation with Anesu Mbizvo. Anesu is medical doctor currently working as a yoga teacher and yoga studio owner in Johannesburg South Africa. She has a wealth of yoga teaching experience and has been teaching vinyasa, hatha, meditation and yin yoga for roughly 6 years. She is also the proud founder and co-owner of The Nest Space Yoga Studio and Wellness Center, which is built around the ethos of inclusivity- showing her community that yoga is for all bodies regardless of color, ability, size, age, gender or sexual orientation. The studio offers daily yoga and meditation classes as well as holistic therapies such as reiki, reflexology, massage and hypnotherapy to their clients and is the first of its kind in South Africa. Expanding on all of her past experiences, Anesu also provides talks about a variety of holistic health and employee wellness focused topics to wellness teams and executives in the corporate sector and is a weekly featured guest on the “Wellness Corner” segment of the SAFM radio show, Sound Awake. In our conversation today we talk about her childhood experience of finding belonging, challenges with identity to finding her own internal validation, life lessons from being part of the survivor S8 experience and her spiritual and entrepreneurial journey. This is my conversation with Anesu Mbizvo Watch and listen to the episode on YouTube here or search for Lerato Sekanka. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Anesu Mbzvo's work: Dr Anesu Mbizvo on social media: @dranesumbizvo THE NEST SPACE on social media: @thenestspaceza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by Lerato Sekanka Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today I am in conversation with one of our favourite writers whose words encourage self-love and self-care and centers women in her work. Quite a few of you have been waiting for this conversation to air after I shared that she was one of the guests coming for the series. Today I am in conversation with Siphokazi Veti who is a wellness facilitator and writer. She is the founder and owner of Home Embodied, a wellness brand and community that focuses on providing supporting tools, and resources that center wellbeing and sustainability. Home Embodied seeks to cultivate a safe space to honouring the process. Siphokazi promotes personal and mental wellness. Through her work she brings together daily affirmations, and empowering writings. She has made contributions to magazines such as Cosmopolitan. Glamour and Elle South Africa. Worked with brands such as Edgars. Dove, Gillette Venus and the Body Shop to name a few. In our conversation today we talk about making it a practice to pour unto self-daily not only when you feel deserving or when it's too late, the power of journaling and telling your own story even to yourself, finding balance, and honouring and trust the process. This is my conversation with Siphokazi, do enjoy! Watch and listen to the episode on YouTube here or search for Lerato Sekanka. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Siphokazi Veti's work: Siphokazi on social media: @siphokaziveti HomeEmbodied.. on social media: @homeembodied ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @Oleratowrites Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today I am in conversation with Zandile Ndhlovu who is South Africa's first Black African Freediving Instructor, and the founder of The Black Mermaid Foundation, an organization seeking to create diverse representation in the Ocean Arena, her work centers around enabling access to Ocean spaces to the local ocean facing communities in hope to diversify Ocean spaces recreationally, professionally and in sport, while creating a new generation of Ocean guardians. As a Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, she is able to make use of these skills in her advocacy while working to reshape narratives through storytelling. She has contributed to global topics that include Ocean Conservation, Climate Change, Coastal Justice and capacitating the youth to participate in the Blue Ocean Economy. Zandile is a change agent, using her voice to create the needed expansion in society, through her work in the Foundation, Public Speaking and on her Social platforms. In our conversation today we talk about her childhood self before finding the ocean, how she reimagined self then, to what travelling taught her and her love for the ocean. This is my conversation with Zandile, Watch and listen to the episode on YouTube here or search for Lerato Sekanka. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Zandile Ndhlovu's work: Zandile on social media: @zandithemermaid The Black Mermaid Foundation on social media: @theblackmermaid_foundation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @Oleratowrites Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today I am in conversation with Siphilile Khumalo who I've had the pleasure to work with on our last year's retreat with Among the Lilies. Siphilile is a psychology student at Wits University and the Founder and Director of Zelanga Africa. She is a certified yoga and meditation teacher trained at Nature Yoga Sanctuary (Chicago). She felt a compelling need to obtain a psychology degree after returning to her birth country due to a high prevalence of mental health issues in South Africa. Her mission is to provide clinical care and healing to those she is called to serve. Siphilile has a natural talent for understanding people. She has been working with different NGOs in both South Africa and Chicago on inclusive & curated wellness programs aimed at making wellness accessible to all. Her belief is that people can move from surviving to thriving with proper care, support, and deep healing. In our conversation we go through her own journey, we dive into the awareness of the ego, the importance of embracing the dark and the light side in us, and more about money conversation and welcoming the energy of abundance as wellness leaders and women of colour. There are many moments we found ourselves connecting through laughter. This is our conversation Watch and listen to the episode on YouTube here or search for Lerato Sekanka. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Siphilile Khumalo's work: Siphilile on social media: @siphilile_k Zelanga Africa on social media: @zelanga_africa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join us for the Remembering self workshop hosted on the 30th of April 2022 Click here to secure your spot there are only a few tickets available. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @Oleratowrites Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Welcome to the first episode of a series I have created where I interviewed women who I have been inspired by their work, their healing journey and the way they hold space. In this series I uncover ways in which the work that they do has been part of reclaiming self and how it expanded beyond self to being of service to others. Today I am in conversation with Vuyo Khumalo who is a behavioral money coach and Founder of Money EQ. I was divinely connected to Vuyo through this platform and I have been so blessed by her work. With over 7 years' experience working in financial services regulation as a financial analyst and passion for human behavior and helping people uncover their greatest potential. Vuyo married her background in finance with her passion for people and became a Money Coach. In our conversation we talk about her own journey, how her pursuit to finding her own freedom lead her to the work that she does now, how important it is to understand the root of our money stories first and giving it language. This is our conversation Watch and listen to the episode on YouTube here or search for Lerato Sekanka. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Vuyo Khumalo's work: On social media: @moneyeqwithvee Her website: money-eq.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join us for the Remembering self workshop hosted on the 30th of April 2022 Click here to secure your spot there are only a few tickets available. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @Oleratowrites Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today is the introduction episode to a series that I have been recording with some amazing human beings who are doing incredible work in the inner and outer world, and I have been so blessed to know and have worked with some of them. They have been my teachers, my guides and people that I have been deeply inspired by their work. I will be releasing the series weekly starting from next week. We are going to be talking about their personal journeys of reclaiming self, what that meant and looked like for them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join us for the Remembering self workshop hosted on the 30th of April 2022 Click here to secure your spot there are only a few tickets available. Follow Tebogo Tlala on her social media platform - @labuka.lala ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @Oleratowrites Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode is one that I have been looking forward to share, it was also one that was requested. Most of us experience this but what makes us feel like we are imposters even when we have all the proof to show that we qualify. This feeling of being inadequate, not enough or that people will find you out that you are as flawed sometimes plagues us. On this episode I share my view on it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember you still have now until the 3rd of April to use the discount with ButtaNutt ButtaNutt has made 15% discount available to LC listeners when you spend online - use discount code LCSelfCare15 at the checkout point ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @Oleratowrites Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode is a bit of a vulnerable one. Slowing down is scary but sometimes necessary to gain clarity and to order your steps. Thank you for deciding to spend your time here. Do enjoy listening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have partnered with ButtaNutt for a 15 days self-care challenge; Find out more about the 15 days self-care challenge here. And enjoy the discount ButtaNutt has made available to LC listeners when you spend online - LCSelfCare15, valid until the 3rd of April. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More about my Soulful business coach and Money coach Elyse Preston on Instagram - @be.more.connected Vuyo Khumalo on Instagram - @moneyeqinc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @Oleratowrites Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today is our first episode of Books Chats and Chill episode, where I unpack books alongside Omphile (from Bookamoso). On today's episode we are unpacking the book What Happened to you by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey The book highlights the importance of acknowledging and addressing what happened to us in order to understand the role it plays in explaining our behavioral patterns and to restore ones humanity. Essentially to move away from "what's wrong with you" to engage "what happened to you" conversations. There was no book review submitted for this book, we are still inviting you to submit yours for our next books lined up for this series. You can send us a voice note on the link below or share them via DM or email. Do enjoy listening to this episode and remember to share your review. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read all the books, audiobooks, and magazines you want on Scribd: Get your 30 days free directly on website or from this link here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Omphile's work with Bookamoso: On Instagram @bookamoso Via website - www.bookamoso.co.za ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @Oleratowrites Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

There's a thin line between self-care and self sabotage. But do we always see it when what regard as self-care is actually self-soothing or numbing ourselves. I had an interesting conversation with my husband that sparked the interest to relook at how I define self-care and what is self-care really. This is what I unpack on today's episode. Do enjoy listening. Remember to rate and review the podcast. Thank you for deciding to spend your time here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read all the books, audiobooks, and magazines you want on Scribd: Get your 30 days free directly on website or from this link here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Omphile's work with Bookamoso: On Instagram @bookamoso Via website - www.bookamoso.co.za ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

On today's episode I talk about the power of letting our rigid ideas break to transition into new form. I also take it to church. Lean in to listen, do remember to share what resonated with you from the episode on the reviews. Thank you for deciding to spend your time here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Do you ever doubt that you can make the right decisions for yourself? Sis, I used to. In the earliest days of my relationship with my husband I leaned on him a lot to make most of the decisions, even more, to help me with my own. I didn't trust that I was capable of making the right decisions for myself neither did I believe that I was capable of fulfilling the promises I made to myself Over the past years I've allowed myself to make those decisions even if they don't turn out the way I had desired but to also keep record when they do. This helped gain confidence in myself and trust that I can make my own decisions, and that a poor outcome didn't mean I was bad at making my own decisions. Self-trust is not saying you know all the answers, nor is it believing that you will always get it right. It's knowing that despite the outcome you got you, you got your support and respect still. What's good is that we can begin to trust ourselves again. On today's episode I share about self-trust - what breaks self-trust and how to nurture it. I hope you do enjoy this episode. Thank you for deciding to spend your time here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

How to cultivate self acceptance and How will it benefit you The journey to self-acceptance does not happen overnight. Learning to be okay with all of you can be hard at times, but with practice, patience and being deliberate about it you can learn the art of self-acceptance. On today's episode I share my own personal experience with self-acceptance, how denying yourself of that can hinder you from leaving in peace with yourself and where you can start with your journey of self-acceptance. Once we find peace within ourselves we engage the world from a different stand point that is nourishing and content. I hope you do enjoy this episode. Thank you for deciding to spend your time here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The podcast episode mentioned on today's episode on self-forgiveness, listen to it here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

What would you allow yourself to do if you loosened the idea you have about yourself, and still held your life as important? Imagine the freedom that this would give you, to explore your whole self. This is one of the ways that you could come to knowing yourself better this year. Releasing yourself from the idea you have derived about yourself, and going for the thing you have not allowed yourself to explore about yourself. Sometimes the ideas we hold about ourselves can be the thing that is standing on our way to experiencing our wholeness. But allowing yourself to do the uncomfortable thing that resonates with you or the thing that has always felt like the right thing to do can be the thing that will bring you closer to your true self. On today's episode I share some of the ways we may be standing on our way to to living as our highest self and from experiencing our full self while being attached to the ideas we have about ourselves. I share my personal experience and my one word for the year that aligns with how I want to feel this year and step out of the idea I hold about self. I hope you do enjoy this episode. Thank you for deciding to spend your time here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

As the year comes to end, what are you finding in your life to be grateful for? My intentions with this meditation is to help you see gratitude different, to find the countless things to be grateful for in your life if you are struggling with finding any or more. This meditation is for cultivating gratitude and therefore abundance. This is the final episode for Season 2. It's also the last of the holiday special meditation episodes. I am finding a lot to be grateful in my life, but I also want to express my gratitude to you for showing up here for yourself first. If there's anything I am grateful for now is the support I have received from every one of you, everyone who listened and engaged, I appreciate you deeply. Thank you for you choosing to heal yourself therefore the collective, thank you for showing up for yourself the way you did this year. Thank you for tuning in and for listening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Music Credit: AShamaluevMusic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

This is our last guest episode for season 2 and we will be starting again a new season next year. To be the first to know when the podcast will be back for season 3 do sign up for the newsletter and you will also get to know of the topics that will be covered in the new season. On today's episode with my guest Yvette Ratshikhopha, we talk about her book living Consciously, ways in which we self-sabotage and more about healing our trauma to live lives we truly deserve. Yvette Ratshikhopha an NLP life-Coach, Wellness educator and Author of a self-help, and healing book titled *"living consciously"*. Yvette is the founder of Yvette Aloe an organization that helps individuals and businesses move forward in the area of their careers, business and personally through coaching and leadership consulting. Her passion is to see people healing and living a fulfilled life and her philosophy is that healing, success and happiness are available to everyone. Do enjoy listening to this last guest episode, and share your reflections on this episode. Remember to subscribe, rate and review the podcast on whichever podcast platform you listen from. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The book I am referring to on this conversation is The Dark side of the light chasers by Debbie Ford. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Yvette work: Yvette Ratshikhopha on Instagram - @yvette_aloe Yvette Aloe website - www.yvettealoe.co.za Conscious Sessions on Instagram - @conscious_sessions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

This 12 minutes long guided meditations will help you with setting and honouring your boundaries, and believe that you are worthy of enjoy this holiday with so much love and peace Boundaries may sound isolating, the word itself sounds like you are closing everyone out, you are building this big wall and no one can have access to you and by doing so you will lose people. We are socialized to be always be accessible, to be selfless and to be polite. So showing up for yourself in this new way and setting boundaries for the first time will sure be terrifying, especially when we fear that we will lose people by doing so. This holiday season a lot might come up, a lot might be triggered, and lines might be crossed. But remember this your energy is currency, just like time they are your resources and you have the freedom to claw back your resources when they are abused or you need them for yourself. Boundaries are a language of self-love. Those who value your relationship with them will respect them for you and those who fail to honour them were benefiting from you not having boundaries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Music Credit: AShamaluevMusic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

I want to bring guests that can help us heal holistically, I know there are so many women on this kind of journey of healing but this conversation touches on how linked every part of ourselves is and how we can gain the power to heal ourselves holistically. My guest today is the modern kind of wise women from the village that I wish I was introduced to years ago. She's been in my journey and she is a well of wisdom. Since we have some brothers who listen to the podcast and from the title of this week's episode you can tell what it's all about. But I want to assure that there is soo much you can still learn from this episode even if you are a person living without a womb. This episode is for every women and anyone who has a women in their lives or raising a girl. Wanga Hanyani is the founder of Wombman Wellness Institute™ and pursuer of women's health. She is a Women's Wellness Practitioner and Herbal Alchemist. Her main focus is on womb healing and assisting women to understand its connection to their physical, emotional, spiritual and mental well-being. Through her work, Wanga educates and equips women with natural health skills empowering them to become self-healers. Her pursuit and passion is in seeing the standard of healthcare raised for women. Wombman Wellness Institute™ is a virtual platform and a natural health resource for every woman looking to master her health. It offers online consultations, one-on-one coaching and women's health products. Thank you for spending your time here, do enjoy listening. Remember to subscribe, rate and review the podcast on whichever podcast platform you listen from. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Wanga's work: Wanga Hanyani on Instagram - @wangapajanga Wombman Wellness Institute™ on Instagram - @wombmanwellness and on YouTube Wombman Wellness Institute™ website - www.wombmanwellness.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Welcome to our first holiday season special episodes. These episode are guided meditations to help you honour the season you are in with self-care, love and acceptance while making space to celebrate life this holiday season. This 15 mins guided meditations is meant to help you welcome in joy, release with love what you have lost in this year and make room for the gifts that this holiday season has to offer you. Holidays can sometimes find us not in the most holiday personal seasons, or they may evoke not so jolly emotions. Being able to gently allow ourselves to experience joy amidst our grief, is healing. With this meditation you will be able to visualise how finding joy this season can look like for you, and learn to acknowledge your grief while making room for new life celebration. Though the past years may have been the toughest years for us in different ways, they sure did bring us a shift we would someday (if not already) recognize the gifts they brought us. I hope in this period you have found something you will keep for yourself forever or use to build a new normal for yourself. Whatever it is you found will be your gifts from this season. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Music Credit: AShamaluevMusic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode is a guest episode which I am excited for you to listen to. With my guest today, Busie Sholo we dive into redefining motherhood for yourself, pursuing your dreams beyond motherhood and nurturing self. I think being a parent makes you realize that life is just as much about learning as it is about unlearning. Understanding that as a parent you are your child first reference of what it means to be a parent by what you model, though so much of what you know is also inherited but you choose what you let be your inheritance. My guest today unpacks more on these topics. Busie Sholo is a wife, mom, Mom Blogger at busiesholo.com, the founder of and mom coach at On purpose with Busie Sholo. She shares content that inspires, motivates and engages her audiences on topics of motherhood, family life, marriage, and holistic self-care. Her content and coaching also inspires and empowers mom to find themselves again and to pursue their dreams beyond motherhood. Thank you for spending your time here, do enjoy listening. Remember to subscribe, rate and review the podcast on whichever podcast platform you listen from. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Busie's work: Busie Sholo on Instagram - @busiesholo and on Youtube On Purpose with Busie Sholo on Instagram - @onpurpose_busiesholo On Purpose with Busie Sholo website - www.busiesholo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

I am so excited to be back and replenished to share with you about The Art of Being retreat in collaboration with Among the Lilies. In this episode I share gifts or lessons that I personally derived from the experience. There was a whole lot more but I wanted to share the ones that landed deeply with me. The retreat was a 3 day gathering experience but when I zoom out, the retreat was actually a 3 months long experience of soul searching, deep work and self-inquiry. Listen in to hear about it all. I also have some questions you can use to journal or reflect on. I hope you do enjoy this episode. Thank you for deciding to spend your time here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A special thank you to Nirmala Juice for being our Juice sponsor at the retreat. Do check their page here and product offering on their website. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

On this episode with my guest Losego Motshele we talk about the work she used to offer centered around Innerself work - using Affirmations as part of the tools. In this episode she shares ways in which affirmations can be a great tool in our lives, and when it's best to put down the tool and use what works for the season you are in. This conversation was a paradigm shift on the conversation of affirmations. Losego sees affirmations as a way of returning back to self, our inner truth. Losego describes herself as an ever- evolving soul, a storyteller, a ball of sunshine, and visionary. Grounded by her loved ones and regular spiritual practice, Losego seeks to live life to the fullest and sees every moment as a chance to return home to herself; her truest and highest self. She is a creatively-charged and deeply curious writer, with great interest in topics related to wellness, perceptions of beauty, spirituality, and the relationship between one's innerworld (innerself) and outerworld. Thank you for spending your time here, do enjoy listening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Losego on Instagram: Losego Motshele on Instagram - @losegomotshele ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

In this episode with my guest Lerato we discuss the importance of representation and taking up space in the Wellness spaces, and cultivating self-love and self-care through the yoga practice. Lerato shares her journey coming to the work and the space that she holds now. My intentions with these guest episodes is to explore conversations that affirm the intangible things we are innately worthy of. This conversation is to affirm our innate worthiness to occupy space (exist and breath easy) and to heal as black women. Lerato Malatjie is the founder of Olerato Yoga And Wellness. A Wellness Movement Redefining African Wellness in the face of the pandemic. Her passions include teaching young people how to cultivate self-love through yoga and how to prioritize self-care so that we can function as leaders of a better tomorrow. Thank you for spending your time here, do enjoy listening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Lerato's work: Lerato Malatjie on Instagram - @oleratoyoga Olerato Yoga And Wellness website www.oleratoyogawellness.com More information on the event she will be hosting on the 3rd of October click here or check her latest post on her Instagram. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Find out more about the retreat by clicking here or type out on your browser https://livingcontentshop.com/pages/the-art-of-being-wellness-retreat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

In my exploration and unpacking of the different healing instruments or modalities that are at our disposal I had a conversation with Boledi Tladito talk about healing through ease and connecting back to nature, therefore connecting back to our heritage and ancestral wisdom. In today's episode I sat with Boledi to explore this conversation. Boledi is a Community-based Counselling Psychologist, lecturer and Social Entrepreneur, proficient in both therapeutic and community-based interventions, with a specific interest in community building & African-contextualized models of healing. In her capacity as a therapist, her areas of work include but are not limited to grief & bereavement, life adjustment & racial trauma. In her capacity as a social entrepreneur, she has founded an NPO named The Green Bag Project, as well as co-founded a mental health workshop and consultancy business, called Re Basadi Mental Health Associates. Both projects were founded in 2019, and focus on highlighting & integrating mental health into the fabric of the South African social development project. At the heart of her healing practice, she approach individuals and communities as capable, historied, resilient and creative contributors towards designing sustainable solutions. Thank you for spending your time here, do enjoy listening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Boledi's work: Boledi Tladi on instagram - @bagladygreens Meditate_Chalice on instagram - @meditatechalice The Green Bag Project on instagram - @tgbp_community Rebasadi Mental Health Associates on instagram- @rebasadimha ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Find out more about the retreat by clicking here or type out on your browser https://livingcontentshop.com/pages/the-art-of-being-wellness-retreat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

In today's episode I have Zu. as our guest. She is someone that I have followed their work for years since my varsity days. So I was very honored to have them as my guest today. Her story enlightening, but I love how it also shares the human in the story in ways in which one can relate which I always find beautiful. So I am excited for you to listen to the episode. In today's episode with Zu., We had a conversation on music as a healing instrument, mental health and her motherhood journey with her sons. Zu., was born in Soweto, she is a songwriter, composer and vocalist. She specializes in what she calls an eclectic fusion of afro pop, afro soul and funk. In 2013 Zu. founded Zuko Collective (ZuCo.) and in June of that year the band played the MTN Bushfire Festival and later opened for Yasiin Bey as part of iRocke Festival. Over the years the band has gone on to wow audiences at festivals such as Smoking Dragon, Basha Uhuru ,Fete de la Musique,CTNWF and many more. In 2015 Zu. produced ZuCo.'s debut album, Relationtrips featuring ReasonHD, Stilo Magolide and Mastermind. Four years later, Zu. gave us Ndim, a trilogy about love, rebellion, self, God and music. Part 2 of her trilogy was nominated for a SAMA in the Best Alternative album category In 2021 Zu. has given us Ndim Netshomi Zam, a 6 track amapiano EP wich she calls the soundtrack to her inner groover! In this podcast episode Zu. Shares her story and journey with us. Do enjoy listening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow her work: Zu on instagram - @zumakesmusic Zu's Music on Apple music Zu's music in other spaces Zu's Mechandise click here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode is a guest episode, I sat down with Rina to uncover her healing journey. This conversation was recorded a few months back. Rina is a healer, artist, teacher, creative entrepreneur, a vibe curator, storyteller, and a fairy godmother. She's a passionate autodidact whose dharma lays in sharing knowledge with her community. She has healed her way through an autoimmune disease as well as some painful childhood trauma and limiting beliefs. She's built a very successful fashion business which she started in her bedroom and eventually made it onto the Forbes 30 under 30 list. In this episode with Rina, she shares about identity, authenticity, inner child healing, and becoming a mother. I found myself listening and soaking in the life story of my guest today as she shares. Do enjoy listening. You can follow Rina Kutama on Instagram: @theres_a_guru_on_my_stoep and her work with Umfwa Thank you for being here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

In today's episode, I transition from last week's episode on our innate worthiness to be seen to now talk about our innate worthiness to receive. I want these next episodes to affirm our innate worthiness and be a remembrance for all the things we've lost touch with that we deserve simply by being and without the need to labor for it. In this episode, I share why I often find it very hard to receive and how does one learns to increase their capacity to receive because receiving is such a beautiful gift - something we all deserve. Cultivating a good balance in our lives to receive as we give, would not only prevent burnout in areas in which we only give too much of ourselves but helps us refuel the love back. Let me know what do you most struggle to receive in your life and what has made you believe you aren't deserving. I hope you do enjoy this episode Thank you for deciding to spend your time here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

In this episode I share about healing through being seen by ourselves first, therefore, healing as a collective. I have come to learn that sometimes the things we long for the most are often the things we resist the most, like being seen. As a person who was constantly bullied, I received that as rejection and the hardest thing is being rejected while being yourself. So naturally, it felt safe not to be seen. In this episode, I share what it means for me to be seen. I know now that you have to heal what hurts, so you don't have to hide who you are. Do share with me what it means for you to be seen or heard. Thank you for deciding to spend your time here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

It must be that the synonym for Peace is Boundaries The way I see it boundaries help with simplifying our lives and therefore grants us peace of mind. I never knew that asking for peace would mean setting boundaries, not only the easier ones that would not cause any discomfort but more so those ones. To set them and learn to reinforce them. Today's topic reminded me of my childhood favorite tree, so I share some of my fondest childhood memories. If anything that therapy helped me with, among other things, was being able to grant myself permission to own my feelings and validating them, this has also helped me learn to communicate and draw my boundaries, and the hardest part reinforcing them. To me, it has become important to preserve and protect my energy, to be able to call it back home. Setting boundaries is one of the most important parts of cultivating healthy relationships. ~Show notes~ In this episode I share; [08:15] - What is the benefit of setting boundaries [13:35] - Way to set and maintain good boundaries Thank you for deciding to spend your time here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

The Podcast is officially back! Welcome to Season 2! I am excited to be back. In South Africa, we celebrate Women's day on the 9th of August and this makes the month Women's month. So let me start by saying - Happy women's month, I hope you always know that you are loved, celebrated and that your life matters. But I that you never wait to be celebrated to celebrate yourself too. In today's episode, I wanted to talk about acceptance, trust and surrender to life. All these almost mean the same thing. To accept is surrendering to life - being completely open and available to what life intends for you in this moment or whatever situation you find yourself in, and to accept one has to drop into deep trust beyond our own knowing. I am in a Season of deep Trust, surrender, and acceptance. I made a huge life-changing decision this past few days which was a huge act of trust and faith. In this episode, I will touch on what acceptance is not when to know you have to release control and trust or accept, then lastly ways in which you can practice acceptance or cultivate openness to life. Do enjoy listening. Thank you for being here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

This episode is our final episode for Season 1 and I have so much in my heart, but a huge part of it is gratitude. I am grateful to my Devine Source who I got to co-create this Podcast with, who found my broken story and still said I will use you for good. I am grateful to you who somehow found this podcast in time and have been part of the sisterhood. I hope the podcast helped you start or continue in your healing journey. It was not so long ago when I made the announcement that I was starting this podcast, and today more than 5 months in we are here. I have grown and gained so much since. The wisdom, the courage, and the relationships here. I can say that my heart is full. This is merely a break and in Season 2 I am hoping to stretch Living Content just a little bit out of comfort. There will be exciting things coming. In this episode, I share the lessons I have gained this year, through conversations I have had and some just as I encounter life. I also close this episode with a meditation so I hope you will find a comfortable space where you can rest your body and listen as I take you through a meditation to wrap our season. Do enjoy listening. Thank you for being here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

In this episode, I sat for a conversation with Buyisile Mncina. Buyisile is familiar to my guest chair, we once created a 4 part series called Psychology matters which covered 4 topics to assist women as they navigate their motherhood, work-life, relationship, and business journey currently hosted on The Journey Unearthed podcast. Buyisile Mncina is a practicing counseling psychologist, co-founder of ReBasadi Mental Health Associates, as well as a sessional psychology lecturer at Wits University. She considers herself primarily a student of life before she is a teacher, counsel, healer, and companion. One of Buyisile's values is in contributing to the existing body of knowledge as well as being flexible to the ever-changing times. To be a healer, one must continuously facilitate a state of abundance, and that state requires; effort, insight, shedding, and healing, a soul position that Buyisile is never shy to own. Buyisile has also engaged in numerous media platforms including' Psycho-educational TV shows, Social Media Lives, Speaking Engagements, Magazine contributions, and radio contributions. With much of the work she has done, she has also contributed to philanthropic efforts and believes we can never quite get to a state where we feel we have done all we can - each day presents new opportunities to show up for purpose, whatever that may be for the season you are in. In this episode we talk about codependency which she would rather call conflicted dependency, learning to create your independence, and constructing a sense of self. Do enjoy listening. You can follow Buyisile Mncina on Instagram: @buyisilemncina and ReBasadi Mental Health Associates Thank you for being here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Journey Unearthed Podcast - Psychology Matters 4-Part Series with Buyisile 1. Part1 - On Psychology for Mom 2. Part2 - On Psychology for the working woman 3. Part3 - On Psychology for the Boss-lady 4. Part4 - On Psychology for a Healthy Relationship ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

In this episode, I sat for a conversation with Monica Phumza Mankayi. She is currently working as a UX Content Writer in the banking sector and moonlights as a Mental Health Advocate when she is not writing articles, poems and helping people with their social media platforms. Her career has been supported by her psychology background and her avid love for a well-written story. Her aspirations are to find ways to help people work through their trauma by giving them information, resources, and perspectives. When she is not listening to lectures for fun, she is planning her days on a farm where she will write books and raise children while building a legacy for those who follow her. In this episode with Phumza, she shares about choosing joy, naming ourselves, contextualizing our stories, and work and well-being balance Do enjoy. Thank you for being here. You can follow Phumza on Instagram: @impondomise_egoli ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode is a guest episode, I sat over zoom for a chat with Nkhensani Rikhotso. Nkhensani is an interior plant stylist and educator, Mother, reiki practitioner, UX UI Manager, and social impact advocator. She studied BCom Accounting and in allowing her journey to unfold she built her career in the digital tech space. With holistic healing being a huge part of her journey, she started her Instagram page in 2020 with the purpose of sharing her love for indoor plants and their purpose in her healing, her life as a person living with chronic conditions and her spiritual journey, and being a single mom and co-parenting. Nkhensani believes that her purpose in this life is to help others find their own healing and life purpose and create a safe space for themselves to allow healing. She is the co-founder of one of South Africa's largest tennis development NPO's Motion and Colour Foundation, which teaches tennis to over 2000 kids from Alexandra township and also runs her Reiki practice in the north of Johannesburg. In this episode we talk about spirituality, Reiki Healing, Motherhood, finding purpose, authenticity in and Plant energy Do enjoy. Thank you for being here. You can follow Nkhensani on Instagram: @hermerakai ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode is a guest episode, I sat over zoom for a chat with Kamogelo Walaza, I met Kamogelo years ago through a mutual friend, we met through art and our recent reunion was also through art but we also had a beautiful healing conversation on what had transformed, changed and what had shed in our lives. So I decided to invite her over for a conversation in healing through art and to uncover her journey. Kamogelo Walaza loves working with children through art education. She is an avid writer and pens her skills through poetic writing and academic literature. She is passionate about the theory of identity as a black woman, which was further instilled in her recent Autoethnograpic Thesis. Her deep interest in holistic based reflexive practice led to her co-founding an online support group called We Feel @wefeeltalk In this episode we talk about healing through art, identity and unlearning. Do enjoy. Thank you for being here. You can follow Kamogelo on Instagram: @walaza and We Feel @wefeeltalk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode is a solo one. As you may note from the title of the episode I am sharing 28 things I know for sure and you can for sure count Rest as one of the things I am listing. I started doing this in 2019 and this year will be the 3rd year. What has been beautiful about doing this is that you are able to see how far you've come, what has changed, how you may be looking at things differently, what may have stayed the same. Just like monthly reflection, except for now, the changes are quite visible and sometimes drastic because years have passed. So here's my 28 list of things I know for sure, be mindful that this is all based on my personal experiences and therefore I derived my truth on that. If it resonates with you and I must grab coffee one day, if it doesn't just stay open and keep listening. You can listen to my "27 things I know for sure" here. DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On supporting Peggy: Peggy Ntsepe currently runs a program called She Imagines through her NGO Change That Happens, which focuses on the empowerment of our women and girls, they will be hosting Activation event on the 8th of May for 30 girls between the ages of 11-18. Please support this initiative by donating to this great course. I will be sharing what is needed on our Instagram Stories. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you for being here. Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

This is Part 2 of the previous episode, where I sat down with Mpumi Mayisa to uncover her healing journey. In this episode, we dive deep into her inner child healing and how she's cultivating joy in her life. You can listen to the first part of our conversation here. Thank you for being here. You can follow Mpumi on Instagram: @mpumi_dee and Among The Lillies @among.the.lilies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode is a guest episode, I sat down with Mpumi Mayisa to uncover her healing journey. This is one part of our conversation, the second part of this conversation will be released on Thursday this week. Mpumi Mayisa is a poet, photographer, podcaster, educational art program designer, and event curator based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is passionate about using her gifts to advocate for human expansion and healing. Her background in education and event photography has given her insight into the seemingly small yet healthy social ingredients missing from the world she finds herself in. She has used these insights as seeds for inspiration to dream up the ideas, programs, and events that she executes in an effort to create new, rich realities that help nourish the seeds of creativity and self-healing. Since founding Among The Lilies in 2017, she has curated Ode To The Woman, Book Socials, and The Open Mic Experiment that provides artists with a platform to express their creative power, find or share their voices, collaborate, and learn to give themselves permission to breathe easy in their own bodies. Mpumi flowers open when she has a pen in the grip of her tiny fingers and enjoys the simple pleasure of stringing words together to form true to life and potent stories. She is currently working on her debut poetry collection. Thank you for being here. You can follow Mpumi on Instagram: @mpumi_dee and Among The Lillies @among.the.lilies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode is our first guest episode, I invited Mapule Peggy Ntsepe for a conversation on healing. We journeyed through her healing journey as she unpacks some of her childhood trauma, her journey back to home to self, the work that she does, and she also wraps up this episode with her beautiful affirming words. For me she is such a well of wisdom and I love how she shares, after our first IGlive I certainly wanted more. This episode is loaded with so many gems from Peggy. Peggy Ntsepe is a social/creative and education entrepreneur, design researcher, social impact advocate, and public speaker. Her career is built on creating sustainable networks and ecosystems in our black communities. She firmly believes in having important transformational conversations, this becomes the vehicle that allows previously disadvantaged communities to participate in the socio-economic activities that influence local and global change. She is the co-founder of Enkambini Creative Hub, a creative business that focuses on transformation through creativity. She also founded Change That Happens Podcast, a platform that explores spiritual transformational conversations. Peggy also runs She Imagines, a project under her NGO Change That Happens, she facilitates the programme #GirlsLead that focuses on women/girl leadership. Thank you for being here. You can follow Peggy on Instagram: @peggyntsepe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

In today's episode I unpack on finding self belonging and inner security first. By that, I mean learning to belong to yourself first and asserting that inner child in you that she is safe. Self belonging is being in a relationship with yourself and getting to know who you are the same way you would if you were in a relationship. Part of getting to know ourselves better requires sitting with our inner child. In this episode I also talk about what happens when we don't know ourselves better and get into a relationship, and how do you get to know yourself better even in a relationship. ~Show notes~ [00:00] - Intro [03:30] - On finding self-belonging and inners security [11:15] - What happens when you don't know yourself better and get into a relationship [18:40] - How do you get to know yourself better even in a relationship [22:00] - This week's affirmation The podcast I referenced her is Black Girls Heal. Thank you for being here. Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode I am going to sound like a preacher, it's a light-hearted episode on granting yourself grace and self-care during this pandemic. Today's question is from Gontse (@gee_letsapa) and she asked “When life is not working out, how do you extend to yourself the same grace you can easily extend for others.” ~Show notes~ [00:00] - Intro [03:30] - Missed off-ramps and granting ourselves grace [10:35] - What self-care can look like during this pandemic [18:30] - This week's affirmation Thank you for being here. Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode is about embracing different experiences, opinions, and ideas to life and defining what success looks like for you. I have gotten to a point in life where I have learned to appreciate that things are not always black or white, true or false and there will not always be one true answer, one solution or one formula to life. And that I can define my own success just the way it pleases me and helps me live a life I am content with. ~Show notes~ [00:00] - Intro [03:30] - On embracing our different experiences, opinions, and ideas but still embracing our own path [11:45] - The questions to ask yourself when defining your own success and what it looks like [18:30] - The importance of defining what your success looks like [20:30] - This week's affirmation Thank you for being here. Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today we are talking about why and how we may be sabotaging ourselves. Why do we have little worth for ourselves and often shrink into smallness. We will look at what that can look like, what is the reason we do it, and how to stop. I also shared some beautiful words from two creative women, both as affirmation and to celebrate how powerful you are even when you are still learning to believe that for yourself. The day you will stop doubting yourself and realize your power, some people will be scared. Imagine if we showed up as our highest selves each day. Imagine if we hyped ourselves of the real truth of who we are, imagine if we reclaimed our sovereignty and stopped giving away our power to old narratives. Imagine if we realised how God we are. Imagine that day! Today's question is from @zshabangu on limiting self-beliefs. ~Show notes~ [00:00] - Intro [09:55] - On what is Self-sabotage [10:40] - What it can look like, how do we sabotage ourselves [16:45] - The reasons we sabotage ourselves [20:30] - How do we stop sabotaging ourselves [23:05] - This week's affirmation are words drawn from a song - Go Bravely by Londrelle Hall (ft. Shelly-Ann Gajadhar) Thank you for being here. Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Happy new month! We are now within the month of March. Here's to a new soul replenishing and transformative month. May these new 31 days open to you another layer of yourself to show you the greatness that you are capable of. Today I wanted to talk about learning to show up for yourself in ways you needed someone to, by that I mean learning to grant yourself the love you needed someone to grant you. And we know any form of self-love starts with cultivating nurturing thoughts that are affirming to us. It should be that when you sit with yourself in solitude, you are able to befriend all of you and it's a safe space that you can visit very often to remind yourself of the truth that is you. We cannot use the same voice, language, and tone that taught us to be hard on ourselves to heal ourselves. Today's question on healing was from @saucey_bear, she asked “Please share your thoughts on dealing with feeling excluded/left out and how to be okay and feel secure in yourself in such moments”. ~Show notes~ [00:00] - Intro [03:00] - Questions to reflect on for passing months [08:30] - This week's question on healing [09:30] - 5 love languages which you can show love to yourself [15:45] - This week's affirmation Questions shared by @saucey_bear. Thank you for being here. Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Sometimes healing can be about learning to embrace a good thing when it finds you, sometimes it can be about learning to make room for what you are hoping for, sometimes it can be about learning to hold on to new nurturing believes that remind you of what you deserve and sometimes it can be about learning a new and healthy way to go through hardship. So whether it's in learning how to embrace joy for yourself, learning to know that you don't have to read the room to hold space for joy in your life, or learning just how much you deserve it. I want us to be able to talk all about it. The way I see it, part of healing is knowing that you deserve joy in life and I believe this is our Devine gift to us and wish for us too. In today's episode, I am unpacking what joy is and also answering the question that came through from Matshepo - how did you learn to walk in contentment?. In today's episode, I share how to choose joy and cultivate a content life. ~Show notes~ [00:00] - Intro [03:00] - Choosing joy as part of healing and what joy is [13:00] - Ways in which you can cultivate joy, therefore, living a content life [20:30] - This week's affirmation Questions shared by: Matshepo. Thank you for being here. DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Today's episode is about forgiveness, one of the pillars I believe to be critical in genuinely living a content life and living light, unburdened by our pasts. Today in particular I wanted us to talk about self-forgiveness because only when we are able to truly forgive ourselves which is the most hardest part of forgiveness, so shall we be able to forgive others and release any bondage holding us to anyone who has disappointed us or caused us pain in some way and also releasing the past that never left our hearts. In this episode, I speak to a question that Tumi shared - on forgiveness and owning our healing journey without the permission, participation, or buy-in of others. ~Show notes~ [00:00] - Intro [10:05] - How to start cultivating self-forgiveness [18:45] - My own story with self-forgiveness [23:15] - This week's affirmation Questions shared by: Tumi. Thank you for being here. DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast ~Intro sound beat produced by Simphiwe Kulla --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message

Very often our desire to please is a symptom of a very deeper issue. How I see most of our toxic beliefs and things that we have to learn to unlearn is that, there must have been a point in your earlier life where you first experienced what would be a seed and with every similar experience or triggering situation the roots of the seed infiltrated your life and way of being to entrench themselves even deeper. So with that, you end up building a coping mechanism that becomes your auto-response to situations that may appear similar though at times contextually different and may not require a defense response. However, since you have been so used to fighting and protecting yourself you've built an armor against anything that would trigger the same feelings. In this episode, I speak to a question that Masala shared - How do I stop being a people pleaser, and comparing myself? ~Show notes~ [00:00] - Intro [02:30] - On our desire to please, the deeper issue [12:30] - 10 signs you could be a people pleaser [24:00] - How to break the cycle [26:30] - This week's affirmation [29:00] - Journaling prompts for deep reflection to help you as a people pleaser Thank you for being here. DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or professional help. Produced and Hosted by @lifewithOlerato Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast ~Intro sound beat produced by Simphiwe Kulla --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/livingcontentpodcast/message