Sisonke: Voices of Reason: Recent Episodes
Sisonke Wellness
Sisonke provides a platform for youth to openly discuss issues, promoting safe spaces and conversations for healing. Our podcast shares group discussions and explores various mental health topics of struggles young people may or may have faced. We also offer mindfulness practices to cope with anxiety and stress, along with affirmations for personal growth. Join us for enlightening conversations and valuable tools for your healing journey.
We all face stress and anxiety, but learning to identify and cope with them in ways that work for us is key. In this relatable and simplified IG live we spoke about how anxiety feels like, what we can do to manage it and also ways to take care of ourselves.
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In this enlightening discussion, we explored the transformative power of surrender and acceptance. From profound the profound scripture in 2 Corinthians 12:7 AMP, to actionable insights such as using journaling not only to express emotions but to also track our progress, we learnt that there is true power in acceptance and surrender.
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In this IG live, we explore the transformative power of wellness, discovering what it truly means to be well. We talk about healing ourselves, taking time for self-reflection, being honest with ourselves, and practicing gratitude through journaling.
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Finding your purpose is like starting a journey. But living with purpose means making every day count. It's about facing the good and bad times with determination and making a positive impact along the way. Let's focus on living with purpose, not just finding it - Because what would you do if you looked forever and you never found it? If you would like to reach out to Marco and book a coaching session with him, you can reach out on 📧Coachme@forgetnormalcoaching.com
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In this IG live we talked about understanding how our upbringing shapes the people we are today, learning to understand our own attachment styles and the ones of those around us, finding light in tough times, focusing on feelings over labels, and the power of letting go. Remember, you're not responsible for how others see things. Interested in diving deeper? Book a counseling session with Zola on bridgingthegapholsitic@gmail.com
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Sometimes, drifting off to sleep feels like an elusive dream. But fear not, for we're here to guide you through those restless nights. Get comfortable and prepare to drift away into the calmest sleep.
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In this episode, we lead you through a breathwork exercise aimed at rediscovering the power of intentional breathing throughout your day. Join us as we guide you through the practice, focusing on the importance of conscious breathing for managing stress and promoting relaxation. Tune in to learn and experience firsthand the transformative effects of incorporating mindful breathwork into your daily routine.
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Affirmations have the power to motivate you to act on certain things, help you to concentrate on achieving your goals in life, give you the power to change your negative thinking patterns and replace them with positive ones, help you cope with anxiety or stress, but above all, affirmations can reaffirm the positivity back into your life and help regain or increase your self-confidence.
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To have a sense of purpose and self identity means to know who we are and what we stand for. With just these tools we can easily discover and be in tune with our passion as well as our goals.
Passion is a powerful force that pushes us to go for what we have set our minds to. Having a passion coincides with wanting to experience life as it is in and outside of the workplace.
On this episode we chat with content marketer and entrepreneur Dr. Mo Shehu (Phd) on understanding our career path. We also touch on ways of monetizing our skills and knowledge and the importance of not losing focus as we climb the success ladder.
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A recording from a men's conference where Andre Olivier, a pastor from Rivers church talks about the efforts made to create gender equality and how it has almost created an imbalance where men are being overlooked while women are being empowered. Listen to the episode and share your thoughts either by responding with a voice recording or leaving a comment so we can have this important conversation.Â
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Mental health is a state of being psychologically and emotionally well. Research estimates that 1/3 of the South African population suffers from a mental illness. Only 5% of the overall department of health budget contributes to mental health in South Africa. To exacerbate the matter, our country also has minimal/limited mental health care facilities.
Mental health issues in the workplace can affect employees as well as the organisation itself. Poor mental health in the workplace can negatively impact an employee's productivity, engagement with coworkers and the physical capability and daily functioning. On this episode we scrutinize how mental health may affect us in our work spaces. We also talk and share coping mechanisms of how to maintain your sanity in the workplace.
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Starting great
Let's face it, from the time we learnt that there was a new invisible enemy in the world our lives were shook in the most literal sense.
We were tried, tested, broken and many jobs were lost. We were forced to let go. We lost loved ones, opportunities and even possibilities.
The past 2 years have been nothing but a rollercoaster. Now 2022, this year we are putting all the broken pieces together. This is the year we start living, and not just surviving.
On this episode we cover the importance of setting goals, having a vision and creating vision boards for the year ahead. We also touch on self awareness and mental health.
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In 2019 Busi Ndlovu moved  to Melbourne, Australia for a better life. Today we chat with her as she shares what life has become for her in a new country/ city over the past two years. She touches on subjects such as being forced to adapt to this environment, the culture shock and getting used to not having her loved ones around her.
Tune in and listen to how Busi navigates her life in Melbourne especially through these trying times of Covid- 19.
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Experience is the best teacher, however sometimes we wish that someone would have prepared us for the circumstances we’ve had to face. On this episode we share a few lessons that may have slowed us down a little but played a huge role in helping us grow. Some of these lessons can be easily mistaken for a blessing or even a curse. Irregardless of how we classify these mistakes, these are important life lessons.
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“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself or the situation and unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward” - Steve Maraboli. Peace of mind comes from acceptance. If you cannot change it, learn to accept it and keep it going. When we speak of acceptance we're not talking about giving up. Acceptance is acknowledging and embracing your present experience whilst being fully aware of your reality. If we teach ourselves to accept things or situations sooner we will learn to be more open to challenges in life and not be frightened by them.
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When "financial trust" is broken, who can you count on during emergencies? There's a fine line between reliability and allowing yourself to be taken for a ride. It's important that we learn to identify the two.
On this episode we talk about how lending each other money can complicate relationships and we cover how to avoid these unwanted conflicts.
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Societal pressures and expectations may inspire us to do and be more or push us into living fake lives whilst trying to impress our families and peers. Should society define and dictate our lives for us? This session unpacks this for us.
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Taking your power back is a form of self care. On this episode Mathari, a legal practitioner and CEO of Blended Inc🔥 shares how she hit rock bottom and managed to pick herself up and get what she deserves. "Healing is more painful than going through the actual pain" these are Mathari's words as she let's us in on her story.
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Bumpy, curvy, uphill, potholes! These are some of the signs you can expect on your journey to achieving financial freedom.
It's important that we design our own maps, our own routes and decide where the road will lead us.
This road could bring us closer to creating multiple streams of income, building generational wealth or simply just living a debt free life. Working because you want to, not because you have to is financial freedom.
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Urban Dictionary defines black tax as the extra money that black individuals are expected to give every month to support their less fortunate family and extended families. Trevor Noah says in his book Born a crime: “My mother calls it black tax because the generations who came before you have been pillaged, rather than being free to use your skills and education to move forward, you lose everything just trying to bring everyone behind you back up from zero.” On this episode we unpack the term black tax:
- Is it an obligation or a choice?
- How does it affect our relationships, friendships and social lives?
- How do we or how can we manage our families’ expectations?
- How do we set and communicate boundaries?
- How can we change the narrative?
- How does it affect us emotionally and mentally?
- How can we cope with the issue while managing our finances well?
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Knowing yourself is important when communicating, if you know yourself, you know what you want then you’ll know what you want and will be able to express yourself better
- What do you want to say?
- Why are you saying it, what are you hoping to achieve from saying what you’re saying?
- How many relationships were ruined because of poor communication?
- How many times have you been frustrated at work because of communication?
- How do you communicate to yourself? Do you say good things to yourself? E.g. Affirmations
We assume everyone thinks like us and don’t necessary see the need to explain
Clear Communication brings a sense of peace. It leads to understanding and healthy relationships
We should be able to listen to understand not to respond. Use communication intentionally to get the message across but not to hurt someone else’s feelings
Be willing to understand what the other person is saying. Often we have arguments because we don’t try to hear the next person but want them to hear us instead. It's important to understand the person you are communicating with so you can adjust the message accordingly.
Being able to have difficult conversations is important as it allows for things to be ironed out.
Perspective affects communication because we see things the way we know them which means we also hear what we want to hear.
Using communication to deal with the below topics discussed previously:
Childhood traumas and toxic relationships: Seeing a professional to talk about this and find ways to deal with these issues.
Love languages - communicating how you interpret love, understanding how the next person recognizes and shows love, respect, apologies, gratitude
Triggers - communicating your triggers to your loved ones could help them avoid doing or saying anything that could be a trigger to you
Grief and mourning - when you get to a point in the healing process where you feel like you’re ready, talking about your feelings could help with healing, it could also help the next person as well
Misconceptions (perceptions) - communicating your thoughts, views an beliefs with others opens up a channel of exchanging ideas but can also clarify confusion or misconceptions. This eliminates anyone making assumptions
Self love -Setting boundaries is a form of self love. Communicating your boundaries draws the line on what you’re not willing to do
Expectations and handling disappointment: Communicating what you expect from the next person and also ask if there are any expectations from you, this eliminates assumptions
Attitude of gratitude: Being able to communicate when you are grateful for certain things, being able to communicate and express gratitude
Knowing and living your values: sometimes values do not need to be communicated to people you have known for long. Communicating them when starting new relationships so you can be in relationships that align with your values will avoid misunderstanding, personality clashes and conflict
Friendship, marriage and dating: Communication is the oxygen that keeps these relationships alive, together with other values.
Be sincere when listening and sharing
Be short and brief, get to the point or else the next person’s mind starts wandering
Improve your vocab- sometimes you might have issues with explaining a point because you run out of words in your vocab
Look at body language and other non verbal cues
Learn to pick up emotional signals - feelings so you can adjust your message and get it across without any hinderances
- Be honest & vulnerable
- Be aware of yourself
- Be open & respectful
- Be curious & intentional
- Create a safe environment
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I hope this podcast will bring you love and light and that you will always remember that you are not alone, Sisonke. Enjoy
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