Nearly 30: Recent Episodes
Zahin & Cappa
Welcome to Nearly 30 - a podcast created to reflect, review, and redefine the realities of adulthood because let’s be honest, growing up isn’t really what it’s cracked up to be. Childhood friends, Zahin and Cappa, host weekly discussions exploring how they’ve navigated their upbringing, relationships, money, personal development, and everything in between. Tune in to discover how they embrace (or resist) auntie-hood and the laughter, confusion, and tears that come with it.
From deciding whether to pursue further formal education to setting yearly intentions, this episode takes the concept of "development" beyond the realm of academics and career. At nearly 30, the duo has learned that development requires holistic cultivation of the various areas of our lives.
Tune in to the season finale as Zahin and Cappa tackle some of the big questions that arise during moments of change and maybe even chaos (cough quarter-life crisis cough). Whether you're in the process of discovering your own motivators, broadening your skillsets or defining what productivity looks like for you, life is ultimately a balancing act between being and becoming.
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Music credit: penguin music
While Zahin is on holiday, Cappa takes the mic and welcomes in the spring season by clearing out some mental cobwebs. In this week's episode, she evaluates three common phrases that were echoed throughout her life that she is now learning how to reframe:
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You should become a doctor, lawyer or (insert any lucrative/high-paying profession here)
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You need to work twice as hard to get half as far
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It's not what you know, it's who you know
After all, if we can't change our origins, we can at least craft some epic narratives. What phrases or pieces of advice are you learning how to reframe?
Follow us on Instagram @whoiszahin and @criduchvt
Music credit: penguin music
In this episode, Zahin and Cappa discuss how the concepts of attractiveness, skin, hair, style and physical health have contributed to their current body image.
Cappa spent hours straightening and styling her hair while Zahin yearned for bouncy curls. As the age-old saying goes, "we always want what we can't have."
Follow along to learn about their evolving beauty practices and the mental shifts they have made to strive for body appreciation. Spoiler alert: The glow-up is real.
Follow us on Instagram @whoiszahin and @criduchvt
Music credit: penguin music
In this episode, Zahin and Cappa share their personal experiences with money. As children of immigrant parents, they understood very well the need to work hard to create a livelihood. However, they have also come to understand that money goes beyond buying "nice" things. It ultimately shapes our worldview and influences our behaviour.
As nearly 30-year-olds, Zahin and Cappa break down their approaches to acquiring money and wealth, leveraging debt, and doing the most adulting thing of all - making trade-offs.
Follow us on Instagram @whoiszahin and @criduchvt
Music credit: penguin music
Connecting is about syncing our social ties with our overall well-being. In this episode, Zahin and Cappa reflect on how they’ve managed relationships throughout their lives (and more recently, with a pandemic thrown in the mix). Together, they reminisce on the days of chatting with their crushes on MSN messenger and what it was like navigating romantic relationships in their adolescence. They also share helpful frameworks to keep the pulse with friends, family and romantic partners.
Follow us on Instagram @whoiszahin and @criduchvt
Music credit: penguin music
Additional reading:
Attachment Theory: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-attachment-theory-2795337
Love Languages: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes
In the first episode, Zahin and Cappa share how they became friends 18 years ago, dive into the philosophical underpinnings of being nearly 30, and weigh in on whether to go down the slippery slope of plucking grey hairs.
Follow them along on Instagram @whoiszahin and @criduchvt.
Music by: penguinmusic