5Head, 5Cents: Recent Episodes
Captano Maina
Join Captano Maina in her weekly forehead chronicles where she and her guests discuss and dissect juicy controversial topics with the aim of improving your holistic wellness.
Mission: To use our platform to share and break stigma, evoke universal truths, bring nuance and fresh perspectives to our listeners in order to help nurture, inspire and entertain them to make their wellness a priority - and in doing so make the world a better and more empathetic place.
In this episode our guest, Yetunde, and I define Black Tax, it's implication on our financial & mental wellness and give ideas and pointers on how to navigate it.
In this episode featuring Yuri and Njoki, we talk about our most painful rejection experiences. The pain, how we coped and how those experiences have shaped us. We also laugh about some of our Ls in these streets.
As we start this month's theme of Sexual Wellness, I am joined by Kagiri and Ally to talk about the stigma around sex in African Homes. We discuss our experiences, the effects and come up with a few ways to break this stigma.
Joined by our guest psychologist, Jeremy Ruiters, we talk about what Mental Hygiene is, why it is important and how we can practice it in our daily lives.
This Valentine's day Omina and I talk about some of the negative emotions and effects of valentine's day. We also talk about co-dependency and close-up with a wonderful spoken word performance from Harriet.
In this first episode for season 2, I am joined by my former co-host Ciku. We talk about our journey since we started the show in 2019, the changes we have made, the battles we've endured, our goals and what we have in store for you this year.
Joined by the amazing Christina and Tomisin, we unpack imposter syndrome. We define, discuss the types, causes and healthy ways to handle imposter syndrome.
With our special guest Aaliyah we discuss the highs and lows of relationships and discuss how to maintain healthy relationships.
An in depth conversation defining expectations and breaking down on how to manage them.
Stress is part of our daily lives. However, when the stress becomes too much it's dangerous. In this episode we unpack on types of stress and discuss ways to manage it in a healthy manner,
Our special guest Abigail gets vulnerable and talks about her experience with some of the effects of too much stress.
A Cikus' heart to heart...
We (your hosts) dive deeper into the aspects of anxiety and depression. We talk about our experiences; how it happened, the effects and how far we've gotten in this journey of dealing with anxiety and depression.
My new co-host Ciku Kimani joins in the conversation. We dissect the realities and complexities of anxiety and depression. We're joined by Mabwa, Tomisin, Abenezer, and Atama to share our experiences filled with vulnerability, laughter and lots of love. Mental illnesses can be tough, but we're tougher. You're never alone,
With love, Ciku Maina and Ciku Kimani
In the words of Shakira "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger". Rejection is something I particularly don't get used to no matter how many times I am rejected. In this episode, I am joined by Trevor and Njeri as we unpack our experiences with rejection and talk about how to bounce back from it.
In this episode Rati, Sean and I define inferiority complex, talk about our experiences with inferiority and some ways to manage it to prevent it from becoming a complex.