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Welcome to the Connectivitea Podcast where we help you feel more connected to yourself and the world around you. Bi-weekly, host Rebecca Nanjego brings you tips on how to create meaning in your life, inspirational stories, actionable strategies for greater love, growth and fulfilment. Rebecca shares tangible tips and hacks that led her to a life filled with meaning. Along with sharing her best-kept secrets, she interviews "woke" guests in a deep way that will ensure you see yourself through their stories. From how to overcome fear, failure and disappointment to business, health, creativity and success. If it leads to meaningful connections, we cover it. Get inspired, feel connected and get one step closer to your best self. What do you say? Are you in? Because we believe that safety is the presence of Connection.
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Do you have challenges you have been facing for a long time but can't seem to find a long lasting solution? This might be an effect of cruel optimism. Rebecca discusses her issues with food and social media that she found out had their roots in the system of economic growth. This episode is dynamic, she talks about children, horses, Uganda's roads etc and everything is tied to an individualistic outlook to our issues instead of collectivistic outlook. This episode will leave you thinking...
Rebecca shares her self reflection process that helps her put things into perspective. Tune in..
In this episode, I read an excerpt from Johann Hari's book Stolen Focus. I am currently struggling with focus and getting off social media which has affected other areas of my life negatively. This book is helping me see why as you will discover in this episode. Tune in. Purchase Stolen Focus from Mahiri Books, let's be reading buddies.
Today, I am seating down with Vrusti Patel, a psychologist. She’s no stranger to how the mind works. In today's episode we talk about self-help, why we need it and how to do it right. We discuss mental health generally as well; when to seek professional help, how to distinguish stress from anxiety, how to build supportive habits. Tune in, subscribe and share with a friend who may benefit.
Rebecca Makyeli struggled with alcohol addiction from the tender age of fifteen. What started as a harmless night out with a friend turned into a nearly fifteen-year long battle that stretched well into her adulthood and left her a college dropout, depressed and dejected, and later on, jobless and homeless on the streets for nearly four years with no purpose to her life.Now fully recovered and free of the shackles of addiction, Rebecca is a certified sobriety coach with Ahava Life who believe...
Sharon met 'Marcus" on a walk, he asked for her number which she gave him thinking she wouldn't be in touch with him anyway. Marcus was persistent, and Sharon decided to go out with him one day out of boredom. This eye opening episode is a masterclass in vigilance. Donate to ConnectiviTea to help us create more and better episodes. Follow us on Instagram + Twitter.
Rebecca reads a excerpt from one of her favorite books - don't sweat the small stuff by Richard Carlson. The excerpt has a simple but effective way of dealing with difficult, or irritating people. Tune in.Donate to ConnectiviTea.Follow us on Instagram + Twitter.Apply to be a guest on ConnectiviTea
Rebecca has never been a small girlie, her weight was like a pendulum bob oscillating between sizes. She dropped one size and has maintained this weight for almost a year through yoga, eating more cautiously and walking. She shares that most of it is mental and emotional work and gets into detail in this episode. Tune in. Donate to ConnectiviTea.Follow us on Instagram + Twitter.Apply to be a guest on ConnectiviTea
1I have been away for a year and 6 months because I was mentally and emotionally unwell following a turbulent romantic relationship. In this episode, I share what happened, therapy, doing the work and what I learnt. Lastly, what's next for ConnectiviTea. Tune inDonate to ConnectiviTea.Follow us on Instagram + Twitter.Apply to be a guest on ConnectiviTea
As most phycologists agree that females are wired for relationships. Therefore bonds that form between women can be strong and enduring. We spoke to Pesh Ahumuza who vastly explains her view on female friendships.Pesh grew up as a tomboy and had majorly male friends most of her childhood and teen years. As she grew older, she started to cultivate female friendships and with this, she is able to give us a clear distinction between the two kind of relations.She elaborates how female friendships...
Hazel Muriro Kobusingye is a community psychologist on a mission to create more positive change in mental health sector in Uganda and the rest of the continent. I sat down with her to talk about mental health and to debunk myths about therapy like it's for only the messed up.Hazel speaks broadly about suicide and the importance for language in ways that many of us have never really thought about. The best part is Hazel breaks down stuff for us in a localized ways that we can relate to. ...
Nearly all of us either have been victims of sexual violence or know someone that has been violated, but do we know how to support them? I had a conversation with Safina Viirani one of the Directors of Frauen Initiative Uganda, an organization that works with victims of sexual violence by providing emergency medical aid, legal and psychological assistance.In our conversation Safina gives us action steps on how to support like how to get a rape kit, feminism - including the reasons why m...
Lyn is a Creative, Founder/Proprietor House of Ndinda and a Panelist. Our conversation centers around imposter syndrome - what it looks like and how to combat it. Lyn recalls the days where imposter syndrome had her in a chokehold to the point that she no self belief . We talk about pricing as creative people who are also women, and how afraid we can be to ask for exactly what we deserve. Our conversation gets really emotional at some point, because this topic was heavy for the both of ...
I had a conversation with Consolate Namyalo is a Ugandan and African story-teller who tells stories through writing, voice over, and film about how to navigate and thrive in the Ugandan creative industry. Consolate takes us through her journey from days she nearly earned peanuts to fully making a living off creative work. She emphasizes that the creative industry is more lucrative than most of the traditional industries so one should follow the truth within them and stay the course. Tun...
This episode is the first of it's kind, an interactive one with views from our audience. I seat down with my besties Tish and Lynn to comment on the submissions from our audience. Everything from breaking virginity, period sex, positions and consent. This episode is one every millennial can relate to. Tune inDonate to ConnectiviTea.Follow us on Instagram.Apply to be a guest on ConnectiviTea
I sat down with a mother and daughter and we had a chat on how their surroundings tickled their ability to create a thriving business. When the second wave of the pandemic hit, Sonia, then working from home thought about what would happen if she lost her job and what she wanted to be in the years to come. Having her mother’s background of using natural organic products at home for tea and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, merezian collection was birthed.Sonia and Dr. Nassuna attribute coming t...
Happy New Year! This year I am not focusing much but learning how to manage my mind. In this episode, I share why this is the main focus and the hack that is helping me do this so far. Tune inDonate to ConnectiviTea.Follow us on Instagram.Apply to be a guest on ConnectiviTea
Sarah Kukie is an architect, wellness entrepreneur and over all organized human being. In our conversation we discuss what led her to being an organized person, the birth of her wellness brand LyfLyn designs, therapy, what holds us back and how to best prepare for the New Year.Sarah gives us actionable tips and tricks on how to best set ourselves up for success in the coming year. I love talking to Sarah because our conversations are always wholesome and raw. Tune inDonate to ConnectiviTea.Fo...
Today's story is a powerful one! My guest for this particular episode chose to conceal her identity. She talks about her struggles with sexual predation from as young as primary school. However, surviving sexual predation from her uncle who was her caretaker then is the downcast of this story. Later on in life, tables turned and she as well learned the power of sexual manipulation. She used this as protection from sex predators but this also made her the very thing she was trying ...
I sat down with Ruth Aine who shared her story about living with a chronic illness, specially fibromyalgia which was triggered by trauma. We speak about her life before diagnosis, the long road to diagnosis, life after diagnosis and the impact on social and mental wellness. Ruth gives us fresh eyes on chronic illness especially what we need to understand about it. Tune in Donate to ConnectiviTea.Follow us on Instagram.Apply to be a guest on ConnectiviTea
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Wooow, thanks so much for this episode. What stood out for me was breaking down tasks, setting scary goals and writing down how I am spending my day.