What feelings come up when you think of the words failure or fear? When the journey is not Instagrammable, how do we shift our focus to the process rather than the end goal? How do we fail quicker? Join us as we talk about how our relationships to the f word have shifted to embrace the necessary learning and growth opportunities it provides. We get vulnerable by sharing our previous moments of failure and what they taught us. We also make a case for the importance of trying, before Thembe closes us out with a special reading of a poem.

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We're thrilled to bring you our first special guest feature of the season so far! Eugene is Co-Founder and one-third of Social Matters, a consultancy specialising in Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB). So, what does belonging look like in the workplace and how do we keep on doing the work of inclusion? Does it even still matter? Whilst Izzy brings her professional EDIB expertise and Thembe offers thoughtful reflections, Eugene shares knowledgeable insights from his work at Social Matters and beyond. Together, we discuss the current landscape of EDIB, share our observations when comparing the UK to the state of play in the US and dig into what bringing our authentic selves to work and life truly means.

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Join us as we introduce a new Somewhat Grown feature: the Silly Billy Awards! This is where we hold space for our imperfections and embrace silly moments in a lighthearted way. We also talk about what makes community important and the struggles we face when seeking it out. Is there a real difference between community and friendship? Other highlights include Izzy sharing the exciting life update of her recent engagement(!) and how culture and upbringing can shape our idea of community. We hope you enjoy this one.

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We’re back and we missed you all! Wondering what we’ve been up to since 2023? What’s new from 2024 and 2025? How it feels to transition from our twenties to thirties? Join us as we reflect on our highlights from the past year, including turning 30, adventures in Barbados and reconnecting with family in Nigeria and South Africa respectively. We also discuss the importance of rest, career qualms, together with redundancy and navigating life changes. There’s a lot to catch up on and we hope you enjoy listening! You can now also watch this episode on our BRAND NEW YouTube channel: Somewhat_Grown.

How does healing take place when the hurt is still fresh? How much benefit of the doubt should we give to people who consistently move a bit mad? What role does self forgiveness play in helping us to forgive others? Join us as we reflect on what has gotten us through 2023, what we look forward to embracing more of in the new year and share what we're learning about forgiveness. We hope you enjoy this final episode of season two!

Joined by two male guests who also happen to be our good friends, we talk about the differences we noticed in how we were raised based on our gender. How were cultural norms played out or challenged as you were growing up, and how does that affect you now? How do we take accountability to become better humans? Listen as we all chime in on our second audience question about gender differences and family dynamics.

How do you stay connected to your passion when it goes from a hobby into a means for your livelihood? How do you pursue the thing you love in a way that remains soul nourishing? We’re joined by award winning poet and founder of Writerz n Scribez, Jemilea Wisdom-Baako (@PoeticJemz) as we respond to an audience question on whether to chase your dreams as a self starter or financial stability. Jemilea shares her key learnings about asking for help, the importance of fostering well being at work and how creativity can bring healing. We also discuss how to deal with falling out of love with our passion and to evolve with our aspirations. Have your notes app open for this one because it’s full of gems!

What tensions arise between staying on top of work and being kind to yourself? Who gets let down sometimes by how you choose to spend your time? How do you overcome the discomfort of being alone? In this episode, we take a bit of time to do something that we can struggle to make enough space for in our day to day grind: pausing to come up for air. In keeping with our love of speaking authentically, our conversation centres around that golden check in question: how are you really?