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Welcome to my podcast! If you're interested in learning in real-time about how you can process your mental health struggles then this is the podcast for you. Follow me as I share my personal, intimate and open insight on issues relating to mental health, relationships, religion, work and everything else in between. Let's normalize these conversations for us all!
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S01E01: Why Self Acceptance is an Act of Self Love
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As children we are never taught how to love ourselves. We spend most of our adult life living in a state of perpetual longing to be accepted. Seeking this external validation has proven to have detrimental effects on our mental health. Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month, I'd love to raise awareness on 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐋…
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My TEDx Talk | Walking Stories: Breaking the Silence on Mental Health Issues
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About 2 months ago I was the 7th speaker on a roaster of incredibly, passionate, driven individuals selected to speak at a TEDx Conference organized by Dar es Salaam International Academy. If you don't know what TEDx is, just imagine a room full of people, and strangers on stage talking about things they like or are driven by or "ideas" about life …
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Zoom with Mari & Leone: "The Generational Anchor"
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In this compelling episode of "Zoom with Mari," we had the privilege of sitting down with Leone, a 21-year-old rapper whose music transcends genres, fusing classical instrumentals with deeply introspective lyrics centered around mental health. Leone's wisdom and insight belie his age, as he shares his unique perspective on life, connection, and the…
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In this episode of Your Mind Matters Too, we're diving headfirst into the world of fear and how it's more familiar to us than we might think. Episode Highlights: - Getting Real: Join me as I open up about my journey through life's quirks and challenges. From seeking validation through screens to dealing with my own mouthy mental chatter, we're in f…
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Zoom with Mari & Marc Ngotonie: "The Becoming Man"
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On this episode of Zoom with Mari, I had the pleasure of speaking with Marc Ngotonie, talented self-taught events and portrait photographer based in Tanzania. With a career spanning back to 2015, Marc initially focused on capturing the magic of weddings and corporate events. However, his artistic journey took an exciting turn as he delved into phot…
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S01E14: Truth, Lies and When It Gets Bad Again
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Trigger Warning: This episode discusses heavy and sensitive topics related to mental health and ongoing violence and hatred in the world that may be triggering or difficult for some listeners. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues, I encourage you to seek support or skip this episode if you feel it may be harmful to you…
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S01E13: Sitting in the Uncomfortable, Comfortably
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The word "comfort" is fascinating to me because it is an English word that can mean many things, such as a feeling, an act of giving, a state of being, or adding something where something was missing. I used to believe it was one of the most positive words in the English language because it balances the negativity in the world. However, after liste…
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S01E12: The Power of Naming Your Emotions (PART TWO)
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This is the second part of a two-part episode about The Power of Naming Your Emotions. In this episode, I talk about how I’d been conditioned as a child not to express my emotions or process them in a healthy manner. Coming from a big family, this survival mode worked to get me through tough times because I could always high-function my way out of …
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Masuma Somji is a kickass mental health activist, feminist, and teacher! Amongst other things, she vocally advocates for mental health awareness and uses her platform to speak against gender-based violence and patriarchy. Her story is one forged from violence and pain; having grown up in an oppressive and increasingly patriarchal community, having …
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Zoom With Mari & Masuma Somji: "The Raging, Healing, Feminist"
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Masuma Somji is a kickass mental health activist, feminist, and teacher! Amongst other things, she vocally advocates for mental health awareness and uses her platform to speak against gender-based violence and patriarchy. Her story is one forged from violence and pain; having grown up in an oppressive and increasingly patriarchal community, having …
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S01E11: The Power of Naming Your Emotions (PART ONE)
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Emotions come in different ranges for us all. How we feel influences how we move through the world and feel about ourselves. We quickly learn to connect through language as children but when we get older, we feel disconnected from ourselves and from those around us because our universes are limited by the language of our emotions. I got a little ne…
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“Fake It Till You Make It” is the lie we get told because someone thought it would be fun to tell other people that the only way they will get through life is if they faked everything that was going wrong and pretended it wasn’t. This is a mindset left over from generations taught to ignore adversity; thrive in it and wait for salvation. Might be c…
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What does it mean when we are asked to “SHOW UP?” It can mean physically showing your presence when someone needs you or it can mean some more covert things like giving your time listening to a friend whose heart is breaking. Showing up is our human way of saying we care for one another and it looks different for everyone. There is no “one right wa…
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I recognize that I’m good at many things and I also know I struggle with many other things. In this week’s episode, I talk about how I struggle with being vulnerable and how that has affected how I deal with my mental health. This episode is about working through the uncomfortable feelings and doing hard things - however that looks like for you. Pe…
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What does it mean to be happy? This week I'm exploring the complexities of being a happy human being that's also completely falling apart. I learned that being happy doesn't last long, and that falling apart directly correlates with feelings of joy and happiness. This means that joy, happiness, pain and sadness exist together. So this episode is ab…
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This episode is all about how shame is at the root of all our struggles with mental health. We have been so conditioned to avoid the shame that the very thing we end up feeling in the midst of struggle is shame. Learning from Dr. Brènè Brown's research and her famous TEDx Talk on Shame and Vulnerability, as well as her book The Gifts of Imperfectio…
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S01E05: Debunking 3 Common Mental Health Myths
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"Mental health is not real." "You're seeking attention." "Depression is a choice." These are some of the things that people say because they don't understand the toll it takes on a survivor that battles mental illness. This episode is about setting the record straight: that none of these things are true. The misinformation on mental health hurts bo…
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Introducing Your Mind Matters Too! (Trailer)
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Welcome to my podcast! If you're interested in learning in real-time about how you can process your mental health struggles then this is the podcast for you. Follow me as I share my personal, intimate, and open insight on issues relating to mental health, relationships, religion, work and everything else in between. Let's normalize these conversati…
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S01E04: Normalizing Taking Breaks and Being Present
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We spend our time constantly searching for the next thing to do, especially when you are an eager overachiever. We do this because we live in a world where over working has been glorified and that needs to stop if at all we hope to care for our mental health properly.
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All of us are guilty of entertaining one or two negative thoughts. But these thoughts have such a negative impact on our feelings and our mental health that we need to address them. Most importantly, we need to learn how to reverse them to turn the negative thoughts into positive ones!
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When you grow up having not learned how to put up boundaries you often end up becoming a people pleaser or you develop people-pleasing tendencies. Us people pleasers do things that feel uncomfortable and we often have a hard time saying no, all in our efforts to "please." This means that we are constantly unhappy and in a circle of longing and sear…
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