Roots and Reflections Podcast

Rooted in Love: Exploring a Season of Solitude

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Greetings and welcome! Welcome to our first Roots and Reflections episode of 2026!

The close of the year brought the beginning of a new season of my life. Singlehood is an experience many of us go through for different lengths and reasons.

In this episode, we explore what has shaped our ideas of being single and what it has manifested into today.

Do you know what has influenced your ideas of being single? Is it your family or your neighbourhood or friends?

Grab that beverage, find your lighter, and come reflect with us!

Links to explore:

https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the-psychology-of-your-20s/id1573710078?i=1000738735668

https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the-psychology-of-your-20s/id1573710078?i=1000733232607

https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the-psychology-of-your-20s/id1573710078?i=1000619717380

https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/home-alone-the-relationship-recession/id1449631195?i=1000736248636

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViuAblc-M0g

Music by: Timothy Mahosi

Editing by: Tido Films

Rooted in History: Exploring Blackness in self, as peoples, and our cities

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 20:16:00 GMT

Greetings everyone! Welcome to another episode of Roots and Reflections!

In this episode we look into being Black, Blackness, and the idea of identity reproduction. As a young Black woman I find myself wondering how best to manifest my blackness, with so many times in history to choose from and the daily experiences I encounter, developing a strong sense of self can be challenging.

Join me in this episode as we reflect on our perspectives of Blackness with two surprise guests!

TedTalk by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3d_UsYgt1c -

Blog Post link: https://chartercitiesinstitute.org/blog-posts/healing-space-healing-nations-why-sadc-needs-a-regional-sdf/

Music by: Timothy Mahosi

Editing by: Tido Films

Rooted for New Growth: Hello again!

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:33:00 GMT

Hello and Welcome back!

In this episode, I explain the reason for my absence and the new direction I plan on taking this podcast!

Thank you for tuning in!

Rooted in Routine: Traditions and Rituals we carry and live by

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Hello and Welcome to episode 05 of Roots & Reflections podcast!

We've been able to continue as a society because of the traditions, customs, and rituals that those before us have passed down. Some of these traditions were started by our parents and others by ourselves, but can we use traditions to heal generational wounds and connect through shared principles of traditions?

Join the conversation as we explore how the traditions we grew up with and those around the world shape our choices and behaviours as young adults who have the the option of creating and discarding our own traditions and rituals.

Join us for another midweek reflection session!

This episode contains strong language. Listeners are advised.

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Music by: Timothy Mahosi

Editing by: nena.notnice

Rooted in Reality: How we measure progress

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Hello and Welcome to episode 04 of Roots & Reflections podcast!

When you think about progress on a national scale, what criteria would you use? We live in a world where progress is often told to us and we don't get to define it in our own context (self and country). In this episode, we sit down and discuss what this phenomenon looks like and how we expect progress to look like based on where we have come from.

Join the conversation and let us know what you understand progress to look like in your country and in yourself.

EPISODE 04

Join us for another midweek reflection session about how we judge progress in our lives!

This episode contains strong language. Listeners are advised.

Don't forget to follow us on:

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Music by: Timothy Mahosi

Editing by: nena.notnice

The Waiting Room: Navigating Life's Delays with Patience

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:00:00 GMT

Hello and Welcome to episode 3 of our podcast: Roots and Reflections!

Do you remember when we couldn't wait to grow up? We imagined how life would be in our 20s and we couldn't wait for the freedom! Now that we're here, we can hardly wait for the next decade, or the next, or the next. Why are we so impatient? What is it that makes us uncomfortable with being in a waiting room? Is it the silence, the loneliness, or were just not born that way?

In this session we wanted to explore this virtue of patience. We wanted to find the root cause of our impatience and learn ways to manage and understand how and when to use it.

Join us for another midweek reflection session about the weight of not being good enough.

This episode contains strong language. Listeners are advised.

Don't forget to follow us on:

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Tiktok: @midweekr.and.r

Music by: Timothy Mahosi

Editing by: nena.notnice

Audio references: to be placed on website

The Weight of Not Enough: A Reflection on Inadequacy

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:13:00 GMT

Hello and Welcome to episode 2 of our podcast: Roots and Reflections!

As we grow we often need to restructure ourselves to fit into the new spaces we need to occupy. This requires moments of not being able to live up to particular standards and expectations and often leading to deep feelings of inadequacy. But in this episode we want to understand the roots of this feeling and explore its usefulness and power in our growing lives. What does it mean? How do we digest it and how do we grapple with it?

Join us for another midweek reflection session about the weight of not being good enough.

This episode may contain strong language. Listeners are advised.

Don't forget to follow us on:

Instagram: @midweek.r.and.r

Tiktok: @midweekr.and.r

Music by: Timothy Mahosi

Editing by: nena.notnice

Audio references: to be placed on website

Rooted in Discipline: Growing Through Structure and Self-Control

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:57:00 GMT

Hello and Welcome to our podcast: Roots and Reflections!

In this debut episode we wanted to understand the journey of growing discipline. We want to understand how we can create steps towards building discipline, discuss our relationships with discipline, and share ways to shift our perspective on approaching the skill!

We can't wait to have deep rooted and curious conversations about our youth with you!

This episode contains strong language. Listeners are advised.

Don't forget to follow us on:

Instagram: @midweek.r.and.r

Tiktok: @midweekr.and.r

Music by: Timothy Mahosi

Editing by: nena.notnice

Audio references:

My Blueprint for Self-Discipline by @Vthembekwayo

What is Ryan's definition of discipline by @DailyStoic

What is discipline - David Shands by @RealSocialProof

Kobe says: There are no excuses by @mentalmasterygroup

Love the journey not the destination by @ethanhinds

episode 00 - hello and welcome!

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:01:00 GMT

Hello and Welcome to our podcast: Roots and Reflections!

Instagram @midweek.r.and.r

Tiktok @midweekr.and.r

We can't wait to have deep rooted and curious conversations about our youth with you!