A Couple of Things by Lade Tawak
A Couple Of Things is a bite sized podcast about various aspects of life and work.
A personal blog but make it podcast.
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Written and produced by Lade Tawak.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 380
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
S02E086 - On identity, rest, and building community (with Yewande)
In this episode, I speak with my friend Yewande about how we define ourselves, finding rest and removing hurry, her ideal life, and how to build community.
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S02E085 - Life update: Learning Dutch, the search for a new podcast app and other exciting things
In this episode, I share 3 things that sparked joy these past couple of days and 3 things that really really pissed me off.
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S02E084 - On reframing your narrative (with Hillary)
In this episode, I speak with Hillary Omitogun about making decisions, choosing our path, and your power to reframe your narrative.
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S02E083 - Shared language, memes, and the collective unconscious
In this episode, I share some questions and thoughts I have around shared evolutions of language, how new words are formed within smaller groups (families, friends etc), cultural understanding of mem…
S02E082 - On resilience and starting over (with Dr Newton)
In this episode, I chat with my friend Dr Seun Newton about experiencing sudden changes in life, bouncing back and starting over, resilience, learning new languages.Seun has had to move countries sud…
S02E081 - When is it foolish to keep going?
In this episode, I talk about how we attribute the reasons for success and failure and how we determine whether it was the right decision for someone to give up on something or to keep going.
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S02E080 - How much of life is luck?
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S02E079 - Just try
Similar to just asking, I talked about just trying. Taking the step is how you know what you can and can't do
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S02E078 - Why do we call things what we call them?
Why do we name things how we do? Why do you call your partner what you call them? How do these things become part of our vocabulary. I talk about these things in today's episode.
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S02E077 - What to do when you don't know what you're good at
In my first Q&A episode, I share my thoughts on the question:
For someone who doesn't have a clear career path and doesn't really know what I'm good at, how do I navigate life after school?
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S02E076 - Get over yourself
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S02E075 - Looking at ducks
In this episode, I share some thoughts that came to mind while I watched ducks glide on the water while paddling furiously beneath.
I explore through the lens of our down moments and our success and h…
S02E074 - Hanging out with friends
In this episode, I talk about how we can find mundane ways to hang out with friends. Everything doesn't have to cost of lots of money and we can just live daily lives with our friends.
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S02E073 - The butterfly effect
In this episode, I share about how our little, seemingly insignificant, acts of kindness can have far reaching effects and why we should focus on doing one thing for one person when everything else s…
S02E072 - The "edge case" is the best case
In this episode, I talk about thinking of accessibility and inclusion beyond tech tools. In how we organise events, design spaces and more.
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S02E071 - Pushing through discomfort
In this episode, I talk a bit about the journey so far, 71 episodes in.
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S02E070 - What does it really mean for God's goodness to be seen in you
In this episode, I share some thoughts about what it means for God's goodness to be seen in you and how God's goodness can be seen in you.
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S02E069 - On dropping out of school (with Tunta)
In this episode, I have my first guest interview. I talk with my sister about dropping out of school. The reasons behind our decisions to drop out of an undergraduate and a graduate programme respect…
S02E068 - Consume, curate, create: how to start sharing online
How do you share online when you don't know where to start from? What do you say when you feel like you're not yet an expert?
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S02E067 - What is your marker of success?
How do you define success? How do you know that you're successful? Who gets to decide that for you?
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