Living Content

Olerato

This Podcast is a safe platform that explores deep meaningful conversations on holistic wellness. We cover topics on healing, wellbeing, intentional living, self-development/help and different self-care modalities accessible to the modern woman. This is a space where women feel less alone while on their journey of getting to know themselves better and cultivate lives they desire for themselves. I share tools and resources that help women navigate their personal healing journeys and feel more empowered to live lives rooted in self-trust, self-love and understanding. I'm your host Olerato.

  1. 1h ago

    You Belong in the Room | Updating Old Beliefs, Building Confidence & Walking in Purpose

    How do you convince yourself that you belong in the room when your past keeps telling you otherwise? In this episode, we explore the relationship between identity, self-belief, and the evidence we use to define ourselves. Many of us are living from outdated beliefs formed by past experiences, rejection, disappointment, survival mode, or the expectations of others. Even when new opportunities arrive, we can find ourselves questioning whether we deserve them, whether we’re ready, or whether we belong there at all. But what if the problem isn’t the opportunity? What if the problem is that our beliefs haven’t caught up with who we’re becoming? In this conversation, we explore why updating your core beliefs requires more than positive thinking. It requires practice. It requires new experiences. It requires giving yourself enough evidence to support a new truth. Together, we discuss: Why discernment matters when consuming advice and personal development content The difference between the season that requires rest and the season that requires action How survival mode can keep us attached to outdated versions of ourselves Why going quiet can help you reconnect with your authentic identity The role of lived experience in rewiring limiting beliefs How to build confidence through action instead of waiting to feel ready Practical ways to create evidence that you belong in the room The connection between faith, purpose, courage, and personal growth Why discomfort is often a sign that transformation is already happening Released on South Africa’s Youth Day, this episode also reflects on courage, legacy, and the generations who made it possible for many of us to walk through doors that were once closed. Whether the room is a new career opportunity, a business, a relationship, a creative project, a ministry, or an assignment God has placed on your heart, this episode is an invitation to stop measuring your future against old evidence. Because the life you’re building may require a version of you that your past has never met before. Instagram: @livingcontentpodcast TikTok: @oleratowrites YouTube: Living Content Podcast Substack: Make Life Sacred If this conversation resonated with you, my debut blended memoir explores many of these themes in greater depth through stories of identity, healing, faith, resilience, and becoming. Get your copy here: BOOK PURCHASE LINK If this episode encouraged you, subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share it with someone who may need the reminder that they belong in the room. Connect With UsMy Book

    25 min
  2. 6d ago

    I Went Quiet for 3 Years - Here's What Changed | And on Leading your Life

    After three years away, I'm returning to the podcast for the beginning of a new era.The conversations we once had here were rooted in healing, understanding our stories, tracing the origins of our pain, and doing the inner work required to become whole. But healing was never meant to be the final destination.This season asks a different question:What do we do with everything we've learned about ourselves?How do we take the lessons, losses, growth, faith, and wisdom life has placed in our hands and build lives that reflect who we are becoming?In this episode, I share what changed during my three years away, from becoming a mother of two, to writing my debut book, to discovering that self-awareness means very little if it never translates into self-leadership.We talk about trusting yourself, taking ownership of your life, being willing to be seen, and why the next phase of growth requires more than understanding your story, it requires courage to lead it.If you've ever felt stuck between who you've been and who you're becoming, this conversation is for you.In this episode, we explore:• What three years of quiet taught me about growth and timing• Why healing is not the end of the journey• The difference between self-awareness and self-leadership• Taking ownership of your life and decisions• Releasing the fear of being seen• Motherhood, identity, and personal evolution• Trusting yourself enough to build the life you desire• How faith and divine timing shape our becomingJournal prompts and affirmations are included at the end of the episode to help you reflect on your own journey.If this conversation resonates with you, subscribe to the podcast and share it with someone who may need the reminder that they are not meant to stand on the edges of their own life.

    21 min
  3. 06/09/2022

    52. Reclamation of Self: w/Phumeza On healing for self, my girl and the collective Sisterhood |+ Seasons and Discernment

    She is soft spoken but loud when it comes to what she stands for. I met her in 2019 at a black women hosted Table talk and she was sitting right opposite me with the most beautiful smile and bald head. In our conversation we realized we both had platforms that shared conversations with women, and so we kept in contact since. So today I am excited to bring you our conversation which we both had been planning for a while. She’s an amazing woman who acts as she preaches, today I am in conversation with Phumeza Langa Phumeza is a strategic communications consultant, speaker and freelance writer. She is the host of Twitter chat and spaces #SistaHoodHour, established in 2017 and #SistaHoodHourConversations podcast that was started in 2020. Phumeza’s career spans over 10 years including working with corporate and consumer clients, within the agency environment as well as being part of a corporate marketing and communications team. Through her #SistaHoodHour platform, Phumeza has been a part of work and conversations that impact women, not only to highlight the issues and concerns they face but intending to educate, create solutions and opportunities for women to connect and collaborate in different areas of their lives. In our conversation today we talk about her own journey with Sisterhoodhour, how the platform she created, and build become part of her self-discovery journey and even more. She shares about her personal journey with understanding self-first, her motherhood experience and the importance of embodying the aspirations we often hold for our girl child to also see lived out by their mothers especially in spaces we hope to change the narrative. This is my conversation with Phumeza Langa. Do enjoy listening. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Phumeza Langa's work: Phumeza Langa on social media: @phumeza_shh #Sisterhoodhour on social media: @sistahoodhour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shop Living Content's NEW Merch here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by Lerato Sekanka Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help.

    1h 1m
  4. 06/07/2022

    51.Books Chats and Chill Episodes: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

    Today’s episode comes in between the series because it’s long overdue. It’s been a while since I brought you a new episode with Omphile for our Books Chat and Chill episodes. We in fact recorded this episode in April and it was meant to go live in May but life happened in between and here we are in June hence it just couldn’t wait any longer. This is the second episode. On this episode we sat down to talk our experience reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, at some point while re-listening to our conversation I had to pull for a box of tissue because this conversation felt like a reminder I needed to hear, and I know for sure it will land with someone too. Omphile also says it herself that this one is one she might come back in future for the reminders here. This is my conversation with Omphile, do enjoy listening/watching this episode and remember to share your review. Watch and listen to the episode on YouTube here or search for Lerato Sekanka. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read all the books, audiobooks, and magazines you want on Scribd: Get your 60 days free by using Omphile's link here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Omphile's work with Bookamoso: On Instagram @bookamoso Via website - www.bookamoso.co.za ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by Lerato Sekanka Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za Email address: hello@livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help.

    47 min
  5. 05/31/2022

    50. Reclamation of Self: w/Elyse On Human Design | Embracing our unique Soul's journey and purpose

    In today's episode with my guest, we discuss a topic that is pretty close to my heart which is embracing our unique essence. My guest today is an incredible woman who is supporting visionary Women of Color to remember their soul mission and find the courage to pursue it, so that they can increase their abundance and social impact. My guest today is Elyse Preston! Elyse is a Soulful Business Mentor and Healing Guide. Her work operates at the intersection of leadership, spirituality, community building and entrepreneurship. Her mission is to support leaders, changemakers and visionary entrepreneurs to experience deep healing and support, so that they can cultivate communities, services, and experiences that center radical healing and liberation. She uses the modalities of yoga, mindfulness, human design, and conscious business to support clients in seeking their purpose, creating community, and living more connected lives. In our conversation today we talk about her own journey with healing, some of her childhood memories and when she first knew that something was different about her. We dive into understanding Human Design and the freedom that comes with finally realizing how unique you are and that you do not have to fit the mold of your conditioning, society's expectations, this is a system that has been helping me a lot in my own journey with self and lastly we talk about entrepreneurship. This is my conversation with Elyse Preston. Watch and listen to the episode on YouTube here or search for Lerato Sekanka. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Elyse Preston's work: Elyse Preston on social media: @be.more.connected Be More Connected website: www.elysepreston.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shop Living Content's NEW Merch here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by Lerato Sekanka Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help.

    59 min
  6. 05/24/2022

    49. Reclamation of Self: w/Anesu On belonging, spirituality and entrepreneurship | +Life lessons from being on SurvivorSA S8

    Today I am in conversation with someone whose work inspires me so much even more after this conversation we had. With a gentle and big heart, today I am in conversation with Anesu Mbizvo. Anesu is medical doctor currently working as a yoga teacher and yoga studio owner in Johannesburg South Africa. She has a wealth of yoga teaching experience and has been teaching vinyasa, hatha, meditation and yin yoga for roughly 6 years. She is also the proud founder and co-owner of The Nest Space Yoga Studio and Wellness Center, which is built around the ethos of inclusivity- showing her community that yoga is for all bodies regardless of color, ability, size, age, gender or sexual orientation. The studio offers daily yoga and meditation classes as well as holistic therapies such as reiki, reflexology, massage and hypnotherapy to their clients and is the first of its kind in South Africa. Expanding on all of her past experiences, Anesu also provides talks about a variety of holistic health and employee wellness focused topics to wellness teams and executives in the corporate sector and is a weekly featured guest on the “Wellness Corner” segment of the SAFM radio show, Sound Awake. In our conversation today we talk about her childhood experience of finding belonging, challenges with identity to finding her own internal validation, life lessons from being part of the survivor S8 experience and her spiritual and entrepreneurial journey.  This is my conversation with Anesu Mbizvo Watch and listen to the episode on YouTube here or search for Lerato Sekanka. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Anesu Mbzvo's work: Dr Anesu Mbizvo on social media: @dranesumbizvo THE NEST SPACE on social media: @thenestspaceza ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow Living Content's work: Sign up to receive my newsletters here Produced and Hosted by Lerato Sekanka Follow the podcast on Instagram @livingcontentpodcast Our website www.livingcontent.co.za DISCLAIMER: Do not treat the content here as a substitute for therapy or seeking professional help.

    1h 6m

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This Podcast is a safe platform that explores deep meaningful conversations on holistic wellness. We cover topics on healing, wellbeing, intentional living, self-development/help and different self-care modalities accessible to the modern woman. This is a space where women feel less alone while on their journey of getting to know themselves better and cultivate lives they desire for themselves. I share tools and resources that help women navigate their personal healing journeys and feel more empowered to live lives rooted in self-trust, self-love and understanding. I'm your host Olerato.

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