Mindfully With 'Tunmise

Oluwatunmise Oladapo Kuku
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Mindfully with Tunmise, The Podcast is a weekly talk/interview show that seeks to promote mental health awareness by demystifying perceived mysteries surrounding mental health stability. The show features personal stories from Tunmise, who lives with Bipolar II and also collects stories from individuals from all walks of life. The conversations aim to answer questions surrounding mental health myths and promote living mindfully through self-compassion and showing up instead of perfection. The show also features resource experts to provide a balanced explanation to each question raised. The target audience includes young adults, parents, and middle-aged citizens who are struggling with self-esteem, identity conflicts, cultural conflicts, existential questions and resolving relational conflicts. Mindfully with Tunmise. The show's mission is to encourage people to live mindfully, tell their stories, and promote self-compassion. The show's duration is between 30 to 60 minutes per episode, and it can be accessed at all podcast platforms and at  www.blackhemages.com    

  1. Taking Responsibility Without Losing Connection

    5D AGO

    Taking Responsibility Without Losing Connection

    Send us Fan Mail “No one is coming to save you” is supposed to be motivating, but what if it’s also making us lonelier?  We start with a simple mindful check-in, soften the body, breathe, and ask the real question beneath the slogan: how are you actually doing right now, and what happens inside you when you hear that line online? I explore the tension between personal responsibility and human connection. Yes, we own our choices, our healing, and our next step.  But we’re also living in a time where constant connectivity can hide deep isolation, and where the myth of being “self-made” quietly erases the friends, partners, mentors, and communities that keep us steady.  I share a personal story from an earlier podcast attempt that stalled, how fear showed up when it was time to begin again, and how support sometimes “saves” us without rescuing us by doing the work. From there, we get practical and honest about trust and vulnerability.  Who is safe? Who do you share your scars with?  And how do you ask for help when you’ve learned to do everything alone?  We also reflect on friendship as a life-changing force, the kind that reminds you of what’s good in you, and we end with questions you can sit with after the audio ends. If this conversation lands for you, subscribe, share it with someone you trust, and leave a review so more people can find the show.  What’s one area of your life where you’re resisting help? Support the show Follow me Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tunmise.kuku Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tunmiseokuku/  https://www.instagram.com/bhmcoaching/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tunmise-oladapo-kuku-8a2626b/ Get Living Mindfully: A Journey to Being  https://blackhemages.com/living-mindfully/ https://chat.whatsapp.com/BFAJsSrOui17Po8tvmMoPe Website: https://blackhemages.com/ b45eeaafa11188b421daa26f6eb85da5596dbf11 Love Yourself; Love Your Neighbour; Love Your Country: Above all of these Love God He's the essence of Your Being. #tdk

    30 min
  2. Repetition Can Be Real Growth

    MAY 12

    Repetition Can Be Real Growth

    Send us Fan Mail “Nothing happens in your comfort zone” gets quoted like a law, but I’m not convinced it tells the whole truth.  Sometimes the most meaningful growth happens in the quiet, repetitive middle when you keep showing up, keep practicing, and finally start seeing yourself differently.  That’s the thread I pull on here, starting with a simple mantra I live by: it’s about showing up, not perfection. I talk through the tension honestly, including what it felt like to stay in one organisation for years and slowly notice that comfort can turn into quiet dissatisfaction.  Not dramatic, not rebellious, just that clear internal question: is this still it? From there we explore a more mindful way to think about change, career transitions, and personal growth without turning “leaving” into a badge of honour or “staying” into a shame story. You’ll also hear a quick breathing reset to help you settle, plus two reframes that can change how you treat yourself: “practice makes progress” and the idea of tessitura, a singer’s most comfortable range, not as limitation but as mastery.  We end with five reflection questions you can journal with right away, especially if you’re working on self-awareness, mental wellbeing, and learning how to move at your own pace. If this resonates, subscribe, share it with someone who’s wrestling with a transition, and leave a review so more mindful partners can find the show. What’s one place in your life you might be rushing to leave? Support the show Follow me Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tunmise.kuku Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tunmiseokuku/  https://www.instagram.com/bhmcoaching/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tunmise-oladapo-kuku-8a2626b/ Get Living Mindfully: A Journey to Being  https://blackhemages.com/living-mindfully/ https://chat.whatsapp.com/BFAJsSrOui17Po8tvmMoPe Website: https://blackhemages.com/ b45eeaafa11188b421daa26f6eb85da5596dbf11 Love Yourself; Love Your Neighbour; Love Your Country: Above all of these Love God He's the essence of Your Being. #tdk

    21 min
  3. Why Slowing Down Builds Real Strength

    MAY 5

    Why Slowing Down Builds Real Strength

    Send us Fan Mail Mindfulness gets mislabeled as soft, fragile, or unrealistic and that misunderstanding keeps a lot of us stuck in speed mode.  I’m pushing back on that.  Slowing down, choosing stillness, and listening to yourself when everything around you rewards motion can be the truest kind of resilience. We start with a personal turning point: a season of silence that changes how I show up, from constant output to real alignment.  From there, we go straight into the tension many of us feel, that quiet resistance to mindful living, and why presence can look like weakness from the outside.  I also share a language reframe that has helped my mental health for years: replacing the word “problems” with “questions” so the mind stays open to solutions instead of collapsing into helplessness. Then we touch the nerve that sits underneath so many reactions: vulnerability.  Using Brene Brown’s research on uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure, I connect courage to mindfulness in a practical way.  You’ll hear two everyday stories, one about responding to a friend who calls me out and another about catching urgency in my body while baking bread, to show how mindful awareness becomes boundaries, agency, and self-respect. If you want journal prompts for stillness, disagreement, and defining resilience for yourself, you’ll leave with clear questions to write through.  Subscribe, share this with someone who needs a gentler kind of strength, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Support the show Follow me Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tunmise.kuku Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tunmiseokuku/  https://www.instagram.com/bhmcoaching/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tunmise-oladapo-kuku-8a2626b/ Get Living Mindfully: A Journey to Being  https://blackhemages.com/living-mindfully/ https://chat.whatsapp.com/BFAJsSrOui17Po8tvmMoPe Website: https://blackhemages.com/ b45eeaafa11188b421daa26f6eb85da5596dbf11 Love Yourself; Love Your Neighbour; Love Your Country: Above all of these Love God He's the essence of Your Being. #tdk

    27 min
  4. The Question That Saved A Life

    APR 28

    The Question That Saved A Life

    Send us Fan Mail One late night, I asked a throwaway radio question because I needed something to fill a segment. Months later, a woman called during a Christmas broadcast and told me that question made her pause long enough to choose life. I’ve carried that moment for years, and it changed how I understand the power of words, not as motivation, but as responsibility. We talk about what it means to speak like someone might be listening on their hardest day, because they might be. I share why I never asked her to explain her pain, and how “holding space” can be more healing than investigating. We also get personal about sensitivity, the pull toward cynicism, and what it’s like trying to stay reflective in a hard world while living with bipolar affective disorder. You’ll hear a short guided breathing practice and the mindfulness framework I lean on in my own healing journey: stop, breathe, notice, reflect, respond, and resolve. Then I leave you with the same question that once saved a life and three gentle reflections you can journal with, especially if you’re rebuilding your relationship with yourself, your story, and your mental health. If this helped, subscribe, share it with someone who needs a pause, and leave a review so more listeners can find the series. Support the show Follow me Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tunmise.kuku Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tunmiseokuku/  https://www.instagram.com/bhmcoaching/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tunmise-oladapo-kuku-8a2626b/ Get Living Mindfully: A Journey to Being  https://blackhemages.com/living-mindfully/ https://chat.whatsapp.com/BFAJsSrOui17Po8tvmMoPe Website: https://blackhemages.com/ b45eeaafa11188b421daa26f6eb85da5596dbf11 Love Yourself; Love Your Neighbour; Love Your Country: Above all of these Love God He's the essence of Your Being. #tdk

    21 min
  5. Permission To Dance Badly And Call It Healing

    APR 21

    Permission To Dance Badly And Call It Healing

    Send us Fan Mail Healing can sound big and dramatic, but for me it often starts with something small: a pause, a breath, and the courage to stop rushing past the parts of my story that still sting. After last week’s heavy conversation, I wanted to offer a gentler follow-up that still stays honest about death, grief, and the weight we carry, while pointing toward relief. A bookstore moment brought it all into focus for me: the phrase “Healing Is The New High” from Vex King. I didn’t even know what was inside the book yet, but the title felt like a promise I needed to keep close. Life today can feel like a cassette tape on fast forward, too much noise and too many thoughts at once. Mental health conversations are finally everywhere, and that’s good, but I also ask a harder question: are we creating real understanding, or just joining another trend? I keep it simple. Mental well-being is how we navigate everyday stress, emotions, relationships, and even economic pressure. Being mentally whole doesn’t mean life is always pleasant; it means we learn to face both joy and difficulty without losing ourselves in either. From there, I get practical about inner healing as an investment in yourself and the kind of world you want to build. I share two tools that help me: play and journaling. Drawing from Brené Brown, I define play as joy without obligation or outcome and I talk about singing loudly, dancing off beat, and creating small moments of freedom. Then I move into journaling as a self care practice for emotional wellbeing, a place to tell the truth, pray, and track your growth. I also leave you with prompts you can take into your week, because sometimes the question is where healing begins. If this supports you, subscribe, share it with a friend, leave a review, and join the WhatsApp group linked in the show notes. Support the show Follow me Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tunmise.kuku Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tunmiseokuku/  https://www.instagram.com/bhmcoaching/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tunmise-oladapo-kuku-8a2626b/ Get Living Mindfully: A Journey to Being  https://blackhemages.com/living-mindfully/ https://chat.whatsapp.com/BFAJsSrOui17Po8tvmMoPe Website: https://blackhemages.com/ b45eeaafa11188b421daa26f6eb85da5596dbf11 Love Yourself; Love Your Neighbour; Love Your Country: Above all of these Love God He's the essence of Your Being. #tdk

    17 min
  6. Facing The Mirror

    APR 14

    Facing The Mirror

    Send us Fan Mail Sexual abuse stories trend every week, and the internet reacts like it has only two buttons: defend and attack. But when the noise gets louder, the people behind the story can disappear. We slow the pace down and ask what those viral debates are really doing to our bodies, our minds, and our ability to heal. I share why these headlines can feel so personal, how unhealed wounds show up as anger or certainty, and why a mindful breath is sometimes the first act of courage.  We explore an old allegory about deflection and blame as a mirror for modern conversations about exploitation and molestation. If we say we want accountability, we have to be willing to look at the parts of the story we avoid, especially the family silence that keeps harm alive for generations. I also share a pivotal moment from my own journey, including a psychiatrist’s hard question about the cycle of abuse and what it means to refuse that cycle. Then we hold space for an anonymous caller’s story, a reminder that survival often looks like leaving, choosing safety, and carrying secrets for decades.  Healing does not mean forgetting. It can mean the trauma no longer narrates your whole life. We talk about naming the wound, reclaiming authorship, and why the way forward is quieter and more personal than social media arguments: truth spoken in safe homes, faith spaces, and healing spaces where survivors are protected and supported. If you know someone who’s hurting, share this with them, subscribe for more redemptive stories, and leave a review so more people can find a starting point for healing. Support the show Follow me Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tunmise.kuku Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tunmiseokuku/  https://www.instagram.com/bhmcoaching/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tunmise-oladapo-kuku-8a2626b/ Get Living Mindfully: A Journey to Being  https://blackhemages.com/living-mindfully/ https://chat.whatsapp.com/BFAJsSrOui17Po8tvmMoPe Website: https://blackhemages.com/ b45eeaafa11188b421daa26f6eb85da5596dbf11 Love Yourself; Love Your Neighbour; Love Your Country: Above all of these Love God He's the essence of Your Being. #tdk

    30 min
  7. You Can Share A Past Yet Live Two Truths

    APR 7

    You Can Share A Past Yet Live Two Truths

    Send us Fan Mail Are you reacting to what’s happening or to the story your nervous system learned to tell about what’s happening? That question sits at the center of this reflective Mindfully With Some Shadow Space session, where I slow down with you to look at perspective as the quiet force shaping grief, conflict, certainty, and even the way we interpret ordinary objects.  I start with what I heard from listeners after a series on societal narcissism: stories of loss, dismissal, and the strange ways people police grief. From there, we widen the lens to the psychological weight of modern life. We’re overstimulated, carrying a firehose of information in our pockets, performing our opinions in public, and forming instant judgments before the facts arrive. When everything feels urgent, we don’t just think faster, we harden faster.  Then we ground the idea of perspective in two stories. One comes from Bones, where two siblings share the same childhood yet walk away with different truths. The other is personal: a clock I saw as flames chasing time, while my friend saw open palms trying to save it. That single image opens into deeper work around origin stories, emotional safety, survival mode, and why some of us notice danger first. We end with a practical mindfulness invitation: breathe, slow perception, and try a beginner’s mind, because certainty can be the biggest obstacle to understanding.  If this resonates, subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review. What do you see first when you look at your own life right now: flames or open palms? Support the show Follow me Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tunmise.kuku Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tunmiseokuku/  https://www.instagram.com/bhmcoaching/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tunmise-oladapo-kuku-8a2626b/ Get Living Mindfully: A Journey to Being  https://blackhemages.com/living-mindfully/ https://chat.whatsapp.com/BFAJsSrOui17Po8tvmMoPe Website: https://blackhemages.com/ b45eeaafa11188b421daa26f6eb85da5596dbf11 Love Yourself; Love Your Neighbour; Love Your Country: Above all of these Love God He's the essence of Your Being. #tdk

    22 min
  8. Food As Culture, Memory, And Medicine For The Body And Mind

    MAR 31

    Food As Culture, Memory, And Medicine For The Body And Mind

    Send us Fan Mail Your plate is a mirror. Not just of taste, but of attention, memory, and the way your body asks for care long before you feel unwell. We sit down with a chef, speaker, and wellness advocate whose mantra—make your food your medicine—turns everyday choices into a healing practice that’s rooted in culture and guided by presence. We start where most of us rush past: the market. Why busy shoppers often pay more for worse produce, how pre-sliced greens hide older stock, and why price “deals” can signal hidden processing that taxes your gut. From simple hygiene rituals to DIY prep and smarter sourcing, we lay out small, reliable steps that improve digestion, sleep, and mental clarity without sacrificing flavor. If you’ve ever felt trapped between “healthy” and “tasty,” you’ll hear how to redesign familiar meals—keeping stews, porridges, and local staples—while swapping oils, methods, and seasoning so the plan sticks. The conversation dives into the gut–brain connection with practical takeaways: what late-night eating does to your sleep cycle, how overheated oils blunt alertness, and why moderation should follow your personal history, not trends. We also unpack food memories that shape lifelong aversions and show how knowledge, gradual exposure, and reframing can rebuild trust with foods that serve you. From pepper myths and family patterns to micro-gardens in sacks and weekday water therapy, this is a toolkit for real life in a fast city. Walk away with a kinder way to feed yourself: be present when you buy, intentional when you cook, and curious when your body speaks. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review with the one small change you’ll start today—what’s the habit you’re committing to? Support the show Follow me Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/tunmise.kuku Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tunmiseokuku/  https://www.instagram.com/bhmcoaching/ LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tunmise-oladapo-kuku-8a2626b/ Get Living Mindfully: A Journey to Being  https://blackhemages.com/living-mindfully/ https://chat.whatsapp.com/BFAJsSrOui17Po8tvmMoPe Website: https://blackhemages.com/ b45eeaafa11188b421daa26f6eb85da5596dbf11 Love Yourself; Love Your Neighbour; Love Your Country: Above all of these Love God He's the essence of Your Being. #tdk

    58 min
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Mindfully with Tunmise, The Podcast is a weekly talk/interview show that seeks to promote mental health awareness by demystifying perceived mysteries surrounding mental health stability. The show features personal stories from Tunmise, who lives with Bipolar II and also collects stories from individuals from all walks of life. The conversations aim to answer questions surrounding mental health myths and promote living mindfully through self-compassion and showing up instead of perfection. The show also features resource experts to provide a balanced explanation to each question raised. The target audience includes young adults, parents, and middle-aged citizens who are struggling with self-esteem, identity conflicts, cultural conflicts, existential questions and resolving relational conflicts. Mindfully with Tunmise. The show's mission is to encourage people to live mindfully, tell their stories, and promote self-compassion. The show's duration is between 30 to 60 minutes per episode, and it can be accessed at all podcast platforms and at  www.blackhemages.com    

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  • Creator
    Oluwatunmise Oladapo Kuku
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    111
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Mindfully With 'Tunmise
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    Mindfully With 'Tunmise