The Counterintuitive Journey to Self-Love

The Counterintuitive Journey to Self-Love

What if self-love is not something you “achieve” but something you unlearn your way back to? In this episode, Rohene Bouajram sits down with nonprofit leader, educator, and executive coach Minnie Karanja to explore why true self-love often begins in the places we avoid the most. This conversation is grounding, reflective, and filled with insight for anyone ready to lead, work, and live from a place of truth rather than performance. Connect with Minnie: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/minniekaranja/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/minniekaranja/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachminniek [https://www.instagram.com/coachminniek] Website: https://minniekaranja.com/ [https://minniekaranja.com/] Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unspeakable-leadership [https://www.linkedin.com/company/unspeakable-leadership] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unspeakableleadership/ [https://www.instagram.com/unspeakableleadership/] Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rohenebouajram [https://www.tiktok.com/@rohenebouajram] Website: https://www.rohenebouajram.com [https://www.rohenebouajram.com] Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rG1Wx0ayicU [https://youtu.be/rG1Wx0ayicU] Resources mentioned in this episode: Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/ [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/]

Developing the Mindset to Dream Big & Build Boldly

What if the shift you are waiting for is not external, but internal? In this episode, Rohene Bouajram sits down with Nicole Allyson, a certified life coach and solopreneur, to talk about what it really takes to dream bigger, choose yourself, and step into an arena you define for your own life. Together, they explore the mindset shifts that help women move beyond people pleasing, rewrite limiting narratives, and reconnect with the inner voice many of us quiet over time. We cover: • The cost of living small and the moment you begin choosing yourself • Why mindset is a daily choice • Language patterns that keep us stuck and the “but to and” shift • How to connect your dreams to how you want to feel • What it looks like to walk into spaces without shrinking • Breaking free from mental cages built by fear, expectations, and systems • Reimagining what your personal arena can look like This conversation is warm, honest, expansive, and full of practical insight for anyone ready to build boldly. Connect with Nicole: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-allyson-50b774354/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-allyson-50b774354/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicoleallysonlifecoach/ [https://www.instagram.com/nicoleallysonlifecoach/] Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicoleallyson10 [https://www.tiktok.com/@nicoleallyson10] Website: https://nicoleallysonlifecoach.com/ [https://nicoleallysonlifecoach.com/] Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unspeakableleadership/ [https://www.instagram.com/unspeakableleadership/] Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rohenebouajram?lang=en [https://www.tiktok.com/@rohenebouajram?lang=en] Website: rohenebouajram.com [http://rohenebouajram.com] Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qbRx-8-dUms [https://youtu.be/qbRx-8-dUms ] Resources mentioned in this episode: Free Resources: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources]

When “Good Enough” Isn’t Enough Anymore

In this season-opening reflection, Rohene Bouajram invites us into a personal exploration of what happens after we cross the line. Through stories of immigration, identity, and the emotional cost of shrinking, she reveals how survival can become a thermostat that limits what many women of colour believe they are allowed to have. Rohene reflects on inherited ceilings, inherited definitions of success, and the dreams we silence to appear humble or grateful. She shares the moment she realized that good enough was no longer enough and what it means to desire a life that feels expansive, aligned, abundant, and self-authored. This episode invites listeners to question the lives they inherited before they could consciously choose them, reconnect with the desires they whisper only in private, and begin imagining arenas built on truth rather than fear. Rohene closes with four powerful questions designed to help us move toward clarity, courage, and honest self-trust. This opener sets the tone for a season rooted in expansion, honesty, and the freedom to build a life that reflects who we truly are. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Newsletter sign-up: https://www.rohenebouajram.com [https://www.rohenebouajram.com] CONNECT WITH ROHENE: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/] Book me to speak: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/speaking [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/speaking] Website: https://www.rohenebouajram.com [https://www.rohenebouajram.com] Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources] Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BtJQZDpTJL4 [https://youtu.be/BtJQZDpTJL4 ]

I Am Not the Problem, Neither Are You.

In this season-closing reflection, Rohene Bouajram invites us to release one of the most persistent lies many of us carry: that who we are is something to fix. Through stories, letters, and the wisdom gathered from this season’s guests, she explores the living practices of radical self-acceptance and radical self-trust as pathways back to ourselves. We hear what it truly means to stop rehearsing smaller versions of who we are and start choosing the line to cross next, thought by thought, memory by memory, step by step. Rohene shares pieces of her own journey, including the grief of staying too long, the courage to leave, and the sacred act of devoting herself to truth, joy, and alignment. This finale reminds us that desires are data, our bodies are an archive of wisdom, and our individual becoming is right on time. Resources mentioned in this episode: Letter to my future self: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W50R91BWtk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W50R91BWtk] Letter to my younger self: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rohenebouajram_letterstolilly-activity-7389650833426116608-jZbr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAA3_LxMBYpNXcEAOCEyDg5fooYqV0LJc-UU [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rohenebouajram_letterstolilly-activity-7389650833426116608-jZbr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAA3_LxMBYpNXcEAOCEyDg5fooYqV0LJc-UU]   Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/] Book me to speak: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/speaking [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/speaking] Website www.rohenebouajram.com [http://www.rohenebouajram.com]   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources]   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HGDNXxPfj0c?si=OiJVxlqFfTiX58v8 [https://youtu.be/HGDNXxPfj0c?si=OiJVxlqFfTiX58v8]

Decolonizing Mental Health By Returning to Your Body

The answers you’ve been searching for have been living in your body all along. In this conversation with Kay Thellot, an ethnotherapist and founder of Prensip Minokan, we explore what it means to decolonize mental health and its role in our leadership journey. Remembering that our healing isn’t something we have to earn, it’s something we return to. Kay shares with Rohene Bouajram how reconnecting with ancestral practices, movement, and the quiet wisdom of the body helps us reclaim the parts of ourselves that colonial systems taught us to silence. We talk about how fear can look like excitement, what it means to cross the line back to your true self, and why the body is both archive and compass for women of colour reclaiming their power in leadership roles.   Connect with Kay: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kay-thellot-0300aa251](http://linkedin.com/in/kay-thellot-0300aa251) [http://linkedin.com/in/kay-thellot-0300aa251%5D(http:/linkedin.com/in/kay-thellot-0300aa251)] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prensip.minokan/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/prensip.minokan/?hl=en] Website: https://www.prensipminokan.com/ [https://www.prensipminokan.com/]   Connect with Rohene: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohenebouajram/] Website www.rohenebouajram.com [http://www.rohenebouajram.com]   Access resources to redefine your leadership: https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources [https://www.rohenebouajram.com/resources]   Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OyBTHVaCa2o?si=FclnHElQovw5YCUG [https://youtu.be/OyBTHVaCa2o?si=FclnHElQovw5YCUG]