Why smart people still make bad decisions

Finding words for the nameless emotions......

There are feelings we carry for years without ever having a name for them. A quiet ache when you return to a place that no longer feels like home. The strange sadness that follows a happy moment. The longing for something you cannot quite describe. The feeling of missing a version of yourself that no longer exists. In this episode, we explore the search for words that can hold our most difficult emotions. Why do some feelings seem impossible to explain until we stumble across a poem, a song lyric, a book passage, or even a single word that suddenly makes everything make sense? We talk about the relief that comes with naming an emotion and how language can transform confusion into clarity. When we find the right words, our experiences stop feeling isolated. What once felt like a private mystery becomes something shared, understood, and deeply human. Together, we examine the emotions that live in the spaces between happiness and sadness, love and loss, certainty and doubt. The feelings that shape our lives despite often going unspoken. At the heart of this conversation is a question many of us have quietly carried.  "How much of our emotional struggle comes not from what we feel, but from not having the language to describe it?" Join us as we search for the words behind our most nameless emotions and discover what happens when we finally find them.  Have you ever felt yourself having a certain emotion but you can't just pick the right word  to define it.   Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-point-with-atiba-teslim--6746895/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-point-with-atiba-teslim--6746895/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].  I'm Atiba Teslim, and I promise you a conversation that's direct, unfiltered, and always… on point. Subscribe to On Point with Atiba Teslim wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes coming soon.

When a stranger's voice knows you better than most people

You're going about your day, doing something completely ordinary, when a song comes on. Suddenly, time seems to pause. Not because the lyrics are dramatic or the melody is heartbreaking, but because every word feels uncomfortably familiar. It captures a feeling you've struggled to explain, a memory you've carried in silence, or a part of yourself you've never quite put into words. In this episode, we explore the strange and beautiful power of music to understand us. How does a stranger, someone who has never met you, write lyrics that seem to tell your story? Why do certain songs arrive at exactly the right moment, saying the things no one around you knows how to say? We reflect on the songs that have carried us through heartbreak, uncertainty, grief, healing, and growth. We examine how music becomes a refuge for emotions too large to contain, offering comfort without judgment and companionship without demands. In cultures where vulnerability is often hidden behind strength, music can become one of the few places where our feelings are allowed to exist in their fullest form. At the heart of this conversation is a simple but profound question: What does it mean when a stranger's voice understands something about you that even the people closest to you cannot see? You're going about your day, doing something completely ordinary, and a song comes on. Suddenly, something in you goes very still not because the song is sad, but because it is perfectly accurate. In this episode, we use fictional characters Ade and Simi to  explore why some songs feel like they were written specifically about your life.  We talk about what it means when a stranger's voice in your earphones knows you better than most people in your life do. We explore how songs become "containers for emotions too large to hold," how they make grief feel survivable, and how they sit with you in the dark without asking you to explain yourself. Especially in cultures where expressing deep emotion is discouraged, we discuss how music often becomes the only safe space for feelings to be as large as they actually are. Join us as we ask the deeper question underneath it all: what does it mean that three minutes of music can make you feel more seen than years of being known by someone? Join us for a thoughtful exploration of connection, emotion, memory, and the songs that make us feel truly seen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-point-with-atiba-teslim--6746895/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-point-with-atiba-teslim--6746895/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].  I'm Atiba Teslim, and I promise you a conversation that's direct, unfiltered, and always… on point. Subscribe to On Point with Atiba Teslim wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes coming soon.

understanding why we overthink - it's natural....

Understanding why we all overthink because it's a natural human instinct to overthink and we all do it so let's learn why....... Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-point-with-atiba-teslim--6746895/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-point-with-atiba-teslim--6746895/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].  I'm Atiba Teslim, and I promise you a conversation that's direct, unfiltered, and always… on point. Subscribe to On Point with Atiba Teslim wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes coming soon.

The structure of 2AM conversations

Almost everyone has that moment that we just take at 2AM or midnights mostly.  It's us just thinking about how our day went or imagining ideas or ways we build a future.   This conversations we have are rare moments we tend to focus more on the main objective and issues that really need us rather than how we ignored them in daytimes. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-point-with-atiba-teslim--6746895/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-point-with-atiba-teslim--6746895/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].  I'm Atiba Teslim, and I promise you a conversation that's direct, unfiltered, and always… on point. Subscribe to On Point with Atiba Teslim wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes coming soon.

I Might not Be who I tell people i am

Together, we open the doors on what it means to feel completely invisible to the people around you, what we actually do with those feelings when nobody is watching, and the truths we've never said out loud . Ade brings her warm, out-loud processing and connection to real moments, while Simi gently pushes back to say the things we are all thinking but never speak. . Expect an honest, warm, and sometimes completely unresolved look at lived experiences . Grab a seat you'll feel like you're finally hearing your own thoughts said out loud Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-point-with-atiba-teslim--6746895/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/on-point-with-atiba-teslim--6746895/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss].  I'm Atiba Teslim, and I promise you a conversation that's direct, unfiltered, and always… on point. Subscribe to On Point with Atiba Teslim wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes coming soon.