Authentically SwitchedON-The Podcast

Happy Women's Month.

This series is a 4 weeks long (4episodes) series where I get to have conversations with some of the wonderful everyday people I had the opportunity to meet and are my inspirations in life.

Everyday I am Inspired by how as human beings we are able to rise above all odds that were against us and like phoenix rise from the ashes that were meant to bury us & show up liberated and more resilient than ever before.

My hope for this series is that we would have genuine open conversations where we are able to learn from each other and hold space for joy and healing and to know that; even in suffering, we are worthy of love, peace, joy and freedom.

The book is written by Dr. Edith Eva Ever, a holocaust survivor of Auschwitz. She is 92yrs young and holds a doctorate in Psychology.
Dr. Eger shares the horrors of life at Auschwitz along with personal stories of struggles from her clients in an effort to help others heal from every day challenges we all face. It is such a hopeful book and provides inspiration even in the darkest of times. Dr. Eger really makes you feel like you can beat the worst of odds because she has done it herself!!

She discuss 12 techniques to help you break out of your personal prison and find freedom to live your best life, no matter what your past experiences were.

Throughout the whole book, all I kept saying to myself is, I can't believe that Dr. Eger could have had a past like she did and still be so positive and encouraging to others today! I also kept on reflecting to my own life experiences and getting a chance to actually revisit my own past and unlearn while learning to give myself the gift of forgiveness and grace.

The Key note in this book for me are:

· The ultimate key to freedom is to keep becoming who you truly are

· Forgiveness is the gift you give to yourself.

Without giving away too much on the book, I will be sharing with you 6 lessons that realy resonated with me from the 12 lessons shared to save your life from The Gift.

Once upon a time ( sometimes I still am),  I was a major people-pleaser — a real pushover. I didn’t know where other people ended and I began, and my decisions were based on what would make other people happy or comfortable. I thought this made me easy going, likable, and generally pretty cool.

Little did I know that it really just made me lost, confused, and pretty unlikable. You see, when you go through life as a pleaser, you aren’t living on your own terms. You think you’re being nice, agreeable, and drama-free, but keeping your true self beneath the surface doesn’t do anyone any favors. It just results in you being surrounded by rude, selfish, and unforgiving people who, instead of appreciating that you’ve put their needs first, treat you like a doormat.

On today's episode I get to discuss people pleasing traits and how they have affetcted me in my life. I get to dive into understanding this concept, the quencequencies related to it, factors that come in play when we are living with it and tips on how to overcome people pleasing traits.

Hope you enjoy and let me know how you have found the episode.

with love,

Grace

On Today's Episode, I reflect back on how the book Authentically Uniquely, You: Living Free from Comparison and The Need to Please by Joyce Meyer Help me heal my past trauma's and teach me new ways of dealing with comparing, competing and people pleasing.

You will meet a young Grace and an Adult Grace in this episode, who from reading this book, they managed to come into terms with self acceptance, self forgiveness and feeling their feelings while letting them go when the time is right.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did when I was recording it and I hope you take a part of it and use it for your healing too.

I would like to here from you and how this episode is helping you.

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Have you ever said the following to yourself: I will be good enough if I have a husband or a wife; I will be worthy of love when I lose 5 kg, I will be good enough when I get a degree or qualification, I will be a complete person if I have children, I will be acceptable if I am admired …these are all conditions or prerequisites for worth set for us by the society.  And because we buy into them we often find ourselves on the hustle for worthiness, love and belonging. The most crucial truth is You are hustling for worthiness if you are using the fomula: I will be Become of Value if:……… In this Episode, Grace Mothobi tackles the need to hustle for worthiness, the Power of love and Self-Love and the sense of Belonging. The episode was inspired by Gifts of Imperfection and Daring Greatly books by Brene Brown. Hope you enjoy and share your reviews on instagram, Anchor Message and Spotify 

Owning your story can be hard but not as hard as spending the rest of our lives running from it.Embracing our vulnerability is risky but not as nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy.  In this episode I have an authentic conversation about the 3 highlights of where I have been the passed 2 years and how life has been treating me. I also share words of encouragement and affirmations on how to stay afloat especially when life seems to not be fair and giving and how to not give up on your passion and things that drive you. have a conversation with us on what are you returning, and what are you showing up for in this season of your life. Hope you enjoy the episode and engage with us on instagram @authentically_switchedon and also on the polls created on spotify. you can also leave us a voice message on Anchor and share your reviews of the podcast/ episode on apple podcast. Until next time, lots of Love. Grace

Welcome to Authentically SwitchedON- The Podcast Season 2. This podcast is curated to hold space for you so that you can harness the divine power already within you in order to cultivate the courage to be vulnerable to pursue your passions, goals and dreams. It is a platform made for you to find healing in the midst of it all and to affirm you and give you permission to know that you deserve peace, love and joy. The foundation of Authentically SwitchedON-The Podcast is based on living Authentically, healing from our past wounds and knowing that this Higher source is God’s love within us and to Return to Him simply means to Return to ourselves. In this trailer you get to know a little about Authentically SwitchedON-The Podcast and get glimpses of why I have been away for almost 2 years. I am so thankful you are here. Please remember to share your love openly by subscribing to our podcast, following us on Authentically_SwitchedOn on Instagram, sharing the episodes & also adding feedback on reviews so that this podcast can be found by those in similar journeys & needing the message here. Other than that, keep being Authentically SwitchedON & can’t wait to see you next time &. With Love, Grace produced by @solagracia follow the podcast on Instagram: @authintically_switchedon

Happy Wednesday and welcome to the season 1 Finale. It has been a pleasure to journey with each and everyone of you every Wednesday, as we share a light in different topics that affect the young adults and the society at large. from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for your support, your love and the encouragement you gave me every time I felt like Giving Up. Fro our beautiful guest, thank you so much for sharing your stories so courageously and generously, thank you for being amazing story tellers and granting us the opportunity to see your stories reflected back into our lives.  Until the next season, continue revisiting this season for insight, for direction and for advice because I'm quite sure I will be doing too much of that during this production break. Please keep in touch with us on our instagram page @authentically_switchedon and also on our emails at [email protected] Continue to cultivate the courage to be imperfect and vulnerable to pursue your dreams, continue to take care of yourselves and loved ones during this pandemic. I can't wait to share with you the next season of authentically switched on. Love and Light & may God bless you all. Love and Light to each and everyone of you Authentically_SwitchedOners' , we are because of you.

Sometimes heading in a new direction can be scary until you realize you’re headed toward a new and exciting destination. You might have expected a particular outcome or your well-laid plans did not come to pass as expected. Though frustrating, Life doesn’t always go according to plan and it can be difficult to take comfort in not getting what you want at times. Think back to a moment when a life situation did not turn out as planned – imagine the details as best you can. There may have been an expected outcome you had hoped for. You may have witnessed your well laid-out plans crumble before your very eyes. Take comfort because you’re not alone. On today’s episode we chat to a 3rd year Medical Student at Wits and an entrepreneur, Emmanuel Bope and we tackle one of the anticipated topic ‘’ Life beyond plans we make and challenges we face”...hope you enjoy it as much as I did

Often dismissed as ‘women’s troubles’, endometriosis affects one  in 10 women during reproductive age, yet a lack of research and funding means sufferers can live in severe pain, unable to work or have a socialise life. This hidden toll and extraordinary neglect of a disease that affects an estimated 176 million women around the globe, causing many to suffer a life of pain and debilitation and sometimes infertility. While dealing with illnesses like Endomometriosis, women get to deal with Gender-based violence (GBV) or violence against women and girls (VAWG), which is a global pandemic that affects 1 in 3 women in their lifetime. As a black women, you suffer twice for being black and being a women and not forgetting the hidden sufferings we go through daily in our personal lifes, one of them being Endometriosis. On todays episode I seat down with Rukudzo, A medical student at wits university and an Endometriosis warrior as we takle the topic , Hidden suffering of every women and girl child. Dont forget to follow us on instagram @authentically_switchedon, like, comment and share with us your learnings from the episode. You can get in touch with Rukudzo on instagram and twitter @rukudzo_respect. Thank you so much for your continuous support.