#14. Didi Mathibe - Life in Chapters

One of my longest and deepest relationships through friendship is put on a beautiful display through Episode 14's conversation with Didi Mathibe (@didi_mathibe).  The days leading up to our conversation were weird. There's no other way to put it. Protests around the globe had broken out around "Justice for George Floyd". The Black Lives Matter movement had been amplified, debated, and vivisected from every angle on and offline. A giant explosion had killed 135 people and injured over 5000 from a warehouse in Beruit. The threat of the Coronavirus was still very, very much upon us, and all during the same time, I was trying to make sense of what "this all means" in my own little world.  Then, my intention to invite Didi to the show revealed itself amidst the global turmoil. Why now? Why this way and through this platform? These were two questions she had actually asked me during our intro call prior to recording and it forced me to think long and hard about that word - "intention."  At the time of her asking, I had already begun my own journey of unlearning, listening, and re-visiting the heart-work to try and make sense of HOW I actually understood my own privilege; as well as what healing, freedom, and justice for Black people across the globe looked like today. Like many of you, I was having those uncomfortable conversations with myself and trying my utmost best to soak in any and all information from those around me. When Didi had then asked me "Why now?" and "Why this way and through this platform?", insecurities of my own had revered it's ugly head as it dawned that perhaps I was seeking comfortability by talking to a Black womxn whom I know and trust to "stumble" my way through my own vulnerabilities, through a means that I was comfortable with [conversation], without the "risk" of being scrutinized for being ignorant.  Didi could see right through me. I hated it. I loved it.  This empathetic nomad from South Africa who's just trying to find a spot in the world, or in herself, that feels like home is someone I heartfeltly consider one of the most beautiful souls the world has to boast. She was able to hold a space for our conversation to be had in the most authentic way I could've ever imagined by allowing me into her world in a way that I am extremely grateful for. Through a recording with her from across the world (she's currently in Bolivia) Didi portrayed compassion, empathy, love, kindness, and a hearty laugh as we went about her life's chapters. ----------------------- Resources & key points: 00:00 - 05:19 - #EP.11 - Tatiana Sharpe  05:20 - 09:42 - Intro to Didi & Convo Say Hello: EM: [email protected] FB: Didi Mathibe IG: @didi_mathibe Find us on: Apple Podcast: Apple Podcast  Spotify: Spotify YouTube: YouTube Google Podcasts: Google Podcasts Instagram: @outcome_podcast Email: [email protected]