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HerOwnHero Pod
by Favour Onukogu
HerOwnHero Podcast is an offshoot of HerOwnHero.org a blog that focuses on young women choosing to take charge of their lives and their salvation.This is our active community where we transcribe words to thoughts by speaking about them. this podcast has a special focus on issues young people face in their twenties, issues we get nervous talking about, issues like anxiety, work, relationship and the interlocking web of adulthood. We hope you enjoy this podcast and that it inspires you to become the hero in your own story
Episodes
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S7E3: Marriage on Your Own Terms with Clara Jack & Ugonma Nsirim
Hello Hero Boys & Girls, This episode is particularly for our girlies 👭🏾 In this episode of Her Own Hero, we bring together two interesting voices, Ugonma Nsirim and Clara Jack, to discuss the benefits, challenges, and realities of getting married early versus later in life. We unpack the...
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S7E3: Things I Did in My 20s That Would Send My Older Self Into Shock
Hello Hero Boys and Girls It's been a while since I last showed up behind the mic. Life has been incredibly busy lately, but I'm finally back and excited to reconnect with you all. Thank you for sticking around while I navigated everything happening behind the scenes. Going forward, my goal is to...
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S7E2: What 4 Years of International Travel Has Taught Me
hello Hero Boy and Girls, welcome back, I know i have starved you of rich delicious content but I'm back now. I am back and I would be giving you from back to back to back. In this episode I talked about my journey living alone in multiple African countries and what I discovered about myself. You...
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S7:E1: Welcome to Season 7, The Year of the Horse
Welcome Hero Boys and Girls, Its the Year of the Horse, and it only appears in 66 years. so we must be lucky indeed this year. so glad to welcome you into 2026. This episode is very chilled, very palatable, I am bringing you up to speed with where I am with life, mentally, physically, financially...
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S6E9: Gentle Lessons from a Hard Year with Benita Alagha
@HerOwnHeroPod by Ozioma Onukogu Hello Hero Boys and Girls, My best friend and I sat together—as we do every year—to reflect on the year gone by. We can all agree that 2025 was a hard year: global conflicts, economic inflation, and a rapidly shifting job market made it feel like there was very...
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S6E8: Living and Dating in Nairobi, Kenya with Soni & Maithya
Hello Hero Boys and Girls? Have you ever been to Nairobi, Kenya? I moved to Kenya for a job, and it was absolutely not what I expected. Was it good? Was it bad? I shared my honest, candid review of the Pride of Africa I am joined by my friends, Soni Mwangi and Maithya Mulwa , whotalked about life...
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S6E7: What 2025 Taught Me About Myself
Hello Boys and Girls, Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to another episode of HerOwnHero Podcast, where we share experiences, insights and just have fun talking about how we navigate life on our 20s and 30s. This is a Solo episode it's honest, direct and even brutal This is a Solo series that I want…
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HerOwnHeroPod: conclusion
hello everyone, I'm Ozioma, the host of HerOwnHero Podcast. I'm sharing all the places you can find our podcast or where you can send me a message twitter: @onukogufavour Instagram: @oziomaonukogu email: [email protected]
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HerOwnHeroPod: The Introduction
this is a short intro to the podcast
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S6E6: Choosing Creativity: A New Career in Your 30s with Chisom of @Nri.Nka
Hello Hero Boys and Girls, We started a new series called Celebrating Our 20s We began this series in our 29th year as a way to honor how far we’ve come since launching HerOwnHero in our early 20s. A lot has shifted — our values, beliefs, and the way we view the world — and we wanted to take a...
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S6E5: The Birthday Episode - Lets Get Vulnerable
Hello Hero Boys and Girls It's my birthday :) Oh, and I feel super cool, super excited, and yes, super vulnerable about where I am, what I want in life, and what I have to do to get there. It's just a lot of things to break down, and sometimes it's difficult to admit to ourselves that we are not...
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S6E4: Celebrating Our 20s: Our Thoughts on Love and Marriage (Then vs Now)
Hello Hero Boys and Girls, Welcome to HEROWNHERO POD, a podcast for women navigating life, love and career in Africa. This season Sophia and I would be going back in memory lane, reflecting on our twenties (since we would be crossing over to the 3rd floor soon) and discussing about all the ways…
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S6E3: Unpacking Feminism in Romantic Relationships with Sophia Ahuoyiza
Hello Hero Boys and Girls! Did you miss me? For the first time, I would have a co-host join me on the show, and that would be the beautiful Sophia Ahuoyiza In this episode, we dive into what it really means to date as a feminist in a world still shaped by traditional gender norms. From who pays…
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S6E2: The Sisterhood of Traveling Favour
Hello Hero Boys & Girls!! I have started my digital nomad journey, living and travelling at the same time. And although it's been a tough ride and I have only been to 3 countries, I am walking in the direction of my dream and i love it for me. A couple of people have asked me about how i began...
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S6E1: How to Lock In This Year
Hello Hero Boys and Girls!! We are back with a banger. its 2025 and we are back with another interesting episode where we talk about the Gen Z term for being hyper focused on your goals until you accomplish them 1. To Be Locked In 🔒🔥:Being fully focused, in the zone, and undistracted. It means...
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S5E14: I Learnt These Things in 2024 So You Dont Have To
Hello Hero Boys and Girls 🥰 Its Christmas Season 🌲 and what does that mean? It means we would be getting loads of end of year content including lessons for the year, reflections and goal setting tips. In this episode I talked about all the personal lessons (plus shege) life taught me that…
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S5E13: My Perspective and Experience Living in Ghana
Hello Hero Boys and Girls Welcome to another episode with your favorite girl - Wildflower.eth For the past 2 years i have lived in Ghana and I think its time to share my experience and my own perspective looking outside in Here’s what you can expect in this episode: A deep dive into the cultural...
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S5E12: Tips for Dating Modern Women (for men)
Hello Hero Boys and Girls We are back again, with a new brilliant episode. If you are in these dating streets, then this episode is for you!! I sat down with Deborah Orji, a lawyer and feminist to dissect our dating experience and frustrations with dating men in 2024. We provided the best tips on...
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S5E11: Life Updates, a Personal Check-in on Where I'm at in Life
Hello Hero Boys and Girls, I know I have been gone so long and life has been happening so much. but I'm back now and I miss you guys. I have reflected on my life based on these different categories from the wheel of life - career, business, intentional living,health,finance, spirituality, people,...
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S5E10: How to Decenter Men From Your Life
Hello Hero Girls, lol: this episode is specifically for the girlies, if you have ever been at that point in your life where all you are thinking about is getting partnered, wearing a wedding gown and having that ring on your finger ...finally!! Then this is for you on this episode I sat down with...
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S5E9: Living & Working with Women & Girls in The Gambia
Hello Boys and Girls, We are moving to a different location, a permanent site, I'm just kidding, we are entering a brand new episode, a trailblazer discussion for all our waka waka ladies. we are doing the waka waka series we would interview young women and girls living outside their birth…
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S5E8: Selling Big Bum Bum in Lagos ft Damilare Kuku
Hello Her Boys and Girlies of Course, If you have not heard about Damilare Kuku, you must live under a rock. She is widely known for her accomplished debut - Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad. I sat with her to discuss her new book - Only Big Bum Bum Matters Tomorrow. If you are a book lover, a...
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S5E7: Finding Love in Accra ft Chika Orji & Wilhemena
Hello hero Boys & Girls, I sat down with Chika Orji & Wilhemena to talk about love. Yes.. Loveeee and dating. Dating in Accra, as young pretty black single women, we know what it feels like searching for love in a world that seems to be sucked out of affection. The dating game is filled with…
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S5E6: Of MadMen & Big Bum Bum ft Damilare Kuku 1
Hello Hero Boys and Girls, Today's epsiode is both exciting and spicy. we have someone interesting in the house, for the first time, we have a highly acclaimed author, Scriptwriter and Actress, Damilare Kuku Damilare Kuku, widely known for her accomplished debut - Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are...
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S5E5: Living in Accra with Lagos Energy ft Chika Orji
Hello Hero Boys & Girls, I sat down with Chika Orji, a Content Creator and Digital Storyteller to discuss our experience living in the great city of Accra. Not just that we compared our lifestyles, living in the bustling city of Lagos and the calmer city of Accra. If you've ever wanted to know…
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S5E4: Wildflower's Birthday Banter!
Hello Hero Boys and Girls, Around my birthday, I do this thing where I reflect through the past year, taking note of the lessons I've learned and I share it with you sweethearts. This year is different!! it's even better, I have created content in various formats, just for you, my hero. If you…
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S5E3: Our Wildest House Hunting Experience as Single Women
Finding a house in any major city is hard, but finding a house in Lagos and Accra is the ghetto. In this episode, Mide and I share our collective experiences looking for apartments as young single women in Africa's biggest craziest cities. Come for the gist, stay for the experience. Grab your...
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S5E2: Navigating Childhood trauma with Psychotherapist & Coach @Gbemisoke
Hello Hero Boys and Gyals, Have you ever wondered how your childhood affects your life now as an adult? This episode will tell you This has been a long time coming, and it's the very first sit-out we are having with a guest. On this episode, Mide and I, spoke with the phenomenal therapist and...
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S5E1: What to Expect in this Season with Cohost - Mide
Welcome Hero Boys & Girls Welcome to Season 5 of Her Own Hero Podcast. This season is gonna bang with our Mide, our new co-host who would be on the hot seat with me. We would be bringing in exceptional people, therapists, founders, investors and even content creators who would share their career...
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S4E19: What 2023 Taught Us with Franklin Oladipo
Hello Hero Boys and Girls, On this show, I sat down with a Friend, Franklin Oladipo, a Mobile Developer, Thinker, Reader, Yoga practitioner, and a lover of humanity to talk about the lessons we learnt in the year 2023. From reframing challenges to burning bridges to learning persistence and…
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S4E17: #EndoftheYear - Reflecting on 2023
Hello Hero Loves❤️ This episode, I reflected on my personal experience this year, how it came with a lot of pain for me, but not just me, but the millions of unsettled people, in war zones, in refugee camps, people displaced and people away from home. This episode is for people who sit in sorry…
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S4E16: Impacts of Purity Culture on Sex with @PaniniBaby
Close your legs Don't lead men to sin Don't touch a man, or else you'll get pregnant Panini and I talk about our experience growing up with Purity culture in religious homes, how we were raised fearing sex and knowing nothing about it. There was no knowledge about sexual education, and our...
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S4E16: #BoardingHouseLife - Surviving Bullying with Jacenta & Bella (Bloopers)
I sat with two of my friends from High School as we recounted the horrific and sometimes laughable ordeal we had to go through at the hands of "seniors". It's been 10 years since Jacenta Omoh, who is now a Social Media Manager and pharmacist & Bella Oguegbu who is now a Lawyer and I graduated…
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S4E15: #BoardingHouseLife - Surviving Bullying with Jacenta & Bella
I sat with two of my friends from High School as we recounted the horrific and sometimes laughable ordeal we had to go through at the hands of "seniors". It's been 10 years since Jacenta Omoh, who is now a Social Media Manager and pharmacist & Bella Oguegbu who is now a Lawyer and I graduated…
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S4E14: #RandomMusings2 - Old Philosphies, Modern Anxieties for Adulting
Hey Hero Guys and Girls, Sometimes Adulting can be the Ghetto right? Like you're going about your normal day, trying to be a responsible adult, but then there are all these tiny little things you feel anxious about and you don't know how to deal with... "Am I the only one on this table 😅"…
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S4E13: #RandomMusings1 - Inside the Mind of an Overthinker
Hello Hero Boys & Girls, Dealing with anxiety, depression, and disorders, is not talked about much, with these open heart-to-heart conversations, I hope you understand that you're not different and that you seek therapy & other ways to feel better. Resources 1. High Functioning Anxiety - Rob Dial...
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S4E12: #LifeatMEST3 - A lookback at my personal experience
Hello Hero Boys & Girls, I still remember the goals I had whilst coming here. I wanted to become a badass software developer, I was so sure that in one year, I would emerge as a great dev, 😅but life had other plans. I ended up evolving and unfolding more in my personal life than anywhere else. I...
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S4E11: #LifeatMEST2- A Throwback at Our Entrepreneurial Journey
#LifeatMEST is a whole ball game, from building dating apps to creating Omni customer service platforms, we have worked on every kind of startup idea that you can imagine. It's been one year of learning, and building and it does not come with its own struggles and challenges. On this podcast, we...
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S4E10: #LifeatMEST: Our Shared Experience Living in Ghana
Hello Hero Boys & Girls, Have you ever wondered what it's like living in the beautiful city of Accra, well you do not have to guess anymore. I invited 3 beautiful guests who are Entrepreneurs, Patience Munene (Kenya), Priscilla Arthur (Ghanaian) & Marriette Ify (Nigerian) to share their…
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S4E9: How to Manifest Your Dream Life 3
"your thoughts create your reality because thoughts are frequencies and every thought attract like energy" Hello Hero Lads and lasses, we’ve spent the last 2 episodes solidifying what we have been talking about - manifesting abundant reality We spent episode 1 talking about our core beliefs, and...
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S4E8: How to Manifest Your Dream Life 2
Hello Hero Boys & Girls, Can we make this exciting? Lets make this fun I wanted to make it a little bit less formal, learning how to manifest your dream life should be exciting On this episode, we will continue our series - #Howto ManifestYourDream Life Some things we covered in this episode are;...
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S4E7: How to Manifest Your Dream Life 1
Hello Hero Boys & Girls, Welcome to another episode of HerOwnHero Pod, a podcast for young people navigating the tricky waters of adulthood. In this series we would be talking about how to manifest an abundant life, a happy life, one were you are satisfied and you are flourishing I have spent 3...
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S4E6: Understanding PCOs in Young Women with Dr Kemi Dosumu
Hello Hero Boys & Girls It is your favorite pod girl again, wildflower Today, we discussed a very important topic related to women's health - the topic of Polycistic Ovarian Syndrome Our Host today is Dr. Oluwakemi Dosumu, Dr. Kemi is the founder and CEO of Preval Healthcare, as well as the…
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S4E5: #WildlySensual: Navigating Your Sexuality as an African Woman (PT 2)
Thousands of young women are no longer embarrassed to express their sexual needs and preferences. African women are asserting their right to sexual pleasure and agency, and challenging cultural taboos and restrictions that have historically limited their sexual freedom. Sexual activists like...
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S4E4: #WildlySensual: Navigating Female Sexuality as an African Woman 1
There's very little we know about our bodies as women, because growing up as a girl child in Africa, sex is a sacred topic. the one thing that must not be named, so we grow up feeling shame about our sexual organs, desiring pleasure, and having sex With people like @hausachocolate, the female...
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S4E3: #WildlyRomantic: Is Valentine's Day ❤️ Special to You?
Hello Lovelies, Welcome to another episode of HerownHero Podcast... We'll be taking a twist on the podcast with a new series on Deconstruction. In this series, we will be sharing core topics and dismantling our initial understanding of religion, sex, marriage, career, and money. In this episode…
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S4E2: #WildlyDeconstructing - How I Started My Deconstruction Journey
Welcome to another episode of HerOwnHero Pod a podcast created to showcase the lifestyle and journey of African women in their twenties, and how they navigate, love, work, and everything in between this beautiful life we have no clue how to live but have to trust the process regardless.. We'll be...
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S4E1: #WildlyDeconstructing - How to Rethink Your Christain Faith
Welcome to another episode of HerOwnHero Pod a podcast created to showcase the lifestyle and journey of African women in their twenties, and how they navigate, love, work and everything in between this beautiful life we have no clue how to live but have to trust the process regardless.. We'll be...
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S3E10: Building a Career in Artifical Intelligence with Khaulat Abdulhakeem
Hello, Hero boys and girls. Welcome to another episode of HerOwnHero pod, in this special season, we are focusing on women. "Women in Tech" series is a HerOwnHero special that takes you into the career journey of young women building careers in different tech fields, from Web3 to AI, from Machine...
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S3E9: Building a Career in the NFT Space with @Yemisi9898
Can you build a career in the web3 space? What opportunities are available for NFT enthusiasts? If you've ever asked these questions, this podcast is for you, I sat down with @Yemisi9898, a Community leader and a Profit Maxim in the NFT & Crypto Space in Africa. Yemisi has been building…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
HerOwnHero Podcast is an offshoot of HerOwnHero.org a blog that focuses on young women choosing to take charge of their lives and their salvation.This is our active community where we transcribe words to thoughts by speaking about them. this podcast has a special focus on issues young people face in their twenties, issues we get nervous talking about, issues like anxiety, work, relationship and the interlocking web of adulthood. We hope you enjoy this podcast and that it inspires you to become the hero in your own story
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Favour Onukogu
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HerOwnHero Podcast is an offshoot of HerOwnHero.org a blog that focuses on young women choosing to take charge of their lives and their salvation.This is our active community where we transcribe words to thoughts by speaking about them. this podcast has a special focus on issues young people face...
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