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Legally Clueless
by Legally Clueless
Legally Clueless is a weekly podcast by Kenyan media personality & social activist: Adelle Onyango!! Here, she documents her raw human journey as an evolving unapologetically African woman. The podcast is a space where people get to know just how okay it is to not know or not have it all figured out. It is also a space where Africans share stories from their lives; stories that teach, make us cry, make us laugh - real, authentic African stories. The #LegallyClueless hotline is +254768628790
Episodes
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For Mannerless Women Live | Coming Soon To Spotify
We made history, Mannerless Women! Our very first For Mannerless Women Live brought together incredible women across generations for an afternoon of laughter, vulnerability, powerful conversations and unforgettable moments. From navigating our 30s to embracing our 40s, 50s and beyond, we explored...
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She Survived The Abuse. Why Was She Carrying The Shame? | For Mannerless Women
What happens when you stop carrying shame that was never yours to begin with? In this deeply personal Season 6 finale of For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango sits down with award-winning creative producer Queen Gathoni to explore what it means to reclaim your voice, your story and ultimately,...
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You're Not Bitter. Maybe Your Anger Is Trying To Tell You Something. | Mid Week Tease
Have you ever felt angry about something that happened months or even years ago, then immediately felt guilty for not being over it? Women are often taught to be patient, forgiving and understanding. But what happens when we're so busy extending compassion to everyone else that we forget to…
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He Called It Love. It Was Coercive Control PART 2 | Legally Clueless Ep 399
In the concluding part of Makena's story, a terrifying suspicion becomes reality when she confronts her partner about accessing her private conversations and information on her phone. What follows is a deeply personal account of digital surveillance, emotional abuse and coercive control, and the...
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Who Benefits When Women Make Themselves Smaller? | For Mannerless Women
Who benefits when women believe they are too loud, too angry, too ambitious or simply too much? This week on For Mannerless Women, Adelle sits down with feminist activist and Executive Director of Dada Collective Network, Zaha Indimuli, for a conversation about the many ways women are taught to...
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Is It Love Or Are You Being Controlled? | Mid Week Tease
What happens when control doesn’t actually feel like control? Sometimes it sounds like, “I just worry about you.” Sometimes jealousy feels like proof that someone really cares. Sometimes constantly checking in feels like closeness. And sometimes we slowly begin changing how we dress, who we see,...
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He Called It Love. It Was Coercive Control | Legally Clueless Ep 398
What happens when attention slowly turns into control? In Part 1 of Makena’s story, she shares how a relationship that began with friendship, attraction and fun gradually became possessive and controlling. It started with small things that were easy to explain away. Complicated rules around...
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When Choosing Yourself Means Distancing Yourself From Family | For Mannerless Women
What happens when choosing yourself means creating distance from the people who raised you? This week on For Mannerless Women, Adelle sits down with psychologist Ivanna Waweru for an honest conversation about family, boundaries, identity and going no-contact.Ivanna shares her own experience of...
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What If You Actually Believed Your Dreams Were Possible? | Mid Week Tease
What if the biggest thing standing between you and your dream isn’t your ability but whether you can actually see yourself living it? This week on The Mid Week Tease, Adelle unpacks what it means to truly own your dreams to stop keeping the things you deeply desire at a safe distance and start...
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She Quit School, Moved Countries & Questioned Everything She Believed PART 3 | Legally Clueless Ep 397
In the final part of Lisa Gaitho’s story, we follow her through one of the most personal shifts of her journey: questioning what she had been taught about faith and beginning to discover what spirituality could look like for herself. Lisa opens up about questioning Christianity, confronting how...
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After Narcissistic Abuse: How Do You Find Yourself Again? | For Mannerless Women
What happens after you recognise narcissistic abuse? How do you begin to rebuild your life and yourself? In Part 2 of this For Mannerless Women conversation, Adelle sits down with psychologist and trauma therapist Perpetua Chomba to explore healing after narcissistic abuse. They talk about making...
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The Woman You Become When You Learn to Be Alone | Mid Week Tease
When was the last time you spent time alone without reaching for your phone, filling the silence, or asking someone else what they think? This week on The Mid Week Tease, Adelle Onyango explores how solitude and silence can help women reconnect with themselves, rediscover what they actually want,...
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She Quit School, Moved Countries & Questioned Everything She Believed PART 2 | Legally Clueless Ep 396
Lisa moved to Nigeria for love. But what happens when the life you move into leaves little room for you to be yourself? In Part 2 of Lisa Gaitho’s story, we pick up where we left off: Lisa is back in Kenya, unsure of what to do next, when she meets a boyfriend and decides to move to Nigeria. What...
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They Love Bomb You, Then Break You Down: Understanding Narcissistic Abuse | For Mannerless Women
What happens when the person who once made you feel like the centre of their world becomes the person who makes you question your worth? The constant attention. The big promises. The feeling that you've finally found someone who truly understands you. And then, slowly, the affection changes. The...
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Why Do We Hate Women We’re Secretly Jealous Of? | Mid Week Tease
Have you ever disliked a woman who hadn't actually done anything to you? Maybe her confidence irritated you, her success made you uncomfortable, or you found yourself picking apart her life without really understanding why. What if the problem isn't her, but what her life brings up in you? In…
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She Quit School, Moved Countries & Questioned Everything She Believed | Legally Clueless Ep 395
How do you figure out what you want to do with your life when nothing seems to quite fit? In Part 1 of Lisa Gaitho’s story, she takes us from a playful childhood growing up in Nairobi West to a high school experience she desperately wanted to escape and into years of trying to figure out where…
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It’s Never Too Late To Start Again | For Mannerless Women
What if the life you really want begins after the age you were told you should have everything figured out? In this episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle sits down with Sally Sawe, Co-Founder and COO of The Partnership Agency, for a beautiful conversation about ageing, starting again and giving...
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You Left. So Why Do You Still Want to Go Back? | Mid Week Tease
Leaving a harmful relationship is one thing. Staying gone can be another battle entirely. Inspired by Ann’s story on the Legally Clueless podcast, this week Adelle explores what it actually means to choose yourself while trying to leave an emotionally abusive or harmful relationship and in the...
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I Thought I’d Marry Him. Then I Learned The Truth PART 3 | Legally Clueless Ep 394
After eight years of loving someone, what happens when you finally find the answers to the questions you’ve been asking all along? In the final part of Ann Wachera’s story, we pick up after another painful breakup with the man Ann once believed she would marry.Ann tries to move forward. She…
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Your Body Was Never The Problem | For Mannerless Women
What if the shame you carry about your body was never yours to begin with? In this episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle sits down with Connie Tipis, clinical psychologist and Co-Founder & CEO of Double Dee’s Lingerie Kenya & Uganda for a conversation about body shame, body confidence and...
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10 Of The Worst Pieces Of Advice Women Are Given | Mid Week Tease
This week on The Mid Week Tease, Adelle is looking at 10 of the worst pieces of advice women are given, in her opinion. From being told to reduce your financial ambitions so you don’t intimidate a man, to submitting for the sake of peace, enduring because “marriage is hard,” putting your career...
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I Thought I’d Marry Him. Then I Learned the Truth PART 2 | Legally Cueless Ep 393
What happens when you see the red flags, ask the questions and even find some of the answers but you’re still not ready to let go of the future you imagined with someone? In Part 2 of Ann’s story, we pick up after Ann discovers the first lie in a relationship she believes is leading to marriage.…
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How Much Of Yourself Have You Abandoned For Love? | For Mannerless Women
What happens when loving someone slowly becomes abandoning yourself? In this episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango sits down with businesswoman, creative and MC Dushy Kuria for an honest conversation about divorce, relationships, therapy, self-worth and finding your way back to...
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The Lies We Tell Ourselves To Stay In Relationships | Mid Week Tease
Sometimes the hardest part isn't realising a relationship isn't working. It's admitting that you've known for a while.This week on the Mid Week Tease, Adelle unpacks the stories we tell ourselves when we're trying to stay in relationships we've already begun to outgrow: maybe I need to give it…
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I Thought I’d Marry Him. Then I Learned the Truth | Legally Clueless Ep 392
What happens when the beliefs you have about love, marriage and relationships are shaped long before you ever fall in love? In Part 1 of Ann Wachera’s story, Ann takes us back to losing her mum at just seven years old, being raised by her grandparents and the experiences that shaped how she came…
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Starting Over in Your 40s: The Life You Didn’t Plan | For Mannerless Women
Season 6 of For Mannerless Women is here and we're beginning with the brilliant Kaz Lucas. What happens when the life you're living no longer looks like the life women are told we're supposed to want? In this episode, Adelle sits down with Kaz for a deeply honest conversation about divorce in…
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Would You Let Anyone Else Talk To You Like This? | Mid Week Tease
What happens when the person you hear most is constantly criticising you? This week on the Mid Week Tease, Adelle unpacks negative self-talk: the cruel, critical and sometimes deeply familiar voice we can mistake for our own truth. She explores where our inner critic comes from, why being hard on...
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What Being a Woman in Aviation Cost Me PART 2 | Legally Clueless Ep 391
What Being a Woman in Aviation Cost Me | Legally Clueless Ep 391 What happens when achieving the career you fought so hard for comes at a cost you never expected?In Part 2 of Ella’s story, she takes us deeper into her experience as a young woman working in aviation maintenance. Ella opens up…
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How to Trust Yourself Again: 7 Ways to Rebuild Self-Trust | Mid Week Tease
What happens when you stop trusting your own decisions, feelings and instincts? This week on The Mid Week Tease, Adelle unpacks how self-trust can slowly erode, through being constantly second-guessed, people-pleasing, gaslighting, overriding your own needs, breaking promises to yourself, or…
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What Being a Woman in Aviation Cost Me | Legally Clueless Ep 390
What Being a Woman in Aviation Cost Me | Ella’s Story Part 1 What does it take to find your place in an industry that constantly makes you feel like you have something to prove? In Part 1 of Ella’s story, she takes us from her childhood in Western Kenya, through moving between different sides of...
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The Lies Women Were Told About Aging (And Why So Many Of Us Believe Them) | Mid Week Tease
There comes a point where many women stop fearing wrinkles and start fearing what they've been taught wrinkles mean.In this week's Mid Week Tease, Adelle unpacks the stories women inherit about aging, from the belief that our worth has an expiry date to the pressure of ticking invisible life...
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I Did Everything Right. So Why Isn't Life Working? PART 2 | Legally Clueless Ep 389
I Did Everything Right. So Why Isn't Life Working? (Part 2) What happens when you've done everything you were told would lead to success and life still doesn't go according to plan? In Part Two of Tanya Nyambura's story, the reality of adulthood collides with everything she believed growing up....
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More Women Are Choosing Peace Over Pursuing Love. Here's Why | Mid Week Tease
More Women Are Choosing Peace Over Pursuing Love. Here's Why. More women are choosing to step away from dating, delete the apps, embrace celibacy, or simply stop making romantic relationships the centre of their lives. But is this really about giving up on love? Or are we witnessing something…
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I Did Everything Right. So Why Isn't Life Working? | Legally Clueless Ep 388
I Did Everything Right. So Why Isn't Life Working? (Part 1) What if the biggest lie you were ever told was that good grades guarantee a good life? In this week's episode, Tanya Nyambura takes us back to her childhood, where academic performance wasn't just about school, it determined how you were...
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The Truth About Why African Women Struggle To Choose Themselves | For Mannerless Women
The Truth About Why African Women Struggle To Choose Themselves | Leyla Hussein Why do so many African women feel guilty for resting, spending money on themselves, taking up space or simply enjoying life? In this season finale of For Mannerless Women: The Special Audio Season, Adelle sits down…
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Feeling Lost? 8 Ways to Reconnect With Yourself | Mid Week Tease
Feeling Lost? 8 Ways to Reconnect With Yourself Somewhere between meeting expectations, caring for everyone else, surviving heartbreak, building careers, and simply getting through life, many women find themselves asking a painful question: "Who am I now?" In this week's episode of Mid Week…
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I Was Bullied For Being Myself PART 3 | Legally Clueless Ep 387
Trusting The Process (Part 3) What do you do when everything you've worked so hard to build falls apart? In the final part of Johnny's story, his thriving career takes an unexpected turn. He closes his studio, battles depression, questions everything he's built, and finds himself back at square...
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Why Free Women Make People Uncomfortable | For Mannerless Women
Why Free Women Make People Uncomfortable | Jaxx Of All Trades on Redefining Womanhood What does it really mean to become a free woman? This week on For Mannerless Women, Adelle sits down with South African social, political and current affairs commentator Jaxx Of All Trades for a…
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The Hidden Cost Of Losing Yourself In Love | Mid Week Tease
The Hidden Cost of Losing Yourself in Love How do intelligent, capable women slowly lose themselves in relationships without even noticing? In this week's Mid Week Tease, Adelle explores the subtle ways many women begin organising their lives around everyone else's needs while quietly losing…
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I Was Bullied For Being Myself PART 2 | Legally Clueless Ep 386
I Was Bullied For Being Myself (Part 2) After choosing hairdressing over university, Johnny is determined to prove to himself, and his family, that he made the right decision. In Part Two of his story, we follow his journey from earning KSh 4,800 a month in his first salon job to becoming one of...
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The Freedom Of Choosing Yourself | For Mannerless Women
The Freedom Of Choosing Yourself What if the life you've been told to want isn't the only beautiful life available to you? This week on For Mannerless Women, Adelle sits down with Zimbabwean musician, mbira player, published poet and artist Hope Masike for a conversation about reclaiming freedom,...
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The Silent Cost Of Being The Strong Woman | Mid Week Tease
The Silent Cost Of Being The Strong Woman | Mid Week Tease Women account for nearly 80% of people diagnosed with autoimmune diseases. While biology, hormones, genetics and environmental factors are all important pieces of the puzzle, another question deserves our attention:What does decades of...
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I Was Bullied For Being Myself | Legally Clueless Ep 385
I Chose Myself Every Time | Jony The Hairdresser (Part 1) Many know Jony The Hairdresser as the celebrity hairstylist behind some of Kenya's biggest names. Others know him as the hilarious Sister Nancy and Brother Bernard from social media. But before any of that, he was a little boy from…
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The Most Powerful Question A Woman Can Ask Herself: "What Do I Want?" | For Mannerless Women
The Most Powerful Question A Woman Can Ask Herself: "What Do I Want?" | Sofi (The Oddity) What happens when you stop living according to everyone else's expectations and start making decisions based on what you truly want? In this episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle sits down with digital...
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Your Marriage Ended. Your Story Didn't. | Finding Yourself After Divorce with Faith Guchu | Mid Week Tease
Your Marriage Ended. Your Story Didn't. | Finding Yourself After Divorce with Faith Guchu Divorce isn't just the end of a marriage. It's the loss of shared dreams, identity, routines, belonging, and sometimes even yourself. In this week's Mid Week Tease, Adelle sits down with accredited...
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Living In Pain Since I Was 9 Years Old PART 3 | Legally Clueless Ep 384
"I Was Declared Cancer-Free" At just 25 years old, Annkia was diagnosed with a rare form of bladder cancer after living with unexplained pain for most of her life.In the final part of her story, she shares the emotional days leading up to major surgery, surviving a life-threatening bout of…
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The Gap Between Who They See & Who You Are | For Mannerless Women
What happens when the woman the world celebrates isn't the same woman you experience when you're alone? In this episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle sits down with DJ, broadcaster, creative entrepreneur, and healer Precious Nkadimeng (Spoken Priestess) for a powerful conversation about...
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The Lie Women Are Sold About Being Good | Mid Week Tease
The Lie Women Are Sold About Being Good What if one of the greatest obstacles to your freedom isn't other people, it's the version of womanhood you've been taught to perform? In this episode of Mid Week Tease, Adelle explores the hidden costs of being "a good woman," why so many women struggle to...
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Living In Pain Since I Was 9 Years Old PART 2 | Legally Clueless Ep 383
For years, Annkia knew that something wasn't right.She had spent most of her life living with pain, navigating hospital visits, procedures, medication, and conflicting diagnoses. But despite everything she was experiencing, the answers never seemed to come. In Part 2 of her story, Annkia shares...
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Pleasure, Freedom & The Myth Of The Good Woman | For Mannerless Women
Pleasure, Freedom & The Myth Of The Good Woman | Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah What does it mean to be a "good woman"? And who benefits when women spend their lives trying to fit into that role? In the first episode of this special season of For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango sits down with writer,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Legally Clueless is a weekly podcast by Kenyan media personality & social activist: Adelle Onyango!! Here, she documents her raw human journey as an evolving unapologetically African woman. The podcast is a space where people get to know just how okay it is to not know or not have it all figured out. It is also a space where Africans share stories from their lives; stories that teach, make us cry, make us laugh - real, authentic African stories. The #LegallyClueless hotline is +254768628790
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Legally Clueless is a weekly podcast by Kenyan media personality & social activist: Adelle Onyango!! Here, she documents her raw human journey as an evolving unapologetically African woman. The podcast is a space where people get to know just how okay it is to not know or not have it all figured...
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