The TA Podcast with Tola Alabi

Teaching is a phenomenon, not a position. We lose confidence in our own in-built knowledge and sense of direction when we constantly see ourselves only as perpetual students, while assigning others the permanent role of teachers. In this podcast, I explore the nature of teaching, and why teaching and learning should never be confined to fixed groups of people. True teaching is fluid. It is a dynamic exchange that allows us not only to learn from others, but also to discover our own ability to teach.

Most people are not lost because they lack intelligence, but because they lack clarity — clarity about what they should be doing, who should be in their lives, and who they are becoming. In this episode, I talk about what I call “clarity of activity,” the importance of understanding your core internal leadings, and the five sets of people that influence your direction and shape your life.

In an era where distrust and apathy between men and women continue to rise at an alarming rate, this is one podcast episode you should not ignore.

In today’s world, productivity has become the measure of progress, and busyness is often mistaken for purpose. In this podcast, I talk about what true productivity really means, how we’ve drifted from God’s standard of fruitful living, and what truly matters when it comes to building a lasting legacy and making real progress in life.

In this episode, I explore the emotions we often try to avoid—boredom, loneliness, and restlessness—and uncover what they’re really trying to tell us. These feelings aren’t random; they’re signals. I break down why they show up, what they reveal about our inner state, and how you can use them as a compass to make wiser, more intentional decisions about your life, your work, and your relationships.

Indiscipline doesn’t just weaken you—it silences wisdom. In this podcast, I uncover how it creeps in, takes control, and gradually drowns out God’s voice. I share six ways it infiltrates our lives and redirects our path without us noticing.

Have I made the right decision? Am I truly on the right path? Could this all become a mistake? These are the questions that often haunt us as we move through life and face difficult decisions. In this podcast, I explore four essential guides every person needs to navigate life with clarity, wisdom, and conviction. When these four principles shape the direction of our lives, we gain the ability to recognize when we are walking the path of virtue—and when we are slowly drifting toward the path of vice.

Why do women often communicate more effectively than men? I’ve come to realize that this difference in communication styles has created a major disconnect between both genders. In this podcast, I explore how men can sharpen their communication skills through cadence, composure, confidence, and clarity.

In this episode, I explore the concept of safety and how a life that appears “safe” can slowly become smaller, restricted, and fear-driven. I discuss how trauma can create what I call a “what-if mindset” — a way of thinking where we become controlled more by the fear of what could happen than by what we have actually experienced. I unpack how this mindset limits growth, expression, and trust in God’s leading, and I share thoughts on how we can break free from fear to live with greater faith, freedom, and fullness.

In this podcast, I explore the intersection of masculinity, sexuality, and spirituality. I discuss how religion, over time, has reshaped and often distorted man’s understanding of his own sexuality, and how that distortion continues to affect identity, relationships, and society as a whole. This episode challenges deeply rooted ideas about masculinity and sexual desire, while examining the consequences of suppressing or misunderstanding human nature.

Sometimes the grass looks greener on the other side, but the desire to explore “something better” can lead us into deeper bondage disguised as freedom. In this podcast episode, I talk about the importance of discernment — knowing where home truly is, and recognizing the places and people where we are genuinely loved, valued, and cared for.

In this episode, I tackle the controversial subjects of equality, double standards, and social optics. I explore the hidden dangers of absolute equality, why certain double standards exist, and how they can sometimes serve to maintain balance in society. I also discuss the importance of optics — why the perception of our actions matters just as much as our intentions, and why being conscious of how society interprets our behavior is often a matter of wisdom, not hypocrisy.

In this episode, I break down why so many graphic designers struggle to make real money, and the uncomfortable truth about the industry: graphic design is not just visual, it’s intellectual. It’s about how well you think, and more importantly, how clearly you can express that thinking.

What does it really mean to “make it” in life?In this episode, I challenge common ideas of success, exploring work, fulfillment, and how our upbringing shapes what we chase. If you’ve ever questioned your path or felt pressured to live by someone else’s definition, this conversation will help you redefine success for yourself.

What does it really mean to be a man today?In this episode, I challenge the popular ideas around masculinity and strip them down to their core. I explore why society still needs men—and what kind of men it truly needs.

What really separates vice from virtue? What makes an action truly good—or quietly harmful?In this episode, I break down the key factor that defines the difference between right and wrong, beyond surface-level judgments. If you’ve ever struggled with making the right call in complex situations, this conversation will give you a clearer lens.This isn’t just theory—it’s a guide to thinking better, choosing better, and ultimately living better.

This is a recording of a podcast I was featured on called The Grow With Joe Podcast. Here I talk about spirituality, purpose and work.

In this episode, I break down sex, pregnancy, and marriage in a way most people don’t think about. We’ve treated these things like options—like luxuries we can take or leave—but they’re far more fundamental than that.I challenge the way we’ve come to see them, and why misunderstanding their place in our lives is costing us more than we realize.Whether you’re single, searching, or already married, this conversation is for you.

If you’ve ever wondered why something you believed in didn’t deliver the outcome you hoped for, it might not be the cause—it might be the level of commitment you brought to it.This is a conversation about showing up fully, staying the course, and understanding that the results we desire are often on the other side of complete, unwavering courage

Happiness might be the rarest resource in the world right now.In this episode, I explore how we slowly lose it—and the three forces that quietly compete with our sense of security, identity, and peace every single day.

We avoid pain, but what if that’s where growth lives? In this episode, I break down how bitter experiences refine us, reveal us, and shape us into who God designed us to be.

A lot of people are living by reduction—cutting back, holding tight, shrinking their lives… and calling it wisdom.But is that really how God teaches us to live?In this episode, we’re talking about the tension between trusting God as your source and managing life from a place of fear.Let’s get into it.

In this podcast, I talk about the arts—literary, visual, and performing—and what it really means to walk that path. I share why being an artist often puts you at odds with the structure of corporate and commercial life, and why the work itself goes deeper than money or success. At its core, the arts are not just something you do—they’re something spiritual. A calling, more than a career.

This is more than a conversation on marriage—it’s a deep study into God’s original design. In this podcast, I unpack what marriage was truly meant to be, beyond culture, trends, and assumptions. I also expose why marriage is under intense attack today, and how many unions that appear functional are actually far from God’s intention. This will challenge what you think you know—and realign you with truth.

In tough economic times, our instinct is to hold back—but what if this is when we’re called to give more?Giving isn’t just about money. It’s a word, a prayer, an act of love. Even in scarcity, you still have something to offer.Listen and be inspired to give, no matter the season.

In this podcast, I explore the concepts of scale and numbers, and how they shape our perception of value in what we do. I challenge the belief that impact is defined by size, visibility, or measurable reach. I also examine the idea that God is not impressed by scale in the way we often assume, and that scale is not a limiting factor in doing God’s work or in pleasing Him. Ultimately, I point to a deeper truth: that value in God’s eyes is not determined by numbers, but by something far beyond what we can measure.

In this episode, I take a deeper look at what really lies at the root of human unwellness. What if disease doesn’t primarily begin from external factors, but from within us?I explore the idea that before anything manifests physically, something may already be misaligned internally—within our attitudes, our choices, and our willingness to listen to that inner voice of truth.

In this podcast, I explore the idea of personal sacrifice in our strive whether for strengthening relationships, career growth or educational success. Is sacrifice a genuine spiritual principle—or sometimes a burden driven by insecurity, desperation and subtle manipulation?

In this episode, I explore the growing death of expertise—a reality where truly skilled work is becoming rare, replaced by an amateur approach to craft and execution.I draw a clear line between simply doing a job and genuinely doing meaningful work, showing how the difference affects quality, fulfillment, and impact.At the heart of it all, I connect this decline to something deeper—the loss of a spiritual understanding of work.

In this episode, I explore the tension between being blessed and still feeling unfulfilled. I dive into where true fulfillment really comes from and how our inner peace is often quietly stolen.I also share four key things to watch out for—subtle traps that can rob you of your sense of peace and lasting fulfillment—and how to guard your heart against them.

God is in the details—but we keep summarizing our lives.In this episode, I talk about how we overlook the very moments where God shows up most: the subtle, unlikely, and deeply intentional parts of our story.Maybe the blessing isn’t missing… maybe we’re just not paying attention.

I share a recent experience of how God led me down an uncomfortable, mysterious path called deep rest. In this podcast, I uncover a rarely embraced prerequisite to enjoying God’s blessings—it’s not your good works or your hard work… it’s simply because of His finished work.

In this podcast, I talk about living intentionally, understanding that life is full of “troubles.” These responsibilities constantly compete for the limited real estate of our human existence, often trying to consume it entirely.

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end leads to destruction.”In this podcast, I explore the danger of assuming we always know what’s best for ourselves. What feels right in the moment can sometimes lead us down a path filled with regret. I talk about the subtle ways our judgment can mislead us, and why wisdom, humility, and discernment are essential when choosing the direction of our lives.

Some of the limitations we live with didn’t come from experience — they came from voices. In this episode, we confront the narratives shaping our lives and begin the work of unlearning the lies we’ve quietly accepted as truth. Because sometimes the battle isn’t out there. It’s in what you agreed to believe.

It’s 2026. Technology is thriving at an unprecedented pace, yet creativity seems to be in visible decline. In this podcast, I explore what appears to be the slow demise of graphic design — and the shift from design as a powerful form of human expression to design as a soulless commercial instrument.

We all desire blessings but many of us can't discern a blessing when it comes our way. In this podcast, I teach on what it means to be blessed.

In this podcast, I answer a question on how to deal with the feeling that we are merely bring exploited by people in our lives for their own self end. Do we as human beings truly love or do we just use people to get what we want.

Time is undoubtedly the most precious resource we have on earth, yet many of us are poor stewards of it. In this podcast, I share a powerful principle that will help you see beyond the distractions and patterns of time wastage, enabling you to make the most of this invaluable gift called time.

What does it really mean to live a “normal” life? In this podcast, I question the idea of normal and invite you to rethink how you spend your time. Why do so many of us fill our days with activities that hold little real meaning for us? How did we end up on this treadmill called the rat race—busy, but not fulfilled? This episode is a challenge to pause, reflect, and decide whether the life you’re living is truly yours or simply the one you were conditioned to accept.

In this podcast, I explore a question from a young man who feels trapped between his parents’ expectations and his own dreams for his career and future.

Many of us pray for open doors and unhindered access. But sometimes the closed door is the blessing. It gives us space to pause and reassess, to confront ourselves, and to be protected from impulsive decisions we would later regret.It is not every denial that is a setback; some are divine redirections

In this podcast, I teach on courage, forgiveness, and recovery from hurt and trauma. I reveal why many people find it difficult to face and express these realities—and how that resistance can quietly shape our choices, relationships, and future.

We’ve all been hurt in one way or another. In this podcast, I unpack what hurt really is, what it silently steals from us, and why letting it go is both difficult and absolutely essential.

What’s the real secret to creating the right product?In this episode, I unpack how ego quietly sabotages the creative process—and why empathy is the true catalyst for product excellence. When we stop building to impress and start building to understand, everything changes.

In this podcast, I unpack why God’s rest is often resisted and how the culture of struggle and hustle keeps us trapped in constant striving.

In this podcast, I challenge the hustle culture that keeps people striving just to get by, and share why I’m no longer bound by it.

Ever felt like life isn’t making sense, and your choices don’t seem to be taking you anywhere? This podcast is for you.

In this podcast, I explore the concept of romance and how, when misunderstood, it can distort the spiritual dynamics of the male–female connection—something God designed for far more than sexual intimacy.

What's the difference between learnt knowledge and revealed knowledge? In this podcast I teach about a the uncomfortable world shift - the beginning of a new era of knowledge.