Around the age of 19 is when I would start to Google different things. Is it normal to

black out? Is it normal to drink this much? Pathological lying? Just all these different things that had become really harmful because at some point the party has to stop.

You can have this identity of a fun time person, but people want to know more who are you outside of

this who are you what do you even enjoy what makes you happy who are you as a

person I didn't have any of those answers. I didn't have any of those

answers and it felt quite scary actually to even start to think of myself in that way.

So without realizing I had kind of dehumanized myself.

So for me, being unreliable was a very, very big thing.

I just didn't know how to commit to what I said I would do. I didn't know how to commit

myself to other people and I would just find myself in these cycles of getting to know people and then needing to cut people off whenever they came too close.

Hello friends and welcome back to the Light Watkins show where I interview ordinary folks just like you

and me who have taken extraordinary leaps of faith in the direction of their

path, their purpose, or what they've identified as their mission.

And in doing so, they've been able to positively impact and inspire the lives of many other people

who've either heard about their story or who've witnessed them in action or who've directly benefited from their work.

And this week I am in conversation with someone who I've admired from afar for a long time.

She's originally from Zimbabwe, but she's now based in London, and she's been lighting up the

socials with her

name is Africa Brooke.

and Africa is an international speaker,

she's a consultant, she's a coach, and she's a podcaster. In Africa has an unapologetically

honest, transparent, and thriving social media presence, one that has made her controversial for saying things like,

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