Chika Uwazie on Timeline Grief, Reinvention, and The Soft Life Movement

Self-Helpless

Cloud10

Comedy, Science, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Delanie Fischer chats with Chika Uwazie, writer, cultural commentator, and someone instrumental in amplifying the soft life movement, to discuss life transitions, normalizing pivots, and prioritizing presence, rest, and joy along the way. They discuss timeline grief (when life doesn't go as planned), rebuilding and reinventing yourself as needed, and embracing who you truly are vs. who you've been told to be. Plus: + Lessons: The 20s and 30s (and Hopes for the 40s) + 2 Questions To Ask Yourself When You're Stuck + Your Phone Doesn't Have To Be Your Morning Routine Self-Helpless on Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/selfhelpless⁠⁠ Your Host, Delanie Fischer: ⁠⁠https://www.delaniefischer.com⁠⁠ EPISODES RELATED TO THIS TOPIC: How To Crush The Job Search (Even If You Feel Like Crap) with HR Expert Shelby McGuire Canlas: ⁠⁠https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/21ce2f57/how-to-crush-the-job-search-even-if-you-feel-like-sht-with-hr-expert-shelby-mcguire-canlas⁠⁠ It's Not Too Late To Start with Jared Champion: ⁠⁠https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/23f7190f/its-not-too-late-to-start-with-jared-champion⁠⁠ How To Let Your Ideal Lifestyle Inspire Your Next Step with Olivia Mulford: ⁠⁠https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/24291d42/self-helpless-snack-how-to-let-your-ideal-lifestyle-inspire-your-next-step-with-olivia-mulford⁠⁠ Hurry Sickness And The Busy Brain Cure with Dr. Romie Mushtaq: ⁠⁠https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/243d15fa/hurry-sickness-and-the-busy-brain-cure-with-dr-romie-mushtaq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.3	What's up? I'm Delaney Fisher, host of the Self-Helpless podcast where science, spirituality, and
1:05.0	sustainability are brunch buddies. Each week, I explore the cutting edge of personal growth
1:09.9	with leading specialists who share paradigm shifting insights.
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1:21.5	Lately, I've been so stuck in my head that I forget just about everything my therapist said. Maybe I'm self-helpless.
1:32.9	Hey, everyone. Welcome to Self-Halpless. I'm Delaney Fisher. And today I'm chatting with Chica
1:36.7	Uwase, who is a writer and cultural commentator and someone who is instrumental in bringing a ton of
1:42.7	visibility to the soft life movement.
1:44.9	You've likely heard about this. This has become a global sensation on social media.
1:49.7	And it's a movement about rejecting hustle and grind culture, slowing down, prioritizing comfort
1:55.5	and self-care. So we're not only talking about Chika's involvement in this movement and the
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