Episode 75 ยท 53 min
Julie Githiri
When Tradition Pulls One Way & Desire Pulls the Other. Julie Githiri, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
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About this conversation
Some conversations are had everywhere except out loud. ๐คซ
On Episode 75 of The AfriCAN Do! Podcast, host Leonard Mudachi sits down with Julie Githiri, a Registered Psychodynamic Psychotherapist and Psychosexual Therapist whose work sits exactly where culture and intimacy collide. ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฐ๐ช
Julie spent over twenty years as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, including in one of London's busiest sexual health departments. ๐ฅ She completed her specialist training at Tavistock Relationships, and now works with adults on intimacy, attachment and the realities of modern relationships. ๐ฌ British-born with Kenyan heritage, she brings a dual perspective to what it means to love across cultures: tradition alongside autonomy, family expectation alongside personal desire, collective identity alongside individual longing. ๐
This episode asks the questions most of us inherit and few of us examine: ๐ค
๐ก Why do so many of us carry beliefs about love we never chose? ๐ก What happens when duty and desire want different things? ๐ก How do family systems, faith, migration and silence shape an intimate life? ๐ก What does it take to build a professional practice around a subject a culture would rather not name?
Whether you are navigating a relationship across cultures, raising the next generation, or simply curious about the parts of ourselves that business conversations never reach, this one is worth your time. ๐ง
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Connect with Julie ๐ ๐ https://conversationwithjules.com ๐ผ https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-githiri-86267742/ ๐ธ https://www.instagram.com/breakfastwith_julie/
