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2021 RE-RELEASE \n\nTo celebrate the launch of Flex's new book, The Success Experiment. \n\nBUY YOUR COPY HERE\n\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n\nThe way that 2020 has unfolded has had a lot of us reflecting in ways we haven\u2019t in years, but self-awareness, existential reflection and critical thinking about values, behaviours and perceptions has been this week\u2019s guest jam since long before the pandemic. Few people get my brain gymnastics going like the inimitable Lillian Ahenkan, who you may know as Flex Mami, and the chat you\u2019re about to hear was no exception.\n\nWhile she is now changing how we think, do our make-up, and decorate our furniture as a self-dubbed professional opinion haver and slashie \u2013 DJ/TV host/podcaster/beauty guru/creator of Flex Factory \u2013 I loved chatting to Lil about the rollercoaster journey all of us go through finding our personal balance between conventionality and difference. As an Australian born Ghanaian woman, the societal projection of a homogenous Black woman\u2019s experience is just one of the many layers of identity that we peel back with her incredible ability to articulate and guide multifaceted conversations. I was so captivated in exploring the different elements of our identity and the many snakeskins Flex has worn and shed herself that we went for almost two hours having a great laugh but I\u2019ve cut the "best of" for you to enjoy. If you aren\u2019t thinking fundamentally differently about things at the end of this, I\u2019d be surprised!!!\n\nAlso we both used proper podcasting microphones but got VERY loud \u2013 someone mentioned the other day that sometimes my bursts of laughter deafen them a bit but someone else mentioned that sometimes the episodes are too quiet\u2026 so I\u2019ve been doing a lot of tutorials on making the audio more even and pulling the extremes closer to the middle. As you probably know I do all the editing myself and am still learning some tricks, so thank you for the ongoing feedback and patience! Hope you enjoy!\n\n+ Follow Flex Mami here\n+ Announcements on Insta at @spoonful_of_sarah\n+ Join our Facebook community here\n+ Subscribe to not miss out on the next instalment of YAY!