The Keren Elijah Podcast
Hi, I’m Keren.
This is where I think out loud.
About money. Work. Home. My body. Faith. Canada. Technology. And the ordinary things that turn out not to be so ordinary once you pay attention to them.
I’m usually somewhere in the middle of figuring something out. So there won’t always be a lesson at the end. Sometimes I find an answer. Sometimes I change my mind. Sometimes I notice a pattern worth naming.
Mostly, I’m telling you what I’m seeing while I’m still seeing it.
Come catch the gist.
The Keren Elijah Podcast
What 11 Years Away From Home Actually Made of Me
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I left Nigeria at 18 with two overpacked boxes and a mother who marked both the blessings and the curses in her Bible before she let me go.
Eleven years later I'm back. And this episode is the real story of what those years made of me.
Not the highlight reel. The survival mode. The losses back to back. The rooms I wasn't supposed to be in. The version of myself I lost to hustle and the slow work of finding her again.
If you've ever carried the weight of being the one who made it, this one will find you where you are.
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