About this episode

Isha Sesay shares lessons learned from her mother about the importance of both giving and receiving help.

Writer Isha Sesay is happiest when she is caring for others; it’s a lesson she learns from her mother while growing up in Sierra Leone. But as an adult, there’s another lesson her mother teaches her, in quite another way: that even the most caring and giving among us must learn to receive help too. It’s through both giving and receiving that we become whole. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guest: Isha Sesay

Topics covered

• self-care
• giving and receiving
• personal growth
• motherhood
• cultural lessons

Keywords

• Isha Sesay
• Sierra Leone
• self-care
• motherhood
• personal growth

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Sierra Leone

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