215. Are You Performing or Are You Living? With Yoli Tamu

About this episode

Yoli Tamu discusses the difference between performing for approval and living with purpose, using her personal experiences to encourage intentional living.

Congratulations, Graduates! As we close out Mental Health Awareness Month, our host and founder, Yoli Tamu invites you to pause and reflect on the difference between performing for approval and living with purpose. Using her personal freshman-year story as the backdrop, she explores how boredom, peer pressure, and the desire to fit in can quietly shape our choices if we’re not paying attention. If you have ever felt caught between image and authenticity, this episode will challenge you to look beneath the surface, trust your values, and choose a more intentional way of living. Yoli completed her M.Ed. in Cross-Cultural Teaching at National University, and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre at Howard University in Washington, DC. She has fused her thirst for creativity and entrepreneurship with 25 years as a resolute educator/motivator, podcast host, speaker, author, and recording artist. In August 2020, Yoil created The Back to Me Podcast: College and Beyond-a weekly podcast that she also hosts and serves as Executive Producer. In her weekly thirty-minute shows, Yoli seamlessly shares enlightening, engaging, and entertaining conversations that feature monthly…

People in this episode

Host: Yoli Tamu

Topics covered

• mental health
• self-reflection
• authenticity
• peer pressure
• intentional living

Keywords

• mental health awareness
• purpose
• boredom
• peer pressure
• authenticity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National University, Howard University

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