Silent Competition: When Comparing Yourself to Classmates Gets Too Loud
📚 Episode Description 🎙️We’ve all been there sitting in class, scrolling through results, or overhearing achievements and suddenly feeling the weight of comparison. This episode of Mind & Mic with J...
3 Loka 202518min
Better Than Before: The Return-to-Campus Pressure
a new semester begins, many students feel the silent pressure to come back better smarter, more social, more successful than they were before the break. In this episode of Mind & Mic with Jonathan Osi...
26 Syys 202513min
Friendship Burnout: When Social Energy Runs Low
Do you ever feel drained even around people you genuinely like? In this episode of Mind & Mic, Jonathan explores the quiet side of friendship the moments when you need space but feel guilty for taking...
19 Syys 20258min
The smile that hides the struggle II
This one’s personal: I talk about writing UTME multiple times, the shame and loneliness I felt, and the moment that stopped me from giving up. If you’ve ever smiled while hurting, this episode is for ...
12 Syys 20257min
The Smile That Hides the Struggle
We laugh, we scroll, we share memes—but sometimes the biggest smiles hide the deepest pain.In this special episode of Mind & Mic, Jonathan Iyere opens up about why so many of us mask depression and an...
12 Syys 20258min
When GPA Becomes Your Self-Worth
In this thought-provoking episode, we dive into the heavy pressure of GPA in Nigerian universities. Why do we let a number on a transcript define our intelligence, future, or even our identity?From ca...
5 Syys 20257min
Mental Health Conversations in Nigeria — Are We There Yet?
In this special episode of Mind & Mic, I’m not alone.Students from different levels and even different universities share their thoughts on where we truly stand when it comes to mental health conversa...
29 Elo 202528min
Why do we pretend everything’s fine?
We say “I’m fine” even when we’re not. But why do we do that? In this solo episode, Jonathan takes a deep dive into the masks we wear, the cost of pretending, and the courage it takes to be real. This...
22 Elo 20258min
