Coffee with Temmi

You can love deeply and still feel exhausted.
Sometimes the people you think are strong are carrying the heaviest invisible loads.

Grief is not something you can prepare for, because you don’t know how it will hit you or when it will come.
There is something in griefing that is more than sadness. The loneliness, emptiness, helplessness, the feeling of being left behind, and mostly the finality of it all.

This week, I found a poem that’s helped me, it’s titled, GRIEF by Glen Flowers.

Homecoming: The Cost of Independence
Across cities and cultures, more young adults in their 20s, and 30s are moving back home, not because they lack ambition, but because independence has become expensive.

Rising rent, unstable job markets, student debt, and delayed life milestones are reshaping what adulthood looks like. But this shift isn’t just financial. It’s emotional. It’s cultural. It’s deeply personal.

Homecoming: The Cost of Independence explores the tension between autonomy and affordability, asking:
Is moving back home a setback or a strategy for survival in a changing world?

Today on Coffee with Temmi, I sat down with two incredibly impressive teenagers, Naledi Gugushe and Saba Eskandari for an honest conversation about the scourge of gender-based violence. It was truly heart-warming, and a powerful reminder of how hopeful our future is when young people are informed, courageous, and willing to engage.

Tune in as we explore their perspectives and the change they want to see in the world.

Where were you at midnight of 31st December 1999?

It’s been 25 years since the world held its collective breath on that night. People prayed, panicked, and prepared for what they thought would be the end of the digital world. But when the clocks struck midnight — nothing happened.
The lights stayed on. Planes didn’t fall. Life simply continued.
Reflecting on how far we’ve come, what fear taught us, and why faith — even in uncertain times — never crashes