Legally Clueless
Legally Clueless is a weekly podcast by Kenyan media personality & social activist: Adelle Onyango!! Here, she documents her raw human journey as an evolving unapologetically African woman. The podcast is a space where people get to know just how okay it is to not know or not have it all figured out. It is also a space where Africans share stories from their lives; stories that teach, make us cry, make us laugh - real, authentic African stories. The #LegallyClueless hotline is +254768628790
Episodes
December 9, 2025 • 9 mins
As the year comes to a close, the pressure to reinvent ourselves starts to rise. “New year, new me” culture tells us we must transform, overhaul our habits, set 20 resolutions, and show up in January as a completely new woman. But what if you don’t have to? In this Mid Week Tease episode, Adelle Onyango offers a soothing, truth-filled conversation about stepping into the new year gently, without burnout, shame, or the pressure to r...
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December 7, 2025 • 36 mins
In this episode of Legally Clueless, Adelle shares Part 2 of Gachambi’s powerful and deeply honest story, a testimony of resilience through toxic workplaces, repeated exam failures, sexual harassment in the legal world, and the long, winding road toward becoming an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. After passing only four out of nine bar exams, Gachambi faced disappointment, self-doubt, and the pressure to keep going when giving...
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Journalist and writer Kui Mwai joins Adelle for an unfiltered, deeply relatable conversation on adult friendships: why they end, how they evolve, and what it means to outgrow people you still love.
In this episode, they unpack:
✨ Why Kui revisited four former friendships for her viral Vogue article
✨ What really happens during friendship fallouts, guilt, anxiety, disappointment
✨ Why adult friendship feels so different from school-era ...
In this episode, they unpack:
✨ Why Kui revisited four former friendships for her viral Vogue article
✨ What really happens during friendship fallouts, guilt, anxiety, disappointment
✨ Why adult friendship feels so different from school-era ...
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December 3, 2025 • 15 mins
This week on the Mid Week Tease, Adelle opens up a gentle, grounding conversation for anyone who feels emotionally out of sync with a season that demands joy. If you're navigating burnout, numbness, sadness, or simply feel “flat” during the holidays, this episode offers validation, psychology-backed insights, and practical tools to help you honour your emotional truth.
We explore why joy sometimes feels far away, from allostatic loa...
We explore why joy sometimes feels far away, from allostatic loa...
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December 1, 2025 • 42 mins
In this week’s episode of Legally Clueless, Adelle shares Part 1 of Gachambi’s powerful story a deeply human journey through childhood displacement, bullying, grief, academic pressure, and the long road back to herself. Born and raised in Kasarani, Gachambi grew up a brilliant child… until post-election violence disrupted her life and forced a school change that altered everything. She opens up about being bullied in high school, n...
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November 26, 2025 • 75 mins
In this powerful episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango sits down with Stephanie Mwaura, a personal trainer and women’s wellness coach with 19 years of experience helping women reconnect with their bodies and build strength on their own terms.
Stephanie breaks down why so much of the fitness advice women receive was never designed for us from “go hard or go home” culture, to extreme cardio, to diet fads that feed shame inst...
Stephanie breaks down why so much of the fitness advice women receive was never designed for us from “go hard or go home” culture, to extreme cardio, to diet fads that feed shame inst...
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November 25, 2025 • 8 mins
This week on The Mid Week Tease, Adelle opens up a grounding, compassionate conversation for anyone ending the year with that heavy feeling of “I didn’t do enough.”
If you’re wrestling with shame, comparison, or pressure to have a picture-perfect end-of-year story, this episode is your reminder that growth isn’t linear, timelines aren’t universal, and your quiet seasons matter too.
Adelle explores:
• Why end-year pressure amplifies sh...
If you’re wrestling with shame, comparison, or pressure to have a picture-perfect end-of-year story, this episode is your reminder that growth isn’t linear, timelines aren’t universal, and your quiet seasons matter too.
Adelle explores:
• Why end-year pressure amplifies sh...
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November 23, 2025 • 37 mins
Episode 353 continues the powerful journey of Ciru Karimi, whose pregnancy story took a terrifying turn after a sudden preeclampsia diagnosis at 26 weeks. In Part 2, she shares what happened after her emergency delivery, from the shock of seeing her premature son for the first time, to the emotional weight of the NICU, and the long path toward healing. In this episode, Ciru opens up about:
• Delivering at 29 weeks after severe preec...
• Delivering at 29 weeks after severe preec...
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November 19, 2025 • 67 mins
In this powerful Season 3 opener of For Mannerless Women, Adelle sits down with Lydia KM for a deeply honest conversation on shame, emotional healing, boundaries, grief, self-awareness, therapy, and becoming your most authentic self.
Lydia opens up about:
• how shame gets projected onto women from childhood
• the pressure of perfection and visibility
• learning to feel her emotions instead of analysing them
• navigating grief, anxiety, ...
Lydia opens up about:
• how shame gets projected onto women from childhood
• the pressure of perfection and visibility
• learning to feel her emotions instead of analysing them
• navigating grief, anxiety, ...
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November 19, 2025 • 16 mins
This week on the Midweek Tease, Adelle unpacks one of the most misunderstood emotional patterns: how fear often disguises itself as anger.
Rooted in psychology and the lived experiences of African women, this episode explores why we react the way we do, what’s happening in the brain and nervous system, and how to understand the emotions hiding beneath anger. In this episode, you’ll learn:
Rooted in psychology and the lived experiences of African women, this episode explores why we react the way we do, what’s happening in the brain and nervous system, and how to understand the emotions hiding beneath anger. In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why anger is often a secondary emotion
- How...
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November 16, 2025 • 39 mins
Episode 352 of the Legally Clueless Podcast features Part 1 of Ciru Karimi’s powerful story a deeply honest journey through childhood, societal expectations, studying abroad, navigating adulthood in Nairobi, and the frightening moment her first pregnancy takes an unexpected turn.
In this episode, Ciru opens up about:
• Growing up between Donholm and Westlands, and the identity shifts that came with it
• Culture shocks in primary, high...
In this episode, Ciru opens up about:
• Growing up between Donholm and Westlands, and the identity shifts that came with it
• Culture shocks in primary, high...
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November 11, 2025 • 13 mins
As the year winds down, many of us are running on fumes, juggling deadlines, expectations, and the pressure to “finish strong.” But what if success didn’t have to come with exhaustion?
What if ambition could feel soft, steady, and nourishing? This week on The Mid Week Tease, Adelle explores how to redefine ambition, moving away from hustle culture and into harmony.
It’s a reflective conversation about ambition that honors wellness, r...
What if ambition could feel soft, steady, and nourishing? This week on The Mid Week Tease, Adelle explores how to redefine ambition, moving away from hustle culture and into harmony.
It’s a reflective conversation about ambition that honors wellness, r...
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November 9, 2025 • 52 mins
In this episode, we meet Nile Dawta, a reggae singer, songwriter, producer, and gender activist from Shauri Moyo. Her story is a moving journey through identity, purpose, and spiritual awakening. She shares how growing up next to Kamukunji Grounds shaped her activism, how she walked away from a stable job to follow her music, and how heartbreak, loss, and ancestral connection led her back to herself. This story beautifully reminds ...
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November 5, 2025 • 14 mins
This week on The Mid Week Tease, Adelle unpacks a quiet but familiar feeling, that sense that everyone else is moving faster than you. You know it, the comparison, the “shoulds,” the sinking thought that maybe you’ve missed your moment.
In this episode, Adelle explores timeline anxiety, how it shows up, why we experience it, and how to soften it with truth and self-compassion.
In this episode, she shares:
Why “life timelines” are myth...
In this episode, Adelle explores timeline anxiety, how it shows up, why we experience it, and how to soften it with truth and self-compassion.
In this episode, she shares:
Why “life timelines” are myth...
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November 3, 2025 • 46 mins
In this episode, Ann shares a deeply personal journey that began in the hallways of all-girls schools in Kenya, where curiosity, identity, and faith collided. She speaks openly about being labelled and isolated for exploring her identity, how her family and community reacted, and the painful but powerful road that led her back to self-acceptance and healing.
This story is a reminder of how silence and misunderstanding can wound but ...
This story is a reminder of how silence and misunderstanding can wound but ...
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October 30, 2025 • 66 mins
In this moving episode of For Mannerless Women, Adelle Onyango sits down with Apondi a life coach and relationship minister for a raw, intergenerational conversation on womanhood, freedom, and authenticity.Apondi opens up about the importance of financial independence as a form of agency, the never-ending work of setting and protecting boundaries, and how authenticity can irritate toxic people who prefer conformity.
She also challen...
She also challen...
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October 29, 2025 • 10 mins
This week on The Mid Week Tease, Adelle unpacks the part of healing we rarely talk about, the loneliness that comes with growth. When you start choosing yourself, setting boundaries, and evolving, it’s easy to feel like you’ve lost your people. But often, that loneliness is a sign that you’re shedding what no longer aligns with your peace. In this episode, Adelle explores:
💭 The quiet grief of outgrowing people
🌱 The in-between sea...
💭 The quiet grief of outgrowing people
🌱 The in-between sea...
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October 26, 2025 • 44 mins
In part two of Steve's story, we journey through one of the most vulnerable seasons of his life, navigating his newborn son Zayn’s medical crisis, multiple surgeries, and the weight of financial strain. Steve opens up about the reality of asking for help, what fatherhood has taught him about presence, and how that season reshaped his view on love, faith, and masculinity.
This is a story about courage in vulnerability, partnership in...
This is a story about courage in vulnerability, partnership in...
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October 24, 2025 • 63 mins
This week on For Mannerless Women, Adelle sits down with Veronica, founder of The Ova Circle and a certified menopause workplace coach, to unpack what it really means to thrive through menopause. Veronica opens up about her personal journey, from confusing symptoms and dismissive doctors to discovering perimenopause, finding her voice, and building a thriving community for women going through the same. She breaks down the gaps in h...
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October 22, 2025 • 20 mins
This week on The Midweek Tease, Adelle opens up about a phase most women move through quietly: the luteal phase. That stretch of time before your period when energy dips, sensitivity heightens, and the world feels a little heavier. She unpacks what’s happening in your body, the pressure society puts on women to perform consistently, and how we can meet ourselves with grace instead of guilt. You’ll learn:
🌙 What the luteal phase rea...
🌙 What the luteal phase rea...
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