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Season 6 Finale!
At 17, when Smurf meets Bill, she thinks she has found true love and a way out of poverty. Guided by a mother who should have protected her, Smurf is led down a path that forces her to make desperate decisions to survive.
Years later, an unexpected connection shows Smurf something she has never truly felt before: love.
But what happens when you finally discover your worth after building a whole life with the wrong person? And if leaving means risking everything, do you stay?
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Wangari & Raymond
Wangari and Raymond met young. The kind of young where love feels like forever, and questions about marriage and children donât feel premature. He was her first love, and for a long time, he felt like her safe place.
But somewhere between growing up and getting closer, Wangari slowly started disappearing.
What begins as a tender high school romance unfolds into a deeply layered coming-of-age story about love, guilt, power, and the quiet ways we lose ourselves trying to keep someone else.
The voice in this narration has been altered.
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Biggieâs story is a journey through love, chaos, and self-discovery.
From one relationship to the next, he finds himself caught between extremes, intensity and softness, control and freedom. But no matter where he goes or who he is with, something within him remains unsettled.
What unfolds is not just a story about the women he loved, but about the parts of himself he kept running from.
This is a story about how far someone can go in search of themselves, and what it really takes to come back.
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In this episode, Wanjiru shares the deeply personal story of her relationship with Bett. This love unfolds not as a dramatic coming-of-age queer tale, but as something quieter and more profound: the journey of finding yourself through another person.
What begins as an unexpected connection slowly evolves into a relationship that challenges assumptions about identity, belonging, and what love is supposed to look like. With honesty, humour, and tenderness, Wanjiru reflects on the moments that shaped their bond - the beautiful, the complicated, and the transformative.
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This week on So This Is Love, Basma shares a story that will challenge what you think you know about Muslim girls and choice. Basma grew up in a home where love felt distant, and approval, especially from her mother, Omaya, felt earned. A strong-willed daughter with a voice of her own, she often found herself shut down instead of seen. As the pressures of marriage and conformity started to build, Basma learns how to stand her ground - how to survive.
Today, we ask, is there a meeting point between your independent desires and the life society expects you to live? What does it really cost to live authentically? And when the pioneering spirit calls your name, is it right or reckless to obey?
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Faraja and Nanga is a deeply personal story about faith, love and the quiet courage it takes to choose your own path. Faraja grew up cherished by her father, Nanga, and was the apple of his eye. She was raised in what she remembers as a happy and stable home after her motherâs sudden absence. When her family later became Jehovahâs Witnesses, life shifted in subtle but significant ways. Faraja followed the rules without question until romance, curiosity, and a growing sense of self began to ask more of her.
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We have a man in the house! In this powerful episode of So This Is Love, Jerry shares his journey through childhood trauma, abandonment, and growing up in violent and emotionally unsafe spaces.
With honesty and grace, Jerry speaks about healing and finding purpose after years of pain. He also shares about his upcoming book, Of Pain and Grace. This is a rare and moving conversation about resilience, vulnerability, and learning to feel again.
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Todayâs episode is about two sisters raised by survival. One stepped in where a mother fell away, the other learned to run instead of stay. Through Amariâs emotional recollection, we observe how, through her eyes, love becomes duty, sacrifice becomes expectation, and resentment quietly takes root. This is a story about sisterhood, choice, and the kind of wounds that time alone doesnât heal.
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Welcome to Season 6
In this episode, Makena looks back at a marriage she rushed into at a very vulnerable time in her life. What seemed right on paper quickly revealed bigger differences in values, expectations, and the reasons they both chose each other. As real life set in, so did the quiet tensions that slowly reshaped their relationship.
This episode is an honest conversation about escaping, awakening, and the moment you realise love isnât enough to hold two very different worlds together.
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In this episode, we meet Gathoni (her real name, but going as Louisa in this episode), once full of promise, now caught in the quiet unravelling of a love that previously felt like home. As success shifts the balance of her marriage, admiration turns to control, and affection to fear. This is the story of a woman learning to recognize her worth again, a journey through naivety, power and the courage it takes to finally choose herself.
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Valerieâs mother grew up carrying the weight of a broken and unstable childhood, a stolen innocence and wounds that never found rest. In her longing to be loved, she searched for it in all the wrong places, leaving traces of that ache in her daughterâs life.
In trying to outrun her motherâs story, Valerie found herself caught in its reflection, until grace met her where pain once lived.
A story of inherited hurt, healing, and the unexpected beauty of redemption.
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In todayâs episode, a young, headstrong, and rooted-in-faith Wendo steps into what she believes is the relationship she has been praying for: a love grounded in her beliefs, intentionality, and shared Christian values. What begins as romance slowly unravels into a story of control and manipulation, where religion becomes a weapon and obedience is demanded at any cost. As Wendo struggles to hold on to her faith and identity, she finds herself isolated from friends, family, and her sense of self.
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A word from our sponsors
Eyaly Skin
On So This Is Love, we always come back to self-love & self-care and for me, that now means investing in my skin. Iâm starting a glow journey with Eyaly, trying out treatments like HIFU, RF microneedling & wellness IV drips - so can you! Find them at Alta Towers, 3rd floor or call 0710203565 to book your consultation. Iâll be sharing the whole process on IG @jules_her tag along!
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Our sponsor for this episode is Tuwork. Whether you're a consultant, entrepreneur, or just tired of pretending your dining table is an office (where is the lie?) TuWork offers flexible packages, beautiful garden spaces, private offices, communal workspaces, meeting rooms, and even a terrace bar! Try a day pass for only two thousand shillings by using my code tuworklove20 for a 20% discount. Call them on 0794 586 988 or email [email protected]. Website: https://tuwork.co.ke/
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Our sponsor for this episode is Tuwork. Whether you're a consultant, entrepreneur, or just tired of pretending your dining table is an office (where is the lie?) TuWork offers flexible packages, beautiful garden spaces, private offices, communal workspaces, meeting rooms, and even a terrace bar! Try a day pass for only two thousand shillings by using my code tuworklove20 for a 20% discount. Call them on 0794 586 988 or email [email protected]. Website: https://tuwork.co.ke/
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Episode 5
Amanda was the kind of mother who made everything feel warm. The kind who filled the house with the smell of chapatis and the sound of laughter. The kind who gave her children a childhood worth remembering.
But what happens when the very person who raised you begins to vanish in plain sight? Not through death, but through something far more ensnaring.
This weekâs episode of So This Is Love traces the quiet unravelling of a once-unbreakable bond between mother and daughter. A story of love that was whole until it wasnât. Of trying everything to hold on. And ultimately, learning what it means to let go.
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Our sponsor for this episode is Tuwork. Whether you're a consultant, entrepreneur, or just tired of pretending your dining table is an office (where is the lie?) TuWork offers flexible packages, beautiful garden spaces, private offices, communal workspaces, meeting rooms, and even a terrace bar! Try a day pass for only two thousand shillings by using my code tuworklove20 for a 20% discount. Call them on 0794 586 988 or email [email protected]. Website: https://tuwork.co.ke/
In this weekâs episode of So This Is Love, we meet Sheila, a bright and eloquent twenty-something-year-old with the kind of wisdom that grief carves into bone. She tells the story of Jackie, her mother, a woman who made impossible choices in the name of survival but left her daughter unprotected in the hands of a man who wore the title of father like a disguise.
Sheila speaks of silence; the kind that settles in childhood and alters the core of naivety. Of betrayal that came not just once, but many times, layered in religion and shame. Of a girl who tried to be believed. Of a woman who became her own witness.
This is not a story of blameâit is a story of longing. For safety. For truth. For a version of love that doesnât hurt.
And in all of it, Sheila remains open-hearted. Determined to heal. Determined not to pass down the violence she was handed.
This is one of the most powerful stories we have ever told.
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Zuri thought sheâd met the man of her dreams in a chance encounter at an immigration office. He was a gentle giant, strong, masculine and towered over her in that way that Zuri always wanted a man to do so to make her feel protected. And he spoke to her directly, with intent, in that way that made Zuri feel chosen. Their love moved fast, but to Zuri, it felt like destiny. What followed was a quiet unravelling, when charm slowly turned to control.
This week, we explore the slow erosion of self in the name of commitment, the pressure to settle before youâre âtoo late,â and the silent cost of being chosen instead of choosing yourself.
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