The Real Tea on Finding Your Roots

In this deeply personal season finale, Mikita reflects on the unscripted, raw journey of this season of Thym 4 Tea with Mikita. From navigating grief and rest to reclaiming identity and power, this episode is a love letter to listeners who’ve shown up through the messy middle. Mikita shares a powerful poem, announces an exciting new podcast, No One Asked, launching in Fall 2025, and teases a summer mini-series and a bold new season of Thym 4 Tea in Spring 2026.

• Key Moments:
  • Poem: “There’s a fire inside you… You remembered your roots.”
  • Reflections on the season’s unpolished, authentic conversations about grief, rest, and letting go.
  • Discussion on balancing masculine and feminine energies in self-care and growth.
  • Encouragement to embrace the “messy middle” and recognize personal growth in small, quiet moments.
  • Announcement: New podcast No One Asked will dive into overlooked stories and erased histories, launching Fall 2025.
  • Teaser: A summer mini-series and a reinvented Time for Tea season in Spring 2026, focusing on bold reinvention and guest-driven stories.
• Call to Action:
  • Subscribe to Thym 4 Tea with Mikita on your favorite platform.
  • Share this episode with someone who needs to hear it.
  • Stay tuned for the summer mini-series and No One Asked in Fall 2025.
• Connect:
  • Follow on social media: @mikitasmith_ 
  • Visit the website: beautifully-unbalanced.com

Transcript

Welcome and Poem of Reflection

Speaker 1 0:01

Welcome back . It is definitely time for some tea , and I'm your host , makita , and I am so honored , truly honored , that you're here with me today . I don't know what you're doing right now . Maybe you're walking , maybe you're driving , maybe you're standing at your sink just taking in the moment , drinking your coffee or tea . But wherever you are , I want to thank you for making space and time for not just yourself , but for this moment . I don't know about you , but today feels a little different . It feels sacred . But before we get into all of that tea , I want to share this poem with you . It's something that I read and it's been sitting on my heart , and I would just love to share this poem of reflection with you guys . All right , there's a fire inside you . They try to silence a bloom beneath the weight of survival , but still you rose , not because they gave you light , but because you remembered your roots . That part about remembering your roots , that's been me , that's been this entire season , and I hope that it's felt that way for you as well .

Speaker 1 1:19

When I started this season , I had no real blueprint , no clear destination , just a knowing . I knew I had been through a lot . There was so many emotions swirling . I had so much to say and I knew I wanted to connect . Now , if I'm being honest with you , I did want this season to feel more polished . I really wanted this idea of perfection . I had this vision of smooth transitions , tightly wrapped episode , a clear roadmap of what I wanted . But truth , truth doesn't follow a script , truth is messy and nothing , nothing , absolutely nothing goes as planned . And , as my mama says

The Unpolished Truth of This Season

Speaker 1 2:09

, if you want to hear God laugh , tell him your plans . And she wasn't wrong . This season was stripped down . It wasn't guest heavy , it was me and you sitting down , no filter , just us sharing space , holding stories , being real . And , if I'm being honest , this season felt more personal than I ever expected because , for me , this show , it has held me through some of the hardest moments in my life . It took me from different seasons and chapters and it has been my strength .

Speaker 1 2:56

When I didn't know what to say and honestly that was a lot of the time I just pressed record anyway . When I felt like I didn't have the words , I just press record anyway . When I felt like I didn't have the words , I just started to speak and somehow , not only did I show up , but you showed up , week after week , sip after sip , you poured your tea , you made space , you held the hard stuff , you laughed with me , you paused with me , you cried with me , and in doing that we held each other accountable . We created a place and a space that was safe , that was sacred , that allowed us to be who we were , whether sometimes that was messy , sometimes it was us put together , knowing our next step . Sometimes it would us sitting there thinking to ourselves that we feel like we're in the same spot we started from , and what I've learned is this season wasn't about being polished or presenting this well put together person . It was about being present .

Speaker 1 4:12

In the season we talked about grief , we talked about rest , we talked about what it meant and what it looked like and what it felt like to let go

Growth in Silence and Redefining Self-Care

Speaker 1 4:28

like and what it felt like to let go . We got honest about what it means to keep showing up when you're tired , uncertain or feeling invisible . But more than that , we cracked open what it means to reclaim who you are , to take off the mask , to stop pretending we're fine , to say this is me in progress , in progress , still here . You see , growth doesn't always announce itself . Sometimes it looks like silence , sometimes it feels like we're sitting in quicksand , not going anywhere , but just like planting a seed not going anywhere , but just like planting a seed you don't see what's happening underground , the breaking , the rooting , the becoming . This season reminded me you don't have to be loud to be powerful , you just have to be honest .

Speaker 1 5:19

And also in this season , I redefined what self-care was and what it wasn't . We peeled back those layers to reclaim that sometimes , if we go through this idea of always trying to protect our peace and reclaim this or that , that we operate more in this masculine shift versus being in our feminine element . There's times that we have to use both . But we have to remember who we want to be , who we want to become , and understand that we have to have this balance of both our masculine energy and our feminine energy , and there's no right or wrong time to use either one . We just got to be conscious of it . And that's what this season has been about Just this reconnection and reclaiming and re-understanding understanding of what that looks like to step into , who not only who I want to be and who I want to show up as , but give you an opportunity to look at , through my journey , how you want to show up what that looks like for you .

Speaker 1 6:38

And let me say this loud and clear If you're feeling like you've been stuck , like you've just been spinning in circles , like nothing has been changing for you , just know that you didn't sit around waiting for someone to rescue you . Even through the hard times , even when it felt like life was just giving you one heartache after another , you didn't wait for the perfect moment , you didn't wait for permission . You allowed yourself to become the magic , because you are the magic . You've been rewriting your story in real time and sometimes in reflections . We don't see that . We just see where we're at , not how far we've come . But if you look back to where you were , your process of thinking , from three months ago , from last week to this week , you have shown up in more ways than you realize , just by doing the small things , and maybe you didn't see it or didn't feel it , but think about it . You're here now . You're stronger , you're softer . You are still becoming and that's the real high of this season Recognizing that sometimes , in this process of messy , that messy middle that feels like you're stuck , you are still becoming

Recognizing Your Strength and Evolution

Speaker 1 8:03

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Speaker 1 8:03

You are still recognizing your purpose , where you want to be , how you want to show up , and it's been about remembering who you are , reclaiming your voice , reclaiming your rhythm and owning your power in this world that tries so hard to silence it power in this world that tries so hard to silence it . Now I don't know about you , but I could really , with each episode , I could feel the shift happening , and maybe you did too . I hope you did . I hope you felt something awakening in you that made you question things , got curious about . Why do I feel this way ? What can I change today ? What's one thing I can do that can get me closer to where I want to be , and I hope that it felt like a fire rising inside of you , and I hope that that moment you realize that you don't need to stay and play it safe just because it's familiar . You can do the impossible .

Speaker 1 9:14

Trust me as an introvert , as someone who the idea of putting themselves out there is the most terrifying thing in the world . Ourselves out there is the most terrifying thing in the world . Starting this podcast honestly was the biggest life-changing thing and the best thing that I could ever do to myself . It was like a love letter to my younger self and my future self and a reminder for my present self to continue to evolve , for my present self to continue to evolve . And as we talk about evolving and becoming and reclaiming our voice , in just a few months I am going to be launching a new podcast and no , tomper T is not going anywhere . This place has built me , it has strengthened me and it will continue to do that for me .

Speaker 1 10:04

And just like anything sometimes I think , sometimes when we pivot or when we realize that our purpose sometimes gets a little bit bigger , I just want you to know you don't necessarily have to stop doing the thing that you love to pivot and grow into something else . Sometimes we take what we have , reinvent that and continue to do the thing that we love . You don't have to have one or the other . You can do both . You just have to figure out what that would look like for you , how much time and energy you want to put into that . So , as I was thinking about what's next for me and how I want to grow , I had been thinking about this for a long time , about creating a new podcast and would I have the space and energy and time for this and I realized that I can do anything . Just like you , we can do anything .

New Podcast Announcement: Unaxed

Speaker 1 11:00

So my new podcast is called New Unaxed . It's going to be released in the fall and it's a show about diving into stories that got buried . It's about telling stories in parts of history that were erased or overlooked . Giving life to the things that we've forgotten , people that we've forgotten , stories , people that we've forgotten , stories that have been history has tried to erase . Giving that voice back , diving deep into history , into stories , into forgotten people . Spot the truths people avoid but desperately need to hear . It's history , it's humanity , it's healing , wrapped into one bold , unapologetic story each week .

Speaker 1 11:51

And , yes , it's different , but it's still me , just a version of me that lets me dive into more research , into more documentary style , and we're going to be just really peeling back the layers and I promise you that I will still be here for Time for Tea with Makita , because I am looking to take Time for Tea with Makita , because I am looking to take Time for Tea with Makita to the next level . In fact , when we return to next season , it's gonna be even more powerful , more intentional , more guest-driven , more story-rich and fully centered around reinvention , and not just talking about reinvention . We're talking about being bold in the steps that we're taking , giving guidance . I'm talking about all of it . Ok , and let's be real , we're still in the middle of becoming so , with becoming , there's always reinvention . It's always that next pivot , and I want to be there for your next chapter , just like you have been here for every season and chapter with me . Now you don't have to , like I said , abandon what you love to step into what's next . You just have to evolve with it , and that's what I'm doing Evolving with this platform , with this podcast , with you .

Speaker 1 13:17

This has never been just a podcast for me . It's been a place to be seen , to be heard , to be real and to give other people a space , a safe , sacred space , to show up just as you are ,

Season Finale and Future Plans

Speaker 1 13:29

to meet you where you are and to be on that journey with you . And I created this podcast , time for Tea , not just to give myself a voice , but to amplify the voices of people who sometimes feel overlooked , who feel like their stories don't matter , like they're in this thing alone . I want to say now , I see you , I've been with you and I'm rooting for you . So here's what I want you to do . I want you to stay connected . Subscribe to the channel if you haven't already . Share this episode with someone you love .

Speaker 1 14:09

I also want you to get ready for not just new episodes of Time for Tea with Makita , but I want you to get ready for no One Acts , because it's coming in the fall and we'll be back with more Time for Tea with Makeda as well in the spring season , because we're not done , we are just taking it to the next level , evolving , and it's time to bloom like you've never bloomed before and after this . This is our season finale episode . I know , I know , but I'm not just going to leave you hanging . I'm going to come back with a mini series , you guys , to keep you amped over the summer . Just a mini series to take you behind the scenes of Tom for Tea , what it has really looked like behind the scenes of Tom for Tea , what it has really looked like behind the scenes , and let you see , like , how this thing was all put together .

Speaker 1 15:01

Like I said , there was no blueprint , sometimes it was just winging it . But being truthful about it in the process , sharing where I've been in the transitions as I was actually going through it , a lot of my talks and stories are things that I'm actually experiencing , have experienced , have went through and I just want to share it with you guys . So stay tuned for that as well . Just like always , until next time . This has been Time for Tea with Paquita , where we just don't talk about change , we live it . Continue to stay bold , stay soft , stay beautifully unbalanced , and I'll see you in the minute series and next season with this brand new chapter . Until next time , my friends namaste .