Unbroken Podcast with Richard Akita

Love is not enough. You can do everything right. You're just one person in a relationship. And whilst you're thinking not, the other person is dealing with all kinds of demons in their lives.
In this powerful, deeply vulnerable episode of Unbroken Podcast, host Richard Akita sits down with Kofi Watting, lawyer and ordained minister, for a raw, unfiltered conversation that will challenge everything you think you know about what makes a marriage last, why love alone is never enough, and the uncomfortable truth that shared goals and shared values matter more than attraction and feelings.
Kofi holds nothing back. He breaks down why a good marriage is built on shared goals and shared values, not just physical attraction, why intimacy must be 360 degrees including financial transparency and emotional honesty, and the one thing most couples are hiding from each other that destroys intimacy before it even begins: their finances. He reveals why in a lot of our homes spouses are hiding financial assets because they tell you you're going to make too many demands, how some people get married or are courting and yet they still don't know how much they're both earning, and the moment you realize that being naked before each other means more than just physical nakedness. He also explains why sharing his deepest fears and insecurities with his wife doesn't belittle his stature as the head of the home but strengthens their bond, how his wife encourages him before a difficult court case by saying I know you I trust you just go break some legs, and the one thing every couple needs to hear: communication and honesty are the foundation of everything.
This isn't just marriage advice. It's a masterclass in understanding why love alone is not enough, why you need resources and compatibility and intentionality to keep a relationship going, and how spending time together before your children leave is the key to surviving the empty nest stage. Kofi dives into why couples should have serious conversations about the future, financial habits, and love languages before they say I do, how these habits were always there before marriage and didn't just appear after the wedding, and the uncomfortable reality that many couples wait until their children leave before they realize they've grown so wide apart. He also tackles why travel helps couples reconnect because when you're away from home and away from domestic responsibilities it's just you and I and we're forced to have conversations, how the emptiness stage is an opportunity to invest in the relationship almost as though you've just started all over again, and the one thing every parent needs to remember: your children are watching you, they are watching how you respect each other, how you react, how you treat each other, and that's the legacy you're building.
If you're married, wondering whether love is enough to hold you together, or asking yourself why your spouse doesn't know your deepest fears, this conversation will give you the clarity, the language, and the courage to stop hiding and start building a marriage where both of you are naked and unafraid.
Guest: Kofi Watting
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🎙️ ABOUT THE HOST
Mr Richard Akita is a multifaceted relationship and life coach, author, entrepreneur, and corporate trainer with over 30–35 years of experience in management and personal development.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/akitarichard/
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🎧 ABOUT UNBROKEN PODCAST
Unbroken Podcast is where stories meet truth. Hosted by Richard Akita, the show brings together thinkers, builders, healers, and disruptors to have the conversations most people are afraid to have about love, faith, identity, money, family, and the journey to becoming whole.
Welcome to the new home of unfiltered wisdom.
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Your daughter needs to see how a man should love her. Your son needs to see how a man should lead. And your marriage needs more than love. It needs boundaries, emotional intelligence, and the courage to stay out until 6 a.m. if that's what keeps you safe.
In this deeply insightful, wildly entertaining episode of Unbroken Podcast, host Richard Akita sits down with John, Ghana's self-proclaimed enjoyment president and owner of Soho, for a raw, unfiltered conversation that will challenge everything you think you know about fatherhood, romance after 14 years of marriage, and why the most relevant people in Ghana don't go home until sunrise.
John holds nothing back. He breaks down why fathers must invest time in their daughters or risk them falling for the wrong kind of man, how he sends his daughter flowers on Valentine's Day so she knows what it feels like to be admired, and the uncomfortable truth that if you're absent in your daughter's life any man can come and show her his idea of being loved. He reveals why changing diapers and warming milk at 3 a.m. is not abnormal but necessary, how emotionally drained partners lead to marriages that go haywire, and the one thing every father needs to teach his daughter: how she deserves to be dated. He also explains why he takes his daughter on dates, how his wife threatened him to send flowers before some boy does it first, and the moment his daughter found out it was him all along and asked why he was doing it.
This isn't just about fatherhood. It's a masterclass in keeping romance alive after 14 years, why boundaries and emotional intelligence are the foundation of every lasting marriage, and how reflection is the key to responding instead of reacting. John dives into why he hosts his wife and her Wesley Girls friends at Soho for comedy nights, how he stays out until 6 a.m. not because he's reckless but because armed robbers operate between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., and the one rule he gave his wife: if you're going out with your girls and you're not coming home before midnight stay where you are it's safer. He also shares why Soho is not just a party spot but a networking hub where business leaders, ministers of state, and high commissioners hang out, how you can lay the groundwork for a business deal on Friday night and sign the paperwork on Monday morning, and the one piece of advice he gives Richard before his first visit: sleep for two to three hours before you come you will need it.
If you're a father wondering how to raise confident daughters, a husband trying to keep the spark alive after a decade, or someone who thinks going home at 3 a.m. is safer than staying out until sunrise, this conversation will give you the clarity, the language, and the courage to rethink everything you thought you knew about love, safety, and what it means to enjoy life while building something that lasts.
Guest: John
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🎙️ ABOUT THE HOST
Mr Richard Akita is a multifaceted relationship and life coach, author, entrepreneur, and corporate trainer with over 30–35 years of experience in management and personal development.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/akitarichard/
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🎧 ABOUT UNBROKEN PODCAST
Unbroken Podcast is where stories meet truth. Hosted by Richard Akita, the show brings together thinkers, builders, healers, and disruptors to have the conversations most people are afraid to have about love, faith, identity, money, family, and the journey to becoming whole.
Welcome to the new home of unfiltered wisdom.
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You can do everything right. You're just one person in a relationship. And whilst you're thinking not, the other person is dealing with all kinds of demons in their lives.
In this powerful, deeply vulnerable episode of Unbroken Podcast, host Richard Akita sits down with Kofi Watting, lawyer and ordained minister, for a raw, unfiltered conversation that will challenge everything you think you know about what makes a marriage last, why love alone is never enough, and the uncomfortable truth that the things that attract us are the same things that become a distraction.
Kofi holds nothing back. He breaks down why a good marriage is built on shared goals and shared values, not just attraction and feelings, why two introverts can stay together and two extroverts can clash and both can make it work if they choose to, and the one thing most couples are hiding from each other that destroys intimacy before it even begins: their finances. He reveals why in a lot of our homes spouses are hiding financial assets because they tell you you're going to make too many demands, how some women suffer economic abuse not because their husbands are withholding but because he doesn't have it and he's doing his best, and the moment you realize that this man who comes home every day and is trying is the best husband you could ever have. He also explains why when you say I do that's when love actually opens your eyes, why you start noticing all the things that irritate you after the wedding and not before, and the one question every couple on the verge of divorce needs to hear: hold it.
This isn't just marriage advice. It's a masterclass in understanding intimacy beyond the physical, why being naked before each other means financial transparency and emotional honesty, and how Adam and Eve were naked and not embarrassed because intimacy is 360 degrees. Kofi dives into why he left the Catholic church to join his wife's charismatic church so their children wouldn't be confused between the noisy church and the orderly one, how sharing his deepest fears with his wife before a court case doesn't belittle his stature but strengthens their bond, and the uncomfortable reality that the person who is a serial cheater was like that before you met them and you knew it and you got married to them anyway. He also tackles why the things that attract us are the same things that become a distraction, how the life of the party who makes everybody laugh becomes the spouse flirting with everybody after marriage, and the one thing people refuse to accept: he hasn't changed, this is exactly who you met.
If you're married, struggling with transparency, or wondering whether love is enough to hold you together when everything else is falling apart, this conversation will give you the clarity, the language, and the courage to stop hiding and start building a marriage where both of you are naked and unafraid.
Guest: Kofi Watting
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🎙️ ABOUT THE HOST
Mr Richard Akita is a multifaceted relationship and life coach, author, entrepreneur, and corporate trainer with over 30–35 years of experience in management and personal development.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/akitarichard/
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🎧 ABOUT UNBROKEN PODCAST
Unbroken Podcast is where stories meet truth. Hosted by Richard Akita, the show brings together thinkers, builders, healers, and disruptors to have the conversations most people are afraid to have about love, faith, identity, money, family, and the journey to becoming whole.
Welcome to the new home of unfiltered wisdom.
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You said I do. You didn't listen to anybody. Now you're married. So what do you do when you finally see who you're really married to?
In this raw, deeply practical episode of Unbroken Podcast, host Richard Akita sits down with a seasoned relationship expert for a conversation that will challenge everything you think you know about navigating marriage after the wedding, what to do when your spouse outgrows you, and the uncomfortable truth that love alone is never enough when the children leave and it's just the two of you sitting in an empty house.
This guest holds nothing back. He breaks down why after you're married for a year or two you know exactly who you're married to, why it's easier to articulate the issues of contention when you've been together long enough to see the patterns, and the one thing most couples refuse to do that could save their marriage: invite a neutral third party. He reveals why you should agree on a referee for your marriage before you even say I do, how referees don't come into the game to back one side but to ensure fairness, and the moment you realize that the person who doesn't listen to you will listen to someone they respect. He also explains why many couples wait too long to address the gap when one spouse rises and the other stays behind, how it's easier to bring your partner along while you're climbing than to go back and try to raise them from the ground up after you've already made it, and the one question every successful person needs to ask themselves: am I being kind to my first love?
This isn't just marriage advice. It's a masterclass in understanding parallel growth, why both of you must grow even if one goes down the route of education and the other chooses business, and how maintaining a healthy marriage means making sure your goals are the same, your values are the same, and your communication is 360 degrees. He dives into why lust is before you say I do but love actually opens your eyes after the wedding, how you start noticing all the things that irritate you once the lust has been taken off, and the uncomfortable reality that during the empty nest stage a lot of couples break up because the glue that held them together was the children. He also tackles why you should never wait for your children to completely leave before you reconnect, how spending time together away from the kids while they're in boarding school is an opportunity to patch things up before the gap becomes too wide, and the one thing that forces couples to have real conversations again: travel, because when you're away from home and away from domestic responsibilities it's just you and I and we're forced to talk.
If you're married, wondering how to stay connected when life pulls you in different directions, or asking yourself whether it's healthy for your spouse to grow independently, this conversation will give you the clarity, the language, and the courage to stop waiting for things to fall apart and start building a marriage where both of you grow together.
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🎙️ ABOUT THE HOST
Mr Richard Akita is a multifaceted relationship and life coach, author, entrepreneur, and corporate trainer with over 30–35 years of experience in management and personal development.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/akitarichard/
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🎧 ABOUT UNBROKEN PODCAST
Unbroken Podcast is where stories meet truth. Hosted by Richard Akita, the show brings together thinkers, builders, healers, and disruptors to have the conversations most people are afraid to have about love, faith, identity, money, family, and the journey to becoming whole.
Welcome to the new home of unfiltered wisdom.
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Sometimes you want to be with somebody, but the list will scare you away. So now women don't marry who they love. They marry who can afford them.
In this explosive, deeply provocative episode of Unbroken Podcast, host Richard Akita sits down with Bernard Kojo Pencil, actor, media personality, and Bible scholar, for a raw, unfiltered conversation that will challenge everything you think you know about bride price, dowry lists, marriage expectations, and why so many young men are walking away from the altar before they even get there.
Mamaba holds nothing back. He breaks down why the modern bride price system has turned women into products to be bought instead of people to be loved, why some lists are so outrageous they include cars and houses, and the uncomfortable truth that when men see what's required just to say I do, they run. He reveals why Ronald did his wedding in his living room, how even Ronaldo could afford a luxurious ceremony but chose simplicity instead, and the one question every parent needs to answer: are you trying to marry off your daughter or sell her? He also explains why marriage was never meant to be this expensive, how the greed of man turned a simple token into a commercial transaction, and why most women today are not marrying the men they love but the men who can afford the list.
This isn't just about bride price. It's a masterclass in understanding why your money belongs to both of you, why hiding your salary makes you a business partner and not a wife, and the shocking reality that there is no currency in this world rated as female money. Mamaba dives into why women were created as helpmates and not housekeepers, why a woman's gift can make her richer than her husband and that should never be a problem, and the one thing every woman needs to hear: when women make money, men should not become their enemy. He also tackles why men are afraid to admit they're struggling, how women insult men the moment they borrow money from them, and why most men would rather go to strangers for help than ask their wives because putting your hand in the mouth of a lion will definitely get you bitten.
If you're planning to get married, wondering why the list is longer than your savings account, or asking yourself why your partner hides their money while you pour everything into the home, this conversation will give you the clarity, the courage, and the language to stop treating marriage like a shopping list and start building it like a partnership.
Guest: Bernard Kojo Pencil (Mamaba)
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🎙️ ABOUT THE HOST
Mr Richard Akita is a multifaceted relationship and life coach, author, entrepreneur, and corporate trainer with over 30–35 years of experience in management and personal development.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/akitarichard/
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🎧 ABOUT UNBROKEN PODCAST
Unbroken Podcast is where stories meet truth. Hosted by Richard Akita, the show brings together thinkers, builders, healers, and disruptors to have the conversations most people are afraid to have about love, faith, identity, money, family, and the journey to becoming whole.
Welcome to the new home of unfiltered wisdom.
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