Kyla Denanyoh is not an expert at parenting and her toddler isn’t an expert at being a toddler.

Listen to learn:

• How therapy is making Kyla a better parent
• How to calm an upset toddler
• Shocking toddler food habits

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Kyla Denanyoh likes to change her hair but doesn’t want her hair to always affect everything she does or where she goes.
 

Listen to learn:

• How Kyla stopped using her hairstyle as an excuse
• Why Kyla had box braids for two weeks
• Ways to manage your hair and work schedule

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Kyla Denanyoh gets surprise news that she can take her talents to South Beach... literally. She was heading to Florida for vacation and trying not to think about being laid off. 

Listen to learn:

• 17 things you can do while unemployed
• Grieving a prior job is normal (especially if you left involuntarily)
• Writing down your emotions can help you process your feelings

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Kyla Denanyoh is surprised when a food video goes (semi) viral on TikTok. To date, there are 310k views and 15k likes of this Korean short ribs video.

Listen to find out:

• Hacks for using Twitter successfully
• Why regular people can’t sustain going viral
• The best way to have fun with social media 

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Kyla Denanyoh is unemployed, but volunteers and creates content for FREE for a few organizations. Can she exercise boundaries as a volunteer?

Listen to find out:

• Why Kyla didn’t want to get paid for being a content creator
• The passive-aggressive way to set boundaries while working remotely
• How to value your time as a content creator

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Kyla Denanyoh gets surprised by Super Bowl fever. It swept through her current city and she couldn’t avoid it. 

Listen to find out:

• Why she was hating on the Cincinnati Bengals
• The team that she loves during football season
• Why she's proud that Cincinnati is in the Super Bowl
• How she feels about Halloween decorations in the winter (it's relevant, trust me)

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Kyla Denanyoh discussed everything that surprises her about becoming an accidental entrepreneur, life as a new wife and toddler mom, and more. 

The show title, I Was Surprised When, is a phrase that Kyla started using in therapy to stop saying things sucked, but to use her words and speak like an adult. 

In this trailer, Kyla explains that new episodes will be released on Mondays and Thursdays and every episode will be less than 10 minutes long. 

Subscribe to the show and get ready for these always personal, often hilarious, stories about why is surprising Kyla.