Goodbye Not Your Mama's Autism ... Hello Unapologetically Whole

Not Your Mama’s Autism had its finale episode in December 2025. Unapologetically Whole is the dawn of a new podcast, guided by the same host, Lola Dada‑Olley, but shaped by a deeper, more expansive mission. After five years of honest conversations about disability, culture, and family, Lola is stepping into a new season, one that honors where she’s been while widening the lens to include every woman who has ever disappeared in service to others.

This trailer marks the bridge between two eras: the close of a beloved community built around autism storytelling, and the beginning of a movement centered on identity, healing, and wholeness. Lola brings with her the same lived experience—attorney, author, TEDx speaker, lifelong caregiver, mother of two autistic children, and older sister to an autistic, intellectually disabled adult, but now she’s inviting listeners into a broader conversation about what it means to reclaim yourself after years of giving yourself away.

Unapologetically Whole explores the quiet, courageous work of rebuilding your sense of self while still showing up for the people you love. Through storytelling, reflection, and deeply human conversations, Lola offers a space for women navigating caregiving, cultural expectations, career reinvention, and the emotional weight of being everything to everyone. It’s a podcast about choosing yourself without abandoning your responsibilities and learning that devotion does not require disappearance.

As this new chapter begins, the heart of Not Your Mama’s Autism lives on, expanded and reimagined. If you’ve ever felt unseen, stretched thin, or unsure where you end and your roles begin, this next season is for you. Welcome to Unapologetically Whole—a home for women ready to reclaim their voice, redefine success, and reimagine what it means to thrive.

Transcript

Lola Dada-Olley (00:00.332)

Welcome to Unapologetically Whole, a podcast for anyone who has ever carried more than their fair share, loved beyond their limits, or rebuilt themselves in the quiet corners of their lives. I'm your host, Lola Dada-Olley, attorney, advocate, storyteller, and lifetime caregiver. My journey spans generations, from growing up alongside my brother, Kunle, to raising my own neurodivergent children, to navigating systems that weren't built with families like mine and mine. 

This podcast is where we tell the truth, the beautiful parts, the complicated parts, and the parts we're still learning how to name. Some episodes are short reflections from me. Others are conversations with people whose stories expand our understanding of resilience, identity, and community.

 If you're looking for a space that honors lived experience embraces nuance and invites you to become whole on your own terms and not based always on societies. You're in the right place. Subscribe now and join me as we explore the road to wholeness unapologetically. First episode coming your way January 15th.