I Don’t Fit Anymore: Noentla Khumalo on Leaving Old Selves, Healing, and Community

On Pivoting · Mar 3, 2026 · 56m

What happens when you return to the places that raised you… and realise you don’t fit anymore?In this episode of On Pivoting, I sit down with Noentla Khumalo — spiritual healer, cultural producer, and founder of Umsebenzi WeThongo, for a deeply human conversation.We talk about growing up between worlds, feeling “too much” or “wrong” depending on the room, and what it means to stop discarding parts of yourself just to be accepted. Noentla shares her journey through rebirth, community, boundaries, and the slow work of integration — learning to hold the gifts, the darkness, and the uncertainty…