The Woman You’ve Been Waiting For
Today’s post is for women. It’s a poem I wrote when I was at rock bottom. Over the years in my work, I’ve seen women hit this low point time and time again. We try to fill the void – we shop, we cut our hair, we redecorate our spaces. But what I really needed […]
Warning: This post contains zero productivity
I once advised a client about practicing scheduled rest during his day, and kind of giving himself a second morning by taking a short nap around noon, this worked so well it boosted his productivity. Today I took a break. Not the kind where you scroll through social media during “me time.” Not the kind […]
Thank You Enemies
“Why can’t we all just be happy for each other?” I once asked my mentor, my voice full of genuine confusion and hope. I believed in a world where everyone could prosper together, where the sky was truly wide enough for all birds to fly. I used to cringe at those people who seemed to […]
Articulate and be free
Several years ago, I ran a blog called ‘lifearticulate’. it was born from a deep conviction that many of us live lives we’ve never fully chosen. Through this blog, I wanted to encourage people to be true to themselves and articulate the kind of life they truly wanted to live. To articulate is to name. […]
Soul Mirror
When the noise fades and we’re left with nothing but truth – both beautiful and uncomfortable. It’s at that moment when your soul holds up a mirror, and for once, you don’t look away. Today’s post is a poem, a conversation with my soul when I found time to stop running from me. People look […]
What’s Your Achilles’ Heel?
So there this story about a mighty warrior that was brought down by an arrow to his heel – the one spot his mother missed when dipping him in a magical river as a baby. That’s Achilles, whose story gave us the term “Achilles’ heel.” He was vulnerable at his heel. A person’s Achilles heel […]
Choose your hard
Everything is hard. Success is hard. Mediocrity is hard. The question isn’t whetheryou’ll face difficulty – it’s which difficulty you’ll choose to embrace. “I hate going exercising,” a young girl told me recently. “It’s hard.”“You know what’s harder?” I replied. “living with poor health.” Want to build a business? That’s hard.Want to stay in a […]
Already Enough
On a sunny afternoon, while moving my luggage from campus hostel totown, I found myself wrestling with dissatisfaction about life and manyother things. I was a student then, carrying both physical bags andemotional burdens. As I approached the car park, a voice thundered in my spirit, so audibleit stopped me in my tracks:“I have given […]
Being Human
It’s Okay to Be Human: A Love Letter to Your Messy, Beautiful Self Let’s talk about something we all need to hear right now: it’s completely okay to be a mess sometimes. You know those moments when your Instagram feed is full of people “living their best lives” and you’re sitting there feeling broken, maybe […]
"Gbemi Gege" – Teach the world how to carry you
My grandmother remains a big part of my stories. Not just the ones I tell, but theones I live. She had this honey jar – beautiful, sacred, completely off-limits to mychildhood games. It wasn’t the honey’s sweetness that made it precious, though Iloved that too. It was how that jar demanded respect simply by being […]
