Dear Me, Happy Birthday. Today, I pause to honour the woman I’m becoming and the journey that is...
We live in a noisy world that never stops talking. If it’s not your phone buzzing, it’s the emails...
What Does Nurturing Growth at Home Mean? Our homes are the very first learning hubs for our...
I have often wondered why people die. Life is indeed unpredictable and fragile. One minute, you are...
Growing through stress and anxiety is something many of us are still learning how to do. It’s been a...
I was reflecting some days ago on how I started journaling as a teenager. This was long before I...
For years, I struggled with delegating tasks. I would always say to myself, “Nobody will do it the way I want it, so I’d rather do it myself.” And sure enough, I was always feeling exhausted and...
The Story We Don’t Like to Tell We’ve all been there — that moment when someone tells us a truth we don’t want to hear. It stings. So instead of listening, we defend, deflect, or disappear. We become...
Every day, we wake up to heartbreaking news — violence, loss, injustice, and indifference. We scroll past people’s pain as though it’s background noise. Somewhere along the way, we began to see...
When was the last time you sat by yourself—no phone, no music, no distractions? Just you and your thoughts. Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of soul-searching and realizing how rarely I spend time...
If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed or creatively stuck lately, maybe your space is trying to tell you something. I remember a season in my life when everything felt like too much. I was taking on...
💭 Have you ever said yes when your heart whispered no? We’ve all done this — chasing success, saying yes when we don’t want to, following trends until one day, you pause and wonder: “Am I still...
Don’t be a spectator in your own story! It’s a statement that often stops me in my tracks each time it crosses my mind. Imagine this: after a long day of work, obligations, and to-dos, you finally...
Every morning, many of us wake up, go to work, pay bills, and repeat the cycle. We don’t think of the dreams we once had as children anymore. Why? They have been buried beneath the weight of...
We all have that voice in our heads, yes, that one that tries to put you down and make you feel you aren’t doing enough. It often comes as a whisper telling you, “Don’t do it. You will mess things up...
What if we were taught to celebrate the journey, not just the destination? Growing up, many of us only got praised when we did the big things. No one noticed the little moments: doing our chores...
For years, you’ve been the reliable one. The rock. The person who remembers everyone’s birthdays and soothes the disappointments. As beautiful and demanding as the work of caring for others—whether as...
There comes a moment in life—after the plans fall apart, the sleepless nights and empty savings—when you tell yourself, “I can’t start over again.” I understand that moment too well because I have...
Many of us are at the point in our lives where we are trying to make sense of its meaning. We keep asking, is this all there is to life? You are not alone. Facing challenges is part of life, but how...
We live in a world that constantly confronts us with reels of other people who seem to be making it or have made it in life. We hear phrases like “hustle,” “grind,” and “push.” As inspiring as all...
I’ll be honest with you I’m still figuring this out.Some days I see the growth, and other days it feels like my old patterns are trying to raise my kids alongside me. But there was a moment recently...
I still remember the day my sister and I burnt dinner. We were supposed to be cooking, but a game stole our attention, and by the time we noticed, smoke had filled the kitchen. What are we going to...
I remember sitting at the dinner table with my children, smiling at their stories, while inside I felt completely drained. I was carrying the weight of grief and exhaustion, and part of me kept...
I have often wondered why people die. Life is indeed unpredictable and fragile. One minute, you are having a good time with someone, laughing and even making plans for the future. The next moment, you...
Raising children in today’s world is becoming more challenging than it was years ago. With the constant buzzing of phones, emails, to-do lists, and social media feeds, it’s easy to be physically...
Parenting has been a life-changing experience for me. From sleepless nights, toddler tantrums, to the many endless “whys” – there is just so much that no one prepared me for. I didn’t fully...
Guilt is an emotion that often robs us of our joy. It sneaks into our thoughts, steals our happiness, and convinces us that we’ve fallen behind. It whispers about what could have been: the missed...
When Joy Feels Like a Stranger These past few months have been emotionally draining for me. I’ve been walking through a season of grief, loss, and everything in between, and honestly, I feel like I’m...
One of life’s hardest challenges is losing someone you love. The pain doesn’t go away; it remains tucked in somewhere within us. But even in grief, memories can become a source of comfort, healing...
Parenthood and life changes can sometimes feel overwhelming, but they also serve as reminders to practice self-love, resilience, and compassion in new ways. I learned this on my journey. When I...
Whenever I hear the phrase “when goodbye feels too soon,” it didn’t use to make much sense to me until I experienced it myself. Loss came unexpectedly for me in a way that I didn’t see coming, and it...
No one prepares us for grief. It shows up without warning and takes everything we know away. When we find ourselves in the middle of grief, we feel the weight of pain and emptiness crushing in on...
We live in a world that glorifies constant busyness, hustling as we call it in Nigeria. But no one taught us the importance of rest. Resting isn’t quitting, it’s how we heal. Resting is not weakness...
I didn’t realise early on that empowered living begins with setting boundaries. Many of us were taught that saying “yes” makes us good, lovable people. But what if always saying yes slowly pulls...
Have we ever stopped to ask why the people we label as the strongest often carry the heaviest burden? The emotional burnout that comes with being the strong one is a silent struggle many of us face...