When you enter a room full of people you don’t know, what do you do? Do you stand back, study the room, take it all in before proceeding? Do you look at faces before fully entering the room, somehow picking the person you might get along with? Pause When you go out with a friend…
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Unlocking Me
Reading ‘Educated’ by Tara Westover was indeed an education for me. The words ‘emancipate yourself from mental slavery’ reminded me of ‘Freedom‘, written in 2016. I do need to go back and read it. Truly, freedom is needed. Freedom to be me, to be all that I was created to be. To dream big, to…
The day things changed
We had not had a ladies hangout in months and somehow we agreed to have one on the 26th of March 2022. I picked the date, chose to host, even if only five of use would be available. A few days before, only a handful of ladies had committed to coming but I chose not…
The Certainty of Change
One thing that is certain in life is change. Change will happen, whether we like it or not. Change is something out of our control Change is constant Sometimes , Change may seem drastic Change isn’t something we are prepared for. At times, things happen, things unexpected and then what one knew as normal is…
Structure = Freedom
Having structure in my life makes a huge difference. It may seem inflexible, but I find it quite helpful and it also gives me the freedom to vary things too. Some don’t like structure because it’s normally associated with rigidity. However, this is far from the truth. When I started exercising at home, I did…
Affirm your children
Affirm your children, so they won’t need affirmations from outsiders Tell them they are loved, Tell them they are beautiful Tell them they’re intelligent Tell them they are creators Tell them all the good that they are Tell them they can achieve anything they put their minds to Teach them to love themselves Teach them…
Sometimes I am an Impostor
I recently attended the WimBiz Annual Conference and my favourite session was the Impostor Syndrome one. Why? It reminded me that I’m sometimes an impostor. Impostor syndrome refers to an internal experience of believing that you are not as competent as others perceive you to be. While this definition is usually narrowly applied to intelligence…
Every body part is important
Whilst exercising at bootcamp on Wednesday, I fell and hurt my wrist. Coach Ojoi attended fo it immediately and I felt better. However, the pain became worse during the day, I was hardly able to concentrate and ended up going to the hospital to have it checked out. It was my left wrist that was…
The love of words
There once was a little girl who loved words She loved music, she loved to sing She loved words so much she read the dictionary She played crossword puzzles with her grandfather She also read Shakespeare with him She loved words so much it translated to her love for writing and poetry She loved words…
Spending time with the ladies
In 2018, one of my goals was to spend more time with my friends. Our relationships had become more Whatsapp based, maybe the occasional phone call to some and that was it. I decided to change that and introduced the ‘Ladies Hangout’ – quarterly meetups where we were just us. No roles or responsibilities, just…
Don’t forget to be a child
As adults, it’s so easy to get carried away with ‘adulting’ that we forget to have fun. Last weekend, my sisters and I decided to take to be children again. We took the children to the playground and decided to join in the fun – two-legged race, egg and spoon race, sack race. It felt…
Not afraid of the rain 🌧
I had frequent asthma attacks growing up. They were triggered by things like dust, moisture, strong smells, fumes, drastic change in weather and being in the rain for only a few seconds. Some attacks were mild, others left me hospitalized or at home for a few days. In a bid to avoid asthma attacks, I…
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