If you are a regular IBG reader (which stands for Inspired by Glory….just in case you were wondering), you’d know we love featuring letters to our younger (and older selves). Typically we find those letters provide a space for shared learning for our readers and also a space for reflection on the things that matter to us! We spotted this list of…
This week we are seriously crushing on Uzo Orimalade, the Creative Director of Cupcake Couture and Managing Director of Uzo’s Food Labs. Now here’s a woman that really packs a punch. The only way to describe Uzo Orimalade would be intelligent and gutsy! I mean how else do you describe someone who leaves a highly lucrative job as an investment banker to…
I know I am a glutton for punishment but I tell myself I create the work to engage with the audience and that is why I read the comments sections of articles I write. Well that is my story and I am sticking with it. I recently read a comment that took a dig at the whole self love thing…
Sometimes a get a little frustrated with God. I feel like my life is a never ending series of loops, cross roads, highs and lows and bumps! Someday, I am liked abeg, I don tire! I no do again….on other days I get my butt up and keep walking. Wouldn’t it be easier, if He just told me where I…
Are you a fearless woman? Not sure….well here’s a list by Thought Catalog to help you decide! #1. They cultivate a life they actually enjoy living: Whether they’re single, coupled or in that complicated gray area, they commit to creating and living a life they love. While they may not feel 100% comfortable initially, they push themselves to take the class, book…
Are entrepreneurs born or made? According to Amy Wilkinson is a strategic adviser, entrepreneur, and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, ‘ the ability to turn ideas into enduring enterprises is available to anyone willing to learn and work’. As part of her research for her book ‘The Creator’s Code’, Amy analyzed nearly 10,000 pages of interview transcripts and…
If there was a woman I loved for reasons other than blood, for reasons other than any aesthetic quality but simply because by merely speaking and existing she somehow manages to awaken parts of me that very few are able to do. It would be Chimamanda Adiche Calling Chimamanda a mentor or an inspiration would be too much of a…
The statement ‘Africa Rising’ isn’t a joke- at least not if African women have anything to say about it. African women are determined to be part of our great continent’s growth story and are doing all they can to create positive impact on the ground! From South Africa, Kenya, Cameroon to Nigeria, Senegal and Eritrea, African women are raising their voices…
By Lamisha Serf-Walls Whether you’ve lost yourself in your job, relationship, your role as a parent or simply feel lost in life in general, you are not alone. It doesn’t mean your life is doomed and that you will never find yourself again. It simply means you are going through an incubation period and transformation. The key is not to…
Up until fairly recently, I’d been feeling like giving up. Like just quitting and going with the flow and forgetting about all my goals. Why? Because I was tired. I felt like i wasn’t doing enough, like everyone was somehow doing better than me and I didn’t necessarily have all it took. Then I read the article below by Suzie…
