By Glory Edozien As every single girl living in this commercial city knows, Lagos is tough. Finding a man (let’s not question if he is good, bad or ugly) is akin to finding a needle in a burning fire. To make matters worse, Bellanaija weddings will not let someone rest-constantly flooding us with pictures of beautiful brides and dapper grooms…
There’s a mentor buzz going on right now. People have realized that to be successful in your career, you cant go it alone. You need someone who has walked the walked and is able to talk the talk, standing right beside you. A mentor is ideally someone in your chosen field who has achieved the same milestones you are aiming for.…
Something special happens when women come together and share their experiences. The Inspire Series Redefining Beauty event, supported by Wana Wana Productions held on Sunday 30th November 2014 and gave women a platform to openly discuss and share concepts of beauty. The event opened with performances by song writer Omolara and Femi Leyeand poet/actress Titilope Sonuga. Later, Inspire Series host, Glory Edoziengave a short but inspiring talk on…
By Timehin Adegbeye We are still walking on clouds from the positive feedback we received from the #redefiningbeauty event. The best thing about the event was the feeling of comradery and shared emotions in the room. Many of our guests have been writing of their experiences from the event. Here’s one by the awesome Timehin Adegbeye…..you can read this and much…
Frilly, Pink & Pretty! These are markers for girls. Even when we become women, the description remains the same. We are qualified, by the way we look, not by the quality of our spirit, work or character. Society constantly uses the external to qualify and in many cases sets unrealistic expectations of what we should look like or aspire to…
This has to be one of my favorite webisodes of the Inspire Series. My guests, Sheila Ojei, Seun Awogbade and Lydia Sobogun weren’t only upfront about how judgmental they have been in the past but, I believe, we took a big step towards understanding the reasons behind ‘judgmental women’. As external as the activity of judgement and criticism is, my…
Understanding Fitness is our new series on Inspiredbyglory.com were we provide articles which help our readers debunk various health and fitness myths. The aim of the series is to empower women to take charge of their health and well-being. By Jean-Claude Vacassin Forget endless cardio sessions; if you want to burn fat it’s just as much about the food you eat…
You become what you do. I’m always intrigued by women who are able to stand out from the crowd not because of any sense of physical (or financial) predisposition but by the sheer sense of awareness of self and strength of purpose. Women who daily make a decision to be better and in so doing create opportunities for other women to…
Today everyone bemoans the short life span of marriages in our society. Till death do us part has now been shortened to just a few years or maybe even months. Sometimes, despite the hard work of both parties, things come to a grinding halt and the inevitable happens…divorce. The stigma of divorce in our society weighs heavily on all those…
Rose tells endless pointless stories. Blanche is carefree and flirtatious. Dorothy is sensible and sarcastic. And Sophia, well Sophia is just plain crazy. These are the main characters of the old but popular sitcom Golden Girls which chronicles the life of 4 mature women living together in Miami. I spent my Saturday watching the entire first season without taking a…
