I dread Mondays! Last year as my summer vacation drew to a close, I actually felt emotional. The feeling took me back to my secondary school days and how depressed I felt at the thought of going back to boarding school for another term. Instinctively I knew the feeling wasn’t normal. How can a grown 30 something year old woman…
Most of us start each year the same way. The fresh hope of new beginnings, resolutions, renewed vigour to chase our dreams, double up on our hustle and make real lasting changes in our lives. That’s what the New Year is usually about, a fresh chance, a time to press the reset button and give it another go. But sometimes…
We all have our rituals for entering into the New Year. Some of us write prayer requests, others make resolutions. Some make changes others resolve to be better. Whatever the tradition one thing is common. We are all incredibly lucky to see a New Year because we all know at least one person who didn’t. So as we begin this…
by Glory Edozien I remember it like it was yesterday. The damp air and lingering smell of stale sweat. I remember the igbo choruses E mela e mela…. I remember the high pitched, off key voice of the woman standing beside me. Her voice rising to a soprano at the start of the song only to drop to an almost…
When I started the Inspire Series, I never imagined it would become part of me. In many respects, the Inspire Series or TIS has become an extension of myself, I cant remember what life was like before or what life would be like without it. Its difficult to describe but in all, I am grateful for the opportunity to share…
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…
By Christine Perkett I asked each of these amazing women just one question: What’s the #1 attribute that helped you get where you are in your career? Here are their inspiring answers. Please feel free to add your own in the comments! Aliza Sherman, Web Pioneer, Speaker and Author: A sense of adventure Early on in my career, my dad instilled in me that…
I woke up this morning and realized that yesterday was possibly one of the best days of my life. I didn’t get married yesterday, I didn’t meet the man of my dreams and I didn’t make a dime. Infact if anything, I am possibly the poorest I have ever been, this year. Yet, as my eyes opened this morning and…
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…
