Category: growth
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When Perfection Silences You: Choosing Progress Instead.
For too long, I let perfection silence me. Today, I choose progress. I choose to tell the stories that have lived inside me—raw, unfinished, and real. There Are Stories I’ve Never Told Not because I didn’t believe in them, but because I was waiting for them to be perfect. As a child, I was an…
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Coming Home to Yourself
It was a quiet Friday morning. The breeze softly moved the linen-and-cotton blend curtains—cream, taupe, and gold—at my bedroom window. Through the cracks, I watched the sunrise painting the sky in layers of orange and yellow. My Echo Dot played gentle rain sounds beside me as I read a romance novel I’d downloaded during a…
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Unmasking the Soft Feminine Era: Who Are We Really Performing For?
There’s a quiet movement happening among women. A shift in tone, in energy. We’re calling it the “soft feminine era”. It’s everywhere—on TikTok, in journal prompts, in the slow rebranding of self-care. It tells us to lean into ease, to receive rather than chase, to soften our edges, tap into our intuition, rest more, talk…
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The Truth About Lies: Where Do We Draw the Line?
We’ve all told a little white lie, haven’t we? That tiny fib to get out of trouble, or maybe to avoid an event we’d rather not attend. It’s almost second nature—a quick fix to spare someone’s feelings or save ourselves from an awkward situation. But here’s the question: Is it right? Should we prioritise honesty,…
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Sisters, Not Rivals: Why Women Must Stand Together
In April 2021, I posed a question on this blog: Are women their own worst enemies? My question was fuelled by an incident in Sri Lanka, where a beauty pageant turned into a public display of jealousy and aggression among women. That, along with personal experiences, led me to consider whether women truly worked against…
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When Life Rewrites Your Story: Grieving the Dream While Living the Reality
I wanted to be a journalist. Not just any journalist—I dreamed of becoming CNN’s African correspondent. Oh, how I dreamed! I pictured myself jetting off to different countries, reporting from the frontlines, and bringing stories of political and social significance to the world. I had it all planned out: skipping university after senior high school…
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Embracing the Present: Lessons from My Year Off
It has been a while—indeed, it has. When I hit “publish” on December 31st, 2022, I didn’t think it would take me over a year to return to this space. But life, as it often does, had other ideas. The struggle to come back, to write as consistently as I once did, felt like…
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Lessons From 2023!
On January 1st 2023, I posted that I was choosing peace above all! Choosing peace in 2022 had served me well – especially in my dealings with family and family related issues; so I thought, why not continue on the same trajectory for 2023! What I forgot was that my choosing peace did not guarantee…
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When you are tired, rest!
It was on the third anniversary of this blog, while I struggled to write a post to celebrate, that I finally accepted that I was fatigued. Writing had never been a problem for me – all I needed was a topic I was passionate about and the anniversary post was a chance to talk about…
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Would you be friends with yourself?
“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.” I have been seeing this quote by S.E Hinton several times on social media – and while I agree with the quote to some extent, I strongly believe that our friendships are not based on…
Koya Nkrumah 