Not too long ago, I was having a heart to heart conversation with a very close friend. I was telling her of a betrayal I had suffered at the hands of someone I trusted very much. She was shocked by what I was telling her and asked me why I never explained my side of … Continue reading It’s time to stop explaining yourself to people who are not listening!
What is all this Slut and Victim Shaming?
Last week, I was having a chat with a friend - just catching up on life and I brought up a certain observation I had made about Ghanaian radio stations and how somehow almost every advert on there was about sexual enhancing products. We both laughed about this especially about a malt drink advert that … Continue reading What is all this Slut and Victim Shaming?
Are women truly their own enemies?
On April 4th, Caroline Jurie humiliated Pushpika De Silva in front of a live audience, including online viewers at the Mrs Sri Lanka beauty pageant. You see, the previous winner had just crowned the new winner and from her body language in the video I watched, she seemed quite ‘off’. I have watched enough of … Continue reading Are women truly their own enemies?
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Where do you draw the line when it comes to financial support in relationships?
Since I started writing this blog, my family, friends and readers have been getting in touch and asking me to read their stories or trending stories in the news and asking for my take on them - I must admit I do love delving into these stories and sharing my take on them. Last week, … Continue reading Where do you draw the line when it comes to financial support in relationships?
Is it time for a reset?
Last week, a colleague of mine drew my attention to the fact that it’d been a year since we first went into lockdown. I had become so used to my new normal that like many people, I had lost track of time and was simply waiting for lockdown to be lifted so we can meet … Continue reading Is it time for a reset?
Mother’s Day Celebrations and the Church.
When Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother in 1908 after her death, I don’t think she realised that a hundred years plus from that first memorial, her idea of honouring her mother’s memory would turn into something so widely commercialised. Anna, in her later years, seeing mother’s day so commercialised would try to … Continue reading Mother’s Day Celebrations and the Church.
We are celebrating women’s day but…..
International women’s day is tomorrow and I wanted to write about what it is to be a woman - however, I did not think this was a subject that could be captured in one post. As I thought about what to write, there were two stories in the news that caught my attention. One news … Continue reading We are celebrating women’s day but…..
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How does one move on from the betrayal of a cheating partner?
I recently had a reader reach out to me about her past relationship and how it ended. She had reached out to me when I posted about forgiveness - she had for sometime been struggling with forgiving someone that had cheated her. When I read this reader’s story, I was saddened by how people use … Continue reading How does one move on from the betrayal of a cheating partner?
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