Tag: women’s wellbeing

• It Takes a Village — But Who Holds the Village Up?

  

  “She has nobody” These were the words I heard from my brother when I had already said no to my sister.  I changed my mind and plans to accommodate everyone again – because I love them. Became the babysitter again – the children love me and I do love them so much. So last week,…

  Koya Nkrumah

  26th Jul 2026

  Coming Home to Yourself

  belonging, boundaries, childfree women, childless women, Coming Home to Yourself, Emotional Labour, invisible labour, it takes a village, journaling, over-giving, people-pleasing, reflective writing, self worth, self-abandonment, single women, women’s wellbeing

• Is This It?

  

  Burnout, identity, and the life I had learned to endure. The expectations that kept moving, the standards that never seemed satisfied — what really was the point? Was it worth losing myself? Did I want to continue living like this for the rest of my life? I did not like the answer, because who was…

  Koya Nkrumah

  12th Jul 2026

  Coming Home to Yourself

  burnout, burnout recovery, human doing, identity, is this it, journal prompts, journaling, midlife reckoning, millennial burnout, productivity culture, rest, self-reflection, self-worth, slow living, women’s wellbeing