Every morning I say a little prayer thanking G*d for waking me up. It lasts no more than a couple of seconds as I quickly get distracted with everything I have to do and mentally prepare for the day ahead. Today as I head to bed, my heart is heavy to hear about the passing…
I really love clever, creative advertising and this one is really super smart. Posted by Cannes Lions – a prestigious advertising awards body – on their Instagram, IKEA created an advert that doubled up as a pregnancy test. Pee on it and get a positive result? You get yourself a discount on the crib featured…
I came across this docuseries on Comedian and Actress Yvonne Orji’s Instagram page recently and wasn’t disappointed. This 13-part series looks at Nigerian creatives and their contribution to the global landscape from the continent. As someone who loves business and enjoys the behind the scenes insights into how people innovate, this was a great show….
I’ve been a mother most of my adult life. The oldest friends I have have never known me without children. The thing is I don’t remember if I ever dreamt of being a mother but I certainly considered it a natural stepping stone in life. I was in a long term relationship when I had…
So it took me a whole week to watch episode 2 as it was my first week back in front of clients and I wasn’t really in the mood. However, finally watching episode 2 reminded me that each episode has been pure comedy and we all need laughter in our lives. So in this episode,…
I love a vision board. It’s my favourite thing to do leading up to the new year and it’s usually filled with visual representations of what I wish for myself, words, phrases and pixtures to inspire me. Vision boards serve two purposes for me: That process of thinking about what you want, going to find…
It’s three weeks into the New Year and in those three weeks I’ve said no to various projects. One because I’ve learnt if I don’t agree with or understand why something is being done, it undermines my belief in the work and that never ends well. A second because I began to see signs of…
I have written many a blog post in my time and as I looked through the notes section on my phone, I discovered a series of blog posts drafted including this one written on 08/08/2018. What is so interesting to me about it as how it ministered to me four years on, how much I…
I wrote this piece eleven months ago for the TGRG website and it was shared extensively across social media. Though the story has moved on, the point about repesentation will forever remain valid. It’s Sunday afternoon and I’m watching a news story spread like wildfire amongst Black women in every corner of social media. This…
As I hit my mid 30s I started to notice a worrying trend: I was disappearing. I’ve always been someone who is quite proactive when it comes to searching for opportunities and then I started to notice that the older I get the more I’m seemingly excluded from them? So for context I’ll be 38…
