The prodigal daughter is still afield. — There is no single Utopia on earth. In name, there is a 7.6 km2 town in Texas with a population of 227 as of the last census, called Utopia. But in functionality, I doubt Utopia Texas or any other place, comes close. This is a reflection of humanity and the…

What they never taught me at school about myself. — In the summer of 2021, I did something no one in my lineage has ever done. I attended therapy. I shelled out close to a hundred quid for an hour of ‘therapy’, only to be told all my problems stemmed from my childhood. Let The Crones Be. In Nigeria, there is a popular mindset…

Let’s be friends. — A question I heard recently on the Diary of a CEO podcast that had me thinking is: Who is Joy Ekere, and what is her mission? I am going to attempt answering that question. …

Mind-Blowing Concepts I Discovered on Medium This Week. — Most people who struggled with exercise and fitness when they were younger would sometimes cite that they started taking their health seriously when they realised they needed to stay healthy for their loved ones. Stay active to play with their children. A sense of duty to ourselves and those around…

Sometimes it’s too late to save yourself — But he never claimed me, neither did he give me himself in return. All the times we were together, he held himself apart. I reached and reached even as I stood next to him, but I could never touch him, or affect him in anyway. When my arms grew tired…

The school of hard knocks. — No one tells us at the start, that life is abrasive. It brushes up against us as we go through it, leaving cuts and scars. By the time you notice, you are covered in sleek wet blood, yours. So you try to avoid the pain. You hurdle low and make…

A daughter’s grown realisation of what it means to be a woman — Is it cold? Is it hot? I am not sure, but the temperature is not just right. . I kick off the blanket, then I huddle underneath it again. Better still, one leg out, one leg in. . My mood is great, my mood is low. I want to be…

…pretend you are playing fetch and run home to your master. — ‘I am the type of woman who knows what she doesn’t like and no amount of pressure can convince me otherwise. And I don’t like you.’ She managed to look down her nose at him despite sitting and him standing. ‘Me?’ he scoffs, stepping back from the bistro table. Maybe…

Fat people can be fat-phobic too. — My turning point for the Love Yourself at Any Size movement was the constant adjustments it asked of me. 2019 BC — Before Covid, my body went through some changes. It was the first time in almost a decade that I was not stressing over exams or going through any…