Interview with Lexie Wambui We are clear by now that the pandemic has brought about many changes to the way we behave, go about our businesses, travel, interact with each other and even education. The school curriculum in Kenya faced major disruption which resulted in ‘losing’ almost one year of learning. Online studies were not…
Category: Healthy You
White Hair, Oh My!
“Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.” – Proverbs 16:31 My lovely niece, Nikki, was busy at work oiling my scalp when she yelled, ‘Aunty Emily, you have white hair!’ I didn’t think much about it at that point. I imagined that they were very few strands…
Mental Health: How You Can Help
‘What mental health needs is more sunlight, candor and more unashamed conversations.’ Glenn Close I have taken long to write on this topic. It is not an easy one. It affects many of us, whether as a personal struggle or knowing someone who is suffering from mental illness. I strongly believe that this topic should…
Why Self-care Is Much Needed
Self-care is not a superfluous, unimportant buzzword. Self-care is a matter of stewardship—a faithful partnership with God to care for our whole selves – Emily Sue Allen I trust that we are optimistic about 2021, despite what has been thrown at us from last year by the pandemic. Many of us have suffered great blows…
Intimacy – It’s Getting Personal
By Recovering Soul Intimacy is one of the key pillars in a successful relationship. It means having a connection, a closeness, familiarity, safety, trust, being comfortable with someone. There’s confidence. Intimacy can be with your partner, family members, close friends, even your kids, especially when grown up (I have witnessed this between my siblings and…
Silence of the Lambs
By Munene Gangi “Nothing good ever comes of violence.” Martin Luther I live a simple, or is it simplistic, life. I am reserved and quite an introvert. The isolation during this pandemic period hasn’t affected me that much, only that I am not able to see as many people as I used to unless taking…
Financial Reflections
“In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein Covid-19 has turned things around in such a big way, no one alive has seen anything quite like it. It has reshaped our world. The global crisis has come with its own challenges including social-economic impacts. We are now distant from one another and/or far from…
Weighty Matters
Weighting to Exhale, remember the article? I’ve talked about my journey towards weight loss before. I am a plus-size girl and have been since birth. You know those kids who are placed on the weighing scale during a regular clinic visit and there’s that, ‘…um’? You know, when the nurse starts giving nutritional advice to…
The Ultimate Thing
By Lucy Wache Oyier Idolatry happens when we take good things and make them the ultimate things. ~ Timothy Keller I’m nocturnal. My darling husband is the opposite. It is in the morning that he gets inspiration. It is in the morning that he wants to connect. It is in the morning that he comes alive and gets…
Perspective
A new year for me always starts with much optimism, excitement and hope. I am sure many of you feel the same way, that 2020 will be better than 2019. Dedicated time with God, financial growth/breakthrough, get a job/promotion, spend more time with family, travel more, or follow through with plans initiated but not concluded….
Musings of a Woman
The setting was perfect. The excitement was genuine. A cuppa at Java coffee with a friend I had not seen in ages. In the end, I felt angry, I felt helpless. I cried. Here she was, a young lady, going through so much torment in her short life. And there I was, listening and asking…
Out Of Bounds
“Sexual trauma isn’t a one time event. It’s something we battle for a lifetime. No matter how much I tried to mute troubling memories, I couldn’t. Flashbacks occurred without warning……….I was a broken mess.” – Dana Arcuri He was trusted by my parents to take care of our homestead back in the rural country. That…
Taking Responsibility
“Now what state do you live in?” “Denial.” – Bill Watterson In a video I watched recently, a lady shared her life story on how her divorce had taught her some invaluable life lessons. One of the lessons she mentioned, and which struck a chord with me, was that she accepted she too had responsibility…
Broken Vessels
I had the privilege of meeting my old friends recently, two groups within seven days. Exciting people, amazing memories, spanning more than ten years. It was great catching up and going down memory lane. We had some great times together, and it was wonderful reminiscing that past. In our younger years, we were full of…
La Comparaison
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt The year I got married was an exciting season for us and for a several of our friends who got married the same year. But it was also draining. We had to participate in each other’s wedding preparations. The financial contributions to the weddings were like…
Body shaming
“It’s not my responsibility to be beautiful. I’m not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.” Warsan Shire Has anyone ever said anything negative to you about your body? Have they called you fat, that you have a big forehead and they make fun of your receding hairline?…
Emotional Infidelity
It happened subtly. You can’t explain how it began. Casually. A simple compliment. A smile. A stare. A second look. And another. Before you knew it, thoughts were lingering. A desire to see him. A need to talk to her. You enjoyed. The talks. Easy. Longer talks. You talked about everything and anything. Then, a…
Every Woman
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31.30 How do you balance all that? This is one of the common questions for women that are deemed successful by the society. We wonder how a successful woman at the helm of an organization manages…
Scarred
“The scars you can’t see are the hardest to heal” – Astrid Alauda A child is born into this world. A tough, tough world. Difficult to navigate through. Years go by. His mother, her dad. Painful words spew from their mouths. You are good for nothing. I wish I never had you. You will never…
Un-break my heart
“When love is lost, do not bow your head in sadness; instead keep your head up high and gaze into heaven for that is where your broken heart has been sent to heal.” – Author Unknown We have all experienced this before, a feeling of great sadness, feeling of disappointment. A feeling that seems like it…
Weighting to Exhale
If you haven’t read my article titled ‘Hip Mama’, please do. Losing weight is one of the hardest tasks on earth, as hard as turning away from sin. You have good intentions of changing your ways; eating right, exercising, drinking lots of water, clean eating (no wheat or sugar). Intentions. Similar to those New Year…
Hip Mama, Slam in the Ham!
You’ve put on weight! You are too heavy! You don’t like what you see in the mirror? Cellulite! Try out this diet! Avoid carbs! Avoid meat! Portions! Paleo! Do some exercises! Many women do struggle with weight issues, and as a result, most do not esteem themselves highly. The pressures and the noises of this…
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