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What Do you Bring to the Table?
Why this question limits your chances in the dating world This question has been circulating on social media and the verdict is unanimous; you need to drop any man who asks you this question. As…
Why Organic Smoothies Are a Healthy Choice
You want to have something healthy, but you’re not exactly sure what. It would be a good idea to have organic smoothies. There are a lot of reasons why: 1. You Can Control Cravings…
5 Ways to Manifest by Writing Down what You Want to Achieve
The term Manifest gets a bad rap and fairly so. It’s often equated to people being lazy and hoping to get by in life by sitting cross-legged and wishing their life falls into a…
Here’s Why Most Women are Frustrated with Dating Apps
As soon as I downloaded two dating apps and got down to swiping, I realized why I had deleted them. My experience with dating apps has been futile although they present a wide range of…
3 Ways to Help You Keep Your Gut Healthy
In late 2019, I had to go to the ER because of a gut infection that felt like appendicitis. While the whole experience wasn’t fun it brought to light a lot of things. I now…
How To Beat The Afternoon Energy Slump
It’s been a hard two years. Productivity is not the same as was touted before by self-care and wellness writers. After going through so many changes, loss and disease in 2020, we need to redefine…
What Can You Do To Earn A Little Extra Cash On The Side?
Earning some extra cash might be at the forefront of your mind, especially if you are struggling to make ends meet at the moment. However, if you don’t know what you are doing, then it…
11 Trendy Fashion Accessories For 2020
While the year 2020 has put many things on hold, not much has changed when it comes to fashion. Every year, fashion companies produce between 80 to 150 billion garments globally. Although you might not…
7 Lessons Learnt From Going Through Loss
Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything. ~ C.S Lewis, A Grief Observed. 2020 has been a year of so many losses. Family, friends, vacations, careers, plans, summers and time. We’ve been stuck…
What Having A Low Waste Lifestyle Means
Are you trying to be more mindful of your environment? Are you thinking of having a low waste lifestyle? Having a low waste lifestyle means looking at your footprint, waste, and consumption to determine how…
5 Reasons Why You Should Have A Social Media Detox
Have you ever scrolled through social media and felt a tinge of sadness, been unhappy, or even a bit anxious? Do you find the constant news overwhelming and does it leave you with a sense…
Stop Sabotaging Yourself and Overcome Anxiety and Fear
Life Lessons from Think and Grow Rich: Death and Life Are In Your Tongue But Also Out Of Your Control When Napoleon Hill starts the chapter on how to outwit the six ghosts of fear in Think and…
7 Tips To Help You Prepare For A New Week
A late welcome to the month of June. The month of May was pretty productive for me and I achieved more than I have in a long while. I credit this to reading and planning…
7 Lessons About Personal Health You Might Have Forgotten
Since we started social distancing, routine and life went through the window. I for one had funny sleep hours until I readjusted myself. Now my circadian rhythm wakes me up at around 7.00 AM or…
What Free Will Means in Spirituality
So many writers and faith bloggers have written about free will and how we are human beings are spiritual beings having a human existence. Which is true. We are spiritual beings having a human experience….
6 Important Steps In Getting Rid Of Pride
Michael was a very brilliant student, he was so intelligent that he found favour in the sight of all his teachers. But over time he developed a very bad habit, pride. As the most intelligent…
50 Productive Things To Do While Social Distancing
It’s been less than two months since we started social distancing but it feels like 5 years. We’ve finished Netflix, messed up our sleep schedules and circadian rhythms while being a quarter productive. It’s going…
What God Says About Money And Why It Matters
Money has always been a funny topic. We need it to survive, to live our day to day lives yet we can’t talk about it. It’s one of those taboo topics especially if you’re a…
How To Take Back Control Of Your Day
Social distancing doesn’t mean we can’t socialise Two weeks before social distancing became a thing, I stepped out from work during lunch break. While walking, I thought of how great it must feel to be…
See How to Change the Way You View Christianity
Oswald Chambers Helps You Discover How Faith is Personal and Supernatural Oswald Chambers lived between 1874 and 1917. He was a Scottish minister who taught about Faith and wrote his talks by shorthand. Later, his…
A Lipstick and a Dress – Fashion is My Writer’s Monthly Salary
Some time ago, I wrote about how I shopped for jewellery at a popular online store. This post was quite popular because it’s not popular for writers to do this with their earnings. Our writing…
How To Manage Work-Life Balance
On the 13th of March, Nairobi reported it’s the first case of Corona Virus. There was chaos, mass shopping, a lot of trends on twitter and negative trolling towards the government for their lax approach….
Learning From a Spiritual Crisis: Do Your Questions Matter?
Welcome to the eighteenth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Spirituality. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Strength. …
4 Steps To Self Care Following a Traumatic Event
There are many traumatic events that happen in life. These events may not seem as traumatic. In fact, it’s not for us to judge what’s not traumatic and what is traumatic but our souls and…
How To Navigate a Healing Phase In Life
Welcome to the thirteenth day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Healing. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for…
5 Ways To Love and Respect Yourself More
About 2 years ago, I started reading on Medium. Voraciously. Back then, top writers like Tim Ferris and Zat Rana posted almost every day, and most of the articles are self-help articles. In the end,…
Places And Activities To Find Inspiration As A Creative Person
Welcome to the third day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Creativity. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. Falling into a creative rut is common for most creatives….
What Self Care Looks Like Beyond Pampering
I am tempted to buy scented candles to add to my writing desk. Somehow, my brain has convinced me that I need the lavender and vanilla scents to conjure words, stories and articles that will…
2020 Guide: Unique Valentine’s Gifts For Him
Welcome to the first day of the 2020 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Valentine’s Day. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. It’s that time of the year and you…