Most people would like to think that they listen to good advice. We can get wisdom from books, conversations, television or even songs, if we choose the righ...

We all have 24 hours in a day and 7 days in a week. Why is it that some people are able to achieve more with theirs than others? We also know that some peopl...

I have always loved travelling, even though I did not get to do much travelling as a student because of financial constraints. My husband and I decided even ...

It is something I talk about often at work, but haven’t written much about. It is something very important to married couples, who are unfortunately the ones...

If I had a pound for every ‘why?’ I hear these days, I would be dancing to the bank! My children are currently in that interesting phase where they ask reaso...

We often hear negative talk about how much worse things are than they used to be. People talk about how much nicer it was in the days when children could pla...

Every married couple will go through rough patches and have days when they do not feel in love with each other. We decided very early in our marriage that di...

We have all had bad days. The sort of days where you cannot wait to get into bed and start again the next day, if only you could just get through it. Some ev...

Most people would describe themselves as good, caring friends. We like to think that we would be there for our loved ones whenever they need us, and that we ...

I have been thinking a lot about motherhood recently, especially because of my lovely mother’s birthday this month. I often joke about being on the list when...

After recently celebrating mothers’ day in the UK, I have spent some time thinking about my maternal grandmother, who sadly passed away when I was only eight...

I have had several people ask me how I manage to fit reading into my full days as a mother of two small children, a practising medical doctor and entrepreneu...

Most people would describe themselves as being generous and kind. No one likes to be called stingy. It makes me wonder whether we sometimes give out of compu...

In October, I remember the country of my birth because of Nigeria’s independence day - Oct 1. This is a time when many reflect on political issues and the ex...

I now know exactly what I would like for Christmas this year. My kind husband is never sure of what to get me, so he usually asks me what I would like. As a ...

It is puzzling sometimes how the words ‘order’ and ‘authority’ have somehow managed to gain negative connotations in our society today. No one likes to be un...

I was recently surprised by the variety of emotions that came flooding back as I remembered my student days, while walking with a friend. It is nice to make ...

If you have lived anything more than eighteen years on this planet, you will know from experience that life is full of decisions and choices. Transition into...

Being a Nigerian who has now spent half of my life in the UK, I sometimes have moments of reflection when I compare Western and African traditions. I have le...

Isn’t it funny how we can easily accept flaws in things, yet fixate so much on the flaws of people? You often hear bargain-hunters talk about how a small flaw...