Better to know
One of the best things about my work is how I get to do different things every day. As a doctor who also runs a business and a charity, I...
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drakanet
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
Dealing with Mistakes
Mistakes are a part of life and we have all made at least one. Some of us make more mistakes than others, but it is how we handle our...
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drakanet
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
Where I come from
Being different is something I have always been comfortable with, partly because my father told me years ago that my last name 'Akanet’...
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drakanet
- Jun 9, 2020
- 4 min
It's not fair!
Anyone who has more than one child will be familiar with that deep desire to try to show love equally to your children. As human beings,...
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drakanet
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
David or Jonathan?
Most of us have heard the Biblical story of David and Goliath. A story of bravery, identity, faith and victory. Whether you believe the...
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drakanet
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
What's in a name?
I have always been interested in names and their meanings, so it is no surprise that we had names in mind for our children long before...
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drakanet
- Jun 9, 2020
- 4 min
Bad Belle
Today, I was reminded of this Nigerian phrase, ‘bad belle’, which sort of means a bad belly and refers to what I understand to be an evil...
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drakanet
- Jun 9, 2020
- 4 min
Don't wait until you have to!
This article was inspired by an incident that most people will laugh or fume about. After over five years of driving, I finally learned...
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drakanet
- Jun 9, 2020
- 3 min
New Beginnings
Someone once said that morning is not just the time ending in a.m. Morning is when you wake up! Morning time usually represents the...
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drakanet
- Mar 26, 2020
- 4 min
GOOD ADVICE
Most people would like to think that they listen to good advice. We can get wisdom from books, conversations, television or even songs,...
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drakanet
- Mar 26, 2020
- 3 min
THE VALUE OF TIME
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...
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drakanet
- Mar 26, 2020
- 5 min
TIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WITH CHILDREN
I have always loved travelling, even though I did not get to do much travelling as a student because of financial constraints. My husband...
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drakanet
- Mar 26, 2020
- 4 min
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT
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...
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drakanet
- Mar 26, 2020
- 4 min
LIMITS AND STANDARDS
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...
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drakanet
- Mar 26, 2020
- 3 min
THE WORLD AS WE SEE IT
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...
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drakanet
- Mar 26, 2020
- 4 min
NOT THE D WORD
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...
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drakanet
- Mar 26, 2020
- 4 min
DOWN TO YOU
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...
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drakanet
- Mar 26, 2020
- 4 min
FAMILY WE CHOOSE
Most people would describe themselves as good, caring friends. We like to think that we would be there for our loved ones whenever they...
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drakanet
- Mar 26, 2020
- 5 min
NO PRESSURE
I have been thinking a lot about motherhood recently, especially because of my lovely mother’s birthday this month. I often joke about...
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drakanet
- Mar 26, 2020
- 4 min
LESSONS FROM MAMA KAGORO
After recently celebrating mothers’ day in the UK, I have spent some time thinking about my maternal grandmother, who sadly passed away...
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