March 2017

THE URGENT NEED FOR PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING/THERAPY IN NIGERIA

THE URGENT NEED FOR PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING/THERAPY IN NIGERIA I recently counseled a young couple, they were separated and decided to come for counseling after the guy attempted suicide. The wife left with their two kids and the man became lonely and miserable. It took the intervention of neighbors and friends to rescue him, this is not moonlight story but reality. I’m sure the typical African man reading this will say, “ Is he alright ‘women …

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LOOK…..LEAP…..SHINE YOUR EYES: LEARN FROM MY STORY

I ran inside to see if my makeover was perfect. Of course it was but I had to put one more layer of my brown powder just to be sure. Excitement was running through every nook and cranny of my vein. I stood for a while in front of the mirror to make sure my excitement and anxiety hadn’t allowed me make mistakes in applying my makeup. I was about to apply more shimmer on …

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WORK ON YOU!

Roland and Esther met each other through a friend, courted for a couple of years and later got married. Roland has tried his best to make Esther happy but she was always lamenting that nobody including her husband loves her. At a counseling session after several years of Roland coping with the situation, the counselor discovered that Esther has been struggling with self rejection because of her terrible childhood experiences. This past experience had affected …

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LOVE STARTS WITH ME

I used to believe that the 20s was the best time in life to snag a mate. From my perspective as a 13-year-old girl, the 20s seemed like the prime years of life, a time for independence, freedom, and for falling in love. I’m imagined I’d be young and fresh, exciting and energetic, inspired and in love…what a perfect time for a romance. Finding love would be easy, in your 20s. I don’t know that I believe that, anymore. Now that I’m married and also passed my 20’s- I look back …

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