Confidence: is it a trait or a skill? How does one develop confidence?

Confidence is a vital element of long term success in any area one seeks to be successful in. Ife Adeagbo discusses & explains the necessity of confidence, what confidence is, how to build it up, & what is required to have confidence. She also conducts a brief coaching example of how she helps clients to deal with & overcome a lack of confidence in a specific area.

Storytelling is a powerful way for one to share their life story, their passion, their desires, their hopes, their dreams, their strength & their liberation. African women, particularly, have experienced challenges "being heard" or having the opportunity, or platforms, to let their own voices be heard. Gone are the days when other people speak for the African woman, or write the story of her life for her. Sisters are now doing it for themselves! African women are taking the charge in all spheres of commerce, government, education, medicine, corporate industry, etc. They are making huge marks in society & even taking centre stage on global platforms, what with Kamala Harris elected as the very first female & African American Vice President of the United States of America! Our stories position us for great influence & we must never be ashamed or hide from the experiences & stories that have shaped who we are. We all bare scars that must empower us & not diminish or limit us. Africana Woman with Chulu Chansa is a storytelling platform designed to "smash the culture of silence on the things that hold us back or keep us stuck, to attract the life women truly desire & deserve."

It's a new year, 2021, are you really ready/prepared for it, given what 2020 was like with the outbreak of a global pandemic? Do you know or have the strategies that will set you up for success in 2021? What do you want to achieve? Do you know how to set effective & realistic goals? These are some of the questions that will be answered in this episode by Balanced Life Coach, Grace Oggudah. Resolutions don't produce results, actioned goals do. And the person you become in the process of achieving your goals indicates the success you will enjoy in your future.

What is personal branding? How do you ensure that you're representing yourself, & you're being represented by others, truthfully & you are showing up authentically, whether you're there or not. You are in control of how the world sees you & how they interpret who you are & what you do. In this episode, Gayle Edwards breaks down what it means to stand in the truth of who you are, & how this empowers you to be the person you were originally created to be. She helps people to "reintroduce themselves to themselves" as it were, coz the truth often is, a lot of people don't really know the depth of who they are, so they're not showing up honestly & impact-fully. Know how to brand yourself & why that is important.

Distractions come to get us to loose focus. The saying: "keep your eye on the ball" is so apt. Identifying the things that distract you is key to overcoming & being able to fulfill your call, accomplish your goals & fulfill your purpose & reach your destiny.

Sometimes our goals & destinations in life change because of circumstances & situations we encounter along our journey of life. So what do you do when life throws you a bunch of lemons: do you give up, give in or give out? No, you make lemonade! The people who succeed in life are those who are willing to face the challenges & carve out a different path & pivot in order to accomplish new goals & new dreams. This is what Jennifer Joseph had to do when faced with a major crisis that could have had the potential to crash all her dreams of success. However, she pivoted & gained new success in a different field. Check her out.

Do you compare yourself to other people or do you emulate. We discuss the difference between the 2 mindsets & why one is an emotionally unhealthy exercise, while the other encourages growth & development.

So often we claim we know something, yet our actions don't match up with what we claim to know. This is a discussion on why there is that mental disconnect.

Are we mindful of the fact that our words are so powerful that they can change the course of history? How do you speak to yourself about yourself? These questions are meant to provoke us to realise that we build & destroy just with our words. So we must be very watchful about what we say.

We all make excuses for one reason or the other for why we do what we do, or why we don't do what we should do. Excuses are nothing but lies we tell ourselves as a get-out clause from taking responsibility. That is what Moses did in the book of Exodus when he tried to negotiate with God his way out of leading Israel out of Egypt. Excuses are invented reasons we create to defend our behaviour, to postpone taking action, or simply as a means of neglecting responsibility. However, there's always a price to pay when one makes excuses. Making excuses delays us from taking action &, ultimately, reaching our goals. Today, make a decisive decision to stop making excuses so you can fulfill what God has called & equipped you to accomplish.