Florence Riako Anam, Author at Orals East Africa

Surviving ‘In between jobs’

This book took me back to my own experiences of job loss, which like any one who has spent their career time in the NGO sector is more than once. I reflected about the three key times I lost my job and

March 13, 2025

3 Little Birds·Health & Lifestyle

Lessons for leadership in times of crisis

I am known to say things like, “we are not interested in perfect here, we need people to move and fail as there is nothing that is too hard for our leadership to fix.”

February 13, 2025

3 Little Birds

Put the phone away, How reading ten book pages a day will change you

My mother would give me newspaper pages way before I even knew what words were. I would sit or lie on the sofa next to her imitating how she sat or put her feet up and just stare at the letters on

January 30, 2025

3 Little Birds

Having trouble sticking to resolutions, try mantra this 2025

What has worked for me over the years is in addition to resolutions or plans I develop a personal mantra for the season of life I am in. Some people refer to them as ‘theme of the year’ or personal affirmation.

January 16, 2025

3 Little Birds·Events & Travel

My holidays season plan is to slow down, rest, and just be.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked….it has no choice

December 19, 2024

3 Little Birds

How our African identities are coded in names

My father had a dream one day where his grandmother; my great grandmother Adah Ochumbo nya manyala told him my mother was carrying his gift.

December 12, 2024

3 Little Birds·Health & Lifestyle

World AIDS Day 2024; You can do something about HIV and AIDS

We have made great progress in the response. Advancement in science has expanded HIV treatment and prevention options, keeping many of us alive. I am part of the over 30 million people living with HIV priviledged to access life saving treatment that

December 5, 2024

3 Little Birds

What I know about living, where everyday is a blessing

No one wants to be told that they have approximately 10 years to live when they are just in their first job, or just beginning to figure out what life after school is going to be.

November 28, 2024

3 Little Birds

Success is being brave enough to court failure

We do not prepare enough to fail and often we beat ourselves up for it when it happens. For many of us this stops us from even attempting to move forward because, well- Failure is hard.

November 21, 2024

Brands

Overcoming fear and procrastination

Fear convinces us that we’re not ready or capable often making us believe we need to wait until we are ‘ready’ or ‘have that degree’ or ‘have enough money’ or ‘be more prepared’.

October 31, 2024

Florence Riako Anam

Surviving ‘In between jobs’

Lessons for leadership in times of crisis

Put the phone away, How reading ten book pages a day will change you

Having trouble sticking to resolutions, try mantra this 2025

My holidays season plan is to slow down, rest, and just be.

How our African identities are coded in names

World AIDS Day 2024; You can do something about HIV and AIDS

What I know about living, where everyday is a blessing

Success is being brave enough to court failure

Overcoming fear and procrastination

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