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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·Brands

Learning to listen loudly

My parents tell me that I cried incessantly for three days in protest of the name they initially gave me. the frantic attempts by all the adults in the house to soothe me failed, Hard. On the 3rd day, my father tired

February 27, 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Chameleon no more!

I learned that I walked through life like a ‘gift pack’. It is when you always feel the need to show up in any connection or relationship you form with something as compensation for who you are.

October 24, 2024

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3 Little Birds

Surviving ‘In between jobs’

Learning to listen loudly

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

Chameleon no more!

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