Reflections & Lessons

Nicole's Corner
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Do not build around familiarity….

One thing I learnt very early when I started intentionally building my brand online was this: You may need to remove some familiarity around you. And no, I don’t mean wake up tomorrow and cut off your family and friends because you have decided…

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The Girl and Boy Child

I genuinely hope we still don’t have families where the girl child grows up feeling like an apology for the boy her parents wanted. I hope we don’t still have homes where a woman gives birth to three girls and people respond with, “Don’t…

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If your marriage were to end today, would you still know who you are?

If your marriage were to end today, would you still know who you are? And before my Christian community cringes at that question, call me whatever you need to call me for a moment, but I really want us to have this conversation. I…

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Do not speak loosely.

There is one human error I think we need to become much more conscious of: We speak loosely about deeply personal things simply because we have never personally experienced the sensitivity around them. Recently, I was sitting next to someone when they were congratulated…

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Women, spiritual leadership, access and boundaries.

I have a lot I want to unpack around women, spiritual leadership, access and boundaries. And because I work with both older and younger women, perhaps before I speak to the older women, let me start with the young girls. Young girl, I want…

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Phone Etiquette

I think we need to talk about basic phone etiquette when communicating with people who are not in your inner circle. I am deliberately saying people outside your inner circle because your family and close friends already understand your communication habits. Your sister may…

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