Daily Vulnerable: “Your post inspired me to reach out to a former nanny”

I am always excited to receive feedback on how these newsletters are helping you in your journeys. Once a month, I share some of the emails I get with you. Today, I have four: RE: I have fired a lot of people in my life Thank you so much for this reminder. This has inspired... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

August 24, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable – Road rage

The other day I was driving back from church when someone who wasn’t being considerate blocked off our side of the road because he wanted to enter on the other side. I was about three or four cars behind this person. The person directly behind however was understandably angry, and after a while when he... Read More

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August 16, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: “I have no baggage”

Immediately I said it, I did a double-take. Something about it came from deep inside me. I had just arrived Lagos from Istanbul. Travelling light as always, with just my hand luggage. As I stepped away from immigration, someone asked me if I needed a trolley – and the answer rolled off my lips: “I have no baggage.”... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

August 2, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: “I am annoyed”

The moment has been stuck in my head ever since. It was 17 years ago. I had just won my first prize outside of high school – the British Council Telling Stories competition. The reward was two weeks at one of Nigeria’s choice beachfronts under the tutelage of Nigeria’s first female writer, Mabel Segun and literature... Read More

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July 27, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: Nothing human is alien to me

Him: And you made a statement on how only those who have deep emotions can reach deep or something like that? Me: Yeah… Him: Well…I went through a deeper ocean on Monday. And it left me apart. I wish I could tell you some of these things. I honestly wish I could. Me: Why can’t you? Him: It’s a long... Read More

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May 17, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: “I’d like to spend today crying”

I received the most human message I ever got, yesterday, from a dear friend. I want to share it with you: “Good morning Chude. I didn’t sleep much. Yesterday, I fought the hardest I’ve ever had to fight for my life. I wanted to kill myself and go and rest. “I’m glad I didn’t do... Read More

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May 4, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: “I am afraid of failing”; a reader’s response

I get a minimum of 50 emails on my The Daily Vulnerable account each month, and we are just in month two! Feedback Fridays are the once-a-fortnight opportunities to share some that really spoke to me. In response to this post about a month ago, I got this beautiful piece of emphasis from a reader:... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

April 13, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: I spend most of my days in pain

I spend most of my days in pain… I deal with high blood pressure. I have had it since I was 19, diagnosed when I began to work too hard, three jobs at the same time while studying Law in Lagos. It led to a mild stroke about six years ago. And every now and... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

March 16, 2018

Chude Jideonwo: I am raising N10 million to build a centre for young people dealing with depression and trauma. Let me tell you why

I am very effusive person. Those who know me closely know that, even though that’s not the image that filters into the public. I just sent a mail to one of my team members saying, “My heart burst with warmth at your mail” and he responded, “Awwwwwnnn…Chude! ”. Because that’s how I choose to live my... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Mentally aware Nigeria Initiiative, She writes woman, The Daily Vulnerable, The Joy Congress

March 7, 2018

Let us call failure by its proper name

With the elections less than a year away and Nigerians sorely disappointed by the performance of the present leadership and apprehensive for the future, there is the temptation to refuse to acknowledge that in some ways, we all have failed. Chude Jideonwo’s new essay couldn’t be more timely, because it asks us to examine just... Read More

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February 14, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: Have you ever had to handle a break up?

On this Valentine’s day, our first without our former CEO, Chude Jideonwo, we are all truly processing for the first time a peculiar kind of break up. This is why I am publishing this newsletter issue from The Daily Vulnerable, one of the arms of Chude’s new project Joy, Inc., in the hopes that it... Read More

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