Tag: The Daily Vulnerable

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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