Created For More

On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, I sit with the refined, elegant, Feminine Leadership Coach, Business builder, Author and Extraordinary Visionary Bodam Taiwo who is called to help women become the most refined, elegant version of themselves and lead in a way that is authentically feminine.

This is a revelatory conversation which every woman needs to listen to evolve from BEING MORE, to DOING MORE, and HAVING MORE with intentionality.
 
Key Highlights:

• What does feminine leadership look like? (4:00)
• Empathy is a natural feminine energy trait. (6:05)
• We were created to evolve. (13:54)
• Learn to ask for what you need as you evolve in each different stage. (16:07)
• Embracing the new: Get used to the idea of being uncomfortable with your comfort. (18:10)
• Every human being has a deposit that our world needs. (23:50)
• Etiquette is an entire system of behaviour and an instrument of power. (30:14)
• Influence is how women lead: women are meant to be considered on terms innate to them. (34:04)
• Deconstructing masculine (doing) and feminine (being) energies. (38:05)
• How to examine your ‘wounded femininity’ and lean into your authentic femininity. (43:44)

About Bodam
Combine a Marketing Expert, a Feminine Leadership Coach and an Author, and you have the Extraordinary Visionary that is Bodam Taiwo.  
During the course of her impressive career spanning 15 years, she has been instrumental in starting new businesses across Africa as well as building sustainable Luxury and Premium Brands across the Continent.  

She currently serves as the Premium Spirits Trade Marketing Manager at The Nigerian Bottling Company where she plays a major role in creating and driving the execution of the long-term strategy for sustainable and profitable growth of the Brown-Forman portfolio.

Bodam is on a mission to empower, motivate and catalyse women to live more elegant and purposeful lives by reaching for their dreams, turning their ideas into tangible action and evolving into the best-version of themselves.  She helps women get unstuck by inspiring and equipping them to dream bigger, see clearer and live brighter so they can create the life they really desire. 

She is the Visionary behind The Refined Lady Movement which is designed to equip ladies, particularly ladies of African Descent, with the tools to become refined and elegant so they can grow impact, influence and authority and distinguish themselves as Leaders.

Through The Refined Lady School, she offers Signature Courses and Masterclasses covering various aspects of Etiquette, Protocol, Grooming, Diplomacy, Communication and Hospitality.  She also trains organisations on Leadership, Corporate Ethics and Business Etiquette.

She runs The Advisory Clinic which provides SME’s with marketing strategies to build sustainable businesses.  She is also the trainer for the ‘Marketing and Branding for SME’s’ Module at the BAYI Foundation. 

Bodam is the Author of Be-You-Ti-Ful, a book she wrote to help women discover who they were created to be.  She periodically writes on several online platforms.  
 
 She also runs Hangout with Single Sisters, a mentorship platform for unmarried women, where she helps them evolve, grow and thrive!

She is a prolific Speaker and is invited to speak on a number of platforms through the year across a wide variety of topics.  She also coordinates two Prayer Ministries for women.

In 2022, Bodam was recognised as one of the Top 100 Career Women in Nigeria by 9-to-5 Chick.

In 2021, Bodam was named one of The Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in Africa by Leading Ladies Africa.  She was also honoure

•  As humans, we are marked by life's events. (2:11)
•  Murphy’s law and the slap incident at the recently held Oscar Awards (3:46)
•  Sitting in with yourself to identify your emotional patterns. (7:17)
• “Its not what you look at that matters, its what you see”-Henry David Thoreau
•  Being in the wrong battle wastes your time, energy and kills your more. (14: 27)
•  Write down a plan. (24:13)
•  Give yourself permission to create things imperfectly. (32:14)
•  Perfectionism is self-abuse and it is insidious. (33:03)
•  Make sure to join a tribe that supports your own internal vision and helps you amplify it. The More Collective is recommended..

On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, I sit down with Nigerian-American Global Strategist, speaker, love of humanity, former American educator Nancy Taiye-Aragbaye for a powerful conversation about finding and walking in purpose, Nancy shares deep insights from her wealth of knowledge and experience as she amplifies the importance of purpose.
This episode will inform you and expose you to actionable blueprints that you can leverage today to challenge you to find your purpose and walk in it.

Key highlights

• Your gifts plus experiences leads to purpose. (05:34)
•  There isn't a map to achieve purpose, there is just a destination. Combining gifts and experiences to find purpose. (09:15)
• We all are in the world to give and not to take. Your purpose isn't really meant for you but for others. (13:00)
• Nancy's journey into the world of consulting and her pivotal moments.. (15:50)
• Surrender and embrace the journey. Nancy's principles to finding purpose. (24:10)
• Purpose is an activation. (28:13) Everyone doesn't find purpose in life...once it's found it won't be a walk in the park.
• The more you're interested in something..the more you will believe in it. (31:25) When you believe strongly in something...it becomes real to you. 
• .What retreat can do for you. (33:29). Nancy's habit of personal retreat. 
• The intentionality of being consistent and also raising kids to practice the habit of personal retreat. (37:56)
• Learn to appreciate your silence. (41:45) When you are intentional about getting away from distractions and spending time with yourself, you'll get directions from a place of peace.
• Learn to show up as God sees you. (46:09) He created us to do exploits and have dominion over the world. 

About Nancy;
Nancy Taiye Aragbaye has always been an advocate for those who cannot advocate for themselves. Since her youth, history has always been an interest of hers. Fascinated by how communities and cities grow, She hyper focused on developing solutions to transform impoverished communities to thriving environments.
As a former American educator, She discovered a gap in the education system - a desperate need for formal business & leadership development. In response to these challenges, She launched Strategic Solutions & developed The BLAC Model--a comprehensive strategy to business sustainability.
As a seasoned leadership expert & business strategist, she understands that sustainable small businesses serve as a key element to economic mobility.
She consults nationally and internationally with SMEs, Corporate bodies, NGOs & Governmental agencies. She provides fresh ideas and strategic guidance to ensure they obtain their desired outcomes. Her unique perspectives & strategies ultimately help organizations, refocus, re-center and resume with increased efficiency.
In addition to her business & leadership skill-set, Nancy is a Global Speaker and uses her voice to drive transformation across communities and organizations. Her versatile speaking profile enables her to empower women, youth and business leaders across the globe. Whether she is delivering high-quality training or serving as an empowerment keynote speaker, Nancy's ultimate goal is to leave an indelible impact with her audiences.
As a Pan-African Champion, she is known for her philanthropy efforts across Africa & the Diaspora. Her overall objective is to empower individuals & business leaders across Africa & the Diaspora to serve as agents of change.

Connect with Nancy on;
Instagram: @visionsbynancy , strategicsolutionsllc_
LinkedIn: Nancy Taiye Aragbaye , Strategic Solutions Consulting
Facebook: Strategic Solutions Consulting
Twitter: @strategicsolutionsconsulting

On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, Tonbra sits down with Funke Adeaga. They have a mind-shifting conversation on the benefits of mentoring and etiquette. Funke is passionate about proper social behaviour and mentoring.  At her core she believes the world would be a much better place if we all practiced etiquette. This conversation will challenge you to build intentional mentoring relationships both as a mentor and a mentee, so that you can grow and contribute to making the world a better place. 

Key Highlights

• Etiquette is about respect for yourself as well as respect and consideration for other people. (5:55)
• The dynamics of mentorship (12:06)
• Mentoring is a cycle. At any point in time, you are either a mentor or a mentee (14:34)
• Why intentional mentoring relationships are beneficial (24:12)
• Qualities of great mentors and mentees (26:50)
• A good mentor practices servant leadership (30:45)
• How long should a mentorship relationship last? (31:50)
• Importance of managing expectations in mentorship (34:04)
• We are all created to be in relationships. Mentors are nurturers (37:58)

About Pastor Funke

Funke Adeaga holds two Bachelor’s degrees in History and Law; and after completing her Law degree, she commenced her early career in the Finance sector, but later pursued her dream of establishing - JSapphirah, a unique establishment which designed and manufactured ladies’ shirts.

 She has been a member of the leadership team her local church for 26 years, and currently oversees the Women’s Mentoring Scheme within the church.

 Because of her passion for mentoring, she pursued further studies and holds a Master’s degree in Christian Mentoring.

She later founded “the Christian Mentoring Association”, a body that was set up to raise the awareness and importance of mentoring within the Christian community, as well as promote and improve standards of mentoring practice, through training and support to Mentors, Mentees, Christian leaders and Christian Organisations.

She has since expanded her scope to delivering training in Mentoring for both Corporate Entities and Church Ministries who desire to establish Mentoring Schemes in their organisations. Alongside her passion for Mentoring, Funke is also passionate about Etiquette. She believes that the world would be a much better place if we all learned and practiced ‘proper social behaviour’ when we interact with one another.

 She recently wrote a book – “Because Manners Matter” which is an expression of her passion for Etiquette and she regularly runs etiquette workshops

Funke is passionate about encouraging, developing and empowering women, through the appreciation of their uniqueness and worth in Christ and the maximization of individual God-given potential. She also believes in the complete woman; one who is spiritually developed, astute and well turned out, and her message is that a woman should maximise each season of her life.

She enjoys travelling, and reading.  She is married with 2 Children.

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Website: www.tonbra.com

On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, Tonbra shares deep insights on what success is and what it is not. She elaborates on two distinct types of success- effective and defective success. She also effectively deconstructs the different perspectives of success and unpacks six crucial principles of success that everyone listening to this episode can immediately apply in their lives and redefine success to align with each person’s original design for a truly meaningful and impactful life.

Key Highlights
•Deconstructing the different perspectives of success (1:45)
•Effective and defective success (6:54)
•6 Principles of meaningful and impactful success.(9:06)
•"When success becomes a consequence" (21:00)
•"Money will always go where impact is produced" (23:00)

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On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, Tonbra sits down with Networking and Personal Branding Expert, Karika Yonreme to have a mind-shifting conversation on Networking. Karika believes every single person is surrounded by relationships which have the potential to translate into inexhaustible wealth, provided they are cultivated the right way; on today’s show, you get to learn the step-by-step principles.

This conversation will teach you how to be a Prolific Networker and give you insights for both deepening existing relationships and forming new ones, consequently building your net worth, both financially and otherwise.  

Key Highlights

• Networking is a lifestyle not a transaction (8:54)
• “Every human being is an inherent connector” (10:26)
• Being genuinely interested in people (19:36)
• Leverage relationships and networking from a place of strength (27:35)
• The 3 layers of networking (35:12) 
• “Life is a process, trust the process” (39:14)
• Building tribes (41:22)
• “Rejection is redirection” (44:09)

About Karika

Karika Yonreme oversees the development and execution of entrepreneurship programs focused on ensuring inclusive growth for African entrepreneurs. She is responsible for driving Softcom’s flagship business accelerator program called LIFT, focused on delivering knowledge, Coaching, Technology tools, and Funding to scale African businesses.

Prior to now, Karika worked in a global Energy company where she leveraged her expertise in Business Development, Leadership, and Project Management to drive multi-million-dollar projects across 4 continents:  Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe.

Karika has worked with multiple international organizations to champion socio-economic change by leveraging technology to promote networking and business relations. She has also partnered with organizations such as World Economic Forum - Global Shapers, SAWIL, Financial Institutions, amongst several others to deliver keynote speeches, mentor and educate over 20,000 entrepreneurs in areas of capacity development, and Personal Branding for business growth.

Her proven success in leadership, strategy, and human capital development has enabled her to serve in various advisory capacities across indigenous and multinational institutions in Africa, and including being the Country Director for SAWIL Nigeria.

Connect with Karika on:

Instagram @karika.republic

Youtube: Karika Republic.

On this very special International Women’s Day episode, I have a soul rich conversation with Yagazie about womanhood. Exploring unconscious biases, through a perspective that is often not seen. Whilst it’s considerably easier to see biases against women perpetrated by men, what is often not as apparent are the biases we as women hold against ourselves which hold us back from being, doing and having all that we have been created to. 

Yagazie Eguare, a renowned professional photographer, creative entrepreneur, a leader and educator is changing the narrative of photography in Africa through her premium photography brand - GazMadu Studios. Yagazie, in this episode, brings truly unique insights and helps shatter stereotypical thinking about what it means to embrace your journey as a woman and live on your own terms even through changing seasons. This episode is for every girl/woman who is becoming and desires clarity and courage to set herself free from limitations, including those she’s unconsciously set herself. 

Key Highlights

• “Being female is not a limitation” (9:46)
• Growing up with a bias in a pro-gender blended family (11:15)
• Consciously living fully: Dance, Politics and Academics (16:03)
• Permitting yourself to shut the curtains to a life that no longer serves you (19:38) 
• The importance of knowing your identity through rigorous inner work (35:13)
• “Photography and my education are the tools I’m equipped with to reach the many people I am called to” (41:52)
• “The ultimate purpose in life is people.We are all called to people”. (42:50)
• The Money bias: why it is okay to be paid what you are worth as a woman. (45:09)

About Yagazie

Yagazie Eguare is a professional photographer, a creative force, an educator, and a leader within the photography industry who is changing the narrative of photography in Africa through her premium photography brand - GazMadu Studios. She is the lead creative and founder of GazMadu Studios - a premium award-winning photography company that specialises in timeless portraits, documentary photography for weddings, corporate organisations and more including comprehensive education resources for creatives and a thriving photography community. 

Members of this community benefit from a wide array of exclusive opportunities covering live training, courses, events, resources, coaching and mentorship. She began this journey in 2012 and since then, she has risen to become one of the most recognizable portrait photographers in the photography industry in Nigeria attracting premium clients of different nationalities. She has been featured and recognised on several notable platforms both nationally and internationally over the past 5 years. 

Yagazie is also on a mission to elevate the perspectives people have of photography in Africa. She founded the GazMadu Education platform in 2019 - a trailblazing education platform that equips and empowers creatives across Africa to enhance their skills and build successful, thriving businesses so that they can impact their world with their distinct gifts and talents. Her education platform has impacted over 7000 photographers till date. She is also the curator of the growing GazMadu Education photography community – a global hub for creatives who seek to connect with other creatives honing and leveraging their skills in significant ways locally and internationally. 

Connect with Yagazie on

Instagram: @gazmadu, @gazmadustudios, @gazmadu.weddings, @gazmadueducation

On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, Tonbra sits down with Adekanmi Olusanya a Cognitive and Innovation Trainer, Etiquette Coach and Bible Immersionist and Corporate Strategist in a captivating Instagram Live chat now repurposed into this thrilling podcast for your illumination and enjoyment. 

Adekanmi is a knowledge entrepreneur. A certified etiquette consultant, and the Lead Facilitator of Etiquette Media and Publishing Limited. There is so much to learn and generally relate with from this open conversation based on the science associated with the female brain as well as some biblical truth and statistics that strengthen the uniqueness of the female brain without biases to the male gender. Listen, learn and enjoy!

Key Highlights

•  How the female brain differs from the male brain
•  7 Prominent Unique Qualities of the woman
•  Women have more cognitive potential than men
•  The more empathetic you are, the more creative you become
• “The greatest asset of a person is their attention”
•  “We do not make up our emotions to do things, we make up our minds”
•  “The more plural your desires, the less powerful your energy, willpower and attention” 
•  Knowledge is divergent and convergent
•  Repetition is genius. It is a conduit and catalyst for attention
•  Are my pursuits competing with each other?
•  Flow state: Your level of optimal attention and consciousness

About Adekanmi

Adekanmi Olusanya is a knowledge entrepreneur who has researched on over 2000 brilliant ideas and innovations in the last 20 years as well as on the corporate strategies of over 500 Fortune 500 companies and has over 20 unique innovations to his credit including MAAV Meditation, Empathy Engineering, Response Engineering, Selfless Esteem Program and the WRR Reading Method.

He is a London School of Social and Business Etiquette certified etiquette consultant, the CEO of Etiquette Media and Publishing Limited, a cognitive enhancement expert and a life skills trainer.

He cut his teeth as a writer becoming one of the youngest journalists in Nigeria at the age of 16 with Multi Sports News and Pictures and has a twenty-year stint in journalism with companies such as Comet Newspapers (now The Nation Newspapers) and Thisday Newspapers.

His company has consulted for and trained over 200 schools and corporations in Nigeria on etiquette and life skills courses. 

He is also a graduate of Accounting from the University of Lagos.

Connect with Adekanmi on

Instagram: @olusanyaadekanmi

Youtube: @Adekanmi Olusanya

On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, Tonbra sat down with an amazing personality, an Executive coach, Business Mentor, Change catalyst, Trainer, and Author, Abiola Adediran and they have a most critical conversation about scaling up and the importance of building capacity in business. Abiola is an accomplished award-winning professional in the business world whose work and impact over the years have been instrumental in driving key transformations across multiple sectors. 

If you have ever had a longing for more, an unsettling feeling, a lack of enthusiasm or unfulfillment that suggests you need to be or do or have more in your current state and in business, this episode is specifically designed to help you gain personal freedom to elevate.

Key Highlights

•  Abiola’s journey to self-discovery (4:56)
•  Dealing with the frustration of unused capacity (11:23)
•  Finding her voice and message (14:20)
•  Deploying your multipotentialite gifts to bless the world. (17:20)
•  “It takes courage to do anything. You must be determined to win daily” (22:41)
•  “It is disservice to your world when you hold back” (25:50)
•  Is there a science to scaling up your business? (26:43)
•  Leveraging technology in scaling your business. (38:00)
•  Growing your business as a kingdom entrepreneur (41:06)
•  Nurturing your ideas and stepping into rapid executions by developing capacity. (45:36)

About Abiola

Abiola Adediran is one of Nigeria’s finest Business and Executive Life Coaches, having worked as a corporate finance and business strategy expert for over a decade.

She is a keynote speaker, author, trainer and mentor, whose work and impact over the years have been instrumental in driving key transformation across different sectors in Nigeria.

With her vast experience in business strategy, auditing, financial management, corporate valuation and investment management, Abiola is regarded as an innovative change leader with sterling results that stand as a model in the industry. She is the Group Chief Financial Officer of a leading investment management group in Africa with investments in banking, oil & gas, real estate, financial technology and private equity.

She is currently dedicated to helping professionals who want to do more with their lives and make an impact in their generation as well as business owners who want to structure their businesses to scale and create wealth as a sustainable legacy.

With an impact that speaks volumes in the lives of those she has impacted, Abiola Adediran is an amazing African shaping the continent for greater good with her expertise and inspiring story.

Her faith underpins what she does as it is more of a calling and assignment than a money-making venture. She is on a mission to raise kingdom businesses that will drive economic empowerment and transform the African continent with global impact and fulfilling God’s agenda. Her mission finds expression through her coaching programs, trainings, speaking engagements, online courses and books.

She is happily married with two adorable children.

Connect with Abiola on 

Instagram: @biolaflow

LinkedIn: Abiola Adediran, MBA, FCA, FIMC,CMC

Website: www.biolaflow.com

On this episode of Created for More, the podcast, in preparation for the Created for More Summit themed THE ACTIVATION holding on 18-19 February 2022, Tonbra sits down with 3 of the 12 speakers for the summit to have a fireside chat about why anyone should attend and give some insight into what they will be speaking about at the event. 

This summit has been excellently curated for anyone requiring a blueprint to activate their inner greatness. Replay of the summit can be purchased at https://selar.co/co32

Key highlights 

•  Nancy Taiye Aragbaye, a global strategy consultant, global speaker and “lead-her-ship” expert, pan-African champion and educator will be speaking on “Casting a Vision for Your More”. Nancy will address the reason why people are living versus thriving. Particularly drawn to women leadership and empowerment, she is set to activate you. {3:00}
•  Bralade Koroye-Emenanjo, a leadership expert, best-selling author and Boundaries coach will be speaking on. “Cultivating self-leadership for Your More” where she will be amplifying her message of self-leadership and the need to live fully and love freely. {5:14}
•  Dr Ezinne Okwulehie, an Optometrist by profession and a Mind Reformer and Self-actualisation coach by passion will speak on, “Self-actualisation: A Pathway to Becoming More”. Ezinne will activate you to unleash your greatness, one version at a time with her amazing self-actualisation framework. She strongly believes that being more, doing more and having more is a destination. 
• Tonbra Nwosuagwu, The Activator and Convener of the Created for More summit is fired up and will be speaking as the host of this transformational summit, designed to unleash the giant inside you and ultimately activate you for your more.

Click the link below and register to attend for FREE . 👇👇

www.tonbra.com/cfmsummit 

Connect with Created for More Summit for updates about the summit and replays on:

Instagram: @createdformoresummit