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Life Coach Jenny Allen on Rebuilding After Divorce, Rediscovering Yourself After Motherhood, Menopause, Healing, Faith & Purpose. 

Jenny Allen joins Ivy Ekong on In Her Space for a deeply moving conversation on healing, purpose, and becoming your full self—especially after life’s hardest transitions.

A certified life coach and Christian mentor, Jenny shares her journey from working in education to becoming a faith-based coach for women over 40. Together we dive into taboo topics like divorce, menopause, shame, spiritual exhaustion, and the power of rediscovering yourself at any age.

✨ In this episode:

• How Jenny helps women heal emotionally and spiritually
• Why menopause is more than a hormonal shift—it’s an identity shift
• Releasing the guilt of divorce and reclaiming your life
• When God calls you to pivot in your 40s (or later)
• How life coaching is changing for modern Christian women

 Tune in for an honest, empowering, and soul-restoring conversation.

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This week on In Her Space, Ivy sits down with Nnoro Dan—architect, interior designer, and fearless creative—whose bold aesthetic is captivating audiences in both London and Dubai.

In this colourful and thought-provoking conversation, Nnoro opens up about:

• Why maximalism is more than a trend—it’s an identity
• Her relocation journey and what it taught her about reinvention
• The power of design in shaping how women feel about themselves
• Her rise as a content creator and design tastemaker.

Whether you’re craving inspiration to transform your home, your career, or your mindset—this episode will empower you to stop playing small and start designing your life, unapologetically.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

04:55 – Romancing your life with design

12:40 – Ditching beige: colour as rebellion

21:00 – Moving to Dubai and taking the leap

34:50 – Designing a brand and lifestyle

48:00 – Advice for women wanting more

55:30 – Quick fire round

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Faith in the Fire: Building Purpose Through Pain, Business & Motherhood

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In this powerful episode of In Her Space, we sit down with Faith Temitope-Babatunde — a banker, entrepreneur, and founder of the Faith Ehimwenma Foundation. Faith shares how she moved to the UK as a young, pregnant mum with a 5-year-old, and rebuilt her life from the ground.

From selling sachet water in her university hostel at 16 to managing a career at HSBC while launching multiple ventures and running a foundation that serves women, children, and sickle cell warriors in Nigeria — Faith’s journey is one of resilience, purpose, and impact.

We talk about:

• Navigating depression and rediscovering meaning
• Juggling motherhood, marriage, career, and calling
• Taking bold, nontraditional paths to success
• What it takes to start a business — and keep going
• Creating a life that serves others while staying true to yourself

If you’ve ever felt like the odds are against you — this episode will remind you of what’s possible.

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Episode Highlights / Chapters:

• 00:00 – Cold Open & Intro
• 03:15 – Faith’s childhood hustle: sachet water & recharge cards
• 09:00 – The move to the UK: pregnant & starting from scratch
• 17:40 – Depression and identity loss
• 24:00 – Building a restaurant business while in banking
• 33:00 – Starting a foundation for sickle cell warriors
• 41:30 – Balancing wife, mum, career & purpose
• 50:20 – Splitting bills with a man: Is 50/50 fair?
• 59:00 – Advice to her younger self

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In this fourth episode of In Her Space Podcast, host Ivy Ekong sits with Tola Andu who is an award winning speaker, social entrepreneur and dedicated advocate for autism awareness & support.

She is passionate about promoting positive early childhood experiences, positive parenting and inclusion of people with disabilities. 

Tola Andu, uses her lived experiences raising her son to promote autism awareness and acceptance on her social media platforms @raisingkevin_  with a following of over a million people.  

Through her organisations Tola Andu Foundation (TAF Cares) and The Sistahood Co, she provides  valuable resources such as free therapy, educational resources and community support to families raising children with special needs. 

Her efforts earned her an Inspirational Woman of the Year award in 2024 and  Humanitarian Services Award from the Nigerian Association of Special Education Teachers (2023).

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In this third episode of In Her Space Podcast, host Ivy Ekong sits with Sickle Cell awareness advocate Patrish Zea to share her personal journey with sickle cell anemia. The importance of blood donation and some helpful information on how to manage this condition. 

Patrish Zea is a Model, multi-award-winning Sickle Cell Advocate, Chartered Surveyor, and Lead Mentor for the Sickle Cell Society’s Peer Mentoring Programme in South West London. Diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anaemia (HbSS) at age 9,  she has pursued a successful career in the modelling industry and has worked with so many luxury brands while advocating for people living with sickle cells. Patrish also founded “Sickle Teller”, a charity dedicated to raising awareness and encouraging blood donations. Her strength and courage is evident through her work and dedication to helping others in similar circumstances as her. 

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Love Island UK 2024 Cast, Jessica White On Dating, Online Bullying, Women Empowerment, And Life After Love Island

In this second episode of In Her Space Podcast, host Ivy Ekong speaks with Jessica  White, known from the previous season of Love Island UK, Jess offers a valuable insights on  women empowerment, inspiring young women , facing online bullying and life after Love Island. 

Jess White is a 25-year-old retail manager from Stockport, England, who rose to fame as an original cast member on Love Island UK 2024. Before joining the show, she worked at Marks & Spencer but left to pursue the reality TV opportunity. Known for her vibrant personality and candid nature, Jess had a dynamic journey in the villa, coupling with several Islanders before being dumped on Day 38. Since leaving the show, she has built a strong social media presence and continues to engage with fans while exploring new opportunities beyond reality TV.

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Dr Sandra Isibor On Black Women’s Health and Postpartum Care. 

In this first episode of In Her Space Podcast, host Ivy Ekong speaks with Dr Sandra Isibor. We dive into the systemic disparities Black women face in healthcare, particularly around maternal and postpartum care. 

Dr. Isibor graduated from Leicester Medical School and completed her GP training in Derby in 2018. She’s a certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician with a postgraduate diploma in Obesity and Weight Management. Her work emphasizes empowering individuals and communities to adopt healthier lifestyles. Additionally, she’s been actively involved in national health campaigns, advocating for improved healthcare access for ethnic minorities.”

Despite advancements in medicine, Black women are still three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women, regardless of income or education level. The conversation will explore how medical bias, delayed diagnoses, and dismissive attitudes contribute to these outcomes.

In this first episode of In Her Space Podcast, Ivy Ekong, speaks with Dr Sandra Isibor to discuss the emotional and mental toll of childbirth, how postpartum depression is often overlooked in Black communities, and the lack of culturally sensitive care. Are Black women being heard when they say they’re in pain? Are their lives taken less seriously in medical spaces? And what role does society, community support, and even celebrity voices (like Serena Williams and Beyoncé, who’ve shared their own traumatic birth experiences) play in highlighting and addressing this crisis?

This episode gives medical insights about high blood pressure, depression , fibroid, anxiety in women and many more. It amplifies real-life stories, and open up a critical dialogue about change, advocacy, and survival.