LifeWork by Blazers & Baby

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This week we had the pleasure of chatting with Dami Ajibade, an international tax account, who’s also the founder of crownbury. She’s married with two beautiful children.

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“You are enough, don’t ever let anyone make you feel less than”

This week we had the pleasure of chatting with Tomie Balogun, a financial educator, tech entrepreneur(Fintech) who’s also an investor extraordinaire and author. She is married to her cheer leader with 3 children.

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Pamela is a wife and mother to two beautiful daughters. She is passionate about empowering people and advocating for social justice. This passion is what informed her career choice as a Social work practitioner working with children and young people in the UK. 

At the start of 2020, Pamela started a parenting/lifestyle blog in a bid to be more intentional about the relationship She builds with her children. Musing Pam showcases a lot  of Pamela’s life experiences as a mum and life in general which she shares in her blog 

https://musingpam.com/can-i-call-you-later/

Ayodeji Oluwaseun Shodeinde is an IT professional, a husband and father who is based in the UK but holds steadfast to his culture. He is proudly Pan-African and aims to balance the differences in western and African perception of parenting in bringing up his two beautiful daughters.

He grew up with five  sisters and in this episode with Isioma he tells all about :

-how he takes care of himself by mountain hiking, eating healthy and staying fit

-why he did not sleep a wink the first three weeks of being a father

-the struggle of bringing up children in a different society

-recognising and supporting your children’s different personalities

-why it’s important to immerse your child in the beauty of your culture not just force it down on them as rules

-why he regrets not teaching his daughters Yoruba and finally

-what resources have helped him along the way in his parenting journey

-Confronting Childhood trauma and having conversations with his Dad

#millenialdad #fathersday #Dadsindiaspora #GirlDad #feministDad #HikingDad #LWPodcast

Podcast Producer : Dooshima Dapo-Oyewole

Podcast Artwork : Abiyewa Illustrations

Podcast Admin Officer: Nia Peter-Thomas

The LifeWork Podcast is brought to you by Blazers and Baby and hosted by Isioma Asiodu-Otugwhor.

Blazers and Baby is a community for the growing population of young women in Africa. This

community provides them with practical resources to consciously thrive in their family life as well

as their chosen career path. Most importantly, helping them achieve the goals that matter to

them.

Affirmations to remind you of your responsibility to yourself

Words by Isioma Asiodu-Otughwor

Voice over by Ummi Umaru

Affirmations to remind you of what is in your control

Words by Isioma Asiodu-Otughwor

Voice over by Ummi Umaru

Short affirmations to remind you or what you are and can do.

Words by Isioma Asiodu-Otughwor

Voice - Ummi Umaru

This week on Lifework Conversations we speak with

Blessing Adesiyan is a mother of three, a career professional and  the Founder & CEO

of Villo, a startup tackling the burnout epidemic through a personalized household

management benefit, and the Founder of Mother Honestly, a platform that is

reimagining how women thrive in motherhood, work and life.  Blessing is a trusted

expert in work-life solutions for working parents and has helped transform the role

of mothers in the workplace and home, engaging over 300,000 ambitious women

through her platform, podcast and conferences. Her passion to call women to their

truest and limitless potential in motherhood, addressing challenges and crafting

sustainable solutions, while combining work and life helps women, their family and their

employers achieve long-term success.  Blessing obtained her BSc. In Chemical

Engineering from the University of Florida, an MSc. in Energy Management from the

New York Institute of Technology and an MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business

School.

What to listen out for:

3:55 “ The mothering Journey”

12:39 “Making it work with your spouse"

16:43 “Career Planning” "Family Planning"

24:00 “ Negotiating "

27:44 “The case for Gender equity"

Quotes:

“You only have one life to live, if you want more kids, if that is who you are, then go for

it, but plan well enough"

"You aren’t winging it at work so do not wing the most important aspect of your life "

Key Takeaways:

● Build resiliency so it helps you in your work and home

● Understand your capacity so that you do not overwhelm yourself

You can transfer systems and behaviours that work at work to manage your home.

The LifeWork Podcast is brought to you by Blazers and Baby and hosted by Isioma

Asiodu-Otugwhor. Blazers and Baby (@blazersandbaby www.blazersandbaby.com) is a community for the growing population of young

women in Africa. This community provides them with practical resources to consciously

thrive in their family life as well as their chosen career path. Most importantly, helping

them achieve the goals that matter to them. #blazersandbaby #motherhood

#motherhonestly #selfcare #buildingresilience #lifeworkinsight #lifeworkbalance

#Managingthehome #Family #Career #parents

The Life Work Podcast is available on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google

Podcasts and YouTube.

Podcast Producer : Dooshima Dapo-Oyewole

Podcast Artwork : Abiyewa Illustrations

Podcast Admin Officer: Nia Peter-Thomas

1 min positive affirmations to boost your energy for the day.

Text by Isioma Asiodu-Otughwor

Voice by Ummi Umaru