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God Is in the Waiting Room | Ebika Mark on 10 Years, 5 Miscarriages & God's Timing | Wellness Wahala Book Club

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Welcome to the Wellness Wahala Book Club Series, where we spotlight great authors from Africa and the Diaspora.

In this episode, Dr. Tomi Mercy Ademokun sits down with Mrs. Ebika Mark — banker, ministry leader, wife and mother — author of the debut book God Is in the Waiting Room (With You): For People Navigating Delay, Uncertainty, and God's Timing.

Over ten years, Ebika walked through ovarian cysts, hormonal imbalances, blocked fallopian tubes, five miscarriages and a failed IVF cycle — all while serving in her church's children's ministry and building a career in banking. This conversation is that testimony, and the teaching that came out of it.

WHAT WE COVER

• Welcome & Book Club Series introduction
• Meet Ebika Mark — banker, ministry leader, author
• When she realised the journey to motherhood would be a long one
• Preparation vs. warfare vs. a delay of your own making — how to tell them apart
• The "prayer of inquiry" and how it changed the way she prayed
• Serving in children's ministry while still waiting for her own child
• Letting go of a promise without giving up on it
• Faith and work: carrying a private struggle through a demanding career
• For the person who has done everything right and still sees no breakthrough
• What she hopes readers carry away
• Closing word, Prayers for those in Waiting Wahala season & where to get the book

LINES THAT STAYED WITH US
"The waiting room is not where life pauses. It is where God prepares you for the life you prayed for."
"How you wait matters as much as what you are waiting for."
"Surrender is not defeat. It is the highest form of trust."

GET THE BOOK
Order God Is in the Waiting Room (With You) — hardcover, paperback and eBook: https://www.ebikamark.com
Publisher: Madda Book Media — https://www.maddabookmedia.com
Bulk orders & book club sets: [email protected]

CONNECT WITH EBIKA MARK
Website: https://www.ebikamark.com
Instagram: @momsinwaiting | @moneymattershq
Facebook & LinkedIn: Ebika Mark
Email: [email protected]

CONNECT WITH WELLNESS WAHALA
Host: Dr. Tomi Mercy Ademokun, DrPH, MPH
Read the memoir Wellness Wahala: Faith, Fire, and Favour on Diplomatic Duty: https://a.co/d/iYP1aMQ
Follow @WellnessWahala — and please SUBSCRIBE, LIKE, SHARE and leave a review. Bless up!

Never waste your wahala. 🤎

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Nigerian culture is going global — from Afrobeats topping charts to Ankara on runways — but what does it really take to thrive in the diaspora? In this episode of Wellness on WAHALA x NIDO Radio South, Dr. Chinyere Eze, President of NIDO California, gets real about identity, mentorship, mental health, and the rise of Nigerians in America.

We cover:

• The diaspora reality check: "no work, no survival" and the myth that everything's alright once you arrive
• Nigerian fashion decoded — George fabric, coral beads, gele, and the truth about Ankara & jollof origins
• How NIDO mentors the next generation into scholarships, grants, and business ownership
• Abia State's transformation: 24 years of stagnation reversed in ~2 years
• Breaking the mental health stigma in Nigerian and African communities
• Nigerians stepping into political and professional leadership across the U.S.

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🎙️ NIGERIA TO AMERICA: CULTURE, LOVE & DIASPORA | YEYE METO SPEAKS

Welcome to NIDOA Radio × Wellness Wahala, where we connect culture, community, wellness, history, and the Nigerian-American diaspora.

In this inspiring conversation, Hon. Valencia Stovall, Yeye Meto of Papalanto, Ewekoro LGA, Ogun State, Nigeria 🇳🇬🇺🇸 joins Dr. Tomi and Collins Ikegwuonu as she is live in Nigeria the Giant of Africa-to share her firsthand experiences traveling through Nigeria, exploring historical sites, building cultural connections, and launching her Monife USA Adire business.

From the emotional history of Badagry’s Point of No Return to the breathtaking heights of Olumo Rock in Abeokuta, Hon. Stovall offers a unique perspective on Nigeria, its heritage, and the importance of preserving and sharing African history with the global diaspora.

🌍 IN THIS EPISODE

🇳🇬 Badagry & the Point of No Return — Exploring an important site connected to the transatlantic slave trade and African-American ancestral history.

⛰️ Olumo Rock, Abeokuta — Her unforgettable experience climbing the historic rock and discovering the communities and scenery surrounding it.

🇺🇸 American Space in Nigeria — Discovering a U.S.-supported resource where Nigerians can access information, technology, Wi-Fi, and educational resources about America.

👘 Monife USA & Adire Entrepreneurship — Her vision for using beautiful Nigerian Adire textiles to connect African culture with African-American celebrations, including Juneteenth, Black History Month, weddings, galas, and other cultural events.

🌍 Nigerian-American Diaspora Engagement — Discussing how Nigerians and African Americans can build stronger relationships through cultural education, collaboration, and meaningful engagement.

❤️ Love, Marriage & Immigration — Sharing personal experiences and challenges surrounding international marriage and the U.S. immigration process.

📚 Preserving African History — Why historical sites such as Badagry must be protected and better appreciated so future generations can understand their significance.

🤝 Building Cultural Bridges — Exploring opportunities for NIDO South Savannah and the African-American community to collaborate on cultural events and entrepreneurship.

💡 KEY MESSAGE

This conversation is about more than travel. It is about identity, history, culture, entrepreneurship, love, diaspora connection, and building bridges between Nigeria and America.

Hon. Stovall's journey reminds us that when we learn each other's histories and traditions, we create opportunities for greater understanding, respect, collaboration, and unity.

🎙️ NIDOA Radio × Wellness WahalaHosted by Dr. Tomi Mercy Ademokun

📍 Featuring: Hon. Valencia Stovall — Yeye Meto of Papalanto, Ewekoro LGA, Ogun State

👍🏾 LIKE this video💬 COMMENT — What part of Hon. Stovall's journey inspired you most?🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more NIDOA Radio & Wellness Wahala conversations📲 SHARE with someone passionate about Nigeria, Africa, history, culture, and the diaspora.

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Wellness Wahala 📡Podcast, Book 📕 , and Adire 👚

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🎂✨ NEW EPISODE: 45 & FULL OF GRACE & GRATITUDE 🙌🏾A powerful birthday testimony, declarations of favor, and a reminder that God is STILL working 💛

📖 4 = Creation 🌍 | 5 = Grace ✨ | 9 = Completion 🍇This is a season of overflow, alignment & completion

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Closing song and gratitude 🎧

AGGS blessed me with a beautiful thank-you video, birthday prayers, and songs of gratitude — celebrating both my birthday and my mother’s 75th birthday, in honor of her legacy as an AGGS alumna. 💐

In honor of my Mother, Mercy Ehiwehma Amu-Ademokun (AGGS Alumni):

• ​ 🎓 3 Scholarships to the top 3 graduating students headed to college — ₦25,000 each (₦75,000 total)
• ​ 🌿 A grass cutter for school grounds maintenance
• ​ 🏀 Basketballs, kits, and brand-new jerseys for the AGGS Girls’ team — bearing my mother’s name
• ​ 🔊 A new speaker system for the school
• ​ 📚 Copies of Wellness Wahala for the school library — for students, administrators, and teachers

It was an honor to give back and invest in these girls — the future leaders, mothers, and Queens of our nation. 👸🏽✨

What happens when the systems built to protect you… fail you?

In this powerful episode of Wellness Wahala, we take a deep dive into Chapter 7: Standing in Truth When Systems Break You Down—a raw and unfiltered conversation about betrayal, resilience, and reclaiming your voice when everything you trusted collapses.

This episode is both personal and global.

After nearly two decades of service at the CDC—from fellow to consultant contractor to full-time employee—this year marks a full-circle moment. As the CDC celebrates its 80-year anniversary, I share my lived experience navigating purpose, public health, and the painful reality of being impacted by a mass federal layoff (RIF).

This is more than a career story.

This is a truth-telling moment about systems, service, and survival.

We also unpack:

✨ The emotional and spiritual lessons from Chapter 7

✨ What it means to stand in truth during betrayal and breakdown

✨ The paradox of serving systems that don’t always protect their own

✨ Frontline insights from Ebola outbreak responses

✨ Ongoing domestic and global public health crises

✨ How to maintain your identity, purpose, and wellness in the face of institutional failure

From personal heartbreak to public health emergencies, this episode connects the dots between individual healing and systemic realities.

If you’ve ever:

* Felt let down by institutions you trusted

* Given your all to a system that didn’t give back

* Had to rebuild your identity after loss, betrayal, or transition

This conversation is for you.

💡 Key Message:

When systems fail, your truth becomes your anchor.

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🎙️ Wellness Wahala is where culture, faith, health, and real life collide—turning chaos into clarity and purpose.

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🎙️ WELLNESS WAHALA PODCAST

Episode 127: WIDESPREAD WAHALA — Killings & Insecurity in Nigeria 🇳🇬💔

Host: Dr. Tomi Ademokun (Omo-Oba)

🔥 Episode Key Points:

• ​ From Plateau (Jos) to Kaduna, Benue, Kwara, and growing concerns in Oyo — insecurity is spreading across Nigeria.
• ​ Approximately 3.3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) remain affected by conflict and insecurity.
• ​ Thousands have been killed, kidnapped, or displaced across affected communities.
• ​ Children, teachers, schools, churches, mosques, and farming communities continue facing attacks.
• ​ Calls for urgent action, justice, stronger security, and accountability.

📊 Statistics Highlighted:

🔴 ~3.3 million IDPs due to conflict and insecurity

🔴 Plateau: Thousands killed over recent years, including major attacks in Jos/Bokkos areas

🔴 Benue: Nearly 6,900+ deaths linked to violence in recent years

🔴 Growing kidnappings and attacks affecting schools and communities nationwide

🙏🏾 Our Demands:

✅ Bring ALL kidnapped victims home ALIVE

✅ Immediate prosecution of terrorists, kidnappers, and killers

✅ Better protection for schools and vulnerable communities

✅ Justice for ALL victims regardless of tribe or religion

📖 Scripture Focus:

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.” — Proverbs 31:8

🎵 Outro Song:

As we close this difficult conversation, we leave you with hope and prayer through “Holy Ghost Power” by Titi Lokei from the new album Pioneer 💿🔥

Because in times of fear, grief, and uncertainty — we still hold on to faith.

🎙️ Stay prayerful. Stay informed. Keep fighting for wellness even in the wahala

Wellness Wahala Podcast — Episode 126

Private Truths & Public Wahala

Featuring Special VIP Guest: Biodun Abudu

Host: Dr. Tomi Ademokun (Omo-Oba)

Episode Theme: Hidden Conversations, Healing & Authentic Storytelling

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This powerful Episode 126 of the Wellness Wahala Podcast, titled Private Truths & Public Wahala, dives into the realities many people are afraid to discuss openly — identity, culture, emotional healing, mental wellness, vulnerability, and the courage to tell authentic stories.

Special VIP Guest Biodun Abudu shares his inspiring journey as an award-winning Nigerian-American author, poet, artist, and creative whose work challenges societal silence and encourages honest conversations around pain, healing, and self-expression. Together, Dr. Tomi Ademokun and Biodun explore how culture, diaspora experiences, creativity, and wellness intersect in today’s world.

The conversation also highlights the importance of mental wellness, authenticity, and breaking generational silence while encouraging young Africans and diaspora creatives to boldly share their stories without fear. The episode concludes with wisdom-filled reflections, encouragement for aspiring writers, and powerful African proverbs focused on knowledge and leadership. 

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Key Highlights from the Episode

* The inspiration behind Biodun Abudu’s focus on “hidden conversations” society often avoids.

* How Nigerian culture and growing up in America shaped his storytelling and worldview.

* The importance of vulnerability, emotional wellness, and honest dialogue for both men and women.

* Navigating creativity, public recognition, and staying mentally grounded.

* Encouragement for young African and diaspora creatives to embrace authenticity.

* The role books, poetry, and storytelling play in healing and social awareness.

* Reflections on identity, culture, emotional struggles, and breaking societal taboos.

* African wisdom and proverbs centered on knowledge, leadership, and purpose.

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Featured African Proverbs

“Reader today, leader tomorrow.” — Nigerian Proverb

“Wisdom pass gold.” (Wisdom is more valuable than riches.)

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Connect with Biodun Abudu

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biodunabudu/

Website: https://www.biodunabudu.com/

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Follow and support the Wellness Wahala Podcast hosted by Dr. Tomi Ademokun for inspiring conversations focused on wellness, faith, culture, leadership, authentic living, and global impact.

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Ending Song Feature 🎶

Closing out Episode 126 is the reflective and poetic track “Epilogue” by Biodun Abudu, featured on Titi LoKei’s new album Pioneer. The song beautifully captures themes of truth, healing, identity, and transformation — perfectly aligning with the heart of this episode.

Music Feature: “Pioneer” by Titi LoKei — the empowering new anthem from Nigerian-American artist, rapper, songwriter, and creative visionary Titi LoKei, known for bold storytelling and inspirational music focused on resilience, authenticity, and purpose.

Official Website: https://www.ilokei.com/

Listen to Pioneer: https://www.ilokei.com/pioneer

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovelokei/

Listen to “Epilogue” here:

https://youtu.be/ySwMP5eo20U?si=ng678s8nNhUF-IBq

🎙️ Episode 125: Chapter 6 Recap – Turning Workplace Wahala into Wellness

In this powerful episode of the Wellness Wahala Podcast, Dr. Tomi Omo-Oba dives deep into Chapter 6 of Wellness Wahala: Faith, Fire, and Favor on Diplomatic Duty — “Wahala in the Workplace: When Systems of Service Are Saturated with Injustice and Ego.”

This episode is for anyone navigating:

• Workplace injustice and retaliation

• Toxic leadership and broken systems

• Being silenced for integrity

• Serving faithfully while under pressure

Rooted in scripture, African proverbs, and lived experience, Dr. Tomi reframes workplace challenges as refining fire, not failure. Listeners are guided through spiritual discernment, courage, healing, and divine repositioning.

✨ This episode also launches a 7-Day Prayer, Praise & Intermittent Fasting Reset for clarity, justice, healing, and restoration in work and leadership spaces.

🔥 Key takeaway:

Your wahala is not wasted. God is refining you for favor.

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Purchase Wellness Wahala: Faith, Fire, and Favor on Diplomatic Duty

👉 Available via the same link hub:

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🎧 LISTENER CHALLENGE

Share this episode with:

• A woman in leadership

• A public servant

• Anyone facing injustice at work

And remember:

Stay well. Stay prayed up. And never waste your wahala. 💛🔥

In this powerful first Wednesday episode of 2026, Dr. Tomi Omo-Oba welcomes listeners into the FIRE 🔥 section of her memoir Wellness Wahala: Faith, Fire, and Favor on Diplomatic Duty, beginning with Chapter 5 – Fire on the Field.

Released on January 7th, this episode reflects divine alignment—5 (grace) and 7 (God’s perfection and completion)—as Dr. Tomi shares raw testimony, biblical insight, and global perspective on how seasons of betrayal, heartbreak, and unexpected trials refine purpose and birth resilience.

This episode reminds every Wellness Wahala Warrior that fire is not punishment—it is preparation.

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🔑 Key Takeaways

• 🔥 Wahala no dey knock door – trouble often enters without warning, but God still reigns

• 📖 Biblical numerics: the power of 5 (grace) and 7 (completion) in divine seasons

• 💔 Lessons from Chapter 5 – Fire on the Field: betrayal, resilience, and inner strength

• 🌍 How personal fire shapes global impact and leadership

• 🧬 Why roots, village, and faith matter in seasons of testing

• 📰 Wahala News Gist: reflections on current challenges facing Venezuela, Nigeria, and America

• 🙏 Prayers for the nations—turning chaos into wellness, justice, and restoration

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📚 Order the Book (Now on Sale!)

Experience the full Wellness Wahala journey—from Faith, through Fire, into Favor.

👉 Order your copy here:

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🎙️ Episode 123 — Chapter 4 “When God Opens Doors” Divine Positioning No Human Hand Can Block

In this episode, Dr. Tomi Omo-Oba breaks down Chapter 4 of Wellness Wahala: Faith, Fire & Favor on Diplomatic Duty, sharing powerful truths on divine timing, bold faith, and walking through the doors God Himself opens.

Theme Scripture: Revelation 3:8 — “I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut.”

Episode Highlights:

• ​ Why divine doors sometimes look like delays or detours
• ​ “Favor follows obedience” — what this means in real life
• ​ Identity warfare at the gate of elevation
• ​ African proverbs + practical faith gems
• ​ Key quotes straight from Chapter 4

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📰 Wahala News of the Week

A timely update on the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria and the new bill presented to President Trump condemning the persecution of Christians.

🎧 Listen to Episode 83: Humanitarian Wahala Crisis in Nigeria 🇳🇬

https://open.spotify.com/episode/521VViH0ruXzOMwJOvow0N

As VP of NIDO Americas (South Savannah Chapter), I stand with advocates calling for justice and protection for:

• ​ 50,000+ Christians killed
• ​ 5,000,000+ IDPs displaced
• ​ Families + communities destroyed by Boko Haram & ISIS-WA

African Proverb:

“When a village stands together, even fire cannot consume it.”

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💬 Affirmation of the Week

“What God opens, no man — no wahala — can shut.

My steps are ordered, my doors are divine, and my favor is for kingdom impact.”

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📚 Grab the Book

Order Wellness Wahala: Faith, Fire & Favor on Diplomatic Duty now:

🔗 https://linktr.ee/Wellnesswahala?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Books, Apple Books, Kindle, Selar & Kobo.

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🎼 Outro Music

“BACK THEN” — Titi Lokei ft. Mike Jones

🎶 https://youtu.be/rYlbq_B76_0?si=bwOBl7Cxq5m0DmN7

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🎧 Stay well, stay wise, and keep turning your wahala to wellness! 💖