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Fatoki Taiwo Iyanuoluwa's avatar

I'm so grateful to have stumbled upon your content on Instagram! Your YouTube videos are my go-to for inspiration. I love how you embody strength and authenticity as a woman, it's truly empowering. You're a shining example of what it means to be a woman of substance, and I'm so here for it. Sending you warm hugs, and thank you for sharing your journey, it's a lesson for many of us.🌹

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Bambino's avatar

Please share how to find the YouTube videos

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Fatoki Taiwo Iyanuoluwa's avatar

Hi! I found multiple YouTube channels with Aunty Blessing's name, including one with 'Blessing Omakwu'. You might want to check them out to see which one has the content you're looking for.

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Lydia Nimbeshaho's avatar

I am writing a piece called "How did I get here?" and your words today😭 I was so shocked, feeling like I was reading myself: "I had held up my end of the bargain, so how had I ended up here…in the depths of despair?" Also, I need to pay for a sensory deprivation tank; I have reached that stage.

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Lydia Appoline Nimbeshaho's avatar

I am writing a piece called "How did I get here?" and your words today😭 I was so shocked, feeling like I was reading myself: "I had held up my end of the bargain, so how had I ended up here…in the depths of despair?" Also, I need to pay for a sensory deprivation tank; I have reached that stage.

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Nguyilan Wakombo's avatar

After reading this, I have begun to contemplate what part and how much of my doings have been me trying to save myself.

I have also come to realise that I rushed to subscribe The Pivot Diaries in hopes of getting some therapy of my own. Or at least to find articulation of deep thoughts in relatable language of "tribe", for in some ways, we have lived the same life.

Thank you Blessing, for being a blessing. 🙏

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Becky's avatar

Damn! I felt this

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Belynda Feboke's avatar

🫣this feels like a mirror.

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Nma's avatar

I can absolutely relate..

”what do you do when you’ve done all you know to do (including DOING nothing🤭)yet so much is left undone…”.

I chuckled at becoming an alchemist- a mix of this and that…lol.

I understand the lure and almost “obligation” to minimize our pain, after all we are crying in nice apartments, good jobs, and probably surrounded by lovely children..yet the pain refuses to be minimized, it persistently and stubbornly calls for its requisite attention..

Then comes the therapist…that leaves you with more questions than answers 🤣🤣🤣and sometimes when you’re answered you are probably handed over a script fundamentally different from the scripts you’ve known and believed all your life. Yet you acknowledge the immense value in therapy and grateful that you have and can afford one.

Keep writing girl. We are reading, we are learning.

I honor you Blessing. Thank you.

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Iman Maiwada's avatar

Being the first child of an evangelical southern Kaduna woman, I understand perfectly that “yi hakuri” and yes yin hakurin in the long run becomes exhausting. Sending you all of the love you need even as I draw inspiration and strength from you. E-hugs!!!

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Fay's avatar

Gosh, you took the words right out of my mind. I resonate with this so much "And what do you do when you've done all you know to do and things still remain undone?" Thank you for sharing. I am glad to see that eventually, things do get done. Your journey remains a constant source of affirmation and inspiration Blessing.

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Samuel's avatar

Hmmmm. I see myself in light of some instances already.

I am positive…

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Kuukua's avatar

Worship and weed 😭 omd. Excited to read your story unfold!

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Olufunmijay's avatar

why is the only song coming to mind "After you've done all you can, you just stand" by Donnie McClurkin

I keep telling my friends I need therapy when they ask what's wrong but I never end up going because I am A for Afraid of what would come out of it

Sending you lots of love Blessing

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