“Before you do anything, put your trust totally in God and not in yourself. Then every plan you make will succeed.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16‬:‭3‬ ‭TPT‬‬

We're back with Part 2, and this time, I brought someone with me.

In Part 1, I talked about my own journey with finding a balance,the overwhelm, the juggling, the learning to navigate life as a student. This episode is the continuation I promised, and it comes with a guest who has lived a version of the balance story that I think a lot of us will recognise.

Meet Sapphire Ogbonna — academic scholar, multi-hyphenate, and someone who has genuinely figured out how to hold a lot of things at once without dropping the ones that matter most. But what makes her story worth listening to isn't the part where she has it together. It's the part before that.

Sapphire went from 2nd position in primary school to 14th. She changed schools in senior secondary and her grades dropped again. She sat for WAEC, didn't get what she needed, stayed home, wrote NECO, combined results, and that's how she got into university. On paper, it looked like a winding road. But she walked into university not with a notion of failure, but with clarity: a course she loved, a standard she set for herself, and an understanding of what deserved her attention and what didn't.

In this conversation, Sapphire shares:

Her academic journey — the dips, the recovery, and what she learned from each one,

How she found her footing in university after a complicated secondary school experience,

What it actually looks like to set the tone for your own life rather than letting life set it for you,

How she juggles multiple roles and activities without losing herself in the process and,

Why the Holy Spirit is not a passive presence in the business of finding balance.

This one is for every student, every young person holding more than they think they can carry, and everyone who has had a detour and is wondering if it disqualifies them from a good destination.

It doesn't. Sapphire is proof.

Connect with Sapphire

Instagram: @typical_graysha

Medium: Sapphire Ogbonna

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“There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭18‬:‭24‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Have you ever had one moment that changed everything for you?

Hi humans! This episode is specially dedicated to my wonderful friend Olaoluwa, as a kind of “birthday gift”. Good news! We have our own website now. Catch everything, don’t miss a thing. Head on now to: iresmemoirs.podview.com

“The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭37‬:‭23‬ ‭NLT‬‬

What happens when you can’t pray as long as you used to? When 9-5 takes all your time, motherhood drains you and you no longer have “time for God”? In this episode, I talk about engaging God even in your busy seasons, incorporating God into every activity even when you can’t sit still.

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