“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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📬: osabumere2005@gmail.com

Instagram: @ireoluwaosime

We’ve all been at the point in our lives where everybody seems to be doing better than us and we’re questioning our worth and usefulness in the grand scheme of things. If you’re like that, this episode is for you!

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Instagram: @ireoluwaosime

Make sure to follow, rate, stream, download and share for others to see the light as well!

This episode is about batteries, battles, silence, and comparison.

Hi guys, thank you for always sticking around! This is me apologizing for my absence and the sound in this episode, please bear with me.

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This episode is for all of us who are drowning and think there’s no hope. For all of us at our lowest. For all of us who have hit rock bottom. He’s the rock at the bottom.

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Instagram: @ireoluwaosime

Bible verse mentioned in this episode:

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬-‭22‬ ‭EASY‬‬

“Even if our thoughts tell us that we have done something wrong, we still will not be afraid of God. We can trust God more than we trust our thoughts. He already knows everything about us. My friends, if our thoughts do not tell us that we are guilty, we will not be afraid to come to God. We can pray to God and we can ask him to help us. He will give us what we ask him for. That is because we obey his commands and we do the things that please him.”

“Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.”

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Thank you for listening!

This episode is about money bouquets, billboards, flowers, endless gifts and everything in between.

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“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬

Bible verse referenced in this podcast: “Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.”

‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭4‬:‭11‬ ‭NLT‬‬