Never ever refer to yourself as 'lucky' to be exactly where you’re meant to be. You worked for this. Take the credit. Absorb the praise. Dance in the light. This was ALL you.
— Chidera Eggerue, Why Chidera Eggerue Won't Downplay Her Self-Assurance
Never ever refer to yourself as 'lucky' to be exactly where you’re meant to be. You worked for this. Take the credit. Absorb the praise. Dance in the light. This was ALL you.
— Chidera Eggerue, Why Chidera Eggerue Won't Downplay Her Self-Assurance
Listen to me sis, the next time you find yourself being terrified of asserting your self-assurance—your excellence— remember: there are no rewards for martyrdom in a world that already believes in placing women in a position of servitude, sacrifice, and scrutiny.
— Chidera Eggerue, Why Chidera Eggerue Won't Downplay Her Self-Assurance
Give yourself a chance. Step the idea up a whole new notch and make it yours. Develop it further, fill your mind with all the research needed to execute it, and finally, return with a coherent, well-packaged delivery that will leave them asking 'so when should we start?'
— Chidera Eggerue, Why Chidera Eggerue Won't Downplay Her Self-Assurance
If you want to have healthy relationships with other people, you need to develop a healthy one with yourself first, and that can’t come without you spending time on your own. You literally need to be alone.
In this life, you've got to really learn to speak like your voice DESERVES to be heard. Don't just mutter timidly in the back and hope someone catches what you're saying; place yourself in the front, rise up and stand firm in what you believe in.
One thing I’ve learned is that when you’re trying to correct someone on something that they’ve believed their whole life, you have to be gentle with them because you’re deconstructing their reality.
— Chidera Eggerue, Writer Chidera Eggerue on what #SaggyBoobsMatter is really about
My value lies in my voice and I have made the choice to be as vocal as I can about what's going on not only around me, but inside me too.
Men aren't and will never be in a position to tell women 'how to be a woman'. Impressing men isn't even a goal worth making.
As a black person, when I’ve read some of the self-help books that tell me: ‘Quit your job and travel,’ I’m like: ‘Really? I don’t think I can afford to do that …’ You get this feeling of not being good enough – not Zen enough. I didn’t want this to be one of those books. They’re fine, but they don’…
— Chidera Eggerue, Writer Chidera Eggerue on what #SaggyBoobsMatter is really about
You know what’s the biggest motivation? Leaving ungrateful people behind. There’s no greater teacher than loss. You’ve learnt to be confident enough to walk away from those who find it hard to make room for you. Because in the end, you’ll never miss what’s meant for you.
I think becoming a nihilist is something that happens when you have been disappointed so much that you realize that everything is temporary; happiness is fleeting. That’s why I feel there has to be a way for someone to find value in themselves, where they say: ‘I do deserve to be here. Maybe society…
— Chidera Eggerue, Writer Chidera Eggerue on what #SaggyBoobsMatter is really about
The fall is something that we create within ourselves. We've built this avatar of who we're supposed to be, and that eventually crumbles and we see who we really are and what all of this really is. That's a painful but such a beautiful experience, and such a necessary journey.
I always thought faith was a transaction and God was this transactional thing, this guy in the sky that would give good people things, and you eventually get to the end of that idea. If you really think about your belief, you will run to the end of that. It will break apart at some point. That's not…
I didn't have this laundry list of things I did that made me feel like a good Christian, but in the center of my heart, I felt within and around that God was with me and I was with God.
I was given these opportunities that many girls weren't given and I was told I mattered. I was told my feelings matter, my emotions matter. I think that that's really rare.
I’m trying to live in the way of love and the way of Jesus the best I know how. I know I don’t have it all right, but I love the way of Jesus. I don’t have a definition for that.
I’m so grateful for the tragedy of losing faith because I think it was a necessary path. It was a path we had to be on.
If I truly believe this body and world are something to escape, I will only suffer. But if I believe I am looking at the face of God, I will stare in awe every time. It’s all in how you see it.
Instead of worrying about whether you might fit into those jeans again or if that pile of electrical cords could come in handy some day, just ask: Does this spark joy for me? If not, remove it from your life.
— Casey Bond, 7 Life-Changing Lessons From Marie Kondo's Netflix Show 'Tidying Up'
When we are talking, she lets the women around us know I am a reporter, something I’d already told them, and jokes that they should all be very mean to me. She then says she’s kidding and wants everyone to feel welcome and like they are getting the full value out of the day, even the reporters. It’s…
— Madison Malone Kircher, I Went to Influencer Caroline Calloway’s $165 Seminar So You Don’t Have To