Dear Royal, A few months ago, a friend video-called me late one evening. Nothing dramatic had happened. She wasn’t crying. She hadn’t lost her job. There was no crisis to point to. In fact, if you looked at her life…
Dear Royal, A few years ago, I heard someone say, “Silence keeps more people stuck than failure ever will.” At first, I disagreed. I used to think that silence and leaving situations to time and chance were the wiser options.…
Dear Royal, Last month, I was at a Japanese restaurant in Germany when a 15-year-old Iranian girl walked up to me and said she loved my vibes. I was caught off guard, honestly. We started talking, and within a few…
Dear Royal, If you are reading this in the last stretch of the month, running on the fumes of deadlines, bills, school runs, a to-do list that multiplied instead of shrinking, while still anticipating the manifestations of your prayer requests…
Dear Royal, Ambition often gets a bad reputation. Some people equate it with relentless hustle, burnout, or stepping on others to get ahead. Others suppress their ambitions altogether, fearing they’ll seem selfish, proud, or never be satisfied. But ambition itself…
Dear Royal, Three months after launching her business, Ada was ready to quit. She had invested her savings, spent countless nights researching, creating content, and reaching out to potential customers. Yet the results were disappointing. Sales were slow. Engagement was…
Dear Royal,Umoh, the first daughter out of six siblings, was sitting at her desk hours after work, and she couldn’t stop crying. It wasn’t sadness, exactly. She had just received her first salary after three years post-university of looking for…
Hey Royals, I will be peeling a large onion. Some wounds don’t bleed where people can see them. They hide in reactions you don’t understand, fears you cannot explain, and patterns you keep repeating even when you promise yourself you’ll…
Hey Royals, There was a season when my wardrobe was organised, my bed made, my space under control, yet my mind felt overcrowded and restless. Another season when my thoughts were finally quiet, but my room told a different story…
Hey Royals, I recently watched a trending video of a woman crying as she celebrated her 50th birthday. Not tears of joy, but tears of regret. She spoke about all the things she never did. The passions she postponed and…
