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What is this argument about the KITCHEN? "Why should men be in the Kitchen?" "Why should women be in the Kitchen?" I'm wondering, what is wrong with the Kitchen? Why are people avoiding the Kitchen? Why are we arguing about who should and who shouldn't be in the Kitchen? This desecration of the Kitchen should henceforth STOP! Have we forgotten that it is the Kitchen that feeds the BODY that houses the SOUL? That makes the Kitchen sacred! "I'm a man...." So because you're a man you shouldn't mind how your SOUL is housed or how the housing of  your SOUL is catered for? What is wrong with entering the Kitchen and preparing what caters for  your BODY and extending that care to your family if you're married? What is wrong if a man who doesn't know how to Cook commit to learning it? What is wrong if you factor the Kitchen into your daily schedule and equation? What is wrong if our sons learn and know how to Cook?  ...

Everyone who has ever held a job has, at some point, felt the pressure of work-related stress. Any job can have stressful elements, even if you love what you do. In the short-term, you may experience pressure to meet a deadline or to fulfill a challenging obligation. But when work stress becomes chronic, it can be overwhelming — and harmful to both physical and emotional health. Unfortunately such long-term stress is all too common. In 2012, 65 percent of Americans cited work as a top source of stress, according to the American Psychological Association's (APA) annual Stress in America Survey. Only 37 percent of Americans surveyed said they were doing an excellent or very good job managing stress. . You can't always avoid the tensions that occur on the job. Yet you can take steps to manage work-related stress. Common Sources of Work Stress Certain factors tend to go hand-in-hand with work-related stress. Some common workplace stressors are: Low s...

If at anytime you find photos of naked women in your husband's smartphone or laptop, or you discover exchange of romantic text messages or emails bet ween your husband and another woman, DON'T take it too personal. Take a deep breath, calm down, relax and know it is time to get your husband back. But you won't get your husband back by fighting him. You won't get your husband back by calling, abusing and cursing the woman he is supposedly having affair with. Sit back, reflect and ask yourself: 1. Is this the man I married? 2. What has gone wrong between us that made my husband to keep naked photos of women? 3. Why is my husband having an affair with someone else? Am I the cause? Evaluate your relationship with your husband. It won't be easy for you, we admit. But this will kick-start the process to get your husband back. Psychologically, you've lost your husband, and you need to get him back. Hold your calm for three days. Don't l...

 Anael Bodwell What does it mean to be 13? What was your obsession when you were 13? Do you have idea what is likely going on in the mind of your 13-year old daughter, niece, cousin, sister or neighbor? Our guest, Anael Bodwell , 24, from Seychelles , reflects on the journey of her life since she clocked 13. Exclusive to this Blog, we present you this amazing daughter of Africa, who is doing her best together with her team to help solve some of the continent's major problems--teen pregnancy, reproductive health, conservation, environment and sustainability. Welcome! Andrew Adedayo Adetoye Lead Host Smol Group Background Anael At the Young African Leaders Initiative Town Hall Meeting held in Washington DC., on August 3rd, 2016, President Barack Obama said: ''....six years ago, I launched the Young African Leaders Initiative.  Because I've always believed that one person can be a force for positive change; that one person, as Bobby Ke...

 Once upon a time, it was rare for African parents to believe that their young daughters know so much when it comes to love and marriage. It was common to see parents marry their daughters away without their consent. And when an elder son in the family is getting married, his younger sisters had little or nothing to contribute when there are family meetings aimed at planning the wedding and engagement. If a young daughter in the house decides to express her opinion issues bothering on marriage, the elders or her parents would yell at her, ''Shut up. What do you know?'' But that was back in those days. Today, girls don't just know so much about love, dating and marriage, they are also 'pushing' their way through 'barriers' to make their voice heard loud and clear. Luckily for them, the social media space offers everyone, young and old, amazing platforms to share. Meet Anita Odure Odeh , the young and pretty undergraduate of Mass Communica...

 About Sheryl Sandberg Sheryl Sandberg was born in Washington, D.C., in 1969. She went to Harvard for her bachelor's degree in economics and worked at the World Bank after graduating summa cum laude. She then attended Harvard Business School and went to work in the U.S. Department of the Treasury during the Clinton administration. When the Republicans swept the Democrats out of office in November 2000, Sandberg moved to Silicon Valley and worked for Google for seven years. She then moved to Facebook, where she has been COO since 2008. Sandberg is the author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead , which has sold more than a million copies. Sandberg moved to Silicon Valley, eager to join the new tech boom that was under way. Google showed early interest in Sandberg, and she found Google’s mission, which she described as “to make the world’s information freely available,” compelling enough to sign on with the three-year-old company in November 2001....