What if the real soft underbelly of power is not poverty, but wealth itself? In the 90s, we laughed at Kenya’s favorite TV soap opera (The Rich Also Cry). Then we voted ourselves into one. From Paradise Lost in Kiambu to Raphael Tuju’s fall, Kenya’s elite are discovering that money buys comfort, not immunity. EvenContinueContinue reading “The Rich Also Cry in Kiambu: Paradise Lost and Tuju’s Fall”
Category Archives: Work and Life
🎯 Building Resilience: Lessons from Hosting Two Webinars
From surviving lean seasons… to learning how to navigate when life doesn’t reset, but evolves. The first time, I showed up alone. Holding a story. The second time, I showed up with a team. Building a movement. Two webinars. Same title. Different posture. Same Title. New Depth. 🧭 Introduction On November 7, 2025, I hostedContinueContinue reading “🎯 Building Resilience: Lessons from Hosting Two Webinars”
Discovering Faith Through Ivy Mutuku’s ‘The Church Girl’
What if your waiting isn’t a delay… but a design? Halfway through The Church Girl by Ivy Mutuku, and I had to pause. Because this story doesn’t just read you… it reveals you. If you’ve ever served, smiled, and still quietly asked, “Lord, do You see me?”, this one will sit with you. It gotContinueContinue reading “Discovering Faith Through Ivy Mutuku’s ‘The Church Girl’”
🎸 From Models to Money: When Business Gets Real (and Rico Plays Guitar)
What do a biomedical graduate, an Uber owner, and a quiet young guitarist have in common? We’re all learning that business is less about ideas… and more about numbers, systems, and people. Welcome to Weeks 4–6 of Aspire Launchpad. Where dreams meet spreadsheets 😅 Accelerating faith-driven entrepreneurship. Building people and systems that grow communities. ReadContinueContinue reading “🎸 From Models to Money: When Business Gets Real (and Rico Plays Guitar)”
How Financial Coaching Transformed My Life
Money talks, but with Brenda, it listens. Discover how The Square-Bracket is helping everyday people turn financial chaos into clarity. One breakthrough idea at a time. Here’s my journey with financial coaching, and why more of us need it now. Where clarity begins, one honest conversation at a time When Life Pauses, Money Talks LoudestContinueContinue reading “How Financial Coaching Transformed My Life”
Finding Wisdom in Waiting: Lessons from Meaningful Conversations
When life puts you in a waiting room, you should to talk to those who’ve already survived the surgery. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been doing exactly that. Coffee by coffee. Conversation by conversation. Three meetups in Nairobi with remarkable people: Joshua Wathanga, Emmanuel Nandokha, and Esther Muchiri. Each conversation left me wiser andContinueContinue reading “Finding Wisdom in Waiting: Lessons from Meaningful Conversations”
🧪 From Science to Startup: A Biomed Graduate’s Journey
When a Biomedical Science graduate Enrolls in Entrepreneurship School Accelerating faith-driven entrepreneurship. Building people and systems that grow communities. I studied diagnostic microbiology and recombinant DNA technology. 🧬 Now I’m learning customer acquisition costs and elevator pitches. How did I move from microscopes to marketplaces? From dissecting cells in a lab, to scribbling storyboards Here’sContinueContinue reading “🧪 From Science to Startup: A Biomed Graduate’s Journey”
Forced Reset: When Losing a Job Becomes Finding Yourself Again
Losing a job is painful.Losing yourself in the process is worse. Leonora Mbithi’s Forced Reset is the book I wish I had during my career transitions in 2015, 2022 and 2025. The pause that rewrites your story At Ksh. 2,500, this is not just a read. It’s a roadmap. It’s therapy. It’s perspective. It’s aContinueContinue reading “Forced Reset: When Losing a Job Becomes Finding Yourself Again”
From Hospital to Home: A Caregiver’s Journey
Dad left hospital frail. He came home held. Two months later, we are watching strength return. Step by (stubborn) step. He didn’t come home healed.He came home determined. Two months later… The man we wheeled out of hospital is walking into dialysis like he owns the place. This is the story of caregiving and stubbornContinueContinue reading “From Hospital to Home: A Caregiver’s Journey”
Planning vs Faith: Insights from Mensa Otabil’s Sermon
A four-part sermon series that dismantles spiritual laziness. It redeems planning. Asking the uncomfortable question: what if faith and strategy were never enemies? I thought planning showed a lack of faith. Pastor Mensa Otabil showed me it might be the opposite. Here’s why this four-part sermon series quietly dismantled my favorite Christian excuses… Intro… IContinueContinue reading “Planning vs Faith: Insights from Mensa Otabil’s Sermon”