IriaRii

26/01/2024

The other day at the African Creators Summit 🩶

24/01/2024

It’s the new year and I thought to share a few things about content marketing as we’ve now seen in this digital era..”Content Is King”. Bottomline, your business needs a story!

As a story teller, I know stories could be stimulating, it paints a picture for your audience, they have something to believe in. It clearly explains what you stand for and represent. This is more than just what you put out on social media or your website, it is the consistent communication of your values to your prospects, customers and audience.

The beauty of storytelling is it can be used in any format, there are no restrictions really. You can use videos, emails, blog posts, vlogs, e-books e.t.c to communicate your message.

You need to be able to tell a story that resonates and appeals to your audience whilst being intentional about making human connections but please, be honest while at it.

In the world of business, stories will help you create contrasts between choices and this will help your prospects have a clear sense of the decisions they are about to make.

A quick disclaimer; your story isn’t limited to your history but it is a clear communication of “why you are doing what you are doing and telling it accurately”. It’s about standing out, not blending in. Your story is unique to you and your brand, so take advantage of that. Stories are how audiences remember, use stories to better engage, teach and guide your audience.

Emotions are a great tool to explore too because emotions get remembered! So instead of hammering solely on the logic of what you do, which at best, appeals to the analytical part of the brain, you can appeal to the emotional side to your advantage.

No matter how you choose to tell your story, there are 3 key elements that are fundamental to storytelling and they are;
Character
Conflict
Resolution

A good story revolves around your characters. Stories stick when there are characters involved because it is the connection between the storyteller and the audience.

So, plan out who the character is, decide the tone of voice you’ll be using, what the conflict is and what the resolution is!
See you later!

01/01/2024

2024🤍

17/07/2023

It's My BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!
Forever God's Baby Girl
🤍🤍🤍🤍

04/02/2023

Keep Going 🌸

16/01/2023

I used to be that girl who was very concerned about people's opinions of me,understandably so! I was growing.
We are often faced with the pressure of false perfection. Now, because you made "that mistake" doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't speak or counsel against it, matter of fact those after you shouldn't make those mistakes because you stood to make sure they didn't. It's noble!
In 2017 or so I wrote an article on depression which stemmed from the loss of a parent, that was my story. Thinking back, I know how worried I was putting myself out there like that, I was more worried about how people will begin to "see" me after having this picture of a girl who had it all together. That post made alot of people speak up and that was beautiful to watch not because they still dwelt there but because they had healed enough to speak about it without bleeding (you get the drift?)
Pay no mind to those who'd rather spray perfume on the casket while the co**se rots underneath.
You were lifted to lift ❤

MIND OVER MATTER

11/01/2023

RANDOM MUSINGS: Boarding School!🌸

I got into boarding school at 10years old. I "H-a-t-e-d" it! I was so tiny, skinny and fragile. At that time I thought my parents didn't want disturbance because they weren't in the country as much BUT now looking back I think that was prevalent then(for us millennials)because almost every one I knew then was in boarding school.
Drop off day was the worst ever, I would cry my eyes out, the very next day I'd be at the matron's office asking for an exit to go home. I was a regular there😁
I disliked the cold! The cold would bend our classroom and hostel lockers, yet you have to wake up by 5am to have a bath(in that cold), get to the refectory and then assembly ground before 7:30am or so! I didn't like the food but I was stuck with it. Seniors were another story entirely, I was blessed to have a bunch of them like me, maybe because I was unbelievably tiny. Except one who decided to punish me unworthily after I had an appendectomy, she had to flex her muscles but my big sis came in all her glory to save me😂
As I got into SS1, now becoming a senior, I began to love going back to school, sometimes some of us would even remain in school during mid-term breaks and be ALRIGHT!
Errrrmmm, before 2021, I used to say my kids must attend boarding schools because it gives a certain level of independence BUT heck no, I've changed my mind!
Mine was an all girls school...also another trap, while preventing one thing, you create another!(Don't ask me what)
Oh well...
I made the best friends I have till this day then though❤️

WHAT DO YOU THINK? ARE YOU FOR BOARDING SCHOOL OR AGAINST?

10/01/2023

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07/01/2023

The happenings in society just makes you a bit paranoid! I was at the hair salon two days ago and there's this mother of three(2 boys and a girl) who came to cut and make her children's hair. When the boys were done, she decided to go drop them off at home, leaving the girl behind since she had not started making her hair. The girl should be about 6 or 7. Very pretty little girl. She was playing around and then a young man at the salon who doubles as the cashier took her to go play outside. I got sooo uncomfortable especially when they were no longer in sight. Maybe he innocently wanted to go play with her or whatever but the discomfort I felt didn't let me sit back. I went after them and said to him, bring her back inside let her play where everyone can keep an eye on her. Was he embarrassed? I don't know!
I thought to share this because my friend sent me a video of a grown man traveling from Edinburgh to Leeds to see a 13year old girl, they found text messages from him teaching the child how to ma.s.tur-bate. when caught, he said he just wanted to surprise her on her birthday...A 13 YEAR OLD!
Please protect little girls, known personally to you or NOT! Life will thank you!

02/01/2023

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it BUT it is too low and we reach it.
Rise in the morning with the spirit you had known in your childhood. That spirit of eargerness,adventure and certainty.

If you've been holding on to unnecessary people,let them go!

If you've been clinging to some old memories for too long, let the past go!

If you've been haunted and bound by past mistakes,it's time to let them go!

If you've been holding on to hate,regret and old grudges, let that drama go!

If you've been afraid and stopping yourself from being who you truly are, let that self doubt go!

If you've been insecure of your abilities and afraid to take risks for too long, let go of the loser mentality

It's time to let It all go and prepare your soul for a new life that is awaiting you.

02/01/2023

2.0.2.3...We will do exploits!

28/12/2022

Am I the only one that's grateful?!😁😁

Grateful for family.
Grateful for friends.
Grateful for the awareness of things in Christ I walked into.
Grateful for the sure tribe always holding me down.
Grateful for the gift of growth.
Grateful for the gift of a great year.
Grateful for the gift of a great life.
Grateful for those who loved without prejudice.
Grateful for those who offered themselves in whatever capacity
Grateful for those who shared in the Joy, laughter, merriment and also understood silent moments.
Grateful for love that came from both expected and unexpected places.
Grateful for those who sought to understand without bias.
Grateful for those who paid for services.
Grateful for those who rendered services.
Grateful for the new people who came into my life in all honesty, integrity and love.
Grateful for those who continually put the lighters up, regardless! In prayers,words, time spent together and steady motivation/encouragement!
Grateful for those who steady gave feedback on the podcast 🙂

The end of the year isn't the end of life, do away with the pressure and be grateful instead...for the things you got, the ones you didn't and the ones in the works!
Give thanks for them all!




#2022 #2023

22/12/2022

Recounting my own version of events for the year 2022, all I can really say is "MY LIFE IS A VICTORY SONG"
I'm born of the word, planted by Lord
I'm destined to win because I'm in Him.The storm may come and the rain may fall BUT my life is a victory song
I'm a blessing in motion ,the Lord is my portion.
I may go through the fire but I will never be burned the fourth man is on my side!

MY LIFE IS A VICTORY SONG!!!

20/12/2022

Art! 💡

15/12/2022

One of the greatest epiphanies I had this year, no matter how cliché and familiar it sounds is that "GOD SEES and GOD HEARS. We know this, don't we?

This was quite a year with Love, Joy, trials with everything in between and you almost find yourself thinking you have to exert your might, do things in your power to make things alright, defend yourself where it behoves you to do so, you know, paint an accurate picture but then one day, you sit at the edge of your bed and mutter a heartfelt and sincere one or two liner to God, then keep it moving. Only for someone random to see you two weeks later and says to you "God said he saw "xyz" and he heard when you said "xyz" (Exact words,verbatim) and in that moment, you realise "GOD IS ALWAYS WATCHING AND LISTENING"

Dear you, please rest assured that the one who watches you doesn't sleep nor slumber! Stake your life on He, who is the Spirit Of Truth💡

13/12/2022

Last night, someone said to me...Iria, what has been your greatest lesson this year and what would you do differently next year?

I pondered on this for a bit and blurted out "Love". I discovered Love was an "Art", sometimes straight to the point, other times abstract. In whatever form it comes, you owe it to everyone, maybe at close quarters or from a distance...And like Art,the colours breathe....so does Love! ..And next year...I'd get a canvas and bring more colours to life... I Love Art!

12/12/2022

Cultivate space for the abundant flow of living water that you are!

Connect with every ounce of who you are with your patchwork heart🤍🤎🫀and then, give thanks for it all.

Remember, when the odds were against us, God made a way!

24/11/2022

The plan is to be ALL we can be!

21/11/2022

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Dear You,

Let this be the affirmation you've longed and yearned for.
Your mistakes do not define you and they never will.
Everything "precious" had to go through refining. The diamond, the gold.. Etc

You have talked yourself down enough, try talking yourself up now... The bottom is crowded.

You are good enough, make peace with the fact that not everyone would see it and that's okay!

As you go on this journey of life, you'd shed things and people...don't fret as this must happen because your path has no room for dead weight and you may be shed by someone too,may you have the courage to know you weren't also necessary for their journey anymore and that's fine.

Do not expect everyone to understand your battles and victories and that's also okay... wear those battle scars proudly, it's a sign of what didn't take you out. You overcame or are in the process....it's your process...take a deep breath!

Give all the love in you to the world around you but remember never to leave yourself behind.
You must live out your purpose, when you find out what it is, by all means live it out... No one's definition of what it is should make you take a different route.

Don't settle for happiness when you have Joy..Happiness is based on circumstances but Joy is a fruit of the Spirit(Know it)

Most importantly,Your father owns the universe, He wouldn't give you a stone in place of bread. He's got you,He loves you and that's all that matters. You are His glory🤗
Your Friend, ©IriaRii💟

20/10/2022

Just because you've grown immune to the venom doesn't mean you should go running back to the snake that bit you!

ABUSE VICTIMS(Male and female).....we understand that toxicity is often like a sweet poison that kills and "saves" you at the same time BUT please use the last strength in you to give yourself a fighting chance in life.

We are tired of posting sad pictures because you were maimed, disfigured or you passed on and as you know from those who have gone before you, people will move on after ranting for a few days on social media...even your loved ones will inevitably move on with life too🌸

Survive...then THRIVE!

08/08/2020

Write! So you may never lose sight!

08/06/2020

Stop The Stigmatization 🤐

14/05/2020

Man's wants are insatiable as it is popularly said, and I agree.
There's a huge difference between wants and needs. Needs are essential to life and purpose which are specific, Wants on the other hand are desires to satisfy your ever thirsty lust...(This is my opinion)
For example, you can want a man that is tall, dark, bearded😁 e.t.c(That's not bad too) when you in actual fact need a man who'd build purpose with you and lead you aright(Whatever is relevant to your called path) OR you can want a Mercedes when you know for a fact you can only maintain and fuel a Honda, I Can go on and on!

You can desire the fine things of life, I do too, I don't like "suffer-head"(only Nigerians understand this), but do not miss out on what you "NEED" whilst entertaining your "WANT"

Wants are insatiable... Never forget. Be deliberate ❤

11/05/2020

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Dear You,
Let this be the affirmation you've longed and yearned for.
Your mistakes do not define you and they never will.
Everything "precious" had to go through refining. The diamond, the gold.. Etc
You have talked yourself down enough, try talking yourself up now... The bottom is crowded.
You are good enough, make peace with the fact that not everyone would see it and that's okay!
As you go on this journey of life, you'd shed things and people...don't fret as this must happen because your path has no room for dead weight and you may be shed by someone too,may you have the courage to know you weren't also necessary for their journey anymore and that's fine.
Do not expect everyone to understand your battles and victories and that's also okay... wear those battle scars proudly, it's a sign of what didn't take you out. You overcame or are in the process....it's your process...take a deep breath!
Give all the love in you to the world around you but remember never to leave yourself behind.
You must live out your purpose, when you find out what it is, by all means live it out... No one's definition of what it is should make you take a different route.
Don't settle for happiness when you have Joy..Happiness is based on circumstances but Joy is a fruit of the Spirit(Know it)
Most importantly,Your father owns the universe, He wouldn't give you a stone in place of bread. He's got you,He loves you and that's all that matters. You are His glory🤗
Your Friend, ©IriaRii💟

11/05/2020

I used to be that girl who was very concerned about people's opinions of me,understandably so! I was growing.
We are often faced with the pressure of false perfection. Now, because you made "that mistake" doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't speak or counsel against it, matter of fact those after you shouldn't make those mistakes because you stood to make sure they didn't. It's noble!
In 2017 or so I wrote an article on depression which stemmed from the loss of a parent, that was my story. Thinking back, I know how worried I was putting myself out there like that, I was more worried about how people will begin to "see" me after having this picture of a girl who had it all together. That post made alot of people speak up and that was beautiful to watch not because they still dwelt there but because they had healed enough to speak about it without bleeding (you get the drift?)
Pay no mind to those who'd rather spray perfume on the casket while the co**se rots underneath.
You were lifted to lift ❤

17/03/2020

Dead ends are those things that don't serve your ultimate purpose.
Bad decisions,toxic relationships, friendships, bitterness, pain e.t.c. You do yourself and those looking up to you no good when you hang on.

17/03/2020

Disclaimer :Art Not Mine

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed ~Steve biko

Underneath the façade, he quietly screams "see me"
You don't have to be into me to really hear me
The words they constantly deposit coldly bite me
I'm a man, Yes I am, my muscles attest... My beards reveal me
The world daily make me feel the crown is nothing but delusion, their words agree
Help me fix it firm, will you please?
A tear I can't shed for I will be taken for a weakling and they must not see that in me
Into the wild I go to roar but the voice only reverberates on my insides, no one hears me
Believe me, they have always told me my best is dusty
Trust me, I don't have to get in the ring with Diablo because the blows they fervently deal me, like spikes, pierce me to bleeding.
As I make this crown sit firm, please let me hear you say "I'M MAN ENOUGH"
©iriarii

"ME" could be your brother, partner, son, husband, cousin, co-worker. Pay attention, Queen!

13/11/2019

Dear Nigerian Police...

"THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE "

I used to wonder why these words don't form easily but not so much anymore
I see the beration, harassment, corruption and then I cease to wonder.
I feel the insecurity in the eyes of everyone stopped for a check on the road
I see the distrust when you ask some one who has a complain to go make a report at the police station, "they will do nothing" is often the sure word that is uttered
I see the lack of compassion that some of you exude when some individuals are being rough handled for their refusal to squeeze those notes in dishonour but to your uniform's satisfaction
I saw the helplessness in the eyes of that old man you shoved into your van even when he begged for you to listen and the young man you gave a choke hold and a firm grip on his pants because his body language resisted you
I hear the silence of the one your trigger wasted no time to kill because your badge would save you now, wouldn't it?
I'm baffled when you blame your lack of protection on the intruder's weapon sophistication
...but I really wish I could say thank you for your service, the tales are one too many.

To those who have truly served, protected and made sacrifices because they understood the oath of office they took, from our hearts we say "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE "

30/10/2019

24/10/2019

She was only 10 years old when she began to fantasize about her wedding ceremony, the ball dress, the tiara, her best friends who'd be her bridesmaids...not much thought was put into the individual, too young to paint that picture, the closest she came to knowing was cinderella and Prince Charming. It was a perfect picture!
In her world of fantasy, there was no possibility of the not so shining armor with several rusts here and there the prince was to wear or all together an aluminum foil.
She often heard her elders who had gone down that path make different remarks concerning that institution, from good to bad to unresolved, remarks which all at the end of the day had a bottom line "Life is not a bed of Roses". Her canvas already had the perfect picture, the one in which she told her brush the exact way to go with no grey areas. Her mind's eye was determined to see just one thing "there was no room for thorns around her rose". He was going to be perfect! It wouldn't take any work, He'd be ready made. And the day came, she got married! Her excitement was what she had envisaged, she was happy! Very much so...I knew he'd be all i said he'd be. Let's take this journey of forever together...My knight in shining armor.
A few months later, he yelled! Oh no! She thought, he didn't do that on purpose, the rage had something to do with me, I'd never anger him again... he’s perfect! And then his anger advanced, sometimes his fists were clenched and her face was the recipient, other times close objects did the job...it's all my fault was her note to self as she wiped the blood that trickled down her face from the little opening in her head
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He's an abuser, seek help please! Sola said to her. Oh no, he isn't, he's a good man, this only happens when I do something wrong.

It's not about you! Please... He's not the Prince Charming in your head.
Okay, if he does it one more time, I'm out, Sola, trust me.
And one day, his rage resurfaced, though she begged, nothing could save her from the body bag, Sola went in to see her for the last time as she lay still in the morgue, cold, alone....FROZEN!

Seek Help While You Can!

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