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I want to offer you the community and wisdom my younger self wish she had had.

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At the tender age of 5,  I was taught that I wasn’t good enough: because I was a girl, because I was black, a second generation immigrant, and because I was poor.

 

 I learned those things directly and indirectly from parents, teachers, television programmes, and other children. I listened and I learned.

 

 Allowing those things to define me,  letting other people's beliefs to become my own, I conformed to who and how I was expected to be. I allowed critical thoughts about not being ‘enough’, to control me, to stop me from being me, from feeling how I wanted to feel - from living life on my own terms. 

 

That's all changed now: its why I run my own business: I do my own thing!

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 I chose to work in a field that would help others to work through similar challenges, so that they would to not have to struggle for as long as I did!

 

So, I set out to create a group that would do just that, launching  My Thrive Tribe in 2020 at the start of the pandemic.  Running this group has been an incredibly rewarding journey for me, and I continue to be amazed by the strong bonds, connections and achievements of this group. 

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Yet, I felt there was still more I wanted to do, specifically for Black women, who I found were sparsely represented in these spaces.

 

It was clear to me that the experiences of the Black Women in this space were different and very specific, and worthy of a dedicated space. With a renewed sense of purpose, I founded a new group: The Radical Healing Collective. 

 

 

Within this group we will work together as a community to build a sense of self and a 'powerhouse of a community' that serves us supremely, to recognise and positively celebrate our differences as humans as well as Black Women, celebrate ourselves, work through big ticket stuff, AND day-to-day challenges so that we thrive!  

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This is what I would have loved to have had - I want you to help build it! 

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About Nike

 

Nike Lawal is a UK-based accredited Master coach whose is passionate and experienced in creating strong community and connection.  Nike brings to the Collective her experience as a Master Coach,  facilitator, trainer, and therapist, plus two years of experience running My Thrive Tribe, an online community which you can read more about here.

 

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