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Dr. Okeoghene Ekere, is a Personal Development and Family Life Coach.
For over 15 years, she has helped individuals and couples grow, find purpose, and build meaningful lives based on timeless principles of wisdom, faith, and personal growth. We share empowering insights, practical strategies, and heartfelt discussions to help you live a life of abundance, purpose, and fulfillment.
GETTING BETTER
Welcome to July: A Month to Pause, Reflect, and Realign
Dear Beloved Overflow Tribe, Welcome to the month of July , the beginning of the second half of the year! It’s a divine invitation to...
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Jul 21 min read
Day 14: Hyper-Independence Is a Trauma Response Disguised as Strength
Independence, in its healthy form, is empowering. It reflects self-trust, resilience, and a strong sense of personal agency. This is...
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Jun 212 min read
Day 13: You Can Unlearn the Habit of Self-Betrayal
Self-betrayal is the act of going against your own values, needs, feelings, or truth, often to gain approval, avoid conflict, or...
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Jun 182 min read
Day 12: Perfectionism Isn’t Ambition; It’s Fear in Disguise
Perfectionism often masquerades as ambition, discipline, or high standards. But beneath the surface, it frequently hides a deep fear,...
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Jun 172 min read
Day 11: Survival Patterns Unmasked
What you call 'people pleasing' once kept you safe all along. People-pleasing often begins as a powerful survival tool, assisting you in...
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Jun 162 min read
Day 10: You are Not a Mess, You’re Becoming.
You are not broken. You are complex. Layered. Brave. What you call a mess may actually be a map : A map of survival. Of adaptation. Of...
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Jun 141 min read
Day 9 : Every meltdown has a message
I’m overwhelmed, not irrational. Being overwhelmed doesn't mean you're weak, incapable, or overreacting. It often means you’re carrying...
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Jun 132 min read
The Moment of Truth - Hero, Victim * Villain
They met at a weekend retreat, none of them expecting to confront the stories they were silently living. Jordan always played the hero....
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Jun 132 min read
Day 8: Avoidance is not weakness. It’s wisdom from your survival brain
Avoidance isn’t laziness. It isn’t failure. It’s your brain doing what it was built to do: protect you from pain .When the overwhelm was...
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Jun 41 min read
Day 7: Your body held the pain until it was safe to release it
Your body is not betraying you; it’s been carrying you. It locked away what you couldn’t face, froze what you couldn’t feel, and stayed...
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Jun 41 min read
Day 6: Trauma isn’t what happened; it’s what happened inside you as a result
Trauma isn’t defined by the event; it’s defined by the impact. Two people can go through the same experience, but their internal worlds...
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Jun 41 min read
Day 5: Self-compassion is the soil where true transformation grows
You can’t shame yourself into healing. You can’t bully your way into wholeness. And despite what hustle culture or childhood...
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Jun 42 min read
Day 4: Your nervous system isn’t overreacting; it’s remembering.
That racing heart? The sudden withdrawal? The urge to flee, freeze, or fight when nothing "big" is happening? That’s not you being...
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Jun 42 min read
Day 3: The goal isn’t to stop feeling; the goal is to feel safe
Many of us were taught directly or indirectly that emotions were too much. Too loud. Too messy. Too inconvenient. So we learnt to shut...
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Jun 42 min read
Day 2: Healing is messy and nonlinear but worth every step.
There is no straight line to wholeness. Some days you’ll feel like you’re soaring clear, strong, and grounded. And then, without warning,...
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Jun 32 min read
Day 1: What Healing Really Looks Like: Pain comes bearing gifts; it can be a portal.
What if your pain isn’t a flaw but a faithful messenger? A signal that something is counted, something hurts, and something needs care....
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Jun 22 min read
🌿 Welcome to 65 Days of Healing 🌿
A journey of reflection, restoration, and rising. Healing isn’t a destination; it’s a daily unfolding. It ’s the courageous work of...
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Jun 21 min read
DEVELOPING HEALING QUOTIENT
By Dr Oke We’ve spent years developing our Intelligence Quotient (IQ) to solve problems, our Emotional Intelligence (EQ) to manage...
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May 302 min read
Hello, World! Meet the Voice Behind the Blog
My name is Dr Oke, and I’m the voice behind this blog. Whether you stumbled in out of curiosity or came searching for something specific,...
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May 222 min read
10 Subtle Signs of Problematic Communication: How to Heal Them Gently
By The Overflow Life In every relationship, communication is more than just the words we speak, it’s the emotional safety we create when...
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May 225 min read
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