TherapyHouse, one cool and helpful blog blog I have been reading

Imagine, I have become less conscious of other blogs after I stumbled on TherapyHouse. As a Nigerian blogger and creative I get into a lot of stress issues. When I am done for the day, I take a second list at my checklist and I say " can we have a 24 hour night time"-never.

I fall on my bed like a log of wood-I am stressed, extremely and mentally stressed after the days job.

Whenever I wake up, I get up with flicks of uncoordinated dreams.

I have been going to online sites trying to connect with stress management ideas that have a Nigerian in mind. Luckily, I found Therapyhouse  and I am just glad. I have been following their posts religiously and I think they are pretty good.

What they do is to provide stress management info for you,create awareness about the things professionals, sportsmen, house wives, should avoid or employ in order to live a healthier physical health.

I took a small leap to meet the blogger, Tinu Aremu-she is a consultant physiotherapist and a down to earth lover of children with physical challenges. What baffles me most is that she is just up to no good with simple expressions-she takes you as a brother almost immediately,and that really put my nerves in order as I approached her.

One thing I left with is that she told me that a lot of physical challenges faced by adults when they retire is as a result of their lifestyle, and series of mental and bodily stress.

I asked her how she helps manage the stress of consulting, whether she works hard and plays hard like the rest of us. She said that she spends quality time with children with challenges. She said they are a very creative bunch, very boisterous and ready to learn.  

I am having a field day with online and offline therapy with Tinu now. Isn't that cool?

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"Loving Life" Artmosphere's Presents FEB Edition

Artmosphere February, 2013 Edition: Loving Life 

It’s the second edition of Artmosphere, the quintessential music, poetry, performance and arts event in Nigeria. This edition is made possible by WriteHouse Collective, a creative enterprise, culture and arts firm, and Ibridge Hub, a place for people with great ideas to meet, learn and work. It is a creative and collaborative environment where young entrepreneurs and innovators in the city of Ibadan can bring their ideas to reality.
This edition of the monthly Book Culture and Lifestyle event suits the season of love but presents love in a multifaceted and dynamic way. No wonder the February edition is tagged “Loving Life”. The curator, ‘Femi Morgan, notes “Love is the stretch of words, insufficient for describing Life, yet Love brings forth life. Love is not despair, it is giving and forgiving. It is faith and grace; it is pleasant prejudice and subtle worship. Love means different things to different people.” 

The February edition of Artmosphere tagged “Loving Life” holds on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Venue: NuStreams Conference Centre, KM 110 Abeokuta road, Alalubosa GRA Extension, Ibadan.
TIME: 3pm to 6pm

This edition plays host to Tade Ipadeola, renowned poet and winner of the Delphic Laurel in Poetry 2009, an award known as the enigmatic Olympic prize for poets around the world. The event will also feature Servio Gbadamosi, spoken word poet, lyricist and entrepreneur, and Michael Azusa, spoken word poet from the University of Ibadan, amongst others. 

Kent Oxygen, and Michael Obot, seasoned alternative music acts will also be at “Loving Life” to spice the event with love songs and the nostalgic songs of the oldies. 

At “Loving Life”, we will be officially unveiling the electronic versions of Tade Ipadeola’s new literary offering, The Sahara Testament. The collection of poetry will be available and compactable to the Ipad, Nook, Kindle and e-reading public in Nigeria. WriteHouse Collective has acquired the authority to make it available in Nigeria, in order to ensure that Nigerians can purchase the book without any foreign exchange hassles. Ipadeola wrote The Sahara Testament over the space of seven years. During his writing, he challenged his muse by getting acquainted with the culture, arts, life and living of peoples across the Sahara desert. This collection promises to become a definitive work of literature that transcends language and race.  


Tade Ipadeola 
Tade Ipadeola, a Nigerian, was born in 1970. He has published two volumes of poetry-A Time of Signs (2000) and The Rain Fardel (2005). He has also published short stories and essays. In 2009, he won the Delphic Laurel in poetry with his poem “Songbird” in Jeju, South Korea. His third volume of poetry, The Sahara Testaments-a sequence of 1000 quatrains on the Sahara is his latest work.
Tade Ipadeola is currently serving as the PEN (Nigeria Centre) President.
Tade lives in Ibadan where he practices law. 

                                                      Michael Asuzu 

Michael Asuzu is a spoken word poet and student of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ibadan. Michael believes in demystifying and making poetry accessible to a wider audience. He brings his words to life by infusing the foundational elements of pop and hip hop culture into his poetry performances.



  Servio Gbadamosi, 
Servio Gbadamosi is a spoken word artiste, lyricist and creative entrepreneur. He has earned his corporate experience as Human Resource personnel, Art organizer and as a Social Media executive. He is currently the Managing Partner/Head of Research and Development at WriteHouse Collective. His poems have appeared in different national dailies and in Crossroads, an anthology of poems chosen from across Africa and the diaspora in memory of Christopher Okigbo.  He is the unpublished author of the viral collection, A Tributary in Servitude. He will be performing a medley and some poems from his upcoming collection of love poems. 


Music Acts

Kent Oxygen 
Hassan Kehinde Daniel, Kent Oxygen is an African folk and Jazz artist. He is a lyrically rich, comedic and inspiring songwriter. The graduate of Computer Science and Statistics from University of Nigeria, Nssuka, is fecund in the use the acoustic guitar, piano and drums. Kent Oxygen started his career in the 90’s where he rose as music director at his church. 

OluMichael  
Micheal Obot AKA Olumicheal is a song writer and singer. He reaches out to his audience using the soul genre. 
Obot is a graduate of Accountancy but he prefers the music counts of the piano. He is currently working on his album, and has already recorded singles such as “Show Me Love”, “Only You Can Make Your Dreams Come True”, “Aiye Ole”, “Eledumare”, and more

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Artmophere, "Timelines" was Splendid

Artmosphere, the leading poetry, music and performance event, which I am part and parcel of went successfully. Our planning paid off.

A big thank you to those who came to the event. See pictures and news links on our facebook page WriteHouse.

you can also read the The Guardian Newspapers, Nigeria  for highlights of the event.

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