TIWALOLA OGUNLESI: Body Image, Friendship Breakups & Finding Confidence

Today I am joined by international speaker, confidence coach and founder of Confident and Killing It, Tiwalola Ogunlesi. Tiwa moved to the UK from Nigeria aged 15 and began to struggle with low self-esteem issues throughout her teenage years. After graduating from university she felt immense pressure to live up to the expectations she’d set for herself, get a job and become a quote on quote ‘Adult’. She finally accepted a job at an engineering firm in Oxford, despite having no real interest in the company, or the job, and so as a year or more went by Tiwa found herself slowly suffocating in the boredom and monotony of living a life she felt incredibly uninspired by. It was around this time that Tiwa decided to start volunteering at a local church and become a youth leader; there she met various girls aged 15-17 and realised from speaking to them on a regular basis that there was a major confidence crisis in yet another generation of girls growing up in the world thinking they weren’t good enough. Tiwa started making videos on instagram about the subject matter and 2 years later she was working full-time on her own business, Confident and Killing It, the self-love revolution to wake women up to their worth and dare to live the life they truly desire... Since then, Tiwa has equipped over 3000 women in London, Lagos, New York and Johannesburg at The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy For Girls with the tools and knowledge they need to be confident.  She has been interviewed by the likes of Jameela Jamil, spoken at UN women's conference, recently signed a book deal with Harper Collins and worked her ass off to ensure that the next generation of women we raise are ready to look themselves in the eye and say those three words which we all seemingly struggle with so much; I love myself.You can pre-order Tiwa's book 'Confident & Killing It' HEREOur favourite Millennial Minesweeper quote this week was: "Perhaps imagination is not where we go to escape reality, but where we go to remember it" - Glennon Doyle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.