Blessing Timidi Digha: Therapy is very important to healing | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⬇️
She does a lot of counselling around Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights and is very vast at the work she does.
Asides church and school, both parties always ensured I picked up a skill or joined extracurricular activities like the famous Space2000, sports learning instruments etc. I did not always like it, but every skill I have picked up along the way has contributed to my life. I also had my rebellious phase.When I was 10 or so, one of the sisters in church was seen with a brother in church. Guess whom everyone had smoke for? The sister.
One experience that has also stayed with me and I have talked about this a lot is talking to secondary school students about abstinence and this student stands up and asks me what about those who were already sexually active, don’t they deserve information, resources, services, and support?Thankfully, all these roles intersect; managing these roles comes with a lot of listening, confidentiality, unpacking my personal biases, humility, passion, learning, unlearning, field work, talking, data,...
The lessons I have learnt is that first, a lot of Nigerians associate shame and stigma with accessing numerous services, especially if they are free or government provided/subsidised and so, I get to be creative and meet people where they are to ensure they access these services. Second, Nigerians are not unlearning certain mindsets when they migrate and get in trouble because of it.Therapy is very important to healing; it helps you hold up a mirror to see yourself.
I studied Food Science and Engineering in the university, and it is always refreshing to apply the knowledge from all those mechanical and electrical electives on set. I do content creation on women issues and lots of consultancy on these issues. I am also into research as a freelance researcher, while transitioning into academia. The thing is that I am a creative, so I have my hands full with a lot of projects and activities as an individual and through collaborations.
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