Ruth Ngodigha, popularly known as ThePhenomenalRuth, is a passionate teens coach and counselor with extensive experience working with teenagers. She has carried out several outreaches to schools and towns in Bayelsa and Lagos states, Nigeria, targeting teenagers, especially the girl child, like the Teen 360, which is an annual outreach done by The Adolescent Care Hub. She has also volunteered for UNICEF and several NGOs like the Health Emergency Initiative and FHI 360 Nigeria. Ruth is an author and a certified public health scientist. She obtained her BSc in public health in 2020 from the reputable Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria. She is the founder of the Adolescent Care Hub, an NGO for teenagers aimed at bridging the Gap in teenage years
For years, weโve heard about the benefits of swimming and water aerobics for older adults. And to be fair, they do offer a lot, including low-impact movement, heart health, and gentle strength-building. But if weโre talking specifically about staying steady on your feet, about preventing falls, maintaining balance, and walking with confidence into your seventies ...
Thereโs a moment nearly every parent knows. Youโre folding laundry or making dinner when your child turns to you with yet another wide-eyed, insistent, โWhy?โ Why is the sky blue? Why do cats purr? Why canโt I eat cake for breakfast? Why do people get old? At first, itโs charming. The endless โwhy?โ feels like ...
Thereโs this assumption we often carry, quietly, maybe even unconsciously, that intelligence guarantees success. That the brightest students will naturally rise to the top, breeze through school, and emerge as the future leaders, scientists, or artists we pin our hopes on. But in real classrooms, that’s not always what happens. In fact, some of the ...
We talk a lot about attention these days. Apps hijack it. Parents wish they could bottle more of it. Teachers try to keep it from drifting out the window mid-lesson. It’s become a commodity, a battleground, a source of anxiety and aspiration. But somewhere in the noise, between the finger-pointing about screen time and the ...