23 Years of Full-Time Caregiving & Still Building Her Dreams | Memuna Forna

Memuna is an entrepreneur, writer, cultural strategist, and advocate whose life has been defined by extraordinary resilience. For 23 years, she cared for her daughter who lived with profound disabilities caused by drug-resistant epilepsy and required around-the-clock care. During that same period, she earned professional qualifications, built businesses, launched national initiatives, and created opportunities for women — proving that even life’s greatest responsibilities don’t have to silence our biggest dreams. Today she shares powerful lessons on caregiving, leadership, ambition, grief, reinvention, and what it truly means to keep moving forward when life doesn’t go according to plan. In this honest and deeply moving conversation, Memuna shares: • Her ambitious 20s in London public relations and journalism • The sudden shift when her daughter’s seizures began at age 2½ • Leaving a thriving corporate career for full-time caregiving • Losing the sense of achievement and social life that work once gave • Finding small wins through gardening and everyday accomplishments • Returning to university part-time for special-needs teaching • Rebuilding a career from home while providing 24-hour care • Lessons on ambition, grief, and reinvention under extreme pressure If you’re in your 20s facing unexpected responsibility, caregiving, or a life that no longer matches the plan you had, this episode is a powerful reminder that your dreams don’t have to die. Timestamps below ⬇️ #Memuna #Caregiving #Resilience #Reinvention #ConversationsWithSekani If conversations with Sekani sparks something in you, do well to share to someone who you think might need this. Subscribe so you don’t miss new episodes. If you have a minute leaving a review helps more people discover these everyday unique voices and the insight they carry. Your support means the world. Want to be a guest on Conversation with Sekani? Send a message to Joy https://www.podmatch.com/member/conve... Chapters 0:00 - Intro & Welcome Memuna 1:40 - Ambitious 20s in London PR and Journalism 8:15 - Marriage, Motherhood & a Full, Exciting Life 15:30 - The First Seizure and the Beginning of Change 23:10 - Watching Her Daughter Lose Skills Over the Years 31:45 - Leaving Corporate Life for Full-Time Caregiving 40:20 - Missing Achievement and Finding Small Wins 48:50 - Returning to University and Rebuilding Work From Home 57:15 - 23 Years of Caregiving Without Silencing Her Dreams