Fahimta Books: Please can you introduce yourself?
Bashirat Abdulwahab: My name is Bashirat Abdulwahab popularly known as Coach Bashy. I am a trained journalist turned Life Coach, Grief Recovery Therapist, Humanitarian and Author.
I do a lot of work in the helping practices profession and I am currently on a transition journey.

Fahimta Books: When and how did you start writing?
I started trying my hands on writing way back in junior secondary school. My first novel unfortunately was misplaced by my English teacher. This discouraged me but I picked up writing again in 2016 because I wanted to share my experiences with the world. I am glad I did.

Fahimta Books: What inspired you?
Bashirat Abdulwahab: Many things. But the most important motivating factor was sharing lessons from real-life experiences to inspire others going through life hurdles.

Fahimta Books: Writing, they say is therapeutic how true is this analogy?
Bashirat Abdulwahab: Every book that I have written is therapy for me. But, the most therapeutic of them is my 1st published book titled, From Pain To Purpose. It is as I like to describe it; my healing journal that I have decided to share with the World. Writing it was tough. It meant facing my emotions head-on, allowing myself to grieve and dealing with what needed to be dealt with.
So yes, writing is therapeutic and it has been one of the ways through which I sought healing.

Fahimta Books: Self-help books and Nigerian reading public, what has the market for it been like?
The market hasn’t been bad but it can be better. Here, people judge a book by its cover and the number of pages. Concise books are expected to be insanely cheap because well, they are small regardless of the quality of content. We need more support getting our written works to the right domain and the right people. I am glad Fahimta is doing something in that light.
Fahimta Books: Thank you for your time
Bashirat Abdulwahab: My pleasure!