image credit: Dorcas Mbuyi Written by: Dorcas Mbuyi I grew up quite shy, but I wasn’t born that way. Circumstances made me identify that way. As a child, I was fearless, outspoken, and full of life. But somewhere along the way, I started retreating into myself. Maybe it was the weight of people’s opinions, the quiet fear of being misunderstood, or the subtle ways of life teach us to shrink. Whatever it was, by the time I was grown, I had mastered the art of staying in the background never too loud, never too seen. I assumed this was just who I had become, but God knew otherwise. Then, one day, seemingly out of nowhere, I had this random urge to start recording myself while cooking. It didn’t make sense at first. I wasn’t a professional chef, and I had never been one to put myself in front of a camera. But something about it felt natural, almost freeing. The more I recorded, the more I fell in love with the process not just with c...