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You know how people always talk about how ‘attention seeking’ we have become in this Facebook/Instagram generation?? We will post almost anything – even bodies in coffins – to get likes and sympathy. Or videos in compromising situations that should be private. Our bodies have become viral artwork […]

I have made no secret of the fact that I grew up with an alcoholic father. This means that the entire family, yes, including the extended family, was a maze of enabling behaviors. My childhood was almost entirely lost to this phenomena – which makes me very attentive […]

So, we are back! How have you been? It has been over 3 months without a post. No writing and no reading. Isn’t it interesting how times of high confusion and lack of clarity about the future paralyze our brains? Routines are known to be good for our […]

Its mental health awareness month, and it’s also mental health awareness week. Statistics show that nearly 45% of adults mental health in the USA have been negatively impacted due to worries and stress over the virus. In Kenya alone, Intimate Partner Violence plus Gender Based Violence cases have […]

Are you aware that May is Mental Health Awareness Month? If yes, have you been doing anything to care for your mental health more than you usually do? Otherwise, start now! we still have 2 weeks! I have been thinking a lot about how in my early 20s […]

Remember our last post Dreams of a Better Future was about Trauma Bonds? Imagine this is a continuation of that post! I was having this brilliant conversation with a friend about romantic entanglements. You are suddenly a part of a triangle and you don’t know which corner of […]

Have you ever bonded with someone too quick? Almost too quick? And discovered a few weeks or months later that it was not the best idea to bond with this person at all? That there was too much pain there? Or anger? Whatever it was, it made you […]

I borrowed this from DESTINY CAREERS authored by Pearl Boshomane Tsotetsi because why invent something that already exists? Go read some more under the Life Under COVID-19 —————————————————————————————– Here are five simple but effective tools you can use to keep yourself and those who are around  you psychologically […]

This is copied from MBG relationships authored by By Elizabeth Earnshaw. Many people have the wrong idea about boundaries. They believe that they already have good boundaries when in reality they have brick walls, or they believe that boundaries are “unkind.” Healthy boundaries are the ultimate guide to […]

What if you saw your father murder your mother? Watched your mother bleed to death? What if you then saw your father behind bars as you testified to get him put in jail? What happens to you when you have to live an entire life with this memory? […]

I stumbled onto this blog-post and I really want to share it with you. I copy-pasted the whole post – but please go to Lwile the Leo’s blog and binge! You will love it. ——————————————————————————————————————- In 2014/2015 my BFF told me that firstborns are their mum’s best friends. […]