Every year on September 10, the world pauses for World Suicide Prevention Day. It is a reminder that we can all come together, not just with words but with real action, compassion and care to help prevent suicide. This observance began in 2003, and more than twenty years later it feels just as important, maybe … Continue reading World Suicide Prevention Day 2025
Author: Lwile the Leo
Lwile is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya who is passionate about Mental Health, books and Taylor Swift.
Mental Health Monday: this is me trying
They told me all of my cages were mentalSo I got wasted like all my potential That lyric is from this is me trying, a track off Taylor Swift’s eighth studio album folklore, which won the Grammy for Album of the Year. I adore everything about the song, but right now that particular lyric is … Continue reading Mental Health Monday: this is me trying
38 on 3.8
I turned 38 on 3.8, an age that holds both my birthday and my late mother’s (August 3rd and March 8th) mirrored within it. That serendipitous realisation, which struck me three years ago, is the reason I am anchored in the conviction that 38 is destined to be the most monumental age of my life … Continue reading 38 on 3.8
International Day of Friendship
July 30th is the International Day of Friendship. Declared by the UN in 2011, it was built on the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. Friendships are one of the most essential, but easily underappreciated, relationships in our lives. Friendship is not as … Continue reading International Day of Friendship
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Book 19/30. My rating: 1 of 5 starsI try to read a “difficult” novel every 10th book of my reading challenge to get me out of my comfort zone and build stronger reading muscle. But, ngl, even as a seasoned reader I was verrrryyy nervous about Mrs. Dalloway 😅Classics can be quite challenging to read, … Continue reading Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
Book 19/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsI was a bit apprehensive about this one because I went into Behind Closed Doors (the author’s debut) expecting to LOVE it, but it ended up being an average 3-star read. My fingers were crossed that B.A. Paris’s sophomore novel would be an improvement on her first, but … Continue reading The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness
Book 18/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsI have had A Monster Calls on my Goodreads Want to Read shelf since October 2020, and because of that I jumped at the chance to read The Crane Wife as my first Patrick Ness book, only for it to end up being such a bland 2-star read. … Continue reading The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness
Mental Health Awareness Month starring Steph and Joy
How do you define mental wellness? I would define mental wellness as knowing how to cope with different emotions at different times since your mentality is connected to how you think or feel and how you manage the different stresses and what life throws at you. 2. Can you share any habits or routines you … Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Month starring Steph and Joy
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Book 17/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars4 ½ stars ✨Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town … Continue reading All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Five Bad Days
If you read my inaugural Mental Health Monday post of the year (Mental Health Monday: I Am Fine), then you know I spent two nights at Chiromo Lane Medical Centre in January. During those two days and two nights I had nothing but time to take stock of the choices I had made that led … Continue reading Five Bad Days
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