Eight years ago, on a rainy Tuesday evening in July, I left therapy and, in the quiet of a cab ride home, captured my therapist’s words before they slipped away into a moment in time. Flashforward to July 4, 2025, and my husband and I celebrated 1.5 years of marriage and 5.5 years together. My … Continue reading Mental Health Monday: A Love That Heals
Author: Lwile the Leo
Lwile is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya who is passionate about Mental Health, books and Taylor Swift.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Book 29/30. My rating: 4 of 5 stars Original 2015 ReviewJust finished reading this, and I really wished I read this before I watched the movie. I watched the movie because seemingly everyone was going on and on about it, and how good it is. Maybe it's because I'm not a movie person (I much … Continue reading Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Spare by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
Book 28/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars Spare, a memoir by Prince Harry, chronicles The Duke of Sussex’s life from his childhood and the tragic death of his mother, Princess Diana, to his military service, marriage to Meghan Markle, and subsequent step back from royal duties. The memoir’s title highlights Prince Harry’s position as … Continue reading Spare by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Book 27/30. Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and endlessly curious, she grows up in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed where her father and a team of lexicographers are gathering words for the first Oxford English Dictionary. Hidden beneath the sorting table, young Esme watches their work in silence. When a … Continue reading The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
World Suicide Prevention Day 2025
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
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
The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
Book 26/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars Book 26 on the 26th 🤩🤓A young woman earns her money by posing as a bargain psychic at Spiritual Palms, while secretly doing some illegal sex work on the side. Most of her clients simply pay her to hear whatever makes them feel better. Her routine changes … Continue reading The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Book 25/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars After a painful breakup nine years ago, witch Vivienne Jones decided to get a little revenge on her ex. She knew cursing him was a misuse of magic, but she figured a spell powered by an “orchard hayride” candle could not do much harm.Then Rhys Penhallow, Vivi’s … Continue reading The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
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
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Book 24/30. My rating: 3 of 5 stars After finishing my previous book (The Night Circus) a fortnight ago and not reading anything since, I decided that there is no better way to get back into the swing of things than with the Queen of the Goodreads Choice Award for Readers’ Favorite Romance. Emily has … Continue reading Funny Story by Emily Henry