Connect and Grow

My birthday is here again.  7th December is the beginning of my new year at a personal level. It is the time for me to celebrate life, recollect and set new resolutions. I want to thank God for the 47 years that ended yesterday. I am truly grateful for the woman I have become. I am more than aware of who I am now and ready to make positive changes going forward. I embrace and respect our African culture and  religion being  the main shapers of our belief system. Nevertheless, things and situations change. I know and have learnt more about life in the past years. My perspective and view about our deeply held traditions changed also.  I have chosen to share my new beginnings as part of my healing and thriving. Last year, I came face to face with the fact of life.  You cannot love another if you do not love SELF . Simple as it may sound; it was life-changing for me. I was raised as a woman whose role was to care and nurture others. Growing u...

" Knowing yourself is the beginning of all the wisdom " Aristotle Some years back, I went to seek counselling from the Priest at our local church. At that time, I had unexplained anxieties that were causing me depression. I did not understand why I felt overburdened with life to the point of insanity. Coming from a family with a history of mental health, I was scared that it could be the beginning of the same. During that time, I spent hours on end overthinking and processing issues that had more to do with other people’s action towards me. It was exhausting and mind-boggling.  I became very sick and could not think or sleep properly. My career was affected by the depression and the toxic work environment did not help matters either. The Priest was very sympathetic to the issues and explained that he had counselled many cases presenting similar signs. He suspected that I could have been carrying a generational CURSE. He explained that family curses are reoccurr...