Starting a conversation about suicide can be hard. Regardless, I believe it a conversation that must happen with our families, friends and our community as a whole. Do you feel uncomfortable discussing about suicide? Do you worry that maybe by talking about it you will make matters worse like possibly inciting suicide thoughts or actions? …
In a previous blog, I wrote about the terms we use to talk about mental health and mental health concerns, if you didn’t get a chance to read about it click here to read here. Remember, everyone has mental health, but not everyone will have a mental illness. Another important fact is that mental health …
While we all have mental health and not all of us will have a mental illness. However, no one is protected from crossing the line into mental illness when experiencing the above factors.
We are created whole in the image of God. Our humanity encompasses our spiritual, physical, social, emotional and intellectual being. We can’t glorify one aspect and neglect the other. We become whole, vibrant, and healthy human beings when all our ‘core-beings’ are alive and functioning the way they are supposed to.
Our emotions are so linked to our humanity that they co-exist. But, at the same time, it’s not the end all be all of our identity, we are not our emotions. Irenaeus once said, “The glory of God is a human being fully alive.” You are an image-bearer of God. When we learn to channel …
Emotions – what are they? Emotions are an integral part of being human. To have emotions is to be human. You not only experience emotion within yourself, you also outwardly express them differently throughout your life. It’s nearly impossible to exist in a completely neutral or emotionless state. As humans, we are physical, spiritual, …
The ability to think and reason is what distinguishes humans from other beings. There is a saying that goes like this “As a man thinks in his heart so is he…”. You don’t need to look far in order to know the kind of person you are – all you need to check is the …
Your actions cannot change until your thoughts are changed Everything a person thinks and plans starts in his mind first. One who thinks positively about himself and others always desires to do good. On the other hand, a person who thinks and sees himself negatively acts in a destructive way. Take note of the thoughts …
Our mind can be easily filled with either a productive or unproductive thought pattern. We need to learn to differentiate which thought pattern is right and which is not. The passive mind can be described as a lack of feeling, a lack of desire, apathy, and laziness. Therefore, the passive mind is the opposite of …
We become what we think. What we think in our minds has a huge impact on our way of life. This means such thinking either push us forward or makes us look backward or even worse it can cause us to be stagnant where we at. Negative thinking is any kind of unkind, destructive, …
This website is dedicated to aspire, encourage and give hope to people from all walks of life who experienced mental illness, black men and women, in particular, Eritrean refugees all over the world who went through a lot of hardships and trauma in pursuit of a better life. There is hope. You are not alone.