Healing From Life's Dysfunctions And Traumas
There are things that no one will teach a mother who’s just gone through a separation or a divorce. Because this is a life terrain that has a bitter taste in our mouths. You can’t have a discourse of preparedness just in case divorce happens. So we learn in the process. As the adults bang … Read more
Till now I can’t tell how I feel about the lady who ended the life of her own child and consumed its contents. It happened months ago. My mental wellness hasn’t allowed me to view the video, reading it is horrifying enough. Separation and divorce is not the most catastrophic happening on the face of … Read more
Some of us who’ve had a series of healing to do may find it difficult to forgive ourselves for what we consider and brand as failures of 2023. Convincing ourselves that what we brand failures are pick up points and roads to redirection is such work with intense assurance and convictions. We need to just … Read more
In most cases there’s no rule for healing. But then again we can’t center it on us because we have to coexist with others. We rub on the society it rubs on us We rub on family they rub on us We rub on friends they rub on us We rub on religion it rubs … Read more
Amidst my cheekiness here and there someone who’s as silly as I am, mentioned pregnancy. In the jist of silliness I talk without thinking sometimes, I blurted “I’m not an athlete but with the sight of pregnancy even my scent won’t be felt.” So when I was with myself I sat ruminating over my words. … Read more
Every survivor of domestic abuse – emotional, spiritual, physical, financial, sexual… struggles to heal from other traumas gathered apart from the abuse itself. Mine have been; Cooking/kitchen/food – Am in a better space Gym – I scroll very fast when I see a picture of a gym Calm bornagain men 😊 – I sit at … Read more
I wanted to say that we fall and we rise but am convinced to call it false comfort. Babies from my generation sucked their thumbs to ease their tension … babies of today use pacifiers. They offer them temporary distraction and fall asleep. Am not sure if they do remember their earlier anxiety whenever they … Read more
Sometimes am aloof, sometimes am warm, sometimes niko tu(am just there). Sometimes am bubbling with laughter. How’s your healing journey so far? Sometimes am not picking calls from the persons I know, sometimes am not responding to their messages and sometimes am just saying yes and no. Ironically those times you’ll find me in a … Read more
I love Christmas season alot but not more than I do Easter holidays. The latter speaks reconciliation to me, am the type that would be needing to be reconciled to christ daily and again there should be such reminders popping from all sides, alot of times I also do need to be reconciled to self, … Read more
Few years back, a friend would call me Mrs…aah let’s say Mrs. Mathayo and I’d be grinning and feeling like am floating or something. Yeah I would be so thrilled, before we dive into our chitchats I’d be laughing for the first two minutes as I say things like “haki wewe prophetess, haki wewe unakuanga … Read more