Chances are, for every time you have felt low, money was one of the major contributing factors. The gutting failure to make more, or the redundant regret that comes after spending aimlessly. Not to mention the pain of adult kawu — you know the one where your beeping yaka meter…

It has been 11years since my life drastically changed for the worst. I still vividly remember 28th September, 2011; a school day like any other except, I would later have a stroke that left me paralyzed, uneducated and ordinary for over a decade! Accounts was the first class of the…

Please find attached this disclaimer that I wrote a while ago when someone believed my continued mental health activism is because I won’t let the trauma go. Thanks With the confusion out of the way, I would like to add that talking about it helps. Yes — the cliches work…

This piece is largely inspired by the conversation Josie and I had this morning about a question I get asked a lot — “how do I know my mental health is bad?” I find this question to be rather ambiguous because to answer it, I’d have to know you in…

As you’ve exhaustively heard, the headline on New Vision’s May 10th 2022 issue stated that 14 million Ugandans are mentally ill. This can be attributed to the fact that access to adequate mental health care is limited, majority of the population would rather avoid a conversation around it and there…

Now that I am finally graduating, I can share how I’ve made it thus far. With 3years experience, a tumultuous past and the fact that I will be turning 25 at the end of this month, I believe I have the moral authority to offer this advice that absolutely no…

Burna Boy and Elsa Majimbo have one thing in common- no shame! This quality has propelled them to great heights in their respective careers. They know they are damn good and walk in that light, while delivering on their word and it’s nothing short of admirable and inspirational in my…

Sometime last year, while I was working on my dissertation, I came across an article that attributed the cause of some mental illnesses to the sufferers’ actions. It had something along the lines of “mental illnesses do not have any chemical or biological causes….” I don’t quite remember. What I…

Rihanna was not wrong when she sang “We all want love”. Relationships are very essential to our psychosocial wellbeing. They help us see different sides of ourselves, comfort us, give us company, reassurance and hopefully, — peace in a tumultuous world, etcetera. From a personal stand point, I do not…