At the start of every year, many of us dash off on one form of personal-development plan or another in the hope that it’ll put us in better stead for…
It’s usually sparked off by feelings of trepidation and sometimes even performance anxiety, which we all experience at some point in our lives as we journey towards achieving a set…
Whilst there is no test or exam to diagnose ‘good mental health’, we know that having good mental health means we feel good most of the time. To feel good…
For 30 years of my adult life, I gave myself to the daily grinds of work — the deadlines, the commuting and the backslapping. I occasionally daydreamed about the quiet…
Growing up in my elementary school days, I never liked reading. Instead, I had an unrivalled preference for watching cartoons and listening to music, I didn’t have a clue back…
A parent’s desire for an excellent and well-adjusted child is palpable from the moment they are born. To achieve this, however, you must, as a parent, know how to raise…
In a recent interview with Dr Paul Wakama, I asked: What is the legacy of a great father? In response to the question, he said: “Let your kids remember you,…
Challenging behaviour is communicating unmet needs. For example, you might label a child naughty, unmotivated, offensive, aggressive, loud and so on.
I spoke to a couple of people a few weeks ago, asking to know how things were going with their new year’s resolution goals. Sad to say that most said…
On 22 July 1946, the World Health Organisation defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” In…