Why Self-Care Matters During the Festive Season — and 9 Easy Ways to Do It
Tue, Dec 16, 2025
If you’ve ever wondered why December leaves you more drained than delighted, you’re not imagining it. These few weeks compress expectation, memory, grief, comparison, and obligation into a few crowded days. Family dynamics resurface. Money is stretched thin. School fees, SACCO contributions, and travel costs spike. And when you finally sit down, the year quietly […]
Feeling Lonely This Festive Season? Your Emotions Might Be Pointing to Unhealed Trauma
Fri, Dec 12, 2025
December slows the world down, but it rarely slows the mind. In Kenya, the streets hum with festive energy: chapatis fry on jikos, children chase each other across the compound, elders catch up on family stories, and WhatsApp notifications ping with plans and greetings. Yet amid the noise, many feel an unexpected quietness inside. A […]
5 Holiday Hacks That Will Help You Bond With Your Kids
Wed, Dec 10, 2025
December doesn’t arrive quietly; it interrupts. Not with noise, but with honesty. The kind that meets you in the kitchen when dishes are stacked high, and two cousins are arguing over the remote control. The kind that whispers as you scroll through Instagram and wonder if your children will remember you as busy or present. […]
How to Recognize and Heal Family Trauma During Festive Gatherings in Kenya
Fri, Dec 5, 2025
Christmas holiday afternoons in Kenya have a rhythm of their own. The sun leans low, brushing verandas with gold, while the smell of chapati, roasting maize, and frying samosas fills the air. Phones ping in corners. Children squeal as they dash between rooms. Laughter bubbles, then stutters, tangled with murmurs of black tax, holiday contributions, […]
7 Reasons Why December Is the Best Time to Set 2026 Goals, & How Therapy Shapes the Process
Tue, Dec 2, 2025
December has a certain softness to it. The air feels heavier, slower. Streets in Nairobi buzz, but not with the frantic pushing of July or the leaning-forward tension of September. Even the traffic seems to inhale and hold, as if the whole city is quietly taking stock. It’s the one month where life gently taps […]
How Child Therapy Helps Decode Everyday Micro‑Experiences for Children
Fri, Nov 28, 2025
(Part Two: Making Sense of the Small Moments That Matter the Most) If you read our previous post, you already know children are shaped in the small, quiet moments that adults often overlook. The half-second hesitation before answering, the sudden silence when you ask “How was your day?”, or the way a child lingers at […]
The 5 Everyday Moments That Quietly Shape a Child’s Emotional World
Tue, Nov 25, 2025
There are big moments in a child’s life, such as the first days of school, birthdays, report cards, and family trips. Those are easy to prepare for and even easier to remember. But the emotional patterns that shape children the most rarely happen in grand, dramatic scenes. They unfold quietly in hallways, kitchens, parking lots, […]
How Forward‑Thinking NGOs Put Staff Mental Health First
Fri, Nov 21, 2025
There’s a moment many NGO leaders know too well. A Land Rover hums its way up from a rural valley in western Kenya, bouncing along a dirt road. Inside, a field officer shakes off dust, papers clutched in hand, and checks her phone. Half-finished reports. Short messages from colleagues. A sense of exhaustion that isn’t […]