Social Anxiety at Parties and Owambes
Why weddings, owambes and office parties fill some people with dread, why a drink doesn’t really help, and what does: before, during and after.
Vaping, Nicotine and Your Mood
Why vaping feels calming but can keep you anxious, what research says about vaping and mood, the law in Nigeria, and how to cut down or quit.
Leaving Your Parents Behind When You Japa
Guilty about leaving your parents behind when you japa? How to set up care before you go, stay close from abroad, share the load with siblings, and cope.
Starting Over After 40: Job Loss in Nigeria
Lost your job in your 40s or 50s? What makes it harder in Nigeria, the routes people actually take back to work, protecting your family, and your mind.
Will My Therapist Tell My Parents?
Whether a therapist can tell your parents depends mostly on your age. What Nigerian law says for under-18s and adults, when they’d share, and where to get help.
When Can a Therapist Break Confidentiality?
What a therapist in Nigeria can share and when: your consent, court orders, serious risk of harm and the few laws that require reporting a crime.
Secondary Infertility: When Baby Two Won’t Come
Struggling to conceive after a previous pregnancy? What secondary infertility is, why it happens, why it hurts, when to see a doctor, and how to cope together.
Traditional Healers and Mental Illness
Why many families see a healer first, what healers do, where it goes wrong, what the law says about chaining, and how to use healing and medical care safely.
Selective Mutism in Children
Your child talks at home but goes silent at school. What selective mutism is, how it differs from shyness, autism and a new language, and what really helps.
Alcohol and Anxiety: Breaking the Cycle
Why a drink calms you for an hour but leaves you more anxious the next day, how alcohol affects sleep, when drinking to cope is a warning sign, and what helps.