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THE FITTING ROOM

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  FIFI’S CORNER MENTORING SCHOOL COHORT 1- Growth Center For Ladies (Ages 15-25) Reason For Creation To function as a healthy room for hatching, growth, transformation and evolvement To create space for emotional healing, fast-track healing processes Serve as a launch pad for purposeful living, intentional decisions and authentic living Cater to destiny needs as every single person has a reason for being.  Duration: 2 moths- (8 weeks Virtual Mentoring)  Core Pillars (An avenue for ladies to become stabilized women with the equipping needed to take their world by the horn, riding on the waves of purpose and clarity to lead wholesome lives.) Healing Clarity Strength Growth Light of Purpose  SHORT AUTHOR’S NOTE I am a mental wellness coach and emotional healing guide whose work centers around the installation of self-awareness and the development of shame resilience in people. I am largely focused on helping people lead wholesome and authentic lives, regardless of their background and l
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Understanding 'Core Beliefs.'

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CORE BELIEFS (Disclaimer) This isn't a scientific discourse or an attempt to explain the phrase above using objective, identifiable and measurable methods. The only bet that this conversation would hold any ground in your heart is the fact that the person reading this is a "HUMAN BEING,"- and that is my only bet.  This short piece on core beliefs will appear to be informative and relatable, and that's the goal.  To come out clean, I'd say I hope for it to take you through a sort of mental journey; one that'll make you feel like you were speaking with a therapist.  Welcome, you can grab a seat. Getting Started With  ' Core Beliefs' Core beliefs are oftentimes at the center of whatever challenge we might be facing in important areas of our lives. Whether it be in the context of our personal lives,  relationship-wise/maritally, career growth and spiritual life. In behavioral psychology, 'core beliefs' are right at the epicenter of h
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Is Africa's Mental Health Challenge A Case Of Underdiagnosis or Non-Existence?

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AFRICA's MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS; A NON-EXISTENT ISSUE OR A CASE Of UNDERDIAGNOSIS? I have something in my head and I have been meditating on this for a while. Basically just trying to establish a balance where necessary. I am an African from Nigeria but something bothers me about our general perception of mental health and I think this is a valid source of concern.  I've had this trouble for a while now and it's safe to say that I have been pondering on this for a number of years. But this entire piece was triggered by a statement I read on Twitter. Someone had made a submission that Africans are not known to hugely patronise antidepressants and other forms of psychotropic drugs because it is "a community- oriented" continent.  As brilliant as this perspective is, I genuinely struggled with the absolute nature of the statement which strongly insinuates that the African continent isn't in dire need of psychotropic and therapeutic interventions because community i
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MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY

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  EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES ON THE ECONOMY OUTLOOK OF A SOCIETY OR NATION. Functional impairment is a direct impact of mental health discomfort and these have consequences on productivity and quality of work.  The consequences of mental ill-health are not limited to just the individual and their immediate social environment like family…it impacts the entire social and national fabric.  They affect the social/national fabric through what I describe as the "unit effect" or one that is better understood as the 'cost per head.' It is however difficult to measure the aggregate or estimated cost of mental burdens because of variables in mental health, incomplete definitions, and lack of data to aid proper analysis.  My Thoughts  I believe that mental health accounts for more economic loss on the economy's growth than chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer etc. I'll prove it.  According to the World Economic Forum, WEF, there are different way
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Psychosis, the interaction of Neurons.

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Passion is wild.  It has to be the only explanation for why I spent approximately 9hrs studying and writing.  I carried out a 15minutes dancing exercise around 9pm and took a 15minutes stroll. The first draft of this piece was written around 11pm and now it's exactly 2:07am.  I spent those exhilarating hours trying to understand the impact of mental ill health on economies and the strain that poor economies places on the mental well-being of individuals.  I also did a bit of study around psychosis and this was where I got hooked! Felt like I was high on sugar.  This article should bore you if you are generally uninterested in broad scopes like psychology. So you can opt out here if you'd like to but I assure you, an additional information wouldn't hurt.  You know, despite the improved knowledge on the study of Psychosis, I still think there is some sort of unexplainable variations.  I like to think of psychosis from a psycho-philosphical perspective. Now, there might be
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A word From Victor

"After meeting Feranmi, a few years later, she began organizing programs focused on mental health and healing.  One of those events brought me down from Ife to participate because, at the time, I was going through a lot. Despite being angry at everything, I continued working, even in the ministry.  During the event, which included about 15 other people, interacting with Feranmi melted my heart. What struck me was that God cares about my mental health too. It's not just about me ministering to people; as much as God cares about the people I minister to, He also cares about the minister."
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Just One Session Would Help

I made a promise to share some of the beautiful testaments of the work and here you have it, another one of such feedbacks.  This particular report is from a LinkedIn audio live session I had in 2023.  The theme for that event was "The power of letting go," and Grace was present. We are products of conversations, meetings and people.  In her words: "My name is Grace, I joined one of FIFI's emotional class and I can still recall how vulnerable I felt during the class, I felt some pain I thought I had overcome, and I didn't even know I could feel that way because the incident was a long time ago, but until then I noticed I still feel pains from the past.  One beautiful thing about the class was that it was accommodating enough to share my story, and then I saw a new side to it and I felt better. I was able to learn from other people's experiences and Fifi was kind enough to share hers too. It was a very good experience for me and I feel more people should exper
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