Mtu ni Watu - Podcast

Embracing your black hair means, accepting that your hair is beautiful. Never allow the color or the thickness of your hair discourage you from caring and loving your natural hair. Be patient with your hair, love, and care for it. Remember that by embracing your natural hair, you inspire others who are dealing and struggling with loving and embrace their natural hair. 

The Bible does not offer any guideline on how to balance family and church. The Bible, however, establishes the order of importance between family and church. In 1 Timothy 3:4-5, says that the minister must, “Manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?”. The lesson here is that it is hard to care for...

Food and culture are interwoven. Every culture has its own unique ways of preparing and cooking food. Although the processes of preparing, serving, and sharing foods and drinks might appear simple, however it often carries very special and important social and cultural significance. Food is used to express cultural identity and in some cases some food and recipes and used to transmit knowledge from one generation to the next. Food ...

Grief is a natural response to loss. It is the internal pain we feel when dealing with loss of someone we love or care about. The pain of loss can feel overwhelming and everyone deals with grief differently. Grief brings all kinds of difficult and unexpected emotions, from shock or anger to disbelief, guilt, and profound sadness. The pain of grief can also disrupt your physical health, making it difficult to sleep, eat, or even thi...

Rights and responsibilities are what help keep our communities thriving and successful. Laws are created to protect these right and freedom that we have and enjoy, however, responsibilities are duties or things that we as members of the community should do to protect all the right and freedom we have.

Marriage and the idea of marriage is universal, there is no one generally acceptable definition of marriage. However, marriage in the African context is a union between two families, not just two individuals. Marriage is primarily for procreation and continuation of a family line. Without marriage, there is no family, and without a family, one could not bear children. Childbearing is such an important part of an African marriage, i...

If you’ve seen your local grocery store with a couple of empty shelves, you’re not alone. Some food shortages may depend on where you buy your groceries as there are regional differences in supply. In other parts of the world food shortage is an everyday reality. It is not an overstatement to say the world is at early stages of a global food crisis. What can we do as individual or collectively to help with food security crisis?

Although almost no one can agree on a single definition of love, most people agree that love plays a huge role in our physical and psychological well-being. Love is a mix of emotions, behaviors, and beliefs associated with strong feelings of affection, protectiveness, warmth, and respect for another person. Love is mysterious and it can’t be seen or touched, and it is experienced differently by everyone. But the greatest thing abou...

Gender is the most extensively investigated issues in social science. Although so much has been recorded pertaining to gender, gender inequality remains an overwhelming injustice of our age, and the biggest human rights challenge we face. The continued existence of gender-based inequality is alarming considering changes in formal and informal norms in society today. 

Mindsets are beliefs about ourselves and our most basic qualities and abilities. There are two types: fixed and growth. In a fixed mindset, most people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits whereas in growth mindset people believe their most basic abilities can be developed through hard work and dedication. Mindsets are not just any beliefs but are beliefs that orient our reaction...

As you perhaps already know, self-image relates to what you see when you look in a mirror, however, the concept goes way much deeper than just a reflection ourselves. Self-image refers to how we see ourselves on a personal and a global level, both internally and externally. Self-image is how we perceive ourselves on daily basis, both positively and negatively. 

Communication, in basic terms, is the process of sending and receiving information between people. Great communication involves both speaking and listening. The primary goal is to develop a clear and shared understanding of the information being delivered. Communication is part of what makes us human and be a part of the global society. Although communication is so important, many of us struggle to clearly articulate our thought? W...

Forgiveness is the mental or spiritual process of ceasing to feel resentment, indignation or anger against another person for perceived or an actual offense, they have committed against you. It is not seeking vengeance or demanding a punishment against the person. Forgive is hard and sometimes a very slow process.

Family relationships are so complex and are extremely hard to navigate. Dealing with difficult family members is downright hard and though it may be better for your stress level to eliminate or remove yourself from strained relationships, it is particularly difficult to that to people we are related to. However, not matter what a family is made up of, they can build strong, positive relationships that promote wellbeing and support ...

In general, when most of us talk about happiness, we are mostly talking about how we feel in the present moment, or the general feeling of our overall life. But happiness is more than simply a positive mood or a feeling. It is a state of well-being that encompasses living a good life, one with a sense of meaning and deep contentment. Happiness is when you florist and bloom.

Life is full of its ups and downs, and nobody is immune. Learning how to overcome challenges help us stay centered and remain calm under pressure. While we don’t know what the future hold, it is important to be prepared and understand that life in general is about solving problems and life challenges are there to fuel our sense of purpose. 

Self-care is important to maintaining a healthy relationship with yourself and others around you. It means doing things to take care of your minds, bodies, and souls by engaging in activities that promote well-being and reduce stress. By continually doing so enhances our ability to live stress free and healthy. Self-care is not selfish.

Technostress is the inability to cope with new technologies in a healthy manner. Technostress is a new concept to many people, but it was first conceptualized in the early 1980s as modern disease. Technostress is multidimensional and it is associated with the negative psychological use of new technologies. In this podcast we are discussing the negative effects of technostress and how to manage it. 

Every normal human being struggles with all kinds of existential questions. Questions like, who am I, what is my purpose and what kind a future do I want for myself? Our identity is rooted in what and who we associate ourselves with. I identity is a very important aspect of our existence as human beings.