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Will Smith and the Slap that Entertained the World and Left Him in Tears
A proper diagnosis would involve Will Smith and Chris Rock individually and together and would address fundamental issues as opposed to the symptoms.
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Why Africa Needs Stronger Opposition: Kenya’s 2022 General Election
Although he claims to be rags to riches, William Ruto is a product of ethnic patronage that was endemic in his time.
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Unboxing President Putin: the Emerging Details of Ukraine’s Invasion
In President Putin’s actions this week, it is either that humanity is regressing or he is a specimen out of World War I and II time-space. The President must have been disappointed by the response he got from his adversaries when he attacked Ukraine this week. Clearly, Ukraine was just an excuse for a greater […]
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What It Means By Once You Go, Black, There Can Be Turning Back
The fact that Kim Kardashian is walking out of Ye’s life – and choosing a non-black person – negates the truth in the saying that ‘once you go, black, you ain’t turning back.’ With a person like Elon Musk gracing the launch of his latest music album, Kanye West’s charisma is in no doubt. West, […]
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The Place of Talk-Therapy in a Bustling World
Good stories are rare and when they come by, they are like a fresh breeze on a sunny day along the beach. To the layman, Mafia is synonymous with organized crime and evokes the rule of the jungle. However, this perception is likely not to change if you watch the Sopranos. David Chase’s Sopranos is […]
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What If? Taking a Spiritual Walk as the Crow flies
If the lockdowns have not fired your walking instincts, you need a pep talk. Walking is associated with improved mental and physical well-being (Wati, p.37). During my last birthday, I chose to take a spiritual walk along the village crow’s path. For the entire 20 kilometers (12 miles), the spiritual connection was as effective as […]
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How to build your remote working efficiency
With the ravaging pandemic, many people have found refuge in remote working. The lockdowns and the safety considerations have driven up the demand for remote working. The reality of the virtual world has received a considerable boost. With the enhanced adoption of remote working come the added risks. The demeanors that characterize the physical world […]
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Important Reflections Post 2020: How to Adjust Successfully to Change Brought About By the Pandemic.
As 2021 dawns, a reflection of the changes that have been forced on humanity by the 2020 pandemic is inevitable. Forsell, et al (2012) poses some basic questions about (innate tendency for) resistance to change: for example, do people typically recognize their own resistance to change? If it is possible to recognize one’s own resistance […]
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Disruption Strategies, Digital Tech, and Opportunities.
Are there common strategies for disruption?What are the implications of Digital Technologies (DT)? The year 2020, for many businesses, is disruptive in a variety of ways. Throughout history, societies have evolved strategies for coping with disruption ranging from basic, agrarian-supported, to modern, digital-supported, strategies. Face masks, for example, represent an integration of agrarian and modern […]
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5 Rules to Safe Internet Use at Home (for Business and Leisure)
Is there a universal approach to internet security at home? What are the security issues faced by home-based business enterprises? Families, businesses, and governments approach internet use differently. There are, on one end, those who ban usage and, on the other end, there are the liberals. Then there are those in-between. Hurwitz & Manne, 2018, […]
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Important Homeschooling Concepts
Learning and (personal) development, being lifelong endeavors, happens in both structured (school) and unstructured (home) environment. All human activities are indeed instruments of learning. Research, however, shows controlled, structured learning environments are more effective in the acquisition of targeted behavior. For homeschooling, therefore, structuring activities enhance learning and the effectiveness of your homeschooling. Learning […]
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Felicien Kabuga: International Justice on the Cross
Although eastern Africa is a host to the world’s most severe conflicts, the Rwanda genocide, with close to a million deaths within a hundred days, was a showstopper. The execution of the war crime is delivered with rudimentary, machete, technology, tribal or ethnic cultural indoctrination, and designed to inflict maximum (sensory and emotional) anguish to […]
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Disciplines of Working from Home for Everyone
The best resources at your disposal are two-fold: you, the self, and time. The self is subject to attitudes or perceptions that may or may not be conducive to self-productivity, and well-being. Wake-up and sleep time are vital and integral parts of well-being and productivity. When you work outside your residence or house, your residence […]
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What to Expect of the Post COVID-19 Dispensation and the Implications Thereof
It is possible that, having realized how vulnerable life could be, humanity will pay more attention to environmental concerns.
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Fake News and Conspiracy Theories In the Face of COVID 19
Perhaps the verification model can be extended to other platforms to enhance the visibility and utility of credible sources.
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In the Battlefield: Corona Virus and Crisis Communication
Crisis communication sets out to bring order by establishing credibility and defining rules of communication fair play.
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Your Mental Health: The Importance of Understanding the Cycles of Life
The understanding of the life cycle theory could if put in the context of mental health help enhance individuals’ threshold of coping with existential challenges competently.
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A Common Sense Formula for Happiness: A Babble
Happiness, consequently, cannot be looked at as an episodic occurrence but as a long term trend. Visiting a sick person, condoling the bereaved, buying lunch to the homeless, taking your partner out for dinner, and all manner of episodic events, may make them happy for a day but may not sustain the happiness.
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youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers…
Originally posted on maia diaries:
by hermysticvibes growing up i’d been depressed, hopeless, unaware i was raised abusively thus often mistaken abuse for love. it wasn’t always physical, although it many a time involved violence. i wiped it off, brush it off, renarrate, deconstruct, reconstruct but never the feeling of shame and an abundance of… -
Community Resource Centers’ Potential on Youth Empowerment
In Nairobi, the discovery of 21 dead human bodies in a river occurring simultaneously with diplomats’ terror warning put the residents between global and local terrorism. In what has become like an annual ritual, the Nairobi-based western diplomats, led by France and the U.S. this time, sounded terror warnings for their citizens who reside in […]
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Relief After Grieve Over Facebook: Who is Safe?: A Letter to Metaverse
If you have never had any of your online accounts hacked, this is yours…
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Discovering the Pleasures of Hiking During the Holiday Season
With more calories to burn during the holiday season, hiking provides a strategic vent.
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The Fragmented Gikuyu Finally Caught Flat-Footed in Kenya
Essentially, the chief in the Gikuyu culture is a charismatic leader. In the absence of charisma, the Gikuyu community is deprived of leadership.
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