my mind my funk show looks at africa, her people and their culture through a mental health lens. the show is hosted by award winning blogger and mental health advocate sitawa wafula who uses her personal experience as an african living with a dual diagnosis of epilepsy and bipolar to bring mental health conversations to the forefront, and promote positive mental health narratives from africa. join her every week as she hosts africans from all walks of life, across globe, and learns about their everyday life and selfcare/mental health journeys.
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my mind my funk show looks at africa, her people and their culture through a mental health lens. the show is hosted by award winning blogger and mental health advocate sitawa wafula who uses her personal experience as an african living with a dual diagnosis of epilepsy and bipolar to bring mental health conversations to the forefront, and promote positive mental health narratives from africa. join her every week as she hosts africans from all walks of life, across globe, and learns about their everyday life and selfcare/mental health journeys.
In the fourth installment of my mind my funk epilepsy series, show host Sitawa is in conversation with Derrick Kay; a UK based Epilepsy Advocate and Storyteller on Tiktok. He talks about his first seizure at age 7, how he uses his TikTok to create awareness for epilepsy. The conversation covers hustle culture and the need for rest, how workplaces and governments can make all workspaces inclusive for people living with epilepsy.
In the third installment of my mind my funk epilepsy series, show host Sitawa is in conversation with Daniel Bedeau; a UK based Performance Analysis Technician. He talks about his first seizure at age 7, how he uses running to take care of himself and how the workplace can be a safe space for people living with epilepsy. Sitawa and Dan, also discuss their shared love for Arsenal and the correlation of race and epilepsy.
In the second installment of our epilepsy series, show host Sitawa is in conversation with Fred Kiserem; a Kenyan epilepsy advocate and Founder of Kiserem Epilepsy Awareness Foundation. Fred talks about his first seizure which happened while working as a Pastry Chef in the Middle East. He also mentioned some of the human rights violations people living with epilepsy face and the work his organization does for those living with epilepsy in Kenya.
In the first installment, 'Epilepsy does not define you', show host Sitawa is in conversation with Bright Bwayla; a Zambian epilepsy advocate and software engineer. Bright talks about his journey with epilepsy and his innovation (which he came up with after waking up from a seizure and finding people trying to perform an exorcism).
In episode 6, 'We cannot separate culture from mental health', Sitawa is in conversation with David Grant; a Canadian social worker and Founder of Global Mind Emancipation. David shares the role of representation in the mental health space, the work his organization does and the need for Africans (and Black people) to re-embrace mental health and reintegrate it back into their perspective of health in general.
In this new series, show host Sitawa will be exploring identity in relation to mental health with special focus on African men across the globe.
In episode 5, 'Never stop at the first hurdle', Sitawa is in conversation with António Ferreira; a UK based Multi-award-winning Mental Health Activist and Anti-Racism Campaigner. António shares how the pressures of being a stellar student affected his mental health. And how his mental health struggles coupled with a nudge from one of his professors opened doors for him to be one of UK's top mental health activists.
In this new series, show host Sitawa will be exploring identity in relation to mental health with special focus on African men across the globe.
Episode 4 is inspired by comments about Edwin Chiloba, a fashion designer, model and LQBTQ activist who was murdered at the beginning of 2023. Through the show, Sitawa raises some questions about things considered to be 'unbiblical, unnatural and Un-African. She hopes to use subsequent shows to host quests who will help in answering some of the questions.
In this new series, show host Sitawa will be exploring identity in relation to mental health with special focus on African men across the globe.
Episode 3 is depression 101 and Sitawa shares her journey with depression as she talks about depression signs, myths and facts. In this new series, show host Sitawa will be exploring identity in relation to mental health with special focus on African men across the globe.
In episode 2, 'Loved out of Depression', Sitawa is in conversation with Onyango Otieno (Rixpoet); a Nairobi based Trauma Coach, Digital Storyteller and Healthy Masculinity Champion. Otieno shares how opening up about his lowest moment publicly introduced him to the mental health space, the role of having a community and how to build one.
In this new series, show host Sitawa will be exploring identity in relation to mental health with special focus on African men across the globe.
In this new series, show host Sitawa will be exploring identity in relation to mental health with special focus on African men across the globe. Before jumping into the series, Sitawa uses the first episode to recap what the last 4 seasons have been like. She also shares some of the topics the 5th season will explore.
my mind my funk show looks at africa, her people and their culture through a mental health lens. the show is hosted by award winning blogger and mental health advocate sitawa wafula who uses her personal experience as an african living with a dual diagnosis of epilepsy and bipolar to bring mental health conversations to the forefront, and promote positive mental health narratives from africa. join her every week as she hosts africans from all walks of life, across globe, and learns about their everyday life and selfcare/mental health journeys.
