Category: Events, Seminars & Workshops

  • World Book Day: Authors In Our Midst

    World Book Day: Authors In Our Midst

    Today is World Book Day. We think of the authors in our midst. Those of us with young ones would have been reminded of the day if it slipped under our radar. World Book Day is strongly driven by schools. Fund-raising activities by schools, nurseries, charities, etc are hallmarks of the Day. Authors come in…

  • The Power of Your Story

    Now we all have secrets.  But have you ever thought that your secret could be a great story?  Last year, I attended  The Extraordinary Lady Speaks Conference hosted yearly by Lift Effects.   Lift Effects provides a unique speaking platform for extraordinary people from all around the world to share their story.  Most of the stories…

  • Lets talk about Mental Health Advocacy

    Defying Mental Illness Day 2016 Boy, March 19 is a day I will never forget. The unthinkable needed thinking, mulling over, digesting!  Against hope, Chuck dared to believe in hope..

  • Depression Awareness Week – Week’s roundup

    It has been an interesting week.  Here at Defying Mental Illness, we do not take lightly issues surrounding mental illness, its stigma and discrimination.  That is why for Depression Awareness Week, we fully participated bringing you daily blogs on issues surrounding depression. We started the week with 5 Steps To Beating The Monday Blues.  This…

  • Defying Mental Illness Day

    Today is exactly 5 years when Chuck and I sat at the consultant psychiatrist office to hear the words NO MENTAL ILLNESS.    This year, 2015, we decided to launch Defying Mental Illness Day.    It is a day that will always be celebrated on March 19 of every year moving forward.  We welcome everyone…

  • When Mental Illness strikes: Enough is Enough – Part 1

    Congratulations to all our speakers, organisers and attendees of our recently concluded When Mental Illness Strikes – Enough is Enough conference.  We are very grateful to all who made this day special and a resounding success.  When Mental Illness Strikes When Mental Illness Strikes held on Saturday 11 October (as part of Mental Illness Awareness…