“You this girl, always resting, are you not lazy?” If you have ever heard a version of this line, from an aunty, a colleague, or even your own inner voice, then you already know how deep the confusion around self-care runs in our culture. For many Nigerians, taking time to rest, say no, or simply […]
Category Archives: Stress awareness and management
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Oct
Oct
Drug and substance addiction is more than just a bad habit. It is a serious mental health challenge that affects the mind, emotions, behavior, relationships, and overall quality of life. Many people struggling with addiction are silently battling emotional pain, trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, or difficult life experiences. At Nubi Wellness Center, we believe […]
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Sep
Sep
| 3 Minutes Read Most of us only bring up mental health when something has already gone wrong. A breakdown. A diagnosis. A crisis that forces the conversation into the open. But mental health isn’t only the emergency room version of itself. It’s also the ordinary Tuesday. The ability to get through a stressful […]
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Sep
Sep
A Nubi Wellness Center Guide for September, Suicide Prevention Month | 3 Minutes Read Every September, the world observes Suicide Prevention Month, a time set aside to talk openly about a subject many people would rather avoid. At Nubi Wellness Center, we believe silence has never protected anyone. Understanding is what protects people. This month, […]
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Aug
Aug
| 3 MINUTES READ There is a particular kind of tension that shows up as one season winds down and another approaches. For many people, September carries the weight of a mental reset: school resumes, business targets tighten, end of year pressure starts creeping in, and the year suddenly feels like it is running […]
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Aug
Aug
| 3 minutes read Few words in mental health carry as much weight, and as much misunderstanding, as “schizophrenia.” It shows up in movies as a villain’s backstory and in everyday conversation as a careless joke about being “of two minds.” The reality is far more human, and far more treatable, than the stereotypes […]
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Aug
Aug
| 3 min read Every August, National Wellness Month invites us to slow down and ask an honest question: how well am I really doing? Not just physically, not just financially, but as a whole person. At Nubi Wellness Center, we believe the answer to that question always runs through one place: your mental […]
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Jul
Jul
International Self-Care Day falls on the 24th of July every year. The date itself carries a message: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, self care is not something you schedule around your life once in a while. It is meant to be part of every single day. But for many people, that idea […]
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Jul
Jul
You tell yourself you will sleep when you are done. Done with the deadline, done with the chores, done with the endless WhatsApp messages. But days turn to weeks, and “sleep when you are done” quietly becomes a lifestyle. What if the exhaustion, the short temper, and the racing thoughts you have been battling are […]
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Jun
Jun
Some wounds bleed. Others bruise. But some wounds live quietly inside a person, invisible to everyone around them, yet present in every flinch, every sleepless night, every memory that will not stay buried. This is what Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, commonly known as PTSD, looks like. It does not always show on the outside. But it […]
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