About
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| My study/blogging nook at the Penthouse aka my Lancaster Apartment |
Hi Sunshine,
Welcome to Sitawa Ignited—a journal documenting my everyday life as I quench my academic curiosities, engage with various forms of art, and go on and on about things mental health.
My name is Sitawa and a haiku of my work would read.
blogger. built Kenya’s 1st mental health line. got google + bet award. spoke at un + ted speaker. took a looong sabbatical. now psych student. blogger still.
I started blogging in the early 2000s (on now archived blog) to document my dual diagnosis of epilepsy and bipolar. This ushered me to the world of mental health advocacy, and then social innovation where I set up and ran my country's first free mental health support line (which supported over 11,000 people in its first year).
A couple of years ago, I took a Sabbatical, and ended up restarting my academic journey thousands of miles away from home in my late thirties. On this blog, I document the ups and downs of student life, alongside everyday life things…and of course different aspects of mental health.
I look forward to sharing my adventures with you, and I pray that they remind you that it is never too late to start (or start over).
Sending love and light,
Sitawa
