The Little Mental Health Project
Mental health is often overlooked or misunderstood in Malawian society, yet it deeply affects individuals, families, and communities. At The Little Mental Health Project Podcast, we believe that open, honest conversations are essential for healing and change. Through this podcast, we explore real-life experiences, tackle stigma, and raise awareness about mental health challenges and well-being. Co-hosted with Mwai Wirima, our episodes feature diverse voices—from mental health professionals to everyday people, sharing stories, insights, and practical tools for navigating mental health.
Episodes
Puuuuuuuurrrrrrr
After a very long break, Mwai and I are back with another episode! We spoke about everything and nothing. And we definitely were feeling like Puuurrrr, as inspired by my little cousin Gome who you guessed right is someone who was born after 2000!Enjoy!
The Cost of Living Rant
Now you know with everything going on around us it will undoubtedly have an effect on our mental health. In this episodeof The Little Mental Health Project, Mwai and I talk a little about the intersection between the cost of living and our mental health....it was a little bit of a rant...because it's allowed. Encouraged even...
It Can Be Beautiful
Happy New Year! We are so thankful for your continued support! Absolutely feel grateful to have you as our listeners. In this epidsode Mwai is back! I know the lot of you kept asking of her return. This was such a refreshing episode and very therapeutic for me. Mwai truly creates a safe space and makes it very easy to share. We hope you enjoy this as much as we did recording it!
The Relationship Trauma(Abuse) Pod
As the relationship trauma series continues, Tilinao and I spoke about Abuse. We often think abuse is just someone raising their hands to hit someone, but there are many forms of abuse. So fitting that this episode comes on the 5th day of the 16 days of Activism.
Relationship Trauma(Cheating)
In this episode, Tilinao who is a counseling Psychologist and I continue on with the Relationship Trauma episode. We spoke about Cheating/Infidelity and the effects it has on ones Mental Health. As always Tilinao is very insightful and eloquent and really knows her stuff. Enjoy.
The One About Relationship Trauma(Ghosting)
For the first time on the Podcast, I sat down with Tilinao Lamba who is a clinical psychologist. We initially planned on talking about different topics regarding relationship trauma but figured we wouldn't be doing the topic justice. We settled on talking about Ghosting. This was such an insightful conversation and I thoroughly enjoyed picking Tilinao's brain!
The Suicide Prevention Pod
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Mwai and I chatted about the alarming numbers of the increasing suicide rates especially amongst men. We often ask each other to be kind to each other, to create safe spaces for one another. Are these just conversations we are just having and not actually actively doing the work when we are done chatting about it on social media? Are men creating safe spaces
SOME KIND OF PODCAST
In this episode, Mwai and I sat down with Prof. Caroline Kautsire who is originally from Malawi and now lives in Boston, USA. She is an English professor and the author of the books, What Kind of Girl? and Some Girl, can you tell we named our podcast after one of her books 🤭. Caroline is a mentor at Brown University for the Women's Launch Pad program and a keynote speaker in Boston. She is als
THE MENTAL HEALTH ENTHUSIASTS POD!
We often talk about Men's Mental Health on account of the rising number of men succumbing to suicide. And the numbers aren't going down. What conversations need to happen? What work do we need to do to see these numbers come to zero? We sat down with Gareth and Khama who shared what they think is necessary to create safe spaces for men. It was an insightful conversation we hope you enjoy it as muc
The Trying Consistency One
Mwai and I chat about life being overwhelming and how to get ahead by doing your work as it is given to you. This was such a sweet conversation. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did recording it.
The Liquid Fluid Pod
It took us a while to get to this one. But we are here all the same! Mwai and I spoke about how challenging finances have been. And how that can affect your mental health. We were also joined by sweet sweet Micah so that means we had several interludes. We hope you enjoy this as much as we did recording it
The Pod about Breathwork, Wholesomeness and Everything Inbetween.
Mwai and I did a really different thing on this one. We sat down with Henry who is a meditation and Breathwork instructor, we learnt so much about how Breathwork and meditation can be grounding. There were bits that were unclear at the beginning because 'semantics' but we definitely managed to pick it up again. It was such an interesting conversation we hope you can learn from it as we did. We als
Heart on Sleeve for Real
Mwai and I sat down. To talk about navigating insecurities and life. We both did not realise this was the therapy we both needed. I personally felt really good after and alot lighter. We hope our vulnerability helps you grow and heal like it does for us.
The Check In Episode
Mwai and I met up to do a Vision board session but a hun was late, by a hun I mean Mwai not me! Enjoy our little chitchat
The Parked Car Conversation
Mwai and I value being our authentic selves and thrive to make talking about our feelings and struggles as normal as possible. This was a parked car conversation that we felt was grounding for both of us. We hope you can enjoy it as much as it grounded us both recording.
THE LITTLE NEW YEAR POD
We are back!!!!! Link in a few. Last year I tapped into Mwai's themes alot and she shares her themes for this year in this Pod. They really kept me grounded! Hopefully they can do the same for you! We had so much fun making this podcast we hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it! Happy New Year. We say this all the time, but here is to aloot more consistency this year!
The Little Pod with my Boyfriend!
I had alooot of fun recording this Pod. We touched on pretty much every topic! Excited to share my heart as well as our authentic conversations surrounding mental health, relationships etc. Enjoy!!!!
The Little Pod about Self Esteem...
Absolutely love that Mwai and I were able to record in person for the very first time sitting together, next to one another! How exciting is that. Completely stocked for you guys to hear this one. We spoke about Self-esteem among other things. Always grateful that our conversations are super authentic and hopefully can inspire the same out of your conversations with your peers, family etc. Enjoy!!
The Pod about Saying Something!
First of all! SHOUT OUT TO MY MAN for plugging me with a Mic for the podcast. Also Shout out to Kasonde for being a real one! In this podcast I sat down with Tapiwa to rumble about random things. It was such a beautiful conversation I hope you guys enjoy it. It has been such a long time since the last podcast and this episode is definitely something that made the wait worthwhile. Enjoy!
Better Men, Better Fathers with Derek Johns of The Dear Son, Podcast.
In this epidose Mwai and I sat down with Derek Johns who graciously shared with us on how raising better men looks like. It was a conversation filled with so many gems and so much profoundness. We hope you enjoy and learn from it as much as we did. You can also check out The Dear Son, Podcast on all podcast streaming sites as well as Youtube and IG for content.
The Push Through Pod
Mwai and I sit down and talk about pushing through a difficult season in your life. Processing through difficult emotions qnd finding compassion for yourself during those seasons. We hope that our vulnerability today opens you up to allowing yourself to feel and extending your light into someone's darkness. Happy new year.
Lioness Arising
This title is borrowed from Lisa Bevere's book because it so profoundly reminds me of Mwai's journey of courage this past year. I realise in the episode I mentioned it was from Brené Brown, my bad. In this episode we speak about courage, the holidays, love and being vulnerable while hoping to be understood. We hope you are able to find the people you can be vulnerable around and wish you the very
Take your time but don't waste it!
Mwai and I continue to have organic conversations and this week we are focused on slowing down and intentionally grounding oneself. We hope that this conversation was as therapeutic as it was for us! Enjoy.
Unintentionally Heart on Sleeve
This episode was more like a phonecall between Mwai and I. Because we've been out for such a long time we figured to just have a conversation between the two of us. This is us with our hearts on our sleeves, raw and authentic the only way to be vulnerable and the best way to heal. We hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed the conversation❤️
Breaking down 360 Health and Wellness - A Community Awareness Event - with the Art of Wellness
In this episode, Mwai breaks down 360 Health and Wellness which will be happening on the 9th of October to commemorate world Suicide prevention day. You don't want to miss this!!!This program is Called "Kwacha Malawi" on PLFM Radio 88.8 FM Lilongwe, Blantyre 107.1 FM, Zomba 98.4 FM, Mzuzu 102.2 FM. We also stream live online, via A2Z Malawi App or on Radio Garden...
The Morning show runs from 6am
The Little Pod About Motivation.
Motivation is something that most of us struggle with, being consistently productive is not easy. Discipline doesn't always discipline. To achieve success and balance we need abit of both motivation and discipline, be it with our self-care or our careers, relationships etc. We had Rejoice Namale come on and speak about how she stays motivated. She is such a force and heavy on the positively influe
Beyond the fluff of self-care dives into learning what self-love looks like in our generation.
In this episode Mwai and I were lucky to have Nelly Sabola come on and talk about what self-love looks like for her. We live in a generation where we throw around buzz words in the name of keeping up with the current trends (and selfcare is a thing right now), but what does that really look like? How does one cultivate it? This episode taps abit into that. Be on the look out for a more indepth par
The Addiction and Substance Use Disorder Podcast.
In this episode Mwai and I sat down with Manota Mphande who is a recovering addict. We were extremely blessed to have him share with us how his journey looked like then, and now. Probably the most insightful podcast we've recorded thus far. Hoping you can learn and be inspired by it as we were during the recording of this pod.
In this episode, Mwai and I sat down with Kliff Chimseu, to discuss all things men's mental health.
Over the years, the number of men succumbing to suicide has been 3 times higher than that of women. Men are least likely to seek mental health help and for the most part like to keep things to themselves. Society has convinced men that talking about your feelings and problems is "weak" and this is costing us heavily. In this podcast we try to normalize these conversations and shine a light on the
Mental Healthing through motherhood 2
This is a continuation of the conversation with Mwai, who is a single mother. She shares on her parenting style and how she intentionally parents while also looking out for her mental health. So many gems and profound wisdom from this amazing mother of one. We definitely hope others can relate. Enjoy!
Mental-Health-ing through Motherhood
Motherhood is a beautiful thing. And because having children has been happening for a long time, we take for granted the challenges and stuggles that mothers go through. On this episode Mwai Wirima, who is a single mother talks about her journey as a mother and how she copes. We are hoping this episode will help other single mothers recognize that they aren't alone, their fears are legit and they
Creating Hope Through Action.
10th September is World Suicide Prevention day. This year's theme is creating hope through action. It has been a rough 16+ months since the world got hit with the Covid Pandemic. Life has not been the same. There has been a significant rise in the number of people succumbing to suicide due to the Pandemic and just general Mental Health related challenges. In this podcast Mwai Wirima and Collina Nk
Mental Health and Relationships!
"I am loveable". This question is what inspired this conversation today. Nyengo and I sat down and spoke about how our mental health affects how we do relationships and how we love ourselves and others. To get in touch with Nyengo so you can check out his blog, follow him on twitter @nyengo. ENJOY!
Suicide Prevention day!
In this episode the author shares about her own struggle with suicidal ideations and failed(successful really) attempts. And how she was offered hope. Suicide is preventable, please communicate, reach out, connect and care for one another. +265995436104 if you need to reach out and need more information on where you can get help. #SuicidePreventionDay
Awareness Monday!
A reminder that there is help, even though not enough. Please take care of your minds ♥️
The All Over The Place Podcast . In The Spirit of Mental Health Awareness Month!
Like the episode title I really just have been all over the place. Hoping this makes you happy and puts a smile on your face. #StaySafe #StayAtHome. Like I said in the podcast here is the email for mental pulp mentalpulp.org College of Medicine +265 881 33 38 29.
Of Inconsiderate Politicians , Whistle Stop tours and COVID-19
In this episode I talk about how our leaders are disregarding COVID-19 rules and risking the lives of Malawians inorder to get votes! What happened to flattening the curve? Staying safe has never been unsafe . 😭
Of Ghosts and things!
In this episode I talk about ghosting and how it affects people mentally. We are really just a bunch of humans who are broken. I hope we can all find healing and be kind to one another!
Of Coffee and festivities!
Diana and I talk about how to self care over the holidays. People are the most depressed over the holidays. We share a few tips. Satin No does not make you a bad person. Happy holidays. Love yourself first and hard this festive season.
Therapy Hoe!
Diana and I just pretty much wing it and talk about Mental health. We had a really good time on this episode way better than me talking by myself. Link of Diana's YouTube https://youtu.be/ggcl0Au6JuI. Also Mental Pulp now has a website please check it out https://mentalpulp.org. Enjoy!!
A little love goes a very long way.
In this episode I speak about how much God moved me today,especially tonight and that how that has helped me figure alot of things out.Mental Pulp free psychological helpline +254 753 034 665
In this episode I talk about self care and what I am struggling with.
Sometimes we feel like we have a handle on what is going on and suppress our emotions.It is important to allow ourselves to feel to the fullest in order to get past those feelings. I hope you enjoy and learn something while being encouraged .
In today’s episode I talk about suicide and share a part of my story.
September is world suicide prevention month .In this episode I talk about my first suicide attempt and a lot more
Guest on TLMHP
In this episode I have a guest who shares his profound understanding on the issue of Mental health (Depression to be exact). And excited to announce Mental Pulp!! Also just a few coping mechanisms I.e downtime
Let's talk about Suicide.
Is depression a flex? How can we help those that are suicidal? A lot more kindness maybe. Sorry it has been over a week. I hope you enjoy and learn from this episode.
Still Awkward at this!!
Today I am addressing being open and talking about things that deeply affect us with those we trust. I also quickly touch on how men need to start being more open about their feelings and the things that trouble them. All still learning how to navigate this podcast thing a day at a time.Enjoy
An introduction to the little mental health project podcast😊
I am basically just introducing myself and letting you in on what this is going to be about. So stick around this should be lots of fun
