Download a copy of the Free E-Book 6 Quick Ways to Cultivate Mental Strength

We are so happy to share with you this new resource from Moses Ida Michaels and our founder Oyinda Fakeye 6 Quick Ways to Cultivate Mental Strength. The book touches on a variety of techniques aimed at promoting positive mental health and encouraging emotional wellbeing through tools and theories which cover mindfulness, mindset, behaviour and mood.

There's No Shame in Taking Care of Your Mental Health

When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn't take care of their mental health. In a personal talk, Delle shares how he learned to handle anxiety in a society that's uncomfortable with emotions. As he says: "Being honest about how we feel doesn't make us weak -- it makes us human."

When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn't take care of their mental health. In a personal talk, Delle shares how he learned to handle anxiety in a society that's uncomfortable with emotions. As he says: "Being honest about how we feel doesn't make us weak -- it makes us human."

The Information Age and the Stress Epidemic

Over time we have become increasingly exposed to more and more sources of information dissemination and at 1000/second we have access to billions of pages of resources. We are forced to deal with a barrage of often times unnecessary information for our minds to process.  It is no wonder there are more and more retreats popping up where cell phones and other computerised devices are banned.

We asked Seye Kuyinu a Web /Software Developer, writer and mindfulness advocate if we could share some of his tips for coping under the barrage of information.

What works for me(and should work for you)?

1. The Zero email policy. This is the zen of my computer life! First, I check my emails at intervals that are set in my calendar. I make sure my inbox count is 0 at the end of each interval. The 4 D’s for achieving inbox zero are:

• Delete when you’ve read it and doesn’t need any action

• Delegate if it would take you more than two minutes to attend to and there’s someone you can delegate to.

• Do-it if it would take less than 2 minutes.

Time Management Can Reduce Stress and Anxiety

Date: 20th Nov- 4th Dec 2017 deadline for registration (19th Nov 2017)
Location: Online
Cost: Free

"Learning how to manage your time effectively will help you feel more relaxed and focussed" NHS UK


A loss of the sense of control has been significantly linked to issues such as stress, anxiety, OCD and eating disorders. Building healthy systems into your day such as time management skills can effectively reduce over commitment and over exertion.

Kairos Krunch are currently running a free online test group aim at busy professionals and entrepreneurs to get a hold of their time management in order to promote a sense of wellbeing and improve productivity across home and work life.

 To sign up click the link: Kairos Krunch Test Group Sign Up

FREE Dreamchaser Course

Our mission as an organisation is to build and encourage others and we've designed a free Dream Chaser E-Course to help do just that.

Each section is emailed out to you daily, combining a daily focus, affirmation and call to action. You are free to work at your own pace and we are available if you have any questions or need someone to talk over your goals with.

For more info or to sign up click here: Dream Chaser E-Course

Free Meditation Class as part of the Find Your Lagos Festival

Free Mid Year Motivation Resources

We are just about to hit our 6 month mark as June comes to an end, so what better time to review how you are progressing and reevaluate some of the goals you set for yourself  at the beginning of the year?

If you are feeling slightly underwhelmed by your progress and need a little bit of a push in the right direction, or  if like some of us life has taken you on a different path than you had imagined, then take this opportunity to sign up for our FREE Dream Chaser course.

The course is emailed to you daily and you are free to work at your own pace. You can work with your already defined goals or use this time to introduce new goals, using simple exercises and affirmations to direct you.

Feeling like one has lost control/ direction of one's life has often been linked to mental health issues such as Stress, Anxiety, Depression, OCD and Eating Disorders. We first ran this course last year and had a really good response which led to to the re-release. Lets make the second half of the year much more intentional and regain control over our lives.

More information and sign up form here: Dream Chaser

Simple Techniques to Leading a Positive Life Through Mindfulness

Studies have shown that most people are either thinking about past events or planning for the future and this thought process can account for up to 45% of all our day to day thoughts. How crazy is it that almost 50% of of our lives are spent outside of the moment. Maybe its why we have come to love the Snapchat and Instagrams' of the world, as we can revisit the moments we mentally weren't being present in?

A great way to cultivate an emotionally and mentally healthy lifestyle is through the practice of Mindfulness. Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. Involving the observation of ones' thoughts and feelings from a distance, without judging them good or bad. Living mindfully means to live in the moment, fully aware of the present experience.

Mindfulness does not require you to make a total life overhaul, we can all benefit from slowing down and truly being aware of our current experiences. Just small changes here and there can bring about greater positivity and peace of mind. Those of us (myself included) who are prone to anxiety, stress or depression about an uncertain future or a longing for the past can set ourselves the daily task of being more mindful and see the benefits begin to manifest.

If you are a complete beginner in the school of Mindfulness, Leo Babauta of  Zen Habits, has broken down 12 mindful techniques into practical applicable steps below:

1. Meditation. Meditation is where mindful living starts. And it’s not complicated: you can sit still for even just 1 minute a day to start with (work up to 3-5 minutes after a week), and turn your attention to your body and then your breath. Notice when your thoughts wander from your breath, and gently return to the breath. Repeat until the minute is up.

Being stressed can make you fat. FACT!

Majiri Otobo from LuvMeandMy

In our day-to-day hustle and bustle, we sometimes do not realise how dealing with, let’s call them life’s challenges, affects both our mind and body. Being calm not only gives you peace, but also triggers certain signals to your body allowing it to focus its energy on key body functions.

Evidently our body is an amazing machine designed by nature. Our buildings, jobs, cars, roads are all human construct that have effected the way we interact with our environment. Our bodies were designed for a world where there were potentially fewer things to be stressed over with more disastrous consequences.

So a bit of traffic or your boss being a bit of an @&£ would be significantly low on the stressor list in comparison to becoming Mufasa’s lunch (Mufasa, THE Lion King ….for adults who no longer use Disney references).

Survival would be the ultimate reason for stress if we lived like the cavemen did.  Our bodies, would therefore use the bio-chemical signals of stress to make sure it stores as much energy in our body as fat in order to prepare for the perceived threat of a “famine”. Therefore when we are stressed our bodies make us fatter to protect us.