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John Wanjiru, Nairobi (2026)

29/08/2026

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27/08/2026

Lifestyle choices influence longevity.
Living long and healthy entails building on key spans.

5 spans that matter
1. 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙣
Health span is about extending the years lived free from chronic disease:

→ Eat a predominantly Mediterranean diet: plant-based foods, healthy fats, and lean proteins.
→ Maintain regular aerobic and resistance exercise.
→ Manage chronic stress.
→ Prioritize quality sleep.
→ Avoid or minimize to***co and excessive alcohol.
→ Seek regular screening e.g. blood pressure

𝑬𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕:
→ Better metabolic health.
→ Lower risk of chronic disease e.g. diabetes.
→ Greater independence later in life.

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: Sadly, we are living long but with short health spans.

2. 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙣
Is how long you maintain strength and mobility.

→ Prioritize resistance training.
→ Maintain adequate protein intake e.g. eggs and fish.
→ Include regular walking and other forms of physical activity.

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: The default response of the nervous system is the muscle reflex (movement).

→Exercise increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that increases brain neuroplasticity.

3. 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙣
is about preserving memory, attention, learning, and cognitive function.

→ Exercise regularly to improve blood flow to the brain.
→ Get adequate and quality sleep.
→ Keep learning, reading, writing..
→ Manage chronic stress.

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: Chronically elevated stress hormones (cortisol) can atrophy the brain, especially the hippocampus, which is involved in memory and context processing.

4. 𝙎𝙚𝙭 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙣
is maintaining healthy sexual function, intimacy, and reproductive health across the lifespan.

→ Exercise regularly to maintain cardiovascular and metabolic health
→ Prioritize adequate sleep.
→ Maintain open communication in relationships.

5. 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙣
Is about maintaining meaningful relationships and social engagement throughout life.

→ Invest in a few deep, meaningful relationships.
→ Make time for family and friends.
→ Participate in activities that create a sense of belonging and purpose.
→ Protect yourself from toxic relationships.

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆:
→ Chronic isolation raises the levels of tachykinin, which makes you prone to anxiety, and depression.
→ Rats with social support (other rats) show a lower stress response when exposed to electric shocks in the lab.

Book recommendations: Genius Foods by Lugavere

💡 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: The same neuroplasticity that allows for maladaptive changes also allows for adaptive changes.

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26/08/2026

How to stop temper tantrums in children.
Parents and guardians, here is the protocol.

🤔 Imagine you are in the mart, and your child wants the big doll that costs a fortune, but you cannot afford it, and they start throwing a tantrum. How do you feel? Shame, right?

→ Children’s sense of shame is non-existent and they aren't scared to use it to control you.

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: The capacity for emotional regulation is underdeveloped in children.

Emotional regulation is regulated by the prefrontal cortex (which matures at 25 onwards). As a parent, you have to help regulate your child’s emotions.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙡
1. 𝙄𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙢
→ Is the child getting attention?
→ Are they getting the toy, sweets, or another desired item?
→ Are you giving in simply to stop the crying?

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: A behaviour that repeatedly produces a reward is more likely to be repeated (behaviour reinforcement).

2. 𝘿𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙢
→ If the tantrum is maintained by getting the toy, don’t give the toy.
→ If it is maintained by attention, withdraw excessive attention from the tantrum while remaining calm

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆
→ Inconsistent reinforcement can make a behaviour persistent (intermittent reinforcement)
→ It is adopted by gambling companies to keep gamblers pressing the lever

3. 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙖𝙣 “𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙩”
→ The tantrum may temporarily become louder or more intense.
→ The child may cry harder, scream, or increase the tantrums

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆
→ Don’t take the bait; be calm. This temporary increase is known as an “extinction burst”
→ Do not interpret the initial escalation as proof that the approach is failing

4. 𝘽𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩
→ Your child is learning emotional regulation partly through your response

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: Research shows that paraverbal and nonverbal communication account for 93% of all communication
→ Lower your voice
→ Do not respond with "adult tantrums "; shouting and punishment

5. 𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩
→ When the child becomes calm, acknowledge the calm behaviour.
→ Reinforce waiting, communicating, and accepting “no.”

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆
→ Behavioural extinction does not necessarily erase the original learning.
→ Instead, the brain learns a competing association: “This behaviour no longer produces the reward.”
→ The old behaviour can sometimes return; save the post and revisit.

💡 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: The same neuroplasticity that allows for maladaptive changes also allows for adaptive changes.

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25/08/2026

Secure minds need defences.

In the same way diarrhoea is a defence mechanism of the body against certain infections.

🤔 Do you know that fainting is a severe defence response, where an individual temporarily loses consciousness in response to stress, fear, and pain.

𝙋𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢
1. 𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙡
→ Refusing to accept a painful reality.

→ Denial is the first stage of death or grief, for more detail, read On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

2. 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣
→ Disturbing thoughts, memories, or impulses are kept outside conscious awareness, e.g. r**e experience

3. 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
→ Attributing one’s own unacceptable thoughts, or feelings to another person.

e.g. Someone who feels jealous repeatedly accuses their partner of being jealous

4. 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
→ Attributing other people’s thoughts, feelings, or motives as your own.
→It is common among people-pleasers; they may behave how other people want to fit in.
5. 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
→ Redirecting an reactions from a threatening target toward a less threatening one.
e.g. Your boss frustrates you at work, you go home and irritate your family.

6. 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣
→ Returning to behaviours associated with an earlier developmental stage when overwhelmed by stress.
e.g. Throwing tantrums when faced with a major crisis.

7. 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
→ Creating a logical rationale to justify behaviour
i.e The rational narratives you tell yourself to avoid taking full responsibility for your life

8. 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
→ Expressing attitudes or behaviours that are opposite to an unacceptable underlying feeling.
e.g. You hate your boss, but you
behave with excessive friendliness toward them.

9. 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
→ Focusing heavily on facts to distance oneself from emotions.
e.g. Someone experiencing grief discusses the stages of death in detail to avoid grieving.

10. 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
→ Redirecting unacceptable or destructive impulses into creative, or socially acceptable activities.
e.g. Anger (energy) is sublimated into exercise, art, writing, or climate activism.

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: In the same way, continuous diarrhoea is treated as a disease (leads to dehydration ), so are rigid, automatic defences that become a disorder (neurosis or psychosis)

Let's 💬
Which is your go to defence?

💡 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: The same neuroplasticity that allows for maladaptive changes also allows for adaptive changes.

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22/08/2026

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22/08/2026

How rumination changes the brain.
Repetitive negative thinking keeps the brain locked in a stress loop.

🤔 Remember Stoic Seneca’s wisdom: “He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.”
→I believe he was referring to the psychic pain caused by chronic rumination (negative thinking)

The brain during rumination:
1. 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 (𝑫𝑴𝑵) – “The self-referential network”
→ Includes the cingulate cortex and medial prefrontal cortex
→ Active during rest, self-reflection, and internally directed thought
𝑰𝒏 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
The DMN becomes excessively engaged and more strongly coupled with memory-related regions
𝑬𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕:
→ Repetitive self-focused thinking
→ Replaying negative memories

2. 𝙃𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙨 – “The context and memory system”
→ Helps retrieve memories and place experiences into context.
→ Contains glucocorticoid receptors and participates in regulating the stress response.
𝑰𝒏 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
Repeated negative thinking can prolong HPA-axis activation and cortisol exposure, potentially contributing to hippocampal changes
𝑬𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕:
→ Greater vulnerability to negative memories
→ Weakened regulation of the stress response

3. 𝘼𝙢𝙮𝙜𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖 – “The threat detector”
𝑰𝒏 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
→The amygdala continues to send threat signals
→ Persistent emotional arousal.
→ Heightened sensitivity to negative information.

4. 𝘿𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙭 (𝑫𝑳𝑷𝑭𝑪) – “The Top-down control ”
→ Helps with attention, working memory, and goal-directed behaviour
𝑰𝒏 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
→ The brain has difficulty switching from “Why did this happen?” to “What can I do next?”
→ Difficulty shifting attention away from distress

5. 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙭 (𝑨𝑪𝑪) – “Empathy centre”
→ Helps monitor errors, regulate attention, and process emotionally significant information
𝑰𝒏 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
→ Altered interactions between the ACC, DMN, and top-down networks can make it harder to disengage from negative thinking.
→ Increased psychic pain
→ Difficulty moving mentally beyond the problem

6. 𝙃𝙋𝘼 𝘼𝙭𝙞𝙨 – “Longer stress response”
→ The HPA axis controls the body’s major stress response
𝑰𝒏 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
→ Repeatedly thinking about a stressor can prolong physiological stress activation.
→ Prolonged physiological arousal
→ Slower recovery after stress

💡 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: The same neuroplasticity that allows for maladaptive changes also allows for adaptive changes.

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20/08/2026

I spent over a year studying the history of different religions, for the most part Christianity. I learned about the papacy, the mysterious death of Pope John Paul I, the Borgias...

Exciting Articles is my weekly personal in*******se with you. Thank you for being part of my reader community!💚

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📌 Injecting playful lexicon, humor, storytelling and simplicity to articulate the subject to 𝒚𝒐𝒖

PS: series is 𝑨𝑰 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆

D.M: Am an adept mental health and wellness researcher, writer and trainer.

♻️ 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘦share, 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 💡
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19/08/2026

Kenya Health Summit 2026
"Reform delivered. Health as a right" 🇰🇪

📌 At the Kenya Health Summit 2026, one message stood out: meaningful health reform must reach people where they live, work, and raise their families.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣

Kenya has deployed more than 107k Community Health Promoters (CHPs), reaching over 9 million households across the country.

CHPs are bringing healthcare closer to the people, for the people by:
→ Conducting basic health screenings
→ Providing health education and counselling
→ Promoting disease prevention
→ Identifying health risks early
→ Managing minor ailments
→ Referring patients who require further medical attention
→ Helping households understand and access available healthcare services

📌 A health system that can detect risks early, connect households to care, strengthen health data, and guide people to the services they need is a system that is putting health as a right into practice.

CHPs are the critical link between communities and the healthcare system.

They are helping shift healthcare from being primarily reactive to becoming more preventive, accessible and community-based.

"Reform delivered. Health as a right." 🇰🇪

17/08/2026

Learn to self-educate.
Education is free.
Focused attention is the scarce resource.

🤔 Perhaps, YouTube University is arguably the best free university in the world?

You get no certificates, but you can learn, sharpen your thinking, and continuously hone your skills.

My online educators:

1. 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙪𝙜𝙧𝙪𝙚, 𝙋𝙝𝘿 – American historian and professor
→ Accessible discussions on Western philosophy, history, and great books. Sadly, he died in 2024, but his digital footprint seems immortal.

↳ YouTube:
https://lnkd.in/dkidiMyC

2. 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙬 𝙃𝙪𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣, 𝙋𝙝𝘿 – Neuroscientist and Professor at Stanford University
→ A rich source of neuroscience, behavioural science, and mental health education.

↳ YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dVKbqkxK

3. 𝙔𝙪𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙉𝙤𝙖𝙝 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙞, 𝙋𝙝𝘿 – Historian, philosopher, and author

→ Provides a fascinating way of thinking about history, human behaviour, technology and the future of humanity.

I have read his books: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

↳ YouTube: https://lnkd.in/d9AWGEvq

4. 𝙅𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙣 𝘽. 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣, 𝙋𝙝𝘿 – Psychologist, author, and professor

→ His lectures explore psychology, personality, responsibility, and human behaviour.

→ I have read his books 12 Rules for Life and Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life.

↳ YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dSbM64UJ

5. 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙈. 𝙎𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙨𝙠𝙮, 𝙋𝙝𝘿 – Neuroendocrinologist, primatologist, and Professor at Stanford University

→ Understand stress, behaviour, biology, and the interaction between the brain and body.
↳ I have read his book Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers. It is a full package for understanding stress.

↳ Sapolsky’s lectures: https://lnkd.in/d-zfMQgG

6. 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙚 – Ghostwriter and author
→ Learn ghost-writing, personal branding, and the economics of becoming a writer.

↳ YouTube: https://lnkd.in/drKdt4kJ

💡Be your own educator
→ Read books. My current read is Escape from Evil by Ernest Becker.
→ Listen to lectures and take notes.
→ Learn and practise in public.

𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: Self-education initiates adaptive neuroplasticity, which helps you counteract maladaptive neuroplasticity.
→This allows you to learn, unlearn, and relearn, shaping and reshaping your plastic brain.

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14/08/2026

Failure hurts.
The brain treats failure like physical pain.

The brain cannot completely separate physical pain from psychological pain; both can be experienced as pain.

🤔 I have failed countless times, but one of the most awkward experiences came after I had graduated and was looking for a job.

I went for an interview, and the interviewer asked me for a “statement of faith.”

I had no idea what that meant, and I still don’t.

But that wasn’t the painful part.

They had a statement of faith, but apparently lacked a statement of ethos.

I’ve never received any feedback from them.

How Failure Affects You

1. 𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝
→ Failure can trigger stress, anxiety, sadness, and psychological distress.
→ The mind may begin anticipating failure before another attempt is even made.

2. 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
→ Failure can make you question your abilities and personal worth.
→ “I failed” can gradually become “I am a failure.”
𝑬𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕:
→ Reduced self-confidence
→ Increased self-criticism
→ Fear of trying again

3. 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚
→ Failure can activate the body’s stress response.
→ A chronically activated HPA axis can lead to chronically elevated cortisol levels, which are linked to anxiety and depression.
→ Psychological stress can persist long after the event has ended.

4. 𝙉𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜
→ The mind may repeatedly ask:
“What did I do wrong?”
“Why wasn’t I good enough?”

→ Reflection helps you learn from failure.
→ Rumination keeps you emotionally trapped in it.

5. 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚
→ After a painful failure, avoiding challenging situations can feel safer.
→ You stop applying for jobs.
→ You stop starting businesses.
→ You stop asking people out.
→ You stop trying.

6. 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨
→ Repeated failure can teach the brain (maladaptive neuroplasticity) that its actions do not change outcomes.
→ You may eventually stop trying, you become helpless.

💡 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆: The same neuroplasticity that allows for maladaptive changes also allows for adaptive changes.

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