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simply graceful...

[annemuriira @AnneMuriira]

Book Wrapped 2025 📚✨

Set a goal of 100 books and made it to 90, close enough to count 😌
Somewhere along the way this year, I fully fell into my mystery & thriller era.

2026, we must hit 120!!

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@Dojaflat The best!!! 💙

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Check out #GoodreadsYearinBooks @goodreads to discover the 53 books I read in 2024! https://t.co/UQj9qyjFr4

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Thursday musings!!!

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To all parents, look for this book and read it!!!

[Jason Helmes @anymanfitness]

Just finished this book - Bad Therapy by @AbigailShrier

This is one of the most eye-opening books I've ever read. It's a must read for any parent, any teacher, and should be required reading for any school administrator as well.

The book dives into trying to figure out why kids are having so many mental health problems, when there are so many resources devoted to improving mental health outcomes.

Anxiety, depression, suicide, etc are all higher than they've ever been with kids, even though their lives are arguably better than ever before. It just doesn't make sense.

A few key takeaways from the book:

A constant attention on how kids are "feeling" or "thinking" is causing negative outcomes.

Constantly ruminating on your emotions and how you feel negatively impacts your mental health. If all you do is focus on your emotions, you are destined to be anxious or depressed.

We incessantly ask kids how they're feeling, if they're happy, how their mental health is, etc, and this is creating kids who think they're fragile instead of resilient.

Trying to solve every problem for kids has caused a generation who can't do anything for themselves.

We (Gen X) were told to "suck it up" or "you'll live" or "rub some dirt on it" all the time. Many of us came to the conclusion this is "bad parenting" because our feelings were neglected, and we vowed not to do this to our own children.

Because of that, kids immediately over-dramatize everything that happens to them, making mountains out of molehills, and thinking the world must revolve around their emotions and feelings.

You develop confidence and strong mental health by doing things, not by thinking or via therapy.

You can't think your way out of anxiety. You don't gain confidence by analysis of your thoughts or mental health issues.

You gain confidence and eliminate anxiety by doing gradually more difficult tasks, excelling at them, and realizing you are a competent, capable person.

The non-stop attention therapy gives to these small, common emotions we all feel blows them out of proportion to their seriousness (not talking about genuine disorders here, just normal anxieties that millions of people go to therapy to try to avoid).

One of the best ways to decrease your happiness is to chase it.

Our society constantly tells kids they should be "happy" and asks them if they are.

Happiness isn't a state you should be in 24/7. That's not realistic. Joy and bliss aren't permanent states - they are fleeting.

Contentment, stillness, and being even-keeled are much better goals to aim for mentally.

The happiest, most well adjusted kids come from families with loving parents that have strict rules for the household.

This one really set off the confirmation bias in me... I feel really blessed we have 2 well adjusted middle school kids who do great in school, are very respectful and well mannered, and we barely even need to parent them.

But for years, we were very strict with them. Bedtimes, family rules, how we do things, etc. The in-laws and lots of friends thought we were totalitarian.

In reality, we just had high standards. And it's really paying off right now. I found it really interesting that strict rules equals happy kids. Makes sense, though, as kids need to know what their boundaries are.

Constantly surveying school-age kids about their mental health causes more issues than it solves.

Mental health resources is big money. Districts need to validate all the resources allocated towards mental health, and they often do that via surveys.

Asking kids non-stop questions like:

- Have you thought about self harm?
- Have you thought about suicide?
- Have you been so anxious you can't get out of bed?

Etc, etc puts into their heads the idea that themselves, or many of their peers are broken and cannot function properly in the real world.

It normalizes situations that would be incredibly rare at any other time in history.

There's a lot of other takeaways, too, but I'll stop there.

It's a fantastic book. Go pick it up and read it. This isn't an affiliate thing or a promotion thing at all. I just really enjoyed it, and it will further shape the way I parent moving forward.

[annemuriira @AnneMuriira]

This past weekend, Lenana Peak was conquered!! Mt Kenya has been on my bucket list and finally got to see her glorious peaks up close!!
Story of grit and resilience. 4 days, 3 nights of chilly nights and glorious views by day!!

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12 read in January 2024!!

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@XivTroy The few good men in the 50s have nothing juicy to write about. 😀 Nothing the masses can devour and tweet about.
Once done, you can also watch the 8 episode movie adaptation of the book.

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70 books read in 2023. Picture 2 has my 5⭐️ reads from the pile!!!
100 in 2024!!!

[Philosophy Sage @philosophysage]

40 Things to Know Before You Turn 40

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Great catch up @DrAhmedKalebi and thank you for the kind words and your time today.
Continue inspiring us and paving the way for us to follow.

P.S , It's an honor to be featured on your TL. ☺️

[𝗗𝗿 𝗔𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗶, 𝕆𝔾𝕎 @DrAhmedKalebi]

Awesome catch-up this afternoon with Ms Anne Muriira who’s one of my top all-time favorite lab personalities and mentee that I’ve had the privilege and blessed fortune to know and work with. She’s now based at Roche where she’s the Product Manager for Africa covering Blood Safety Solutions since June 2023 and was prior to that the Global Access Programme Coordinator - East Africa from May 2021 at Roche.

Young as she is, Anne was my Head of Department (HOD) of the Molecular Lab in Kenya at #LancetGroupofLabs when the COVID-19 pandemic hit home in March 2020, having started at Pathologists Lancet Kenya as an intern back in June 2017 rising to HOD in June 2018.

With tremendous skills, fortitude and resilience, the ever smiling Anne was instrumental in seeing us become the first private independent lab to set-up COVID-19 PCR testing in April 2020 despite remarkable challenges.

We were also the first lab in the entire region and among the first in the world to obtain ISO15189 accreditation for COVID-19 PCR testing in August 2020 amidst unimaginable onslaughts in difficult circumstances locally.

To cap it all, we ended up as the busiest and most renowned private lab for COVID-19 testing in the country, whilst the experience therefrom proved invaluable for Anne which opened up for her lucrative job opportunities in her career.

I couldn’t be prouder of Anne - the wonderful person she continues to be 🤗 It was so lovely meeting her today when I was up and about ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑎 𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑒 at Roche.

Sky is the lower limit for this great young lady 🙌🏾

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"I reminds us that opportunity abounds, that all one needs is the knack of seizing the chances that exist,of being on the right place at the right time. A little bit of luck helps, yes, but the key element, is still hard work- grinding it out."

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New week, new fictional characters to fall in love with!!!

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@droid254 3 hours 10 mins of mind blowing VFX!!!

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Impostor syndrome: “I don't know what I'm doing. It's only a matter of time until everyone finds out."

Growth mindset: "I don't know what I'm doing yet. It's only a matter of time until I figure it out."

The highest form of self-confidence is believing in your ability to learn.

[Mr. Possible @Mrpossidez]

It’s not impostor syndrome if you’re actually incompetent.