Dr. Mathias-O’chez

Psychologist. Heal. Grow. THRIVE. Mental & Emotional Health Resources. [email protected]

[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

When someone who’s had a tough year says they’ve nothing to celebrate this holiday season, it’s not an invitation to lecture them on being grateful. It’s an opportunity to listen, hold space, respect where they are, and be compassionate.

They’re not ungrateful. They’re hurting.

[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

@Replay_remix @kedem2134 Yes. They came. For my mum. We had to pay fuel money and ensure we had secured a bed at a hospital but they came and were quite professional

[MsBawoni| Customer Experience Consultant @MsBawoni]

Maternal mortality is so devastating.

[CARD GAMES MADE IN GHANA @abcardgames]

Who knew a business bootcamp could feel like group therapy?

Through the Creation Africa Ghana Bootcamp, by @FranceandGhana and @ImpactHubAccra, we spent the day exploring a topic often overlooked in conversations about entrepreneurship and creativity: MENTAL HEALTH.

Dr Carol Mathias-O'chez Ph.D. @Thrive__gh took us through “Protecting the Creative Mind”, helping us build awareness and practical skills for maintaining emotional well-being, resilience, and balance in both our personal and professional lives.

We discussed creative burnout, pressure, and the importance of identifying, assessing, engaging with, and expressing our emotions. We were reminded to challenge and reframe unhelpful thoughts and to embrace progress over perfection.

Aside this session being interactive, we also learnt small daily habits that help us reset and recharge:
• A 10-minute walk without your phone
• A few minutes of intentional breathing
• Listening to your favourite song without distractions
• Creating routines and rituals
• Spending time in nurturing spaces and nature

A simple but powerful reminder: when you catch yourself overthinking, get up and do something. Anything. Movement often creates the clarity we seek.

Creation Africa Ghana 2.0 continues to challenge us, stretch us, and equip us with the tools needed to build sustainable creative businesses and healthier creative lives. This incubation session is everything we dreamed of and more, and we are eternally grateful.

AB Card Games
Made in Ghana. Played Everywhere.

#CreationAfricaGhana #ImpactHubAccra #ABCardGames #MadeInGhana #CreativeEntrepreneur #GhanaCreatives

[MsBawoni| Customer Experience Consultant @MsBawoni]

Do you know anyone who container builds like this in Accra?

[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

It’s the start of a new month. A chance to reset & take stock. It’s also simply a day, a day to remain consistent, to keep taking the steps you’ve been taking.

Don’t feel pressured to have new month energy. Sometimes the best way to start a new month is simply to stay the course

[Chefabbys @chefabbys]

Thankful to Google and Youtube for the invite to their offices.

Had a great strategic meeting on improving my YouTube content, growing my channel, and exploring exciting new tools being built for creators. Amazing connecting with the people behind the scenes making it all happen❤️🥹

[Naa @OyooQuartey]

More rains. More floods. More havoc in the city.

[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

Don’t judge a book by its cover.

But if the cover clearly says emotionally unavailable & the foreword is rude to the waiter. Pay attention.

People show who they are.
Don’t talk yourself out of believing what you see.

That’s not judgment.
That’s being emotionally aware

[MsBawoni| Customer Experience Consultant @MsBawoni]

So grateful to have found a sister-friend in @Thrive__gh 💕💕

[Joy 99.7 FM @Joy997FM]

Dr. Carol Mathias-O'chez shares insights on the unhealthy comparisons often made between women, stressing the need to treat issues of fertility, ageing, and childbirth with empathy, dignity, and understanding rather than pressure or judgment.

#StrongAndSassy #Joy997FM

[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

Not everything is just a perspective or a joke. Some things are harmful because they endorse or trivialize, or actual crimes. Those are not equivalent conversations. You can defend freedom of expression without collapsing the distinction between controversial opinions

[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

Let’s not treat wild takes, edgy humor, unpopular opinions, & references to crimes as though they all fall under the same category of “old Twitter behavior.”

[Ölele Salvador🦅🇬🇭 @OleleSalvador]

👨🏾‍🍳🇬🇭: Believe it or not, 2010–2015 Twitter/X was a different world. Wild takes, reckless jokes, disturbing convos, things many openly said then wouldn’t fly today.

What’s changed is awareness. Some people learned, evolved, and changed. Others didn’t.

That’s why self-audit matters. Growth is real, but the internet never forgets your footprints.

🦅🇬🇭

[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

If you’re asking people to open up, there should be care behind it, care about the human being, genuine interest in their well-being, not just in their story and what it can do for you, access to support, intentional follow-up, and spaces that hold the person,not just the story.

[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

It’s Mental Health Awareness month,
& I’m seeing many calls for “mental health warriors”to share their stories.

Sharing can be powerful.
But it needs to be handled responsibly.

People’s lived experiences are not traction points.
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

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[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

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[sheezy @sheezy007]

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[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

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[sheezy @sheezy007]

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[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

If your great lock in plan doesn’t include rest, breaks, recuperation and care for your mental health you’re not locked in. You’re on a fast track to burnout

It’s not discipline, it’s self-abandonment disguised as ambition

[Dr. Mathias-O’chez @Thrive__gh]

Monday morning
9–5ers walking into meetings that could could be emails
Entrepreneurs walking out of a weekend that felt like a weekday

Different pressures. Same fatigue.
From constant interruptions.
From never switching off

Adjust what you can. Protect what matters to you.