SOLEIL LEVANT FOUNDATION SUPPORT GROUPS January 28 2023 Series: Identity and Mental Health Title: Identity Crisis Presenter: Tawanda Murepa Bio:  Founder, Young People Mental Health Trust Table of Contents  What is identity? Why does it matter? What Is An Identity Crisis? An identity crisis could be caused by a traumatic or life-changing event such as: Signs You May Be Experiencing An Identity Crisis The Connection To Mental Health Can Identity crisis cause mental health disorder? What Is Cultural Identity? The Link Between Cultural Identity and Mental Health Multiculturalism Mono-c ..read more

‘New year, new goals’ is often the common buzzword with most of us as we will be busy trying to set new goals in various aspects of our lives. The goals often range from health, finances, careers, business, spiritual and you can name it all but in most cases as they year progresses or as we take stock at the end of the year, less if not none of our goals would have been achieved. The question is often what went wrong? When it comes to fitness and health, did you know that the first 3-4 months tend to be busy as most people will be on their new-year resolutions and goals of maintaining a health ..read more

Career: It is a field or pursuit of consecutive progressive achievement especially in public, professional, or business life. : a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling e.g. a career in medicine, arts, service or a career as a sportsperson. Table of Contents Internal Factors 1: Interests 2: Talents and Gifts: 3: Skills: 4: Values:  External Factors 1: General Job Outlook: 2: Family, connections and networks: 3: Society needs and Outlook: 4: Financial Status: Conclusion Facts you should know before considering a career: You will spend one ..read more

It’s that time again of the year where people get merry, travel, gather, party as families and friends celebrating Christmas and New Year. It is that time again many tend to overspend and get over excited often ending up in regrets and misery. This time around you ought to be diligent with your money and we are going to be discussing some tips and ways that can help you not overspend.  According to the National Retail Federation, Americans will spend between $942 and $960 billion during the holiday season, with sales expected to rise between 6% and 8% overall. Now this will be depend ..read more

By Emily Mukanya Take a minute to visualize that you have a million dollars in the bank and with every decision you make – it can either cost you all that money or earn you another million dollars. If that was the case, how thorough would you be in your decision making process? The average human being makes about 35 000 decisions a day yet ironically decision making was never part of the subjects that were offered at school but its interesting to note that the very same decisions one makes will impact them more than the quadratic formula, algorithms and pythagoras system combined. My point is ..read more

By Liliosa Chiwaura Slender or thick it’s just best if we can appreciate people the way they are. They are already struggling enough to accept themselves as they are don’t add to the stress. It’s already plateful to accept who they are. Avoid telling them to eat a little bit more so that they can have more ‘flesh’ or even to reduced their portions so that they can be perfect. There is genetics that can account for a person being overweight or underweight. They have to deal with not finding the right size of clothes in the shops being told we only have a limited number in that range, you need ..read more

I know most motivational speakers have been telling you never to give up but of late I have just become aware of the power of giving up. I used to think giving up was entirely for losers and the defeated, but later I got to appreciate that the even successful people had given up on a whole lot of things. Imagine if you hadn’t given up on some things you came across in life. Where would you be? Wouldn’t you be still stuck in that relationship that was going nowhere? Imagine if you hadn’t given up on that bad business partnership. Imagine if you hadn’t said no to that proposal. Imagine if you ha ..read more

By Blessing E. Moyo This is no secret: Women are emotional creatures. To de-complicate your confusion towards women it’s only done by connecting to their feelings, that your biggest data transfer cable. Notice that whenever you ask a woman, “What do you think?” She will tell you what she feels about your idea. It’s not that women don’t use logic, just that their emotions are connected to everything. Be in touch with your emotions, you will get along too well, however, don’t be a whimper. Men should learn to listen. Within every woman, there is a gentle voice that yearns to be heard; all women ..read more

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” – John Dewey I have imagined a scenario, Joe and Tom apply for the same job, Joe has 8 years of experience and no college degree, and Tom is fresh from college, who gets the Job?The answer depends; there are various things to take into account when weighing experience and education. The eternal dilemma about experience vs education is a constant battle in the minds of both employers and employees.    Employers often seek candidates with a combination of education and experience.  There are some careers where exper ..read more

By Tapiwa Jiya The Bible tells us to commit our ways to the Lord and He will establish our plans. As God created us according to His perfect plan for His creation, you can rest assured He has a purpose for your life. What matters most is for you to go on a journey of discovery, to find out what it is that God created you for. If you seek to please yourself and ignore your Maker, you are highly likely to go round in circles till Kingdom comes! Once you know your purpose in life you begin to map out a plan to achieve it. The starting point must always be on your knees in your closets asking God ..read more