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A Balanced Life- A Melody of Harmony

Dear Coach, I am fully pregnant and not feeling so well about it at all. I admit that I have always had sex but not been ready to have a child. My biggest desire and principle has always been to have children in wedlock but my current situation has really devastated me. My partner seems and sounds to be jubilant over the pregnancy while I am not. I cannot comprehend the situation at all because I feel that I have disappointed my parents, church and community. I have always had young people at church and our community llooking up to me and the pregnancy has put a dim to the light that radiated from me. I am the laughing stock at the moment and I cannot deal with it. Moreover, I hate the fact that my body is changing and it so unbearable to deal with. How can I deal with this Coach? Yours, Anonymous

Dear Anonymous, I understand what you are currently going through and every feeling presiding over you life. Your body is prone to change so that it takes shape that is ideal to carry out the pregnancy in an amicable state.

All I know is that people will always talk behind our backs and at times before us but what I also know is that God is the one who orders our steps and allows certain events to befall us.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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