Welcome back to Wellness with Dr Fortunate Silinda! After a long break since 2021, we return with a special episode for Mental Health Day. But here's the twist—mental health is more than just a one-day focus; it's something we should celebrate and nurture every single day. In this heartfelt comeback, Dr Silinda encourages listeners to embrace daily practices that support mental wellbeing, congratulates those starting their journey, and reminds us all that every small step counts. Tune in for a message of hope, resilience, and the power of everyday selfcare.

This teaser provides an outline of the series on "Wellness in the workplace" which will be aimed at discussions on pertinent workplace issues that affects ones wellbeing.

This week we speaking to Ntesang Makutu, a former SRC President at Sol Plaatjie University, a YALI Alumni, a Co-Founder of Eyethu Pop-Up Library Project and a final year student in Education. 

Interview with Victor Makwakwa. A young South African who developed a web application, World's Village, that focuses on improving access to professional mental health services. He is a student at the University of Pretoria.

This week we are in a conversation with Portia a recent graduate, who is here to share her study journey and how she overcame challenges with the support from family, friends and institutional support structures; where she was able to understand herself better and ultimately know how to negotiate the support she needed as a student.

Mr Sello Sithole, an Executive Chef shares his journey of becoming an entrepreneur after being retrenched as a Sales Consultant.

This is the 2nd instalment of the series on grieving. In this particular episode, Dr Fortunate Silinda shares information on how to cope with grieving the loss of your loved ones or those around you who may be overwhelmed with the loss of their loved ones. 

This is the first instalment of the series that focuses on sharing coping strategies related to grieve. 

In this second episode, we explore strategies learners and parents can use to handle a bullying incident. Our guest is Mikateko Silinda, who, as a learner, will share her thoughts on what she understands about bullying and how to address it.