Episode 241: On Mental Health Awareness with Dr. Motolani Oyerinde and the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme

Greetings Glocal Citizens!

I’m back on the road with this conversation which finds my guest and I in opposite sides of the United Kingdom--me in London, UK and my guest, Dr. Motolani Oyerinde, in Scotland.

Dr. Tolani, joins us in the next installment of our colloboration with Bisi Bright’s Livewell Initiative and the Women of Africa Post-Pandemic Empowerment and Advocacy Programme with support from Gilead Sciences USA. She is currently Managing Partner at Crystal Mental Healthcare and Health Education Services as well as Senior Family Health Officer at Livewell Initiative. Over the course of her carreer she has worked assiduously in the areas of training, peer leadership, and corporate health. She has co-facilitated as Faculty Trainer in Hepatitis, at a continental Africa regional rraining program in Hepatitis targeting delegates from 15 African countries. Under the LiveWell Initiative’s Volunteer Membership scheme, she became an award-winning Young Doctor participating in several health outreaches, health fairs and corporate health mIssions. Since the advent of the pandemic, she has been particulalry focused on proviving mental health support via LWIs Telehealth services platform.

Be sure to visit the LiveWell Initiative for up to date information about upcoming events.

Where to find Tolani?
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
On Facebook

What’s Tolani reading?
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Practical Optimism: The art, science, and practice of exceptional well-being by Dr. Sue Varma
Why Am I Like This? How to Break Cycles, Heal From Trauma, and Restore Your Faith by Kobe Campbell

What’s Tolani watching?
Africa Magic TV

Other topics of interest:
About Ogun State, Nigeria
Scotland, UK
The Egocentric and Sociocentric Self
Suicide Prevention Month

Special Guests: Adebisi Bright and Motolani Oyerinde.