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"Nobody will know you because it starts with you" "Epilepsy is a disorder, its not a label and its not a tag"

As the World Epilepsy Day is just a few days away, this episode contains my individual milestones as a person living with epilepsy, words of hope to the individuals with epilepsy and their support systems and words of appreciation to all organizations who have played a great role in supporting these individuals from all the different parts of the world.

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Host: Tenywa Jim Owen: @Owens3333

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This episode comprises of what the social work day really means to practitioners in line with this year's theme and how they are getting prepared for it as individuals at all levels and also what the theme means to them as well as social work students.

In this podcast, I collaborate together with a long-time friend and scholar of the law Otim Rogers in analyzing the numerous issues within the mental health act of Uganda and the thoughts on how it can be of great impact on to Uganda's mental health patients in all rehabilitation centers.

34-year-old Veronica Mirembe is back on the podcast to clarify on the different types of Bipolar through Q&A and also paints a picture on her stigma experience and her road to recovery. 

In this episode, Veronica a 34-year-old mental health adolescent counselor and linguist opens up on part of her mental health journey and what she experienced as an adolescent when she was diagnosed with bipolar at the age of 14 years. Today, she is out here to encourage the world through her book "HOPE AMIDST BIPOLAR"where she paints a thorough picture of her journey and encourages all other mentally ill patients that they are not alone and that anything is possible for as long as there is a connection to God and not minding the negative words that people say towards you as an individual.