Tawanda Lioga

🎄Hello December!

✨️2025 has been a wild ride for me! Looking back, it feels like I’ve been binge‑watching my own life on a streaming series (Tubi or Netflix, anyone? 😂).

🤲🏽This month is all about giving and receiving. Let’s finish 2025 with a bang, carrying gratitude, grace, and a whole lot of greatness into the new year.

❤️‍🔥I wish you a merry, growth‑filled, evolving, resilient month ahead. Together we’ll make the most of December!

📽 While we’re here, please subscribe to my YouTube channel for my first‑ever 2025 wrap‑up, where I look back on an amazing year and share the highlights of my life series. [ youtube.com/@tawandalioga?si=wPHQCyD80H8u6BNa ]

🐦‍🔥#DecemberVibes #EndOf2025 #GiveAndReceive #Gratitude #Growth #Resilience #PhoenixRising #PhoenixDecember #Christmas

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8 months ago | [YT] | 6

Tawanda Lioga

🌻Our mistake is we often make other people's opinion forge into our identity. Many times we are defensive about labels and words that you define yourself by, yet it has absolutely no relevance towards the achievement of another's goal.

🥀Your life is a delicate flower that needs to be tended to. Flowers pay no mind but to blossom in the rays of light. If flowers paid attention to the outside world, they'd wither, die, and cease their purpose.

🌹Like a flower a rose will never see itself as a sunflower due to others criticising the rose for not being vibrant enough.

🌵A cactus will still grow in any spot in the world, not paying attention to those that believe it's a desert specific plant yet it's roots knows no difference in soil.

📖That leaves us with my last lesson in my 28th Chapter. "Always Externalize What You Internalize. Re-Author Your Narrative To Not Make Their Perception Your Own Identity." - #TawandaLioga

🐦‍🔥#Movember #MentalHealth #IdentityBeyondOpinions #ExternalizeInternalize #ReAuthorYourStory #FlowerMindset #StayRooted #BreakTheLabels #OwnYourNarrative #28LessonsTo20Nov #MindfulGrowth

9 months ago | [YT] | 6

Tawanda Lioga

☀️Your warmth is such a radiant glow. This is what makes you a healer and safe space for energy to flow.

🌻Always remember that compassion fatigue is real and pure. Don't forget to keep some of that warmth to yourself. Often, as healers we tend to forget ourselves in processes that matter. Which may compromise the help that we are giving.

✨️In this 28th Chapter coming to a close in "4 hours," remember: warmth radiates from within you. Start there and reserve some as you share with everyone else!

🐦‍🔥#28LessonsTo20Nov #Birthday #November #Movember #Healer #CompassionFatigue #SelfCare #WarmthWithin #EnergyFlow #Chapter28 #RadiantGlow #HealThouSelf #ShareTheWarmth #MindfulHealing

9 months ago | [YT] | 6

Tawanda Lioga

♂️International Men's Day!

🤼🏽‍♂️With the theme, "Celebrating Men and Boys" for 2025! Time for us to challenge society's expectation on what it takes to be a man!

✨️As human beings we live as a spectrum, different and unique in our own way. Why follow an expectation that is not relevant or related to you. Men you cannot continue to fit in a certain mould to appease everyone around.

💭Did you know that women are the main reasons why men have all these mental health issues? Not to make a villain out of a woman but it's how men give permission for women, to violate and control every aspect of you.

❤️‍🔥You need to take a stand and be your own self! Take charge, be firm, stand worthy! In the man that you're supposed to be. Hug that little boy in you and tell him it's okay to be himself.

🤲🏽Protect, love, cherish, and embrace every aspect of you! There's a million ways to be the man that's not heavily burdened by duties set upon yourself to live by!

🌿When you step into the essence of your own being and take charge in the life you are destined to be. The solid foundation in what makes you stand proud, tall, and brave is waiting for you!

❤️‍🔥Let no toxic masculinity stop you from celebrating yourself and others in a space of diversity, inclusion, oneness, and freedom!

🐦‍🔥#Movember #InternationalMensDay #CelebratingMenAndBoys #MensHealth #BreakTheMold #AuthenticSelf #SelfEmpowerment #MentalHealthMatters #ToxicMasculinity #EmbraceYourself #DiversityAndInclusion #BeYourOwnMan #28LessonsTo20Nov #MenSupportingMen #FreedomToBeYou

9 months ago | [YT] | 6

Tawanda Lioga

♂️Happy International Men's Day!

🤼🏽‍♂️With the theme, "Celebrating Men and Boys" for 2025! I am proud to be the man that I am by my authentic self!

✨️For years I've never wanted to fit into a box or live according to one's standard or expectation and that was across the board with even my career choice.

🍃Many quotes and talks about men's mental health and well-being since last year has come from a place where I've seen many men struggle with their identity, which I felt needed awareness to fully allow a man to be himself.

🌑The dark side to being a man is that we are not celebrated enough. Be it parties, birthdays, or celebrations, every other person gets a grandiose gesture and effort is put into that. For a man there's always a reason why they cannot be celebrated, there are excuses which others never receive, plus it becomes a cycle of years not being recognised or acknowledged till they have no sense in knowing what to do with themselves.

🌿With this year's theme, and a different shift in mindset, I choose to celebrate myself and specifically make it all about what's good for me than the continued sidelining. I choose to celebrate myself to show other men that they have to not wait for nobody but in self to show appreciation and recognition!

❤️‍🔥In my 28th Chapter dawning at midday tomorrow. I promise from my 29th Chapter moving forward, I will not allow anyone to make me feel less on my special day or any other days. I've watched others get, including myself give gifts, parties, or a wide budget to celebrate themselves.

🌻"Men Often Give From A Place Of Knowing What It Feels To Not Be Given." - #TawandaLioga

☀️This time I want and for other men to turn inward, reflect, and grow. Understanding the importance of self and not waiting or expecting from others to give what you can to yourself.

💭In celebrating other people don't forget yourself, you matter and you are worthy of the same that you give or experience what others get!

🐦‍🔥Let's Celebrate!

🐦‍🔥#Movember #28LessonsTo20Nov #InternationalMensDay #CelebratingMenAndBoys #AuthenticSelf #MentalHealth #SelfCelebration #MenSupportingMen #BreakTheCycle #SelfLove #Chapter28 #Chapter29 #MindsetShift #CelebrateMen #Empowerment

9 months ago | [YT] | 6

Tawanda Lioga

😂Yep, that's right. I can't believe during my first intense year of my Master's, I'd be laughing like a hyena filled with helium!

🤣Looking back, I still laugh because the moments I was supposed to be serious ended up cracking my ribs. Could it be a coping mechanism? Could it have been a way to relieve stress?

🚨Even during my cross‑examination with the police, I was still cracking jokes and making the situation lighter than the intensity of a possible detention.

📽Here's part one: https://youtu.be/qHHKhzE_Xvc?si=R_1ko... and part two: https://youtu.be/isHhf_jYE28?si=OuUx3... in case you missed the story of how I was in conflict with the law.

🍃I hope to carry this with me into my upcoming years because I really felt so light during times that could have crushed my mental state.

🤝🏽Honourable mention to Chido Jaravaza for bringing the hyena out of me.

🐦‍🔥#MasterLife #Laughter #HyenaHumor #CopingMechanism #StressRelief #PoliceStory #Resilience #MentalHealth #ChidoJaravaza #28LessonsTo20Nov #Storytime #StayLight #Movember #MentalHealth #YouTube #WhatItTakesToBeASocialWorker #SocialWork #SocialWorker

9 months ago | [YT] | 6

Tawanda Lioga

🌻I owe a huge thank you to Sottovoce Ruach. Thank you for believing in me enough to invite me onto your show and for letting me discuss two topics that feel natural in person but become a whole different kind of pressure on TV.

🍃Your calm, supportive presence reminded me that I need to trust myself—not doubt myself—when I share my expertise and shine a light on issues that still need to be heard.

✨️Trust, I’ve learned, is a process, especially the trust we have in ourselves. Sometimes our inner saboteur steps in because we lack confidence or because anxiety makes us chase perfection.

💭Since that experience, I’ve been building on that foundation of self‑trust, and it’s changed every space I enter. I now show up as the best version of myself, speaking from a place of belief rather than fear.

❤️‍🔥My challenge to anyone reading this: put yourself in situations that test that inner trust. The more you work on it, the more confident you become in spaces that once made you want to run. Those very moments become the solid ground you stand on.

🐦‍🔥#SottovoceRuach #Trust #SelfTrust #Confidence #Anxiety #PersonalGrowth #Resilience #SelfImprovement #Mindset #InnerSaboteur #Speaking #3KTV #Expertise #Awareness #Challenge #Growth #Foundation #SolidGround #28LessonsTo20Nov #ThePsychotherapistShow

9 months ago | [YT] | 6

Tawanda Lioga

🌿This journey in my 28th year marked a pivotal shift in both my personal growth and professional practice. As I narrowed my focus in social work and therapy, I realized that true work had to begin with myself before I could effectively support others.

✨️“Transparency” became my guiding principle—the cornerstone of trust, openness, and vulnerability. It is the soil from which confidence and resilience grow, because you must first be a clear mirror for others to see.

💭Most disagreements stem from our internal landscape, not from external circumstances. When we assume someone is accusing us, our defensive reaction can fuel the misunderstanding.

💭By being transparent with ourselves, we gain mental clarity, see the situation from another’s perspective, and bridge the gaps that mistrust creates.

🌻Embracing self‑transparency is not a one‑time task; it’s an ongoing practice that reshapes how we relate to the world. When we look inward honestly, we cultivate deeper connections, reduce unnecessary conflict, and build a foundation of trust that sustains both personal and professional relationships.

❤️‍🔥Let this commitment to inner clarity be the catalyst for lasting change, both within yourself and in the lives of those you touch.

🐦‍🔥#Movember #MentalHealth #Self #SelfTransparency #Resilience #SocialWork #PersonalGrowth #InnerMirror #Transparency #Trust #Vulnerability #Confidence #28LessonsTo20Nov

9 months ago | [YT] | 8

Tawanda Lioga

✨️Resilience isn’t a destination; it’s a continual journey. If someone tells you that, because you’re resilient, you’ll glide through life without help—especially after therapy—they’re mistaken.

🍃After years of enduring and witnessing, I’ve come to see that each moment feels strangely fresh. Emotions surface in varied settings, testing our capacity to regulate, stay in control, or even to let ourselves fall apart.

🌻All emotions and behaviours are normal; they shape the people we become. They say “never a dull moment,” and I find that to be true. That’s why, in my 28th chapter, I’ve learned: “Resilience Is Always Reshaped.” - #TawandaLioga

🌊I liken resilience to water: it adapts to hot or cold, molds to any shape or space, and is colored by the dye that dissolves into it. Resilience flows, adapts, and changes according to its environment.

❤️‍🔥If resilience can hold the full spectrum of human experience, then turn inward, learn from your own story, and grant yourself forgiveness for the very traits that make you human.

🐦‍🔥#Resilience #AlwaysReshaped #MentalHealth #SelfForgiveness #InnerJourney #EmbraceYourHumanity #28LessonsTo20Nov #WaterMetaphor #MindfulLiving #TherapyTruths #GrowthMindset #NeverADullMoment #Movember #MentalHealth

9 months ago | [YT] | 8

Tawanda Lioga

☀️As many of you know, I am a plus-size big boy, and that often draws uncomfortable remarks and back‑handed compliments.

🍃People frequently ask whether my mental health has suffered or if I’ve ever considered something like Ozempic, etc... The truth is no — I’m exactly who I’m meant to be.

💭We all engage in body‑shaming, and most of our perceptions are subjective, so we often miss how our words affect others’ mental health.

✨️We’re each unique, and that uniqueness deserves celebration! My comfort in my own skin has never woken up; it’s always been there, though I notice it can make some people uneasy.

❤️‍🔥I remember this introduction during drag race given by Latrice Royale which is a mantra I keep close: "Large and In Charge, Chunky Yet Funky, The Bold and Beautiful!"

🐦‍🔥28 years on this planet ain't got nothing on me when it comes to how I look. Probably that's where my superpower comes from cause being the person that God made you to be. It comes from within.

✨️Find that light, set it bright, and blind those who have anything negative to say about you!

🐦‍🔥#LatriceRoyale #Comfortable #Cozy #BodyPositivity #PlusSizePower #SelfLove #LargeAndInCharge #ChunkyYetFunky #BoldAndBeautiful #28LessonsTo20Nov #OwnYourSkin #SuperpowerWithin #NoShame #CelebrateYou

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