Anguh Psychostories

25/04/2026

So I cleaned my mirror...

I looked at the woman looking back to me in the mirror... I smiled she smiled back, I frowned she frowned back... I laughed she laughed... I made funny faces...

See we have not always like this...

For years I looked into the mirror I saw ... I saw an ugly face look back at me, I saw the acne on the face, I saw the unkempt hairstyle, I saw someone I didn't like... And I tried my best to not look into the mirror

But the older I grew and saw resilience, I saw the sacrifices she made, I saw the dormant gifting s and abilities... I listened to the words of her mouth clearly and I thought there's a disconnect... A dissonance... This could not be it

So I came back to the mirror, I adjusted the lighting in the room, I cleaned the mirror, I adjusted the mirror to the light and I looked back into the mirror...

I looked past the healing acne, I adjusted the hairstyle, I looked deep into her eyes and I paused...

It was shocking... I saw power, I saw beauty, I saw a calm determination, I saw much more than what I admire in a person... So I smiled, she smiled back,

I whispered "You are beautiful"

She whispered back, "You are beautiful"

We both smiled...

And this moment cemented itself in my being. I felt seen, I felt loved, I felt embraced by myself, I felt acknowledged

And now I frequent the mirror because I love her and she loves me

We dance together, laugh together

And the days I tell her, "Today has been tough..." Though she says the same... Her eyes tell me... "You have got this. You are powerful. And you are never alone because, I am cheering you on"

Anguh Psychostories

24/04/2026

She looked away, she shoulders stooped and sighed
"I can't do it. I can't be better. I know myself"

I paused and let us both feel the silence. How I have come to embrace the healing power of silence... Then I spoke slowly

"I know you know yourself... But you know who you are without the adequate resources. Without a strong support system. Without Psychoeducation."

"You know the person you have been when you were alone, scared anxious and feeling trapped. And I honor that"

"But humor me for a moment... Do you know yourself when you are empowered? When you see yourself differently, when you are equiped, when you have a support system?"

"Do you know yourself when you dare see your dreams deeply? When you dare give yourself a chance? When you dare hold the possibility that you can?"

"There's no magic to it... And it's work and brain work can be hard work... But can you dare give yourself a chance to try to fail, to hope, to laugh at yourself and do it again?"

She looked at me with tears in her eyes...

"Do you believe in me...?" She was hesitant.

"I do." I said. "I am a firm believer of human resilience and the beauty of the human brain. And I have seen you put in effort to understand yourself. I believe in you "

I saw a glimmer in those eyes and a hope... For me, this was a positive enough win...

And if I may ask, how are you today?

How do you know yourself in the now?

23/04/2026

He loves throwing things up and watching them come down...

He is barely two

My worry has always been that the thrown object may hit his head (it's happened once)

So a few days ago he got to his game and I ran to catch the stone then a thought hits me...

What goes up must come down...

I pause... Of course... But never to the exact same place and never at the time it left meaning the movement is not only upwards, it's linear

Our legs go up and come down that's progress
Planes go up and land that's motion
A car moves by a part of the wheel going up then coming down...

I smiled...

Next time someone tells you... "What goes up comes down" Simply tell them... "Yes. That's progress

Just make sure you come back down ahead of where you were before in experience, wisdom and emotional regulation

Mercy Amuguni

23/03/2026

And so you made yourself cloth,
insulating every part of me.
And everything that's hurled at me
becomes an advantage,
because I absorb it through you.
And each strand of energy becomes
light, beauty, awareness.

25/02/2026

01/02/2026

When I walked out of the shadows
Then I discovered I have wings

27/07/2024

How are you preparing for your children this holidays?