Mental Wellness is not a Weakness

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CCDU Therapist, Vanessa Trindade, talks to The Main Switch Breakfast host, Kgomotso Monyai, about mental wellness and mental health.

Vanessa shares educational points on what mental wellness is, saying that it is not always something that is negative on your mind, instead- it is how you think, feel and how you behave.

She adds that mental wellness is not shameful and is not a weakness, as everyone has to deal with it.

13 Aug 2021 English South Africa Self-Improvement · Health & Fitness

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