About 50 million of us are suffering from a diagnosable mental illness and many more of us are struggling with intermittent mental health issues like anxiety or depression. And on the heels of a disastrous fight with the deadly COVID pandemic, we have all been left with some unhealed inner scars. We are all vulnerable to mental health concerns. And if we don’t pay close attention, they can take root in our hearts and grow.
Through the Fire: Finding Purpose Through Pain is a personal memoir by Dr Lina Mba, renowned consultant and founder of True Mercy Foundation. This book is about the author’s determination and will to overcome mental and emotional struggle and pain characterized by her experiences with systematic racism, unemployment, postpartum depression, and more, drawing upon her faith and inner strength in the process. The author hopes that this book will inspire and help others to overcome their own psychological and emotion struggles. Mental health and well-being are thus, key focal points of this book.
Excerpt from Through the Fire: Finding Purpose Through Pain by Dr. Lina Mba:
“A few weeks later, I was called into the office and laid off. I wasn’t surprised. Other Black people had complained about similar incidents. The company used them to train new staff who were White. The White staff would be elevated and the Black person who trained them remained in their positions or were laid off.
People want to be loved. They want to be accepted. They want to belong. But then they change themselves to receive the fake love of others. And their love is not true love. There is no greater love than the love of God. And self-love is critical. When you have self-love, you radiate a powerful energy. If you can’t love others from a pure place, you cannot love yourself. Release the toxic bitterness and love yourself.”
