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In Politics and the Mind, Major (Rtd.) Lucy Mukuria confronts political and psychological crossroads with urgency and compassion. Meeting citizens at their point of pain, she oers a guided path towards electing leaders whose values align with national posterity and prosperity. Rather than leaving choices to chance, this book equips readers with psychological insight for deliberate, informed decision making.
In an era of heightened awareness, digital overload and performance pressure, our minds have become the new battle‑eld. This book draws from Mukuria’s widely shared LinkedIn reections to deconstruct the “politics of the mind,” showing how culture, expectations and global currents shape mental well being.
Mukuria speaks directly to counsellors and psychologists – the “walking wounded” – who, burdened by moral injury and more than compassionate fatigue, now carry the weight of collective distress. By weaving local realities with regional and international politics through a colonial, imperialist and capitalist lens, she explains why discomfort and cynicism persist, and how psychology can illuminate the way forward.
This book is also a resource for aspiring politicians, oering guidance on building teams, communicating authentically and understanding the human psyche in governance. It challenges entrenched beliefs, rede‑nes meanings and demands that readers surrender illusions to embrace self, collective and systemic awareness, while reminding us to remain tender with ourselves and one another.
At once a public service and a provocation, Politics and the Mind affirms psychology’s necessity in governance. Bold, necessary and deeply Kenyan, it is a book of the now.