Dr. Kidi

28/09/2026

Day 34 of What Healing Knows in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Exploring the Jubilee Palace in Addis Ababa, Haile Selassie's former residence, now the National Palace Museum.

I was here as a child. Standing here as an adult, I felt generations of Ethiopian history beneath my feet, the crowns, the thrones, the stories held in these walls.

Healing is also about history: honoring what was built before us, and knowing what we get to carry forward.

What did those who came before you build that you're still standing on? Tell me below.

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26/09/2026

Inhale.
Inhale a little more.
Exhale slowly as you say, “Efoy.”

This is the physiological sigh, a breathing technique studied for rapid stress relief.

That second inhale helps reopen tiny air sacs in the lungs. The long exhale helps your body shift toward calm.

Save this. Because when stress takes over, you won’t want to search for what helps.

25/09/2026

One difficult year does not define your life.

We can be so quick to let one hard chapter convince us that the whole story is going wrong.
Pause. Breathe. There is still more life ahead of you. More moments to choose differently, begin again, and become who you are becoming.
Give yourself room to keep going. 🤍

24/09/2026

Discover Wanza (Cordia africana) — Ethiopia’s multipurpose tree. From sweet, sticky fruit to shade, timber, bee forage, and traditional medicine, Wanza supports communities and ecosystems. Read the full post to learn about its uses and cultural importance. https://wix.to/Lj8pQGK

Pick a ripe Wanza fruit and you will find it sweet, sticky, and edible.But Wanza (Cordia africana) gives much more than fruit. Across Ethiopia, the tree provides shade, timber, bee forage, and traditional medicine.At a GlanceScientific name: Cordia africanaAmharic name: Wanza / ዋንዛFamily: Bora...

24/09/2026

ያልዘሩት አይበቅልም።
Yalzerut aybeklim.
What you do not plant cannot grow.

Three years ago, I planted a Wanza (ዋንዛ) seedling at Zoma Museum in Addis Ababa.

Planting is an act of hope.
So is healing.

What we plant today becomes what we live beneath tomorrow.

A tree.
Peace.
Joy.
Healing.

What will you plant today that you want to see grow?

Learn more about Wanza and Ethiopian healing plants at drkidi.com. Link in bio.

23/09/2026

You can acknowledge what you wish you had done differently and still offer yourself compassion.

Self-forgiveness is not letting yourself off the hook. It is giving yourself the space to learn, grow, and begin again.

Read more in Segment 5: Soften and Forgive at drkidi.com.

22/09/2026

New Blog Post from Dr. Kidi - Soften and Forgive https://wix.to/aknMnJ4

22/09/2026

Yelugnta. ይሉኝታ.

“What will people say?”

Grateful to for inviting me to speak about the voices that shape us, the communities that hold us, and what we choose to carry forward.

What shaped us should not end with us.
Carry forward what serves us.
Let go of what holds us back.
Sometimes, that means letting go of ይሉኝታ.

Thank you for the warm welcome and beautiful sisterhood.

22/09/2026

Yelugnta. ይሉኝታ.

“What will people say?”

Grateful to AYBS Alumni Association for inviting me to speak about the voices that shape us, the communities that hold us, and what we choose to carry forward.

What shaped us should not end with us.
Carry forward what serves us.
Let go of what holds us back.
Sometimes, that means letting go of ይሉኝታ.

Thank you for the warm welcome and beautiful sisterhood.

20/09/2026

Demakese | ደማከሴ
If you grew up in Ethiopia, you probably know this plant.

At Zoma Museum my sister Meski and I talked about Demakese, a plant we grew up knowing as something you reached for when you weren’t feeling well.

But how much do we really know about the plants we grew up with?

Demakese (Ocimum lamiifolium) has a long history of traditional use in Ethiopia and continues to be studied for its medicinal properties.

Read more about Demakese and what the research shows at drkidi.com. Link in bio.

Share a story of a healing plant you know?