Boakyewaa Glover, organisational psychologist and author, has quietly launched one of the most authentic and raw YouTube series in Ghana. The Boakyewaa Glover Show focuses on topics related to life, health, and relationships, with a heavy emphasis on mental health. What makes the show different is Boakyewaa’s directness, realness, and vulnerability. She goes there—openly discussing topics that are often unspoken or taboo, candidly and openly.
The show’s first episode is titled Brilliance Interrupted – The Story of James Amoako Glover and sets the tone for everything else that follows on the show. Boakyewaa’s father, James Amoako Glover, was a prominent lawyer who worked with former President Nana Akufo-Addo.
He suffered from schizophrenia and lived on the streets for decades, resisting help until later in life when he finally accepted treatment. Sadly, he passed away less than a year after getting healthy. Boakyewaa shares this story with such strength and resolve, though traces of emotional pain are evident in her voice.
She says she’s sharing her lived experiences to help break the stigma of mental illness, which has pervaded Ghanaian culture for decades. At 46, this is her first time telling her father’s story publicly, and she often wishes she had done so sooner. It is a very poignant and deeply touching episode, showing directly, the impact of mental illness on loved ones.
Boakyewaa has been in consistent therapy for over two years. As an organisational psychologist with a family history of mental illness and a neurodivergent child, the psychological landscape is familiar to her. But in 2023, while juggling a new demanding job, a challenging relationship, and multiple court cases, she reached her limit and sought help for herself.
“When you have a family history of medical conditions like diabetes, hypertension, or cancer, most people get screened early, recognising the risk that family history presents. I decided to take the same approach to my mental health. 2023 was a very difficult year, everything felt heavy. I was afraid that with stress and genetics, schizophrenia could happen to me too. So I got help.”
She was not diagnosed with schizophrenia, but she is in treatment for other equally difficult challenges. During the 2025 Mental Health Forum, she gave a powerful speech on generational mental health, tracing her father’s story, her son’s ADHD and PTSD (from a gas explosion and attempted kidnapping), and then opening up about her own experiences, including a PTSD diagnosis following a helicopter crash (a national incident involving a military helicopter that crashed with the remains of former chief of defense staff, Air Marshall M. A. Otu, her grandfather), persistent depressive disorder, borderline personality disorder, and a devastating heartbreak that landed her in the ER.
That traumatic heartbreak is a recurring theme on The Boakyewaa Glover show, weaving its way through multiple episodes. It’s the story she shared on both The Super Morning Show and the AM Show on Joy News Network.
In 2024, while still grappling with her diagnoses, her boyfriend left her via text, an incident that torpedoed and deeply destabilized her mental health progress and remains a source of excruciating pain and trauma.
In one episode, she discusses it with her therapist, Dr. Paul Kumi, a trauma specialist. Dr. Kumi notes that heartbreak can be deeply traumatic, akin to the death of a loved one for people who are already vulnerable. Yet in our culture, heartbreak is often seen as a normal rite of passage. Boakyewaa’s episode titled The Trauma of Heartbreak explores just how life-threatening heartbreak can be, backed by research and medical literature, including broken heart syndrome, a form of cardiomyopathy that can lead to death.
“It’s been over 10 months since the breakup, since the text that changed my life dropped onto my phone, and I am still struggling, every single day. Healing isn’t linear and this is a really tough one for me. This breakup has shattered my self-worth and I am trying hard to rebuild. What I ask myself is—how can someone who knows me so well, knows my heart, the depth of my love, my loyalty and commitment, my challenges, including my mental illness and my insecurities, walk away just like that? Because I’m too much? Because I don’t trust easily? I admit that I can be intense and mistrustful, because of my traumas, my sensitivities, my insecurities. But I had hoped to be a problem worth fighting for. It’s still so painful. It will take a very long time to get over.”
One of her most raw episodes is on weight. In The Stigma of Obesity, she opens up about her greatest insecurity—her body. She wonders if that was part of why her ex walked away so easily. She speaks about her weight with startling honesty and bluntness. She admits that she doesn’t like her body, but she respects what it can do, as she constantly strength trains, and has discipline and focus that many people do not have. She is a beast in the gym, but somehow does not love her looks, perhaps due to the many hurtful comments and stigma, some of which she speaks about on the show. They have all taken a toll on her.
Boakyewaa embraces her unconventional looks – natural cornrows, no makeup, and loosely fitted clothes. She’s accepted her nontraditional aesthetic, though this acceptance hasn’t yet extended to her body.
What sets The Boakyewaa Glover Show apart is the raw honesty and vulnerability. Boakyewaa is intense, troubled, and highly self-aware—but also incredibly resilient and hopeful. Her authenticity is refreshing and rare. Her laughter with guests is infectious. She’s giddy in Dating for Love or Provision with Sid, in awe of Agyeiwaa in Strong is the New Skinny, and deeply reflective with Linda in The Strong Woman Burden.
“I am a high functioning person with challenges, and that is exactly why I’m doing the show and my mental health advocacy. I want to show that mental illness is not just about psychosis, delusions and crippling functionality. Most people with mental illness look like me – we go to work, we parent, we socialize, and we function, but inwardly, internally, there is chaos and struggle, and without help, without addressing it, it can bubble over to something worse. It is so important to me to showcase that facet of life – to have someone like me, articulate, successful, a published author, be on screen and admit to my challenges and insecurities, and show that mental illness is not just reserved for those on the streets, or in mental institutions. Mental illness can look like me or you. People really need to understand that, to get help.”
The Boakyewaa Glover Show sets a new standard for honest, necessary conversations. The host bares her soul, bravely and courageously, risking judgment and stigma, all to share and showcase the importance of authentic conversations, and to help others feel seen.
Season One is currently streaming on YouTube, with new episodes released each weekend.
Boakyewaa is also the author of six books: The Anatomy of a Breakup, Commitment, Love You More, The Justice, Tendai, and Circles (available on Amazon).
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