by admin.maria | Mar 4, 2019 | Depression, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Women's Health
I’ve been battling with anxiety and depression and since I was about 10 years old. Over the years I’ve used various copying mechanism. You name it I might have tried, from over eating, to starving, to volunteer work and exercise. I had about a decade reprieve, during...
by admin.maria | Feb 14, 2019 | Lifestyle, Women Of Colour, Women's Health
Hip hip hooray. Menuopause is in the news. It’s even had a mention on the evening drama series Eastenders. Back in October 2018, there was as debate on Channel 5’s The Vine on whether or not women should get time of work for menopause. However, like mental illness,...
by admin.maria | Jan 27, 2019 | Lifestyle, Women's Health
I had my first smear test when I was about 25. I visited a family planning centre (in Trinidad) where it was done with what felt like swift heartless efficiency. The instrument felt cold like ice. I didn’t see what it looked like; my eyes were closed. It was advised...
by admin.maria | Nov 28, 2018 | Healthy Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Women's Health
Quite recently I contacted my friend Dee for a girls’ night in. I hadn’t seen her in two year! Life has been busy. We’d only been in touch via social media. We decided to meet up in London and commute together to her place. On the way I asked, ‘how are you? What have...
by admin.maria | Nov 8, 2018 | Keep Fit, Kiddicare, Motherhood, Women's Health
(First written and posted August 2015) As you may already know, after four years break I recently returned to the gym a few weeks ago. I’ve been having a wonderful time because the gym has always been an important part of my pre-children lifestyle. My local gym...
by admin.maria | Aug 2, 2018 | Lifestyle, Motherhood, Motherhood and Beauty, Motherhood and Fashion, Well-Being, Women's Health
Perish thought that women in Caribbean walk around scantily clad on their tropical island. There is a dress code for everything. Believe it or not we are quite conservative, unless, it’s Carnival or there’s a fete. As a pre-teen, I was bigger than my peers and looked...
