by Maria Tumolo | Feb 2, 2023 | Parenting
In January 2021, Children in England didn’t return to school after the Christmas break. Back then, we were living in our third national lockdown and home-schooling again. When my children where much younger we were indoors for a considerable amount of time. I was...
by Maria Tumolo | Oct 22, 2020 | Families
Some months ago a friend sent me a video featuring mixed race young adults talking about their racial identity and prejudices they’ve experienced. I sent the video to my American cyber friend Nikki. Like myself, Nikki has a Blasian son. We got to talking about our...
by Maria Tumolo | Jun 11, 2020 | Expat, Lifestyle
My first experience of racism was in my home country. My first experience of class prejudice was in my home country. I share this as a testimony that even when your race makes up 40% of the population, you can still be subject to racism. Why? It’s stepped in a...
by Maria Tumolo | Mar 17, 2020 | Expat, Healthy Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Well-Being
I’m sure a large portion of the world’s population now knows about the Coronavirus. Europe has now shut its borders. In Trinidad cruise ships are no longer allowed to enter, public gatherings are strongly discouraged and schools have been closed. As an expat it has me...
by Maria Tumolo | Feb 10, 2020 | Expat, Lifestyle, Well-Being
The Black Wellness Community have partnered with Healthy Huemans to highlight bloggers of colour on their Instagram page. I was nominated to share my story with them and their readers but I think it’s an awesome opportunity for my new readers to get to know my back...