Four Wellness strategies that should not be ignored (with 16 cracking tips) — Everybody has something to say about wellbeing. Fitness instructors, psychologists, therapists, doctors, your sister’s yoga partner, your dog walker, the people team, self proclaimers public speakers, writers … even salespeople! Yet wellness eludes most people at some point in their life. Well, I cracked ‘being well’ in my life (for…

Ignore the leak and the whole block will collapse. — So here I am, in the UK, faced with another ‘race’ related media frenzy — hopefully over. I read all sides of the argument, opinion pieces and intelligent debate and most of the time I waka pass — tired. …

I don’t like talking about Black Trauma — Black trauma, I don’t like talking about black trauma But when I read again, another dead (too often) I take a deep breath and exhale I refuse to let the tears fall. Black Trauma. Black trauma, I don’t like the words, black trauma When they say it’s overused, When they say it’s…

An attempt to define the future has seemingly confused and annoyed a significant number of Black people in my network. — It was Saturday 15th of January 2022, and social media is buzzing about the Vogue February 2022 cover shoot. Despite a significant number of positive comments on the British Vogue Instagram post, most of my social network are not impressed. After reading a few, I decided to comment neutrally and…

A Tiny Life Moment that would be kinder and Day 10 of my 100 days writing challenge — The Moment The one-legged man died. He died alone. He died unknown. The locals wondered about the smell from his house, a two story decrepit brick built structure on concrete pillars rising from overgrown reedy grass, and protected by a pair of rusted metal gates. One gate was broken, fallen on its…

A Tiny Life Moment of understanding and Day 9 of my 100 day writing challenge — The Moment She was a diminutive woman. I did not have my glasses on, so I could not make out her features. I would guess she was over sixty. She was dressed smartly in white. A little too formal for 7am. She wore a loose pair of linen trousers, a white t-shirt…

A tiny life moment of biting off more than I can chew and Day 7 of my 100 day writing challenge — The moment They laughed so hard, I was told that my sister almost peed on herself with all the merriment. I could not blame them, I was laughing out myself as a friend tried to put me out of the hole. I had gotten myself stuck in the hole. There was no…

A Tiny Life Moment of brightness in the midst of pain and Day 6 of my 100 day writing challenge — The Moment Scrolling mindlessly through Facebook. I stop at the picture of a friend. A portrait. Short wavy silver hair face framed an elfish face, overlaying an undercurrent of charcoal-grey hair. Eyes looking straight-through, filled with a mysterious force, a power that crashed a thousand shores, on rocks, cliffs, stones and gently…