I had the pleasure of being styled by the super talented Antonia Fifi last week, creating images for her upcoming Pop Up Shop on Saturday May 19 at the Akasha Yoga Studio, 121 Long Circular Road from 11:30AM AM – 4:30PM. It can be difficult in Trinidad to find unique and stylish clothing, especially as a full figured woman. Antonia…
One summer break, my best friend from College came to visit me in Trinidad. I proudly drove her around and showed her my island and we were having a great time. One day, we stopped at the ATM to take out some cash and I saw an old family friend who I had not seen in some years sitting in…
According this article at Happify, “85% of the stuff we worry about ends up having a positive or neutral outcome.” Many times when we fall into the depths of worry and anxiety, this process is so much worse than the actual worst case scenario we are thinking up in our heads. People who worry a lot tend to be hard…
Rejection stings and it is something that everyone has to experience at some point in life. Sometimes when we keep being rejected over and over we reach a point where we just feel to give up. Depending on what mood I am in, rejection can invoke my resilience inspiring me to try something else or absolutely destroy my drive. Both…
I was out with some friends and ended up having the most illuminating conversation with a wonderful, wise and enlightened soul. I gained a couple perspective-shifting nuggets of wisdom that night, which I will share with you this week. I am always the first one to vehemently defend the underdog and have always considered myself to be a pretty non-judgmental…
When we take life too seriously and try to anticipate and control everything it becomes a chore. We forget the peace that comes with living in the present moment. We close the door to serendipity, and magic. Remember when you were a child, and every day was an adventure? What would you learn that day, what games would you play?…
We are conditioned as children to acquire permission and approval from others before moving towards that which we desire. This “needing permission” feeling sometimes stays with us into adulthood and it can be very damaging. We move through the education system, where one must ask permission for everything from leaving school early due to an emergency to going to the…
I was sitting down peacefully minding my own business recently when a man came up and started proudly saying that his wife just lost ten pounds on this new diet she found, and that he could get it from her to send to me. This is a perfect example of the damaging attitudes that still exist within society regarding the…
Recently I uncovered an astrological concept called the “Saturn Return”. This is a cosmic rite of passage that takes place around age 27-30 and again approaching age 60 whereby life, usually in the form of a crisis, forces you to really examine who you are and what you want out of life. Through this process you are initiated into your…
I had a memory today of a conversation I had with an older family friend. She was saying that I am going down a dangerous path, and I should think about what I am doing. I told her it is my life’s purpose to help empower others to feel happy and confident in their bodies, and I want to be…