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Mother Earth Rejoices: my reflections on Jamaica Poetry Festival 2020

As I look back on my experience of joining the virtual staging of the 10th Jamaica Poetry Festival 2020, I am still beaming with pride. Respect due to Yasus, Jamaica Poetry Festival family and all the amazing sponsors for making it bigger and better than ever! #JPF2020 I was honoured to represent Jamaica and the […]

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Covid-19 = the reset button

As I prepare to end almost 4 months of “shielding” tomorrow, I thought I’d pen a blog to mark the moment. We must be “in the moment” and take the time to remember “where we were” when covid-19 infiltrated our lives and the reset button was pressed. If we go back to the way it […]

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Where do we go from here? The Covid Diaries.

Monday Morning Musings of a Healing Arts Practitioner Where do we go from here? As talk now turns to what we do next. We cannot help but ponder what is best. Ease up the restrictions too early to boost the economy? Or “grit and bear it” for the sake of humanity? Where do we go […]

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Unexpected 2020 clarity

At the start of 2020, we declared it to be the year of clarity. Little did we know that within a few weeks we would be in the midst of adversity. The clarity we sought has been achieved and it presents an amazing opportunity. An opportunity to recalibrate and recuperate. Mentally; socially; emotionally and physically […]

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Maroon Mindset Mentoring ❤️💛💚

Happy New Year! May 2020 be everything you want it to be. A new year provides a clean slate, a blank canvas, a second chance to be who we need to be. Throw in the fact that it’s also a new decade and the opportunities are ten fold! It’s the perfect time to invent, reinvent […]

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Stand out!

As we head towards the end of the year 2019 and the end of a decade, it’s an opportunity to pause, take stock and make some new decade goals. I’m thinking BIG! I’m thinking BOLD. How about you? What are your goals for 2020? You see, I’m heading towards my 45 year on the planet […]

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Arise maroons!

When a maroon is awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts.

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Life is change

Life is change. Change happens in life. Change happens to life. Change happens as a result of life. Life is change. Embrace change. Seek change. Be prepared to change with change. Life is change. There is some good in every change. Change transforms. Change teaches lessons. Change leads to growth. Change leads to self actualisation. […]

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Nurse researchers: leading change & adding value.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. As futurist and philosopher Alvin Toffler once wrote: “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Times are changing and we must change in response to the changes. Let’s learn, […]

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How blogging gave me back my mojo! #100blogposts🎉 #2years

This is one of the shortest blogposts I will ever write. I guess it’s true that quality trumps quantity. That’s kinda ironic when I highlight that this post is in honour of my 100th blogpost! Yes, I’m celebrating 100 posts on my Human Touch ❤✍🏽 Blog. For anyone who joined my blog recently, here’s a […]

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