THIS GIRL’S MAMA IS HAPPY TODAY! 😁 After the school run I went to @sainsburys for some essentials, yes I was brave enough to do the food shop with two tired kids👏🏽💪🏽 & spotted this @mamalifemagazine 😍 As a Mama, who works empowering Mamas, & a writer, based in Staffordshire, something tells me this caughtContinue reading “Representation Matters”
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You can be happy.
Maybe you need to break up with your boyfriend.. Maybe you need to eat healthier.. Maybe you need to redecorate your home.. Maybe you need to start being creative again, sing, dance, write, draw & paint for fucks sake! Maybe, just maybe with making some small but COMMITTING to changes.. YOU CAN BE HAPPY. It’sContinue reading “You can be happy.”
You don’t want to think about what you don’t want..
If you think: 😕‘I don’t want to feel like sh** anymore’ 😕‘I don’t want to have anxiety anymore’ 😕‘I don’t want to be afraid anymore’ 😕‘I don’t want to be skint anymore’ 😕‘I don’t want to be insecure anymore’.. YOU aren’t going to make the changes you want in your life!! Every time you thinkContinue reading “You don’t want to think about what you don’t want..”
FINALLY THRIVING.
🌿 Look who’s in the office with Mama again? My baby boy is better than he was, quite chatty today but he’s still under the weather. So he needs to be with me. 🌿 I’m feeling so grateful that I can be there whenever they need me. That I can take care of my family,Continue reading “FINALLY THRIVING.”
Source
Source is like a ball of fire, the ball of fire. I came from it, yet when I touch it I wince at the singe of my fingertip. I suffer when I leave it. Source is the ball of fire. In which when I submerge myself, I will burn, I will shine and I willContinue reading “Source”
Jamaican belly warmer 🇯🇲👩🏻🍳
🌿I’ve got the essentials for a belly warming dinner when we have family dinner tonight in from the cold outside ❄️ 👨👩👧👦 🌿🇯🇲Thanks to The Dragon Slaying legend Mr @levirootsmusic 🐲 for making Caribbean cooking easy for me. 🙌🏼 After over 8 years in a Caribbean family, I’m getting some phenomenal feedback on my CaribbeanContinue reading “Jamaican belly warmer 🇯🇲👩🏻🍳”
Receiving Criticism..
Something happened today.. As some of you may know I write creative pieces such as short stories, poetry etc. And today I was a part of a workshop in which four of my own poems were to be critiqued.. 😬😬😬😬 I’d had fleeting thoughts about it last week but soon forgot about it. Last nightContinue reading “Receiving Criticism..”
This woman..
🌿 See this: This is the face of a woman trying to multitask, fingers in many pies so to speak. Exams, assignments, training, assessments. Not to mention parenting and the ‘hundreds and thousands’ that come with that. The mum who has no make up on the school run, who might not look like she hasContinue reading “This woman..”
RELY ON YOU.
🤔 BOTHERED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE’S OPINIONS???? 🤔 ♥️ YOU♥️ NEED ✨YOU✨ TO BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUR LIFE. 🙌🏼 ✨WAY MORE ✨ Than you need other people to be happy with you and your life.👌🏼 IN FACT.. If you aren’t happy with what you are doing with your life.. How theContinue reading “RELY ON YOU.”
Depression.
” There is a light at the end of the tunnel ” They seemed to say it over, and over, and over again. Like clueless drones sent to exhaust my exhaustion. ” Things will get better. ” They didn’t know, they didn’t understand, they were them and I was me. Or was I? There wasContinue reading “Depression.”
I had a Mr T doll..Yep.
🌿 In discussions of childhood often the subject of barbie dolls comes up. And I probably did have one at some point but the doll I remember playing with the most was this guy. Yep. Mr. T. 💪🏿 🌿 Oh lawdy how I wish I had a photograph of me as a little kid withContinue reading “I had a Mr T doll..Yep.”
Am I a crystal convert? 💎
🌿 I really wasn’t sure about all this crystal stuff before. But I L O V E this Rose quartz pendant. It may just be coincidence that I’m noticing a positive change when I have it on or close by me but it really doesn’t matter. If I feel Fabulous, who cares why?? 💗🥂 🌿Continue reading “Am I a crystal convert? 💎”
The public meltdown scenario..
🌿 I took the kids to uni with me today & they were great.. But then.. I’d let my son bring his iPad to play during my class which was fine throughout the hour but then he didn’t want to give it back to me. 🌿 Embarrassing, he didn’t have a meltdown as such butContinue reading “The public meltdown scenario..”
One of those days.
🌿 So this was my day today.. a series of messy mistakes. I forgot the kids had non uniform day, I missed my morning lecture as my daughter needed to see the doctor. I smashed the coffee jar, stalled the car, was late for the afternoon lecture and sweated the whole afternoon. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY..Continue reading “One of those days.”
A dip. (Hypothyroidism)
🌿 Sharing this from @hypothyroidmom I’m having what I call ‘a dip’. 🌿It’s just that, things become much more difficult, some impossible. But it’s just that. A dip. I will come back up and carry on, doing all the things I once; for a short while accepted that I wouldn’t be able to do. 🌿Continue reading “A dip. (Hypothyroidism)”
🌿 Exploring, a new season
🌿 As much as I detest the cold. The pain in my hip, the discomfort of shivering, & the inevitable deadly cold sores. 😩😷 🌿 I do love being seriously wrapped up and being on a speedy walk in the crisp air with my pooch 🐶 while my bairns ride their bikes 🚴🏾🚴🏾♀️. 🌿 ThankContinue reading “🌿 Exploring, a new season”
MaxFactor lip set review
🌿 I was so excited to receive this glam lip set from Max Factor to review and create a look! 💄 🌿 So here is my #MaxFactorMakeUp look and review, if you’d like to see the video on my YouTube channel just click here. 💋 (Product wearing in pictures: Honey Lacquer Floral Ruby) arch?q=Colour+elixir+lipstick&l=grid”>Colour ElixirContinue reading “MaxFactor lip set review”
Monday Mantra
🌿 MONDAY MANTRA:”All I Need Is Within Me Now.” 🌿 Repeat this mantra each morning, seven times. Each time accentuating one word. Starting with “ALL” the first time and accentuating “NOW” the seventh time. E.G: “ALL I need is within me now.” “All I need is within me now.” “All I NEED is within me now.”Continue reading “Monday Mantra”
Post Natal Throwback 🌿
Here is a #throwback to a few years ago. I had two under two. 👶🏾👶🏾#Breastfeeding one on demand and #PottyTraining the other. 🙇🏻♀️#PostNatal hair loss #Hypothyroidism #depression and building #anxiety was challenging me day and night. 😖💔I lost a lot of friendships, got made redundant, lost my career. Most days I was in the houseContinue reading “Post Natal Throwback 🌿”
How I started my day.. (clean eating)
🌿 I have been eating “clean” cutting out processed foods and refined sugar. 🌿 Yesterday & today I made this smoothie and found it was ACE for KICKING CHOCOLATE CRAVINGS ❤️🍫🙌🏻 Foods I have cut out: White Potatoes 🥔❌ Pasta 🍝❌ Bread 🍞❌ Biscuits 🍪, Cakes 🍰, Sweets 🍬 etc❌ Sugary Drinks or ArtificialContinue reading “How I started my day.. (clean eating) “
