Image 1: Women’s Circle with True Botanicals Image 2: Waterford Whispers News, 2015 Image 3: Women of Colour Healing Retreats Image 4: by Kristine Lo for WMN Space Image 5: Her Packing List Image 6: The Love of Black Women
Be Alone But Not Lonely May 17, 2021 I can’t seem to have a conversation with anyone these days without hearing how COVID is affecting their mental health and how lonely life has become. Yes, COVID has changed and rearranged our lives in ways that we didn’t imagine or anticipate. Yes, we had not planned …
Yes, We Are All Mothers! May 10, 2021 “God cannot be everywhere so he made women!” “A mother is a human female that thrives in a half-full container and not a half-empty one!” When I think of mothers, I think of all women. When I think of mothers, I think of lovers, managers, caretakers, nurturers, …
Using Dance as a Way to Cope During Covid May 3, 2021 Yes! I can’t wait to go downstairs to my studio to move my delicate body to the beat of a drum, the echo of a trumpet or the sweet sound of a steel pan. It really doesn’t matter where the sounds or the …
Don’t Take the Beauty of Life for Granted April 26, 2021 Reading Hunter Biden’s memoir “Beautiful Things” caused me to pause as frequently as a snail on a muddy path. My jaw kept dropping and I was feeling a knot in my stomach getting tighter as I read each paragraph. I found myself closing the …
Switch Up the Emotions April 19, 2021 I am thinking of women as we move through this pandemic. In the last 12 months, I have volunteered over 70 hours to offering emotional support to frontline workers and other women affected by covid-19. The hope was to provide insight and healthy coping mechanisms for individuals during …
COVID: Creating a Stronger Team April 12, 2021 As I rushed home from the office a few days ago, leaving my senior team (a black woman and two women of colour) behind , I thought of the day and what we had achieved . Mask-wearing, elbow-tapping and space-maintaining, left me feeling physically removed from my …
Using The Elements To Heal April 3, 2021 This week, I thought of taking the time to reflect on the distance that I covered on foot from October 2019 to present. I also focused on the benefits that I achieved during this period of my documented “marathon”, if you will. Those who know me, know …