The last thing I want is for this post to come across as clichéd and well-timed, as though I sat here and premeditated the whole thing. Lord knows the subject is serious as hell, I myself have discussed it ad nauseum for years, blazing a fire beneath the first cause to really (I mean really) move […]
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Greetings all! Quick post today to speak on #mentalhealthmatters, a topic you should all know by now is quite dear to my heart for a number of reasons, like how it affects my own life, my family members and the all advocacy work I do to raise awareness here in Jamaica. I’m really happy […]
(10 minute read) Greetings all! This interview has been a while in the works and I’m happy to finally publish it today. As a recent member of Jamaica Mental Health Advocacy Network (JAMHAN), I wanted to share some of what we’re doing/aiming at, and what better way to do that than to get inside the […]
Wow, what a year! Like it has done, I surmise, for many of you, 2015 has brought me through myriad trials and guess what? I am still here. WE are still here! Just this year alone I’ve been fired twice by clients, had my heart broken twice, lost three loved ones — two to cancer, […]
(15-minute read) Editor’s note: Happy Saturday! It’s World Mental Health Day and my final post for #MentalHealthWeek, though not original. The theme this year is basically about raising awareness by starting the conversation, allowing sufferers of mental illness to live in dignity and free of stigma. I’m all for it. Part of the reason why […]
Six-minute read. Guest post by Jessica Thompson, Counselling Psychologist in/from Kingston, Jamaica. Happy Monday everyone, this very informative and engaging #mentalhealthmonday post comes courtesy of Jess whom I was delighted to meet two weeks ago vis-à-vis JAMHAN. We’re both passionate about eradicating the stigma around mental illnesses so I asked her to do an article for the blog […]
Growing up I was always told the best thing you can do with your life is to help to make someone else’s better. I’m happy to say I’ve found my purpose where that’s concerned. For those of you who don’t know, it’s Suicide Prevention Week in America (World Suicide Prevention Day is this Thursday, September […]
Author’s note: TGIF! Soooo happy to finally share this with you! It’s the first in a series of interview features on Sour Skittles called Dweet Yute where young Jamaicans/Caribbean people are highlighted for doing great, innovative, interesting things. We’re sort of on the tail end of the Emancipendence holidays (and the highest point of our […]
New features, developments and even a cookbook publication coming in a few months. Plus more…
Greetings lovelies! It’s my pleasure to share the news of this very important initiative spearheaded by longstanding performing arts and edutainment ensemble ASHE, to inform children of their rights — something I’m very passionate about. Here in Jamaica and around the world we are seeing what seems like a new wave of crimes and sexual […]