Category Archives: Wellness

Jamaican Designers who are Making Face Masks to Protect Us

As we fight the Coronavirus, Jamaican designers are stepping up to the challenge of providing us with cloth masks so we can stay safe and perhaps even fashionable at the same time. You may be aware that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C)  is now recommending that we wear  ‘cloth face coverings’  in...
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Mommies and expecting mommies are you worried about Coronavirus?

Hey mommies and mommies-to-be, I’m sure, you have tons of questions re COVID-19 and your children or your pregnancy. I teamed up with my favourite place, Burlington Health and the Paediatric Place, with an awesome group of doctors (Obstetrician and Paediatricians) who care for my precious Jordan to give you some answers. This was so...
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How my husband discovered he could cook

My darling husband has earned himself three months vacation. I know, we 10-15 days private sector workers will never understand how someone can rack up three months of vacation. Three months! That's 90 days or about 100 days not counting weekends! Okay fine, I'll admit that his job is pretty rough, so perhaps he does deserve the time off (said a very...
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The family that runs together…

For most people, running a 5K race actually means running, or at least attempting to run, not walking, not strolling like you’re going for a romantic walk under the stars, not stopping to chit-chat with friends, or worst yet stopping to pose and upload Facebook and Instagram photos. Well, I did start by saying “most...
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Carnival fever… here we go again!

“Lecia, you see mi gym gloves?” “Lecia, please rearrange my gym drawers. Put the tops and bottoms separate.” Why does this sound so familiar? Why, yes, it’s Bucka getting gym ready. For most people, January is a time of new beginnings.  The New Year brings new epiphanies, like the need to lose weight or the...
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My life as a victim (Safety tips for the holidays!)

Numb… the only word to describe how I felt as I sat reading the report confirming that the partially burnt body found along Port Royal main road was that of Tandy Lewis, the public relations officer at the Post and Telecoms Department who has been reported missing since October 13. The autopsy revealed that she...
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