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90 Days of Heart Health — What I Learned from my Blood Pressure Monitoring Journey

September 10, 2021 by afrobella 3 Comments

My 90-day challenge with OMRON is coming to an end, and I’ve discovered a new level of adulting. Regularly measuring my blood pressure is a new way of showing up for myself, and I’m learning a lot about myself along the way.

Sticking With It — Creating a Sustainable Healthy Heart Lifestyle

August 2, 2021 by afrobella 2 Comments

Figuring out the physical and mental lessons of this OMRON 90-day heart health challenge. Measuring my blood pressure on a consistent basis is an exercise in intentional self-care that I had never regularly attempted before.

Intentionally Improving my Blood Pressure — Join Me on This 90 Day Journey

June 17, 2021 by afrobella 11 Comments

OMRON has challenged me to make a 90-day decision to start a journey towards monitoring and improving my blood pressure. I’m ready. I’m doing it for me, and I’m doing it on the advice from my mom who doesn’t want me to go through what she’s experienced.

Life Goals! I’m Learning to Sew (Finally)

May 14, 2021 by afrobella 8 Comments

This post is sponsored by Brother Growing up in the Caribbean gives you a different perspective on style and fashion, and so much of that has to do with our sewing culture. In my homeland of Trinidad and Tobago, if you visited the downtown streets of Port of Spain you will find stylish little boutiques…

New Year’s Resolutions for Entrepreneurs

January 4, 2021 by afrobella 8 Comments

For my business, I find it beneficial to outline new year’s resolutions for myself as well as words of the year. Maybe mine can help you. These are the New Year’s resolutions I’m making for Afrobella.

Pandemic Projects – I Learned How to Make Pasta from Scratch

December 23, 2020 by afrobella 4 Comments

This is the beginning of a series of pandemic projects I’m going to share with you, my adventures in trying new things and how they turned out. First up, making pasta from scratch, with the new tools I got from Abt Electronics!

A Few Sleep Tips for Insomniacs Going Through It Right Now

December 22, 2020 by afrobella 7 Comments

I realize there are a few things I can do to improve the quality of my sleep. At the very least I can try to improve the likelihood that I get a full night of sleep before going to bed. Sharing all of this in case it helps you too!