What Maya Angelou Taught Me About Beauty With Just One Poem

May 30, 2014 by 5 Comments
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On May 28th I got up early, made tea and toast, puttered around my apartment unloading the dishwasher and throwing clothes in the washing machine. Regular, routine life stuff. I’d planned to blog about an amazing new chicken recipe I discovered before heading to a dentist’s appointment. It was going to be the most mundane […]

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I’ve Kind Of Become My Mom – 5 Things I Inherited From My Mother

May 11, 2014 by 10 Comments
Me and my mom in Salybia, Trinidad, in January during my last visit home.

There were times in my teens and even early twenties when the title of this post would’ve seemed like the worst thing ever. As I grow older I realize how hard my mom worked to raise us kids and how much of herself she poured into us. Things that flew over my head, decisions I […]

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My Mammogram Diary. What I Learned From My Breast Cancer Scare

April 10, 2014 by 29 Comments
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Normally I like to keep things positive and uplifting, light and fluffy over here on Afrobella. I see my blog as a respite, an oasis, a safe space. And it is in this safe space that I’m going to share my story even if some of this is TMI. My TMI could help someone else. […]

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Last Week’s Lesson – Find Your Own Happiness (& Stop Looking to Others For It)

March 25, 2014 by 7 Comments
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From time to time, I share my personal revelations and life lessons on Instagram or Facebook. Recently when I shared one, a friend encouraged me to blog about it and share my truth here on Afrobella.com. That inspired this new series, Last Week’s Lesson. I hope others can learn from my experiences! I used to […]

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The Dumbest Excuses We Make To Avoid Exercising

January 23, 2014 by 21 Comments
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For years, I had such awful, stupid ideas about taking care of myself. For a long time my goals were in weight loss, and I was caught up in limiting ideas about dress sizes instead of considering health and wellness. As a teenager, I was bulimic and that began as a deliberate choice. Dumb. I […]

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10 Things I Learned Last Year to Make 2014 Awesome

January 6, 2014 by 16 Comments
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2013 was a year of new experiences and opportunities I couldn’t have anticipated before. I found myself going to places I’ve never been, dealing with issues from my past that I hadn’t dealt with in years, and having to rise to the occasion to represent on levels that I never dreamed of. I did a […]

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What Beyoncé’s New Album Release Taught Me

December 16, 2013 by 30 Comments
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In case you took a social media break over the weekend and missed the explosion, Beyoncé released a new album when absolutely nobody was expecting it. 17 songs. 14 videos. And all she did was post a sneak preview video on Instagram and say “surprise!” She sold 450,000+ in the first day. Her latest release […]

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