For 25 years, the National Wellbeing & HIV Commission has stood at the forefront of Barbados’ fight against HIV championing awareness, prevention, education, support and hope.
Since its establishment in...
PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRSTAID
by
Jomo Phillips MSSW-MFT (Clinical Fellow AAMFT)
Couple & Family Therapist/Clinical Social Worker
When I woke up in early April to the intense smell of sulphur and saw the ash-covered windows and no view of the sun in the morning sky, I became listless, and I felt swamped. I also wondered why this ash fall now? I also wondered what was going to happen
DEEP BREATHING
AND MEDITATION
by
Cherith Pedersen
We inhale 20,000 times a day.
It’s the first and last thing we do on the planet. In ancient Asian practices the act of breathing becomes an art to bring about overall well-being, and as a spiritual conduit. When we are stressed, our breathing often becomes shallow. Far from the more relaxed breathing that fills the diaphragm. So
5
WAYS TO DETOX
by
Shanelle Butler
PT2
In last month’s issue, we shared information about the various ways our hormones are harmed, and promised to provide five tips for getting started on the path back to hormone balance and better health. Here are two of my five favourite ways:
STEP NO. 1: CHANGE YOUR DIET.
If you do one thing, make it this: eat whole/unprocessed, seasonal foods…
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Sneezing
by
Nick Nunes
Sneezing is one of those reflexes that we all share. So many things can cause a sneeze and there are those around the world who are constant victims of sneezing fits where one or two sneezes just aren’t enough, and they rapidly devolve into embodying the eponym of one of Snow White’s dwarfs.
A sneeze is a semi-autonomous, convulsive
The top
N fouotrditsious you should be eating
by
Nakiah Thomas-Edwards
The importance of eating nutritious food all the time to avoid long-term illness cannot be underscored.
It often may be
It often may be
difficult based on the reality of the costs of (organic) healthy foods and the meagre budgets of the majority of the population, but there are some foods which, if consumed