We are looking at wellness and liberation in a warped reality. The warped reality that has been presented to us about what health and wellness is. And in that reality we are NEVER goin to be able to find the health and wellness that we are looking for. Have you ever heard the story of
When I first moved here to Tanzania, there were very few of us, African Americans or African diaspora from around the world here. When COVID came, Tanzania was one of the few places that was open, and we saw an influx of people who were trying to get away from the COVID craziness around the
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned on my journey to becoming Whole & Healthy is the power of surrendering to the unfolding of my life. In this video I explore what surrendering looks like, what it takes to be able to surrender and why it’s important when you are making a change in your life.
The wellness rebellion taking back control of your health. What would it mean for you to fully trust in your ability to heal and thrive? In my last video, I talked about what I learned about health and wellness and about life living here in Tanzania for the last eight years. And in fact, I
This month it’s been eight years since I moved to Tanzania and here are the things that I’ve learned about me, about Tanzania, and about the world. It’s been an eye-opening, mind-opening, heart-opening, spirit-opening experience. July is a special month for me. Number one, it’s my birthday month. And number two, it’s also the month
Is it that time? The kids have moved away from home. You’ve gotten a divorce, you’re ready for a job or career change. That job just isn’t doing it for you anymore. It’s time to retire. Or you have a health challenge and you’re ready to make a change, to reinvent yourself, to reinvent your
In my last post I shared how I have been applying the 5 Pillars of Transformation to becoming a Swahili speaker. Today I’m sharing my “The Most Important Things To Do For Your Health” presentation that I gave at Kiswahili Day – in Swahili! Don’t worry there’s subtitles. This has been an incredible learning process.
If you’re trying to make a change in your life, a change in your diet, a change in your lifestyle, a change in where you live, if you’re trying to become whole and healthy, to start a new job, whatever it is, here are five things that you’re going to need to consider and to
I love sharing stories of Black Vegans from around the world. It’s been a while since I interviewed someone so I was thrilled to discover Yecenia Currie and have the opportunity to talk to her about her plant-based journey and her new cook book, Sweet & Savory Life. I also wanted to hear about her
When you are focused on being healthy it can be easy to slide into an obsession about your lifestyle and diet. This isn’t healthy either! How can we find BALANCE and Joy in our wellness journey? By obsession I mean you are worried about it all the time. Or you beat yourself up if you
So it’s “Veganuary” again and I’m seeing all sorts of posts in my news feeds about plant-based diets. I think it’s great that there’s more and more effort to get the word out about the power of a plant-based diet to make a huge difference in our lives in so many ways. I’m glad being
I learned this marinated veggies recipe when I was a teen. My mom made marinated broccoli many times. She used to bring it to potlucks where everyone would rave about it. I’ve taken it to many potlucks too. People still love it! Once I started eating vegan and raw vegan I began making it again.
