Coming to terms with my sisters death has been different. My attention span was non existent. My mind would drift, trying to piece together every interaction we ever had. Every laugh, fight, memory good and bad.
I’m continually impressed by London. Having lived here for many years, I constantly find new things to do. The arts pass will make it cheaper to access some spaces and help me discover London and the UK more and prompt visits I may never have considered. The membership also supports museums and galleries so definitely not a waste of money considering we are privileged to access most for free.
Like learning to drive, you stop looking at the cost and think, until I get my license, that was my mindset with acupuncture and pressed on for many months until I took a pause as life happened.
I share this because as an African woman I am looking for these fertility stories and don’t see them. I am writing this because I was inspired after listening to Dr Zoe on the Fertility Life Raft. A few months ago a ‘black’ female blogger was talking about how she had comments from women in their 30s struggling to conceive and she said she couldn’t understand why they’d waited?!
Last year I observed my interactions with people and noticed that I was the one who usually shared things about my life freely. I realised that…
I told her I should charge her for it, and also said “I know that I am good at ‘telling people what to do’ and a friend suggested I rephrase that to giving advice”. Which naturally led me to look at being a life coach. As I truly believe that what I do is so much more than ‘giving advice’ I dismissed that last year as I looked at some (life coaches) and issues around authenticity, accountability and credibility came to mind.
My first professional massage was when my mother was training to be a masseuse. She needed a person to practice on and I happily volunteered. It…
Over the past couple of months I have signed up to the HMRC tax-free childcare scheme. I wanted to share my thoughts on this, and hope…
I didn’t know what to expect when I went to Croatia. I knew it was Europe’s hottest travel destination but if I’m honest, I was hesitant…
Marcy Madzikanda 