“Life is tough my darling, but so are you” Stephanie Bennett Henry Whenever I faced life’s challenges, I’d fixate on an affirmation which would appeal to the warrior in me!! I’d feel focused and stronger, as if I could put a mask on in front of the world and hide my pain. I felt I …
As defined by the Oxford dictionary: ‘An intense feeling of romantic attachment based on an attraction felt by one person for another’. Love has so many more variations than simply a romanticised love between the opposite sexes. In Sikhi we can look at the love that a son had for their father. Dhan Dhan Sri …
On World Cancer Day Bep shares her open letter to Cancer and the experience it brought her. Dear Cancer, You have bought immense darkness into my life, pain I didn’t know was possible. You came into my life in 2012, and turned my world upside down. You had the audacity to show up in my …
“Little by little we let go of the loss, but never the love”. Unknown. This month marks five years since the passing of my beloved and cherished Massiji (maternal aunt). She was diagnosed with cancer at 48 and passed over three months after her 50th birthday. It’s a loss I felt deeply, with excruciating pain, overwhelm …
I was 29 years old when my dad passed away. It’s the first time I dealt with death. Really and truly felt death. It was my dad. My son was 2 and my daughter was 1. I went through a phase of just surviving. This was enough. This would get me through. I took a …
What a year we’ve had in Inspire Club 🙏🏽 Awards have been won, businesses launched, books published, promotions at work, pay rises, expansion and evolution it’s been incredible to witness. A year of personal and professional development, highs, lows, sisterhood, fun, laughter, inspiration, reading, crying and releasing. Joy and sorrow walking hand in hand as …
It has been a long year, with many people being overwhelmed with the challenging obstacles we have had to face. The road travelled this year has certainly been a challenge. Now is the time to reflect on all that we have achieved and head into 2022 with a renewed sense of enthusiasm, hope, and above …
“Where was this product made?” “Is this brand sustainable?” Those are common conscientious consumer queries these days. For a growing number of us, though, another question is taking precedence: “Is this a Female-Owned South Asian business?” Our collective purchasing power is a vital tool that can potentially create opportunities for South Asian women to experience …
ME, MYSELF & EYE Last night I relapsed… I was triggered enough to find a way around the barrier that I had put in place to block me from pulling. The acrylic layered over my nails made it difficult to grip each hair, but I persisted. The impulse was too strong. OCD. Obsessive compulsive disorder, …
Sharing a project we have been working on for months but has been a DREAM for YEARS!Drum Roll…Introducing…🔥The World’s First and Only Directory for South Asian Female Owned Businesses 🔥The AWMB Directory provides a platform to locate local and global South Asian Owned Businesses and invest within our communities. The purpose of our directory is to …