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Op-Ed: Feeling Stuck About Starting Therapy? 12 Crucial Insights from a Psychotherapist to Help You Take the First Step

Have you ever considered therapy but are not sure where to start? Toronto-based psychotherapist Amita Singh shares 12 keys insights you should consider when taking steps toward starting your mental health journey.

Op-Ed: How I Survived Divorcing a Man Who Had My Family Wrapped Around His Finger and How You Can Too

Are you or someone you or someone you know going through a messy divorce? Divorce often involves a division of finances, family and friends. So how does one navigate the rough waters of a messy divorce? Author Shabana Sharif shares seven important tips as someone who survived a tumultuous divorce.

Where Are You From?

What does it really mean to be “from” somewhere—and how do you answer when the truth spans continents, cultures and generations? In this poignant and engaging essay, V. Sarita Singh explores the complexity of identity through motherhood, memory and a multicultural Flag Day celebration. Her daughter’s simple response—Home—offers a powerful reminder that where we’re from isn’t always a place, but a feeling.

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   Black HERstory Month: 5 Caribbean Women Who Paved the Way
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Black HERstory Month: 5 Caribbean Women Who Paved the Way

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   Andrea Bharatt: Trinidad’s Slain Daughter
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Andrea Bharatt: Trinidad’s Slain Daughter

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   Jason Jones: The LGBTQ+ Activist Breaking Ground in Trinidad and the United Kingdom
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Jason Jones: The LGBTQ+ Activist Breaking Ground in Trinidad and the United Kingdom

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   5-Year-Old Author Coryn Clarke on Her Writing Journey
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5-Year-Old Author Coryn Clarke on Her Writing Journey

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   Amrisa Niranjan: New York’s Only Female Indo-Caribbean Muralist
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Amrisa Niranjan: New York’s Only Female Indo-Caribbean Muralist

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   Caribbean Mothers and Daughters Face Generational Trauma
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Caribbean Mothers and Daughters Face Generational Trauma

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   Carnival 2020: Caribbean Girls Everywhere Virtually Pulled Up  written by   Suhana Rampersad     Across the Western hemisphere, Carnival season descended upon us amidst a pandemic never known to the world —COVID-19. From the UK’s Notting
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   Nadia Jagessar of Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking Talks Family, Marriage, and Indo-Caribbean Culture  transcribed by  Alyssa Mongroo     If you binged-watched Netflix’s latest hit docu-series “Indian Matchmaking” then you definitely know cas
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Nadia Jagessar of Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking Talks Family, Marriage, and Indo-Caribbean Culture

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   Bollywood’s Colorist Song Lyrics Toward Queen Bey
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Bollywood’s Colorist Song Lyrics Toward Queen Bey

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   One Trinidadian Woman’s Story of Breast Cancer Survivorship Through Baking  written by  Tiara Jade     For Anjuli Webster, the past few years have been a journey of survivorship and healing.    In 2016, at just 36 years old, Anjuli w
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One Trinidadian Woman’s Story of Breast Cancer Survivorship Through Baking

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   I Am A Black Woman. I Am A Black Cop. I am Black Lives Matter.
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I Am A Black Woman. I Am A Black Cop. I am Black Lives Matter.

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   Making HERstory: Kamala Harris is the First Vice Presidential Candidate of Jamaican and Indian Heritage  written by  Shanida Carter        “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter f
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Making HERstory: Kamala Harris is the First Vice Presidential Candidate of Jamaican and Indian Heritage

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   Meet the WNBA’s First Jamaican Basketball Player  written by  Cassy     Sitting at home, relaxed in a hoodie with nothing but smiles, Simone Edwards also known as “Jamaican Hurricane,” the first Caribbean and Jamaican female in the Women’
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Meet the WNBA’s First Jamaican Basketball Player

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   Meet Dominica’s Samantha Moon
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Meet Dominica’s Samantha Moon

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   DON’T TRUST THE: Whitby and the Hesperus
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DON’T TRUST THE: Whitby and the Hesperus

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