The Year 2021- was another 12 months of what we call the new normal, burdened with uncertainty, really high moments and for some people they hit their lowest ebbs. Anxiety brought us closer to self-regulating mechanisms that gives us a promise of hope and a future behind masks, sanitizers and oxygen tanks. Families are rekindling old ways of being together,  while the individual take on gratitude is a lot more pronounced. Regardless of where you find yourself as the clock ticks daily, you will agree that 2022 has met a courageous tribe of doers. Through thick and thin, closures and collapses, humans all around the world have tapped into our…

An “okada” (local name for commercial motor cycle) nearly hits a pedestrian again, and for the third time today, followed by a stream of invectives. The Friday afternoon traffic at the Kissy road was jammed as usual: vehicles, pedestrians and hawkers all squabbling for whatever little space they could find on the narrow Kissy road tarmac. I sat in a bus predominantly occupied by the morning shift students coming from school and heading home. The sun was at it’s burning best and the scorching heat was evident in the sweaty faces of the passengers on board. It was truly a hot day, in more sense than just the sun’s heat,…

Live Three Sixty is a wellness lifestyle brand aimed at women in their late 30’s and 40’s. Tamu Thomas created the brand as a response to her own emotional and physical situation. At the age of 40, and after years of compromising her health, joy and pleasure to meet the demands of her career and role as a mother. She realised that feeling emotional and being depleted physically was not a prerequisite for a good life. As she slowed down and stripped back the layers to try and understand why she had allowed herself to become so burnt out, she realised something important. She had held onto internalised beliefs which,…

Today is a great day to do something different, invest in the future or do something wise that your future self will thank you for! How about getting a book online that focuses on personal/career development? Ordering a spare part for that appliance that you spent so much money purchasing or maybe just exploring the different options that comes with being the owner of a #UBAPrepaidCard.  To get started you  simply pre-fund your card and reload at your convenience. It can be used to pay bills and make purchases- this card is unlinked to your normal savings or current account(s). Surprisingly it attracts zero maintenance fees, the perfect solution for…

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Visiting a gynecologist should be normalized in an effort to take care of the feminine reproductive health, be it for the young or old. It should not be shied away from, either you are sexually active or not as it is an important procedure in identifying any problems associated with the female reproductive system.Reminiscing on our previous interview with Dr. Frances Wurie Sesay who teaches and lectures at the College of Medicine, Sierra Leone at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, she explains to Ariana diaries that: We are not in a culture where annual checkups are a norm. Partly due to some lack of knowledge, but also because of…