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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: THE TEA INDUSTRY’S, WELL KEPT SECRET
So how do you enjoy your brew? With milk, sugar or with carcinogenic chemicals or plastic? When I started Gaiafarm Holistic tea, I wanted to create an eco-friendly tea product from creation to packaging. So, I wanted to create loosely crushed holistic tea leaf products with individually packaged bags. Interestingly though, from our market survey, we found that most people still enjoyed…
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JANET HAWA KOROMA TALKS ABOUT BEING PERIOD POSITIVE, MENTORING AND LEADING THROUGH CHANGING TIMES
“You playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won’t feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.” – Marianne Williamson It’s not everyday that you meet a young leader who is passionate about leading, learning and giving back all at the same…
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BECOMING A MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE : SAHID BANGURA
Mental health: having enough safe places in your mind for your thoughts to settle- Alain de Botton Mental disorders are a leading cause of long-term disability, distress and suffering. Historically Sierra Leone has had only one trained psychiatrist but within the last year two younger doctors have completed their psychiatry training and are working within the country. There is only…
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LEADING THROUGH CHANGING TIMES : TANIA TOME
Learning is a continous process, it’s a concept that we must be open to embrace. In my quest for knowledge, I was blessed to cross paths with an emerging global icon and leader- Tania Tome. Tania wears many hats graciously as a multi-faceted international award winner , leadership coach, economist, entrepreneur, TV personality and author. Her most recently released book Succernergy-…
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HOW ENTREPRENEURS IN SIERRA LEONE ARE SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES THROUGH COVID-19
The last few weeks have been horrific for most countries in the world, somewhat likened to a scene from a scientific thriller. The only difference is that the director is no longer in charge of the plot and no one knows what the future may bring. Sierra Leone has not been left behind, we are all affected by this tragedy,…
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THE PROVEN TRUTH BEHIND CHRONIC ILLNESS AND HOW TO PREVENT IT
Most people presume that the nutrients within every item we put in our mouth is absorbed into our body. Yet there are many vital nutrients that are needed by the body for tissue repair and cellular regeneration that just pass through the body and out the other end undigested. Almost all chronic disease are linked to one or many nutrient…
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HOW GRATITUDE CAN HELP YOU THROUGH HARD TIMES
5-minute a day gratitude journal can increase your long-term wellbeing by more than 10% (Happier Human, 2018) Allow yourself to feel the pain and difficulty of not been where you ought to be in whatever area: family/relationships, health wise, financially, career and spiritually. A lot of people are hitting ground zero, the future looks pretty gloom and doom with economical predictions…
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WHAT EVERYBODY OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT HOBBIES
Make this decade one that you take chances with, take risks and chase love. Stop it with all of the excuses, I am not good enough! I don’t have the right tools. I am not ready yet or I don’t know how. When I started renting a decade ago I had a dog. It didn’t work out with co-tenants and…
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FROM YOUR DOCTOR TO YOU : 10 INTERESTING, WEIRD AND SURPRISING SEX FACTS
Valentine’s day is round the corner, in recent times it has been recognised as one the most commercialized celebration of love. Contrary to our varying personal beliefs, sexual love has taken over the mainstream media leaving every young person curious and or stimulated about having the experience. We thought it only right and fit to have an expert takeover the blog…
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TOP 10 HOMEGROWN HERBS THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Here’s your ‘Top 10 Homegrown Herbs for 2020’ that you must have in your own garden, balcony or even windowsill. This could become your tea cupboard. Take your time to read through this article, for it is knowledge based- Rashidat Raji holds an MSc Pharma, BSc in Biology. She provides Palliative care & and she is a Naturopathetic advisor. In…
