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RAISING A CHILD WITH AUTISM CHANGED OUR LIVES FOREVER
“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” – Brad Meltzer. Autism & Acceptance Autism is a complex neurobehavioral condition that includes impairments in social interaction, developmental language and communication skills combined with rigid, repetitive behaviors. Because of the range of symptoms, this condition is now called Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Autism can look different in different people. There’s no single cause for it, and symptoms can be very mild or very severe. Our son Mahmoud was diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum (mild/moderate) in late 2014, when he was three and a half years old. There were no signs or symptoms of…
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THE PLACE SUPPORTS THINKING PINK BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION DURING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS IN SIERRA LEONE
Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer among women, impacting 2.1 million women each year, and also causes the greatest number of cancer-related deaths among women. In 2018, it is estimated that 627,000 women died from breast cancer – that is approximately 15% of all cancer deaths among women. Sierra Leone premier beach resort, The Place Resort at Tokeh supported breast cancer awareness this month organised by Thinking Pink Breast Cancer Foundation on October 26, 2019. The event embraced several activities including networking, a marathon competition and keynote addresses that highlighted the importance of early screening and detection to prevent future complications among women with breast cancer. The management and…
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COGNITIVE FITNESS FOR BRAIN POWER
Since hot girl summer is officially over, let’s focus on hot brain season. I use the word season lightly, as your brain needs to be like a perennial seed all year through. Do you want to start making better decisions in your life? And cope better with stress? Do you want to be able to be a sharp thinker and someone with logical reasoning? Do you feel like your brain is slowing down a bit? Then it’s time to send your brain to the gym. Cognitive fitness for hot brain season is about to begin. Cognitive is just a fancy word that describes how we think, solve problems, acquire knowledge,…
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TAMU THOMAS SHARES ON HOW TO LIVE THREE SIXTY
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, related…
