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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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   Click to Read:   Love, Trial and Tribulation: Sophie Jai’s ‘WILD FIRES’ is the Story of Many Caribbean Families
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Love, Trial and Tribulation: Sophie Jai’s ‘WILD FIRES’ is the Story of Many Caribbean Families

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   Black HERstory: 3 Creatives Who Celebrate Caribbean Heritage and Womanhood Through Art
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Black HERstory: 3 Creatives Who Celebrate Caribbean Heritage and Womanhood Through Art

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   Jumbies, Witches and Ghosts: 5 Good Reads this Halloween Season
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Jumbies, Witches and Ghosts: 5 Good Reads this Halloween Season

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   Nike Re-releases the Popular ‘West Indies’ Air Force 1s
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Nike Re-releases the Popular ‘West Indies’ Air Force 1s

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   Toronto Author Victoria Daley Launches Children’s Book Series to Help Children Understand Divorce
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Toronto Author Victoria Daley Launches Children’s Book Series to Help Children Understand Divorce

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   10 Ways to Commemorate Indian Arrival Day 2022
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10 Ways to Commemorate Indian Arrival Day 2022

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   National Geographic’s Dr. Diva Amon on Trinidad, Ocean Life and Women in Science
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National Geographic’s Dr. Diva Amon on Trinidad, Ocean Life and Women in Science

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   Op-Ed:The Death of Miya Marcano and What the West Indian Community Needs to Do
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Op-Ed:The Death of Miya Marcano and What the West Indian Community Needs to Do

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   Empress Cece on How Dance Empowers Women and Tackling Sexism in Dancehall
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Empress Cece on How Dance Empowers Women and Tackling Sexism in Dancehall

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   Rebecca Ablack: Indo Guyanese Actress Blazes Trail in Netflix’s ‘Ginny & Georgia’
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Rebecca Ablack: Indo Guyanese Actress Blazes Trail in Netflix’s ‘Ginny & Georgia’

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   Artist Afeefah Haniff Creates Hit Concept in ‘Colored Girls and Colored Walls’  written by   Suhana Rampersad     Art has long been expressed in various forms within the West Indian community. It often highlights our people and cultu
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Artist Afeefah Haniff Creates Hit Concept in ‘Colored Girls and Colored Walls’

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   Nadia Huggins on Inspiration and Her Powerful Connection to Saint Vincent   “Transformation” by Nadia Huggins   written by  Alya S.        “In recent years, hiking into the crater of our local volcano La Soufriere ...standing in a space w
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Nadia Huggins on Inspiration and Her Powerful Connection to Saint Vincent

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