Tune into Yourself

In this episode, Beverly discusses the importance of using reflection and the insights gained to learn and grow.
When we pay attention to things, issues, comments, or observations that impact us during a day, take the time to identify the exact issue, describe the issue - why did it impact us, how did it impact us, what did it highlight for us and then make a decision as to what we are going to do - this could be whether to explore it further, examine what role we played, how we used our strengths, how will we let it influence us?
After our reflection, we might decide that we need to develop a learning plan and in this episode, we share key components of the learning plan such as identifying what we need to learn and how we will learn it and the support system that you will establish to continue your learning activities.

Dr. Curry hails from the fishing village of Hopewell Hanover in Jamaica. In this episode, she shares the importance of persistence, faith, and believing in yourself as you pursue your dreams.
Although Tanika was denied entrance to medical school five times this did not dissuade her from pursuing her dreams. She maintained an openness to opportunity which has served her well.
Having recently gained entry into a competitive ENT residency programme in Canada against the odds she encourages young persons to have a dream and to keep persisting until they achieve it!

In this episode, Beverly discusses strategies to build a growth mindset so that you can achieve your full potential.
It is noteworthy that our brain gets stronger like muscles during weight lifting through practice and learning new things. With this knowledge, we can then understand that the brain continues to grow once we use it.
In shifting from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset there must first be an awareness of the fixed mindset we have, then embrace the fixed mindset to move forward. You then identify what the fixed mindset triggers are; failure, criticism, disagrements, name the fixed mindset and identify how it makes you feel, think and act and then invite the fixed mindset to go on a growth mindset journey with you!

As part of Wellness Wednesdays, I interviewed Nathalia Rupert Registered Dietitian. Our focus was managing weight during a lockdown and eating clean to beat lifestyle diseases.
Nathalia shares how as Caribbean people especially Trinidadians and Tobagonians we can change how we prepare our foods and what we eat and drink to lead a healthy lifestyle.
The importance of adopting healthy eating habits for happy healthier lives is emphasized.
You can follow Nathalia on Instagram @trinidietitian.
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Eddison is a business professional and owner of Anomaly by Design a gentleman's fashion accessory online store. He hails from the island of Tobago
He recently secured a job in the midst of the pandemic after leaving a senior position to follow his dream of starting another business which fell through. Along the way, Eddison learned many things including the fact that one cannot control everything, even with the multiple plans things sometimes still don't work, and the importance of keeping hope alive during difficult times.