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Let’s Talk About an Integrative Approach to Fighting Covid-19

Join me and my guests as we discuss an integrative approach to fighting Covid-19 - exploring ways beyond the vaccine to tackle a disease that has affected almost every single aspect of our lives. Dr. Gail...

8 Tips for Preventing Infections Before & During Pregnancy

  Did you know that February is recognized as the International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month? Several common preventable infections can cause serious illness, birth defects, and lifelong disability in the developing baby if the mother becomes...

Let’s Talk About the Pandemic vs. Your Purse

The first episode of 2022! Join me and my guest Financial Consultant for Episode 11 of Focus On Her LIVE as we discuss creative ways to stretch our dollars during this seemingly never ending covid-19 pandemic....

Love and Trafficking: How Traffickers Groom & Control Their Victims

  “I can’t believe she fell for that.” “If I were him I would have told someone!” “I would have seen right through it.” If you’ve never been targeted by a trafficker – or in an abusive or manipulative...

Every Woman Should Know About Cervical Cancer

Did you know? The top cancers that most often affect women include breast, colorectal, endometrial, lung, cervical, skin, and ovarian cancers.   In January, we recognize Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Cervical cancer is one of the few...

National Folic Acid Awareness Week

  Every year, the first week in January is recognized as National Folic Acid Awareness Week – a part of National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Folate (vitamin B9) is a water-soluble micronutrient that plays an important...

Let’s Talk About Menstrual Periods

SEASON FINALE !!! Join me and my guest OBGYN for Episode 10 of Focus On Her LIVE as we discuss the menstruation cycle, hormones, Pre-Menstrual Syndrome, Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder, taboos & myths about menstruation, menstruation products,...

Lung Cancer Patient Advocacy is a Full-Time Job

Lung Cancer Patient Advocacy Dusty Donaldson never considered a life of advocacy. In fact, in 2005, she was 51 years old, mother of three, and enjoying a career in journalism and media relations that she’d worked...

Finding Her Voice After a Cancer Diagnosis

Trusting Her Gut Emergency room case manager and nurse Marla Celeri had been struggling with a runny nose, persistent cough, rapid breathing and a hoarse voice for six months. Unable to speak above a whisper, Marla...

Let’s Talk About Breast Cancer

Joining me on Episode 9 of Focus On Her LIVE are my guests: Dr. Fareeaa Ali is a Primary Care Physician in Trinidad who is passionate about Women's Health, and advocates for breast cancer awareness, particularly...

The Whisper

“My life is not without trials, but now I have everything I need to get through anything that comes my way.” My ears were ringing, my breath was heavy, and my body was exhausted but I...

Let’s Talk About the Diabetic Diet

Is there such a thing as the Diabetic diet? How can patients with diabetes manage meal planning? Joining me for Episode 8 of Focus On Her LIVE is my guest, Nurse Priscilla Prevost. She is...

Mentorship Matters – ‘Paying it Forward’

I grew up in the village of Vieille Case, Dominica (not to be confused with the Dominican Republic). From a young age, my parents placed a...

Guiding the Strong-Willed Child

If I were to have a conversation with my younger self, to discuss the current events of my life; I can assure you that the sub-topics...

Let’s Talk About Mental Wellness & Self-Care

  Join the discussion with our women health experts: Dr. Triphi Margaret Wallace -licensed clinical psychologist, advanced clinical hypnotherapist, trauma recovery therapist & author. Dr. Esther Trotman - health...

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Let’s Talk About an Integrative Approach to Fighting Covid-19

Join me and my guests as we discuss an integrative approach to fighting Covid-19 - exploring ways beyond the vaccine to tackle a disease...

Undelivered Hope

“If I help you do this, promise me you’ll never do this again.” I promised. After all, I wished I wasn’t having to make this...

Could You Walk a Mile in Her Shoes?

This reflection was submitted to the Global Health Diaries following a medical trip to Uganda sponsored by the University of Vermont Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine and the Western Connecticut Health Network. This was published in the Global Health eMagazine March 2020 edition.

How I Cheated Death and COVID-19

"I should be on the front line. I should be with my fellow nurses saving lives. But, instead, I’m home recovering from weeks of...

Motherhood – A Lifelong Commitment, a Task Never Done

Motherhood is a divine calling and a lifelong commitment. It is a journey that commences when a woman first feels the movement of the...