Tune into Yourself

In this episode, Janice Le Platte a registered pediatric nurse with some 5O years of professional experience shares with us her journey.

From leaving home on the little island of Trinidad and Tobago at eighteen to travel to England - her first trip abroad, to begin a learning journey.  How she fell in love with pediatrics and her desire to give back and help her family and how it has shaped the person that she is today. Her decision to migrate to the U.S. to continue learning and growing!

As a young woman her Christian upbringing and the values that she learned both in School - St. Joseph Convent, St. Joseph RC, and from her Grandmother who raised her, and her mother who was always there continue to serve her well. She also shares profound advice on the need to take care of yourself because you matter!

In this episode, Tracy shares with us her work in autism and disability advocacy in Trinidad and Tobago. At this time Tracy is also living with metastatic breast cancer and shares how her strengths are helping her embrace this constraint and move through it. Her optimism, resilience, and determination have led to her own hashtag #BeingTracy.

She encourages us all to be true to ourselves and to live life now - this is not a dress rehearsal!

In this episode, Beverly shares her views on self-leadership as a cornerstone in accountability. As we strive to be the leader in our own life we need to practice self-awareness, self-management, and relationship management.

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.

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.

In this episode, Jovuel shares the importance of adaptability and resilience in the entrepreneurial journey.  Jovuel believes in the power of multiple incomes.

He is employed full-time as a Graphic Designer while running three businesses Uberlife, Cotton Grounds Spa and his latest venture Grounded Organics.

This pandemic has reemphasized the importance of having multiple income streams to insulate from shocks.

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!

In this episode Beverly shares some tips on goal setting, the importance of using your strengths, and developing a Personal Development Board to be successful in life, your career, and or your business.

She also talks about having the right mindset and embracing challenges as opportunities to learn!
 

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!

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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