Category: Lady Flava Wellness
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H&W|Check Your Blood Pressure
Friday Health & Wellness Don’t Guess Your Blood Pressure — Know It Today on the phones, I told one of Dr. Patel’s patients something simple. If you want an accurate blood pressure reading and you don’t have a cuff at home… go to your local fire station. Yes. The fire station. Most of them will…
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H&W|Obesity: Understanding the Why, Not Just the Weight
Saturday | Health & Wellness Obesity: Understanding the Why, Not Just the Weight I’m short and thick myself—and yes, I fall into the obese category. I’ve never claimed the title of “healthy plus-petite.” I know better than that. I live in this body every day, and I’ve been living with chronic pain since 2000. That…
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H&W|The Unfinished Room Theory
Health & Wellness | Saturday People Come Into Your Life for a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime I’ve heard this saying many times over the years: People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Lately, it’s been landing differently. Because not everyone stays. And not everyone is supposed to.…
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ASipOfFlava|Taking Smaller Steps
Saturday | A Sip of Flava “It is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.” — Queen Elizabeth II Sometimes I’m able to sit back and really reflect on what I need to experience in my life. Not what looks impressive. Not what gets applause. But what…
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RealTalk|H&W| The Power of Laughter
Real Talk Why Laughter Is Part of My Survival Kit Some days, laughter isn’t about being funny. It’s about staying human. Life can get heavy fast. Work stress. Family stuff. World stuff. The kind of weight that settles into your shoulders and doesn’t always leave when the day is over. I’ve learned that when things…
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ASipOfFlava|Life in Rhythms, Seasonings, and Flow
A Sip of Flava: Life in Rhythms, Seasonings, and Flow I’ve never experienced life in straight lines. I experience it in rhythms. In seasonings. In flow. Some people move through life by calendars and deadlines. I move by feeling — by when something is ready, when it needs to simmer, and when it’s time to…
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RealTalk|When Wisdom Meets Across Cultures and Time**
**Real Talk Thursday: When Wisdom Meets Across Cultures and Time** Some mornings, wisdom shows up quietly. Not loud. Not flashy. Just steady. This morning it came through a Stoicism video featuring Marcus Aurelius, and what struck me wasn’t how old the philosophy was—but how familiar it felt. Different era. Different culture. Same truths. “I choose…

