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My Love Affair with Cosmetics
Written by: Akua Hinds
July 29, 2021
Happy National Lipstick Day!! Did you know that today is a momentous occasion where lips, cosmetics, and women are celebrated worldwide? Lipstick provides that va-va-voom impact whenever a woman puts it on. Suddenly, lips shine and heads turn as the result of applying just the right shade of lip colour. It is so nice to celebrate something as simple as lipstick.
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A TURNING POINT
WRITTEN BY: AKUA HINDS
JUNE 18, 2021
There have been multiple turning points in my life, and I assume that you can relate. Each of us goes through transformations because, well, that’s one thing that we can expect from life; that we will all have to face changes. A turning point is a situation that happens that causes someone to shift their perspectives.
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Six Fun Things to Discuss During First Dates
Written by: Akua Hinds
May 27, 2021
Dating should be a wonderful experience mixed with fun and serious chats during the first few dates. Those chats will help you and your love interest to get to know each other and best determine if the two of you are an ideal match. Getting to know someone can be fun if you approach the process in a sincere way.
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How to Make Networking Beneficial to You
Written by: Akua Hinds
April 28, 2021
Networking can be so much fun, and it has been an amazing tool for me to build my business and my social life. There is much to learn and gain through connecting with people at networking events. Each person’s reasons for networking are different, and you may find that your “why” for attending networking functions will change over time. Here are tips you can use to enhance your networking experience.
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Making Space to Let Life and Love In
Written by: Akua Hinds
April 9, 2021
Unless you make room in your life for what you want, you will not have the space to receive what is rightfully yours. You know what it’s like when a car trunk is completely full; nothing else can fit, no matter how badly you want to fit it in there. Well, your life is the same exact way. When you refuse to create space for new goals and new dreams to develop, you are closing opportunities that you desperately need.
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Why Dating Sites Rule Over Social Media For Singles
Written by: Akua Hinds
February 26, 2021
Making authentic connections can happen in many different ways, and although social media websites have been beneficial for bringing people together, the ideal place for singles to meet each other is through a dating website. There are specific features that dating websites have that help singles to find what they are looking for more quickly. Read more
Five Ways to Show Social Media Love
Written by: Akua Hinds
February 5, 2021
When it comes to showing love, you have all of the tools that you need. The month of February is Love Month, and because of that, love is on everyone’s minds. In addition to being used for sharing information, social media is also a great tool for meeting people. So, whether you are single and looking for a new relationship, or, you feel like you want to build new friendships, here are ways that you can show social media love to others and make connections.
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Why You Should Start a Business of Your Own
Written by: Akua Hinds
January 22, 2021
Becoming a business owner provides a sense of pride and accomplishment like nothing else. When you know that your efforts to start something from scratch are helping you to bless your life and the lives of those in your community, your life will be forever changed. Are you sitting on the fence about whether or not you should take the leap and become a business owner? Here are some reasons why you should start a business of your own.
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Online Dating and Communicating
Written by: Akua Hinds
December 23, 2020
A conversation needs to happen much sooner rather than later between you and the person who you are interested in, especially if you meet online. Technology has given us so much, and it really is a blessing to be able to use it to communicate through various methods like talking on the telephone, text messaging, and video chatting. However, too many people have gotten complacent about using these tools to do the bare minimum with regards to communication. How will you know if someone is the right person for you? Well, the only way to discover that is to engage in communication! Read more
Owning Your Journey
Written by: Akua Hinds
November 18, 2020
Do you ever wish that you could turn back the clock and strategically and deftly arrange your life’s moments and movements as if you were moving chess pieces on a chess board? If so, I can totally relate. I have come to realize that the saying that “nothing changes if nothing changes” is really true. Nothing changes if I focus on staying angry about the past. Nothing changes if I fail to realize that my past experiences can be used as learning lessons about what to do and what not to do in the future.
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Answering the Call on Your Life
Written by: Akua Hinds
October 28, 2020
There is a call on your life that only you can respond to. No one else can do it for you; it has to be fulfilled by you. There are people who have been where you are and who have done what you want to do. But similar to eating, no one can eat for you because in order to flourish, you must eat your own food. Someone else can make the food for you, but they cannot eat it for you because when they do eat food they are eating for themselves. The call over your life is one that you must answer in order for you to fulfill your destiny.
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Becoming the Type of Person You Want to Attract
Written by: Akua Hinds
October 19, 2020
Have you ever ended a relationship and felt absolutely cheated by the way things ended? If you have, you are not alone. One of the worst types of emotions to experience is the feeling of betrayal. Being betrayed by another person is tough to deal with, but the worst type of betrayal is when we betray ourselves by allowing certain people or situations to distract us from becoming who we are meant to become. This is why it is so important to create standards when you are dating.
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Why Your Non-Negotiables Matter with Dating
Written by: Akua Hinds
October 1, 2020
In order to be in your ideal relationship, you will need to be strategic and use your non-negotiables to help you weed out people who do not have the qualities that you are looking for. It can be so easy to be dismiss your personal preferences in favour of being open to dating anyone and everyone, especially if you are feeling lonely. Here is why you need to use your non-negotiables to your advantage while you search for your soulmate....
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Looking to the Leaderboard
Written by: Akua Hinds
September 4, 2020
The leaderboard is a tracker, and you know what they say; a tracked number or goal grows. If you have ever watched the hit show Dancing with the Stars, you are familiar with what a leaderboard is. The leaderboard is the visual display board that lists the scores of everyone who is in the competition, and everyone looks to the leaderboard for information about where they are, where they want to be, and who they need to beat in order to get to where they want to be. Here is why being driven and having a longing to be on the leaderboard can help you to live the life that you deserve to live.
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Giving Your Position Away
Written by: Akua Hinds
August 18, 2020
We all possess it; that inner voice that tells you to go right, or to go left. Or, perhaps you are advised to stay right where you are and wait to see what happens. It steers you in the right direction, and it rarely lets you down. No, it isn’t a GPS, it’s your intuition. The mind is a powerful part of your body, and it is capable of communicating all of the things that you need to know about the next life step that you are about to take.
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having your first date online written by: akua hinds april 30, 2020
Having an online date can be fun for singles as well as helpful for figuring out whether or not to take the next step with someone. Meeting people online via a profile set up on a dating website or a social media site is something that many people are used to doing. However, it is truly rare for a man and a woman to have their first date with each other through an Internet video service. Can this unconventional method of getting to know someone truly work?
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six great life lessons learned through self-employment written by: akua hinds march 30, 2020
There are so many lessons to learn each day, and I have found that self-employment has taught me more than I ever thought possible. Being self-employed means that you are pursuing a leadership position in your life. Working for an employer is perfectly fine for many people, but for others, working as an employee is not the path they want to pursue. It takes a person with a certain type of tenacity and vision to pursue entrepreneurship. Read more
Four Fabulous Non-Romantic Valentine’s Day Plans
Written by: Akua Hinds
February 13, 2020
Valentine’s Day is touted as the most romantic day of the year, and if you are single on Valentine’s Day, the whole holiday can feel like a major bummer. Actually, the first two WEEKS of February can be a total disappointment because every time you turn around, you are reminded of V-day. Your local pharmacy is decorated with red balloons and hearts. Restaurants every where are trying to convince customers to celebrate Valentine’s Day with them, and even your bank has decorated the bank to resemble Cupid’s living room. What can you do to celebrate Valentine’s Day when you are single and not in love?
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THE IMPACT OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS
WRITTEN BY: AKUA HINDS
OCTOBER 10, 2019
You are never too young or too old to pick up a paint brush and start creating a masterpiece! For the past few years, I have been curious about what seems to me to be a growing trend; paint nite sessions. I had seen other people in my local community attending Paint Nite events while I was dining at restaurants and bars where the Paint Nites were being held, and I found it fascinating how people could create brand new pieces of art from scratch within a few hours. Could I really do the same? Was it possible for me to unleash my inner visual artist and create something worthy of hanging on my wall with only a few hours of guidance?
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