“Hai, and people say dark skinned girls cannot wear lip stick”. I posted a thought (below) about the moment a girl jumped and exclaimed this at me while I was doing a quick late night shop before my summer holidays. It had been a busy Thursday in the office so I literally just loosened my hair and threw some lipstick on before I stepped out - why not, after all I was taking myself out for a couple hours. I am aware that some people have views about what they call “dark skin” or

Growing up, I always seemed comfortable being in the background, I was never the girl that would volunteer for anything that involved my being in the spotlight. The thought of stepping out terrified me and so that one decision went on to impact so many other areas of my life, my relationships, my working life and my friendships. I didn't like confrontations and would fight to keep the peace, even apologising when I knew the other person was in the wrong. In essence, I was actually disabling

Meet singer, songwriter Lily-Jo, who after meeting so many people at gigs and hearing them tell their life stories, was moved to create an online mental health resource designed to help people help themselves. In this high-pressured society, it is estimated that one in three People have times of depression, anxiety, stress, or other issues and The Lily-Jo project is making a difference by enabling people to find freedom Tell us a bit about your background, and who you are I was born

Siobhán Daly is a producer, working across the global Entertainment Industry. She has worked with some of the worlds’ best artists on their music videos, tours, commercials, and West End theatre. Here, she talks about what it’s like working in a competitive industry and staying grounded, the challenges she has faced and how she has overcome them .. How did you get to where you are and did you face obstacles along the way? I’ve been working in the industry for a long time, and I

Cheryl Denise Bannerman is a multi-genre author of three successful works of fiction, a motivational speaker, and CEO. She resides in Orlando, Florida, where she runs a virtual Training and Development company, which she founded in 1996. Here she shares her journey, as an author, a mother and a daughter, finding out that her parents were in fact not her biological parents ... Growing up in a rural part of Southern New Jersey, in a middle-class family, the youngest and only girl of three