ChristinaMay 1, 20216 min readThe Case for Regional Registration of CounsellorsI very recently registered as an Associate Counselling Psychologist in my home country of Jamaica and a number of thoughts came to mind...
ChristinaAug 29, 20204 min readHey White People! We Are Sick of Your TokenismThis week, August 23-29, 2020, has shown us yet again that black lives still don’t matter. Another unarmed black man, Jacob Blake, was...
ChristinaAug 1, 20204 min readNot all Chains are Made of Iron, some are made of TraditionSometime late last year, I came across a Facebook meme that defined tradition as “peer pressure from dead people”. I chuckled and shared...
ChristinaJul 16, 20209 min readInterracial Relationships: Not all Rainbows and Butterflies“It’s not that love doesn’t see colour; it just knows how to mix and match” - unknown Although I had a preferred “type” in the past, I...
ChristinaJun 30, 20206 min readEmancipation, Trauma Triggers, and Racism in Canada:My Thoughts on Juneteenth 2020This Juneteenth, I stood with my skin folk in the US in celebrating their emancipation for the first time in my life. My country had...
ChristinaJun 10, 20205 min readThe complicity of the education system in racial oppression.I had a distressing interaction with my white stepchild this weekend. She was picked up for our usual visitation period but, she seemed...