Reading Time: 3 minutes The power of social media in connecting Black diasporas to social justice movements in their homelands – I believe that diaspora members in the West have a duty to ensure that we support and elevate voices in the Global South.
WHY YOU SHOULD HIRE A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER – TRACIE JOHNSON – GUEST POST
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many people take plenty of photographs during special events in their lives. So, the question is, do you want amazing photographs of blurry snapshots for your albums or online files?
WE ARE PAULAMELISSA.COM
Reading Time: < 1 minute I’m super excited to open this space up to allow up-and-coming writers to have a platform to share their pieces.
HONEST MOMENTS – CHUDE OBUAYA – GUEST POST
Reading Time: 5 minutes It has long been a struggle for me to be honest about my shortcomings and failures. Whilst it is wise to have restrictions on what you share and to whom, it is dangerous to neglect your Christian community for the sake of keeping up appearances. I have been guilty of doing the latter far too often.
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND BEING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF CHANGE – #ENDSARS
Reading Time: 5 minutes I never would have called myself an activist per se, but I have always strongly desired peace, stability and equality. But the truth is I care. I care enough to take a stand and therefore I am an activist.
CONFESSIONS OF A… RECOVERING PEOPLE-PLEASER
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hello, I’m Paula Melissa. And I’m a recovering people-pleaser. I said No to an opportunity that I didn’t have the time, energy or particularly want to do today. And the earth didn’t open up and swallow me. For a recovering people pleaser like myself, that is a major accomplishment.
GEN Z’S LACK OF READING IS A PROBLEM – CLAUDIAWRITESX – GUEST POST
Reading Time: 4 minutes Gen Z is often referred to as the digital generation. Whilst this may seem like a very positive description because most of us are βgurusβ within the field of technology, there are some significant disadvantages. Among these is the drastic decrease in reading among the younger population which can have an immense effect on us all in the future.
THE AWKWARD CAR JOURNEY THROUGH MY CHILDHOOD – SHORT STORY
Reading Time: 3 minutes When my mum was driving me to the train station to get the train from Manchester to Plymouth, she started to tell me about my childhood.
LETTING GO OF MY OBSESSION WITH BEING PRODUCTIVE. BYE.
Reading Time: 2 minutes If you’ve been with my blog and I for a few years now, you’ll know I have a little obsession with being productive. And by little, I mean big. Huge. Gigantic. And another other synonyms you can think of.
2020 IS STILL MY YEAR – CORONAVIRUS AND ALL!!
Reading Time: 3 minutes But listen – and listen CAREFULLY – 2020 is still my year. Twenty twenty is still your year. It is still our year! It’s April. Until it is December 31st, there is still time to have a good year.
OVERCOMING FEAR AND ANXIETY THROUGH FAITH – CORONAVIRUS COVID-19
Reading Time: 5 minutes I’ve had multiple anxiety attacks over the last few days. I’m a little bit of a control freak so I don’t deal too well with uncertainty. With coronavirus (COVID-19), we are definitely in uncertain times. The great thing is it doesn’t end there. It ends like it begins, with GOD.
SPEAKING AT CREATE CONFERENCE 2020 – AND TAKING UP SPACE!!
Reading Time: 3 minutes I spoke at Create Conference 2020 on Friday 21st February 2020 at Living Rock Church in Leicestershire, on the topic of Creating Visual, Written and Audio Content with a Gospel Message. YES I am so excited to shake the status quo and get invited in (and conquer) more of these kind of spaces.
I BOOKED MY ENTIRE SOLO TRIP TO PORTO, PORTUGAL ON AIRBNB AND HERE’S HOW IT WENT!
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog post is all about my first solo trip ever to Porto, Portugal and how I booked the entire trip via Airbnb. Here’s how it went and if I would recommend it.
HOW PORTO, PORTUGAL MADE ME FALL BACK IN LOVE WITH PHOTOGRAPHY
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today, I met a photographer who absolutely loves photography. I know it sounds ridiculous to emphasise a photographer who loves photography. That should be a given, right? It’s in the name. But this guy really loved photography.