The 5 R's: Restore
Restore There will be times in our lives where big things happen like a loss or a new baby, a wedding or family reunion. These are the...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 25, 20215 min read
Throwing Shade Part 4: Creating the Sistahood
Over the last three weeks we have been dissecting colourism from different angles. When we invited you in to explore colourism with us,...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 25, 20212 min read
Powerful, Passionate & Precious
You ask, why Onyx Yayas? Well let us help you to understand. Onyx - “a powerful protection stone, Black Onyx absorbs and transforms...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 17, 20213 min read
The 5 R's: Rejuvenate
Ladies we are back! We have refreshed, revived and now we are on to Step 3: Rejuvenate. You may be feeling zenned now you have completed...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 17, 20216 min read
Boss Ladies: Know Your Why
Ladies, for part 2 we thought it was a good idea to bring you someone who is at the beginning of their entrepreneurial game. As you know...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 17, 20215 min read
Date Night - Let's Get It On
So, you and your partner have been together X amount of time and things are just not what they should be. Or actually they’re good and...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 17, 20219 min read
Throwing Shade Part 3: Earliest Memories
Colourism through a child's eyes, often leads to things we are embarrassed by as an adult. Even though it’s very real for us, it’s also...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 10, 20212 min read
5 Reasons to Consider Becoming An Entrepreneur
Being an entrepreneur involves taking risks and risk is not something grown-ups do, is it? Well, I challenge you to rethink that thought....
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 10, 20216 min read
Grey Days to Great Days
So you’d planned to have a picnic in the park, a bike ride or even just a walk to the shops and the heavens have opened. Now you’ve got...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 10, 20213 min read
Throwing Shade Part 2: Colourism, Changing Our Narrative.
Picture from: https://www.nccj.org/colorism-0 What is your relationship with colourism? Do you even realise that you have one? Can it be...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 10, 20217 min read
Boss Ladies: Black women making it as entrepreneurs!
Ladies, welcome to part one of this four-part real-life series on Black women building empires. Each woman’s story comes from a different...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 10, 20213 min read
The 5 R's: REVIVE
Well, hmmmm, who out there is feeling refreshed? What did you do? I book some self-care time with some cardamon tea, I made it from...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 5, 20213 min read
The 5 R's: REFRESH
The 5 R's is a process of holistic transformation that requires us to: Refresh Revive Rejuvenate Restore Renew Below we start with Step...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 3, 20214 min read
Toxic Masculinity: Raising Kids in a Patriarchal Society
You are NOT mum and dad... sounds harsh right, but please don’t misconstrue me. I’m not telling you that you’re not doing a good job,...
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Onyx Yayas
Sep 3, 20213 min read
Throwing Shade: An Introduction to Colourism
(Picture courtesy of : https://sapphirecommunitygroup.org/wwop-magazine/colourism) Here at Onyx Yaya’s, we are in the business of...
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Onyx Yayas
Aug 30, 20213 min read
Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!
Wooooiiii, all my ladies from Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent, Jamaica, Trinidad, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia.....wave your flags. Then hol'...
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Onyx Yayas
Aug 28, 20216 min read
That Awkward Moment...
What did you do when you received your invite for cervical screening? ‘The low uptake of cervical screening in the Black community, is...
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Onyx Yayas
Aug 28, 20218 min read
The Me I Love and The Me I Don't
I thought it fitting that the debut article for our Relationships category should be a bit of a dialogue about the relationship I have...
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Onyx Yayas
Aug 28, 20214 min read
Motherhood: A State of Being Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
How ridiculous is it to think that you should be comfortable with being uncomfortable? What kind of statement is this I hear you say,...
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Onyx Yayas
Aug 28, 20214 min read
Slay Black Woman!
There is so many ways you slay at life, but how are you slaying in your career? Let’s not make assumptions but instead lets clock how...
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