The Mélange of life
Jeanine T. Abraham
- Location
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Birthday
- March 20
- Bio
- I began this blog to document my path as a new chef building my business. It's turned into me re-connecting with my true life's purpose as a storyteller and actor. I started out as an actor, left to start a speed dating company, a catering events company, leading conscious dance forms, being a health coach... only to return to being an actor. These are my stories...
MY RECENT POSTS
- Love Saved Me from Getting
Punched in the Face this
Morning
April 04, 2013 10:20PM - Love Saved Me from Getting
Punched in the Face this
Morning
April 04, 2013 10:20PM - Rooting into your
Resolutions...How you doing?
January 25, 2013 09:20PM - My Christian Parents brought
me up without Christmas...
December 16, 2012 08:12PM - Today, I went to Church
September 23, 2012 10:46PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thanks Clay Ball ! It's
been a real challenge writing
daily.
Thanks for
reading;…”
August 17, 2012 07:52PM - “You both are so wise;).
Thanks for reading and sharing
your
wisdom;)”
June 24, 2012 05:15PM - “I did not realize it was
on cover, been working, in
kitchen
cooking for 150
kids…”
May 26, 2012 04:38PM - “When you are the race
that is considered "different"
in a
dominant
cult…”
May 25, 2012 11:07AM - “Great post! We all know
the history of Marriage
between men
and women. All
thru…”
May 25, 2012 09:31AM
Jeanine T. Abraham's Links
Love Saved Me from Getting Punched in the Face this Morning
When I feel weak, when I feel small, when I feel I can't go on... I take a breath and say... I am a Gladiator. I do it constantly at the gym, my body wants to give up when my mind knows I can run a little faster, lift… Read full post »
Love Saved Me from Getting Punched in the Face this Morning
When I feel weak, when I feel small, when I feel I can't go on... I take a breath and say... I am a Gladiator. I do it constantly at the gym, my body wants to give up when my mind knows I can run a little faster, lift… Read full post »
Rooting into your Resolutions...How you doing?
It's stunning how, when we decide to change our… Read full post »
My Christian Parents brought me up without Christmas...
This is not my favorite time of year. Bad things happen to me during the Holidays.
December 15, 2012, I attended the Memorial service for my Aunt. The week before, my Aunt passed away, she was suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). The disea… Read full post »
Today, I went to Church
Religion. I gave it up when I left my
childhood faith, being a Jehovah's Witness. I did not realize
how much I was giving up when I left.
Leaving was a divorce of my core community and in a way my immediate
… Read full post »I intended to loose 15 pounds, but I'm gaining so much more.
2 months ago, I started a blog to chronicle my wellness journey. The goal, loose 15 pounds in 65 days. I'm now on day 57. I know I've lost inches, but haven't weighed myself this whole time. I'm waiting til the end :)
THe blog is :
Olympic Gold is enough, yet nappy Hair becomes a story
Okay. I've been nice long enough. I've been
making excuses, looking inward, trying to manage my feelings and
educate the world about black women and hair. I was reading
posts on Black Girls Run NYC (a facebook running group I belong to)
about Gabby Douglas' hair.
It seems ev… Read full post »
The power of mistakes
I sent this short essay out to my mailing list
back in May. I like it, so I'm sharing it with
you....
Today one of the second graders in my class made a mistake. The answers to the math problems are at the beginning of each… Read full post »
15 pounds 65 days - Distraction
I started a new blog on Blogger ! Follow me as I loose some weight this summer, and let's see what insights I gain on this journey :) j9thedancingchef.blogspot.com/
Here's my Day 6 Post:
Day 6
9:30 pm on a Saturday night. Today, stunningly beautiful day in NYC.… Read full post »
I wrote this as a response to a post on a Burning man group on Facebook.
The original question was:
Am I sensitive or is BM mainly a white folk thing?
There were several posts back and forth... I finally posted this:… Read full post »
Today, I danced.
Meloncholy has been my roommate for the past 5 months. Sleepless nights blend into worry filled days. Anxiety claws at the back of my skull leaving me paralyzed. Watching my favorite TV shows cuddled under my soft clean sheets, leaving my apartment only for wo… Read full post »
It's not just about the Hair...
I didn't watch the Oscars this year, but when I saw this photo in LA Magazine it made me smile. There's been some attention in the media regarding Black Women and our hair. From the Surgeon General's report relating obesity rates to Black Women not wanting to "sweat… Read full post »
11 lessons learned in 2011
The past 4 holiday seasons have had one thing in common...they totally sucked. Each year worse than the one before, it's quite depressing. So, I scrape myself off of the floor after a week of red wine, marathons of The Walking Dead, and hours spent in solitude.
Here's a list… Read full post »
What we Want
I love "A Christmas Story". It is a perfect metaphor for life. You really want something, you go through all this drama to get it, and it's not exactly what you thought it would turn out to be but it's okay.
My last Christmas with my family was in 1974. … Read full post »
Occupy....Really?
Afro's I love to see.....
Afros I don't like seeing.
The second photo illustrates the perfect cluelessness of a large percentage of the Occupy Wallstreet spectacle.
Unemployment, has been raging in ethnic communities for years... has anyone strapp… Read full post »
It starts with me.
Stay present. Listen to your body. Start with what you know. As a Health Coach phrases are my mantras when coaching clients daily. This week I was reminded how important it is to practice what I’m preaching.
But the story begins 13/… Read full post »
Oprah.... Thank You.
O magazine
I worked as a PA some years ago at the Daytime Emmy awards. I diddn't have to do much just point out to the presenters where their "marks" were which basically meant I got to watch the whole show from the wings of… Read full post »
Somebody's gotta do it...right?
Life is funny. I write this listening to NPR reporting on the death of Bin Laden. We were driving home from a movie lat night when we heard the news. All at once I felt fear and relief. When we got to the house, I turned on the… Read full post »
Spring Cleaning gives lifescope meaning
Walking in the sun. God it feels good. The sun is shining kissing my skin. The day is finally warm enough to wear my hiking TEVA sandals. I spread my toes and my body sighs. Walking provides me with a moving meditation to march with the ongoing battle in my mind. … Read full post »
Turning 41 and exploring Vishuddha
Friday March 4, 2011
Having a car in New York City is a blessing and a curse.
There’s something called “alternate side street
parking".
For those of you not familiar with urban street etiquette let me explain. Different streets in NY have red and white parking s… Read full post »
It's a Wonderful Life.....
It's all in the biscuits
Saying yes to abundance... even when times are tight.
Last week I bought a new computer. My current gig ends October 31, I don't know whether I will live in NYC or stay in MA.... I don't have any other prospects or health insurance. But I have a new computer.
My old MacBook is from September 2007. … Read full post »
Loving Time and White Truffle Oil
The corn was about 3 feet tall when I arrived. Today it's over 6 feet tall. Most of the corn in the fields I drive by here in the Berkshires was never harvested, it just hangs turning black from tall brown stalks.
Of course the summer flew by. … Read full post »
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