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Fit before giving birth, Natalie Flood didn’t understand why her “mummy tummy” wouldn’t go away. The Pilates instructor soon discovered the reason: her stomach muscles had weakened during pregnancy, and separated. “Everyone is born with abdominal se...

Carole Sousa showed up at our meeting with a typed list of talking points. Among the many things that had to be discussed: her current activities, her collection of business cards and the people she felt needed to be profiled in the pages of The Roya...

In 1998 Lana Young felt she had to leave Bermuda if she wanted a full-time acting career. These days she doesn’t think it’s necessary. “Things have changed in terms of the accessibility of screen services and film festivals and YouTube and all of the...

Gerry Butterfield never forgets to count her blessings. She feels fortunate that she owns her home and is able to get income from its two apartments. It’s a big contrast from 40 years ago when a fire at their Angle Street house left her and her sons...

About a decade ago, Jennifer Outerbridge-Smith took a good look at herself and realised something was wrong. In her behaviour, in the way she made decisions, she never put herself first. She worked out how to change that and began offering workshops...

Liz Spalding had two daughters back to back — and then bought a chicken farm. She and her husband, Neville, hadn’t yet been married five years. Needless to say, they were interesting times. “We had about 3,500 birds,” she said. “We didn’t know a thin...

James Small started life in a staunchly Christian family in rural South Carolina. In his twenties he became an Imam working with Ella Collins, the sister of Malcolm X. At 74, he’s a Pan-African activist, scholar and speaker and a Yoruba priest. “God ...

For 34 years Leroy “Lofty” Burns was a driver for St Brendan’s Hospital, ferrying children who were patients. He remembers it as one of the best jobs he ever had. “I loved working with the children,” he said. “A lot of them called me ‘Daddy’ or ‘Uncl...

Carly Stong’s yoga class isn’t for waifs. The 33-year-old describes herself as “bigger-bodied” and planned a programme with similar-sized people in mind. “If someone says they don’t identify as bigger-bodied, but wants to come to a class anyway, the ...

Mexican-American author Reyna Grande believes wholeheartedly that immigrants should be treated with tolerance and compassion, documented or not. She was once an illegal immigrant herself. “People forced to immigrate, deserve to be treated with dign...