You’re born into this world where someone is taking care of you most of the time. You come out from the womb and are curious the first time you see the light, a globe, a candlelit, the sound of keys, the face of a soft bear… at first, you might cry but then the soft…
What is codependency? (According to Wikipedia) Codependency is a controversial concept for a dysfunctional helping relationship where one person supports or enables another person’s addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or under-achievement. Among the core characteristics of codependency, the most common theme is an excessive reliance on other people for approval and a sense of identity. I have seen a…
The first time I heard the calling, was when I looked up at the sky that morning. How many times I looked up and saw the birds leaving, and sometimes I’d just look out the window and start daydreaming… I’d catch myself when they both made eights or circles, and then wondered if they…
I sat down with a friend last week to have a hot drink with her while we had a language exchange. As I practised my Spanish a question came up? “Do you find that people back home still haven’t moved forward much? They’re still arguing and complaining about the same things from years back while…
I was about to give this article the title, “Sometimes you come into the world with wrinkles and often you leave the world with wrinkles.” (Smiling) Okay, right… where was I? When you come into this world you can’t feed yourself, speak, walk, talk, jump, dress and someone even puts you off to sleep. Slowly…
I am sure you already know this. Let’s dig a little deeper, shall we? Keep reading on as knowing the details will perhaps give you the “aha” moment. I am going to put some points down here and just take some time to reflect on these. Now I must have missed some, but you will…
This was so much fun. I want to say thank you to the people and businesses who were game for this. Thank you to the businesses and the public who were like cheerleaders all the way. Really inspirational. I am still getting support on Instagram today even though the game is over. Here are some…
My book The South African: True Colours was written for many reasons and one of those reasons is the title of this article and everything I write on this blog. Throughout my life and even now I still say, “If only someone told me…” See most people think you already know what they know and…
The first time I left home and my country i.e. South Africa I had no clue what life abroad would be like. I really had no idea the extent of layers I had to “shed” for my own good. You think it’s a storm at first but then you see the rainbow and then you…
