Getting stuck is not a problem; staying stuck is. During the COVID-19 crisis so far, we have been through a myriad of emotions from disbelief and shock, to fear and anxiety, in response to this massive change and disruption. These emotions [...]
Is everything feeling surreal to you? I have this feeling of uneasiness and I sense a palpable fear, mine and everyone else's. It has been a week of non-stop media interviews, helping individuals and families adapt to working from home, [...]
Empowerment: Develop The Problem-Solving Muscle. Don't always rescue others, rather help them to develop emotional resilience and stress management skills. Lead your family or your team to empowerment. “We are wired to help others when things go wrong and to [...]
Photo credit: Robert Anasch@unsplash.com We are so concerned about too much stress and pressure that we are often at risk of losing sight of the fact that there needs to be sufficient tension and pressure within a human [...]
“The fundamental cause of nearly all communication problems is that people don't listen to understand; they listen to reply." John Maxwell & Les Parrott, 25 Ways to Win with People (Nelson Books, 2005) This statement hit me between the eyes. [...]
Mathilda Mathema, member of a communal vegetable gardening project, tells stories to her children by a fire. | Location: Mahwanke, Zimbabwe. This is Africa. In Africa we pass down our stories verbally from generation to generation. In a [...]
Glitter storms are a daily occurrence in all our lives. Stuff happens that disturbs us, stresses us, throws us off our game and makes us anxious. While we are in the glitter storm things are messy, unclear and we feel [...]
Credit: Annie Two Cents - Instagram: @AnnieTwoCents #Ihavenowords has been my overriding feeling over the past few days since Nene's senseless and tragic death (symbolic of so many others that go unnoticed or unreported); the xenophobic attacks; the [...]
Although most of the research currently still says that people with degrees earn better in the long term, this will not necessarily continue to be true into the future as we start to see how companies like EY (Ernst & [...]
23 May 2019 marks the next Global Outdoor Classroom Day in which South Africa is involved, part of a global movement to ensure that children get enough playtime and that they have better outdoor environments in which to play. Since [...]