Untethered
We tend to think of death as that one moment, the one that stands between the final breath and the void that follows in all its silence and emptiness. Until that point, you’re alive. This
An Alternate Reality
Have you ever wondered what life would be like if one crucial experience in your history had gone another way? Or if you’d made a different decision at a certain point? We often see this
A Nostalgic Remembrance
When Naguib Mahfouz – the prince of the Arabic novel – accepted his Nobel prize for literature, he said in his acceptance speech that he was a child born from the marriage of two civilizations:
SOS (Save Our Sisters) Alert; Independent Women
As a family lawyer I am used to emotionally carrying people, this forms part of my job, I am used to solving other people’s problems, and I let people lean on me. For many of
Listening Is My Superpower
“Why are you so quiet? Can you just say something?” He laughs. My dad. A sanguineous, happy go lucky, constantly trying to make me talk, make me laugh. “Why would I want to talk as
Coping With Toxic People
"Don’t let toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and get them out of there"- Marc Chernoff MAN, it is exhausting to absorb people’s fluctuating energies and moods! I do sympathize with
Justice and Forgiveness: Can They Co-Exist?
"The difference between justice and forgiveness: To be just is to condemn the fault and, because of the fault, to condemn the doer as well. To forgive is to condemn the fault but to spare
June, July and August
I have a difficult relationship with summer. While for most people it is a time associated with fun, relaxation and smooth living in the hot summer breeze, for me it has been a time of
Our Fixation with Fixing
Problem solving is core to who we are as humans. But do all problems have a solution? Should they? Is our existential confusion and battle with the lower self (nafs) a linear problem to be
Ellevate Yourself Workshop by McWilliams & Company
Fadia Williams, facilitator of the Ellevate Yourself, Ellevate Your Business workshop, asked a participant, “What would you do if I gave you R200?” and the participant replied, “Get food.” Another woman was asked, “what about