BLOG Do your possessions create an enriching environment? Time to decluttering? Decluttering is much more than throwing away the ‘old stuff’ rather it is a mindful act of creation. This blog will take you through the process of getting into a mindful and creative...
Blog Posts: Addictive Personality: How I madeit my healthiest trait Quentin Vennie describes how he converted the roughest life experience and a severe drug addiction into his saving grace. FOR MORE
Word from Our Coach – The Art of Ageing Are you afraid of ageing? Do you have images of walking with a stick and not remembering who you are? Truly, it does not have to be this extreme; you can age with grace, charm, style and elegance. We live in a...
Blog Posts – Think. Grow. Prosper. Ruben Chavez founder of ‘Think. Grow. Prosper’ he says; “I founded Think. Grow. Prosper as a community for people looking for daily inspiration, entrepreneurship insights, and resources for designing the...
Blog Posts Josh Robbins is a passionate and popular American, HIV activist and blogger. This space is a gathering place for all the conversations he has all over social media. Please remember, Josh is not a doctor or therapist and can’t make individual health...
Life keeps throwing us challenges. As we saw with Covid-19, in this globally connected world we are all touched by whatever is happening, no matter how ‘far away’. Resilience is a key quality of those who are best able to respond.
Let’s be clear – there is no quick fix to immediately ‘boost’ your immunity – no ‘wonder supplement’ or ‘power food’ will suddenly strengthen your immune system. However, living a healthy lifestyle does go a long way to keep your immune system strong. This has been found in a recent study showing that exercise may strengthen the antibody response to vaccination – both the COVID-19 vaccines and the annual flu vaccines.
Here in South Africa, there seems to be two active responses on social media to the shock of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. One is a sense of outrage and sadness at the disruption and tragic loss of life. The other seems to be an almost flippant expression of gratitude for being far away ‘down south’ from the conflict zone.
What can those two illustrious South Africans, the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and ex-President Nelson Mandela teach us about living with cancer? In 1997 a concerned world heard that the man fondly known as ‘the Arch’, aged 65, had surgery for prostate cancer. A few years later in 2001, we were again shocked to hear that Madiba, aged 83, had also been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
One thing we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic experience is that we are not happy when we are separated from others – loved ones, colleagues and even people we do not know. We like to go to restaurants, coffee shops and just hang around people. Not only do we like it, but the pandemic has also highlighted how we need connection for our mental and emotional wellbeing. Sometimes it seems that it is only when things are taken away, that we learn to appreciate their value and importance.