PACE your Butterflies

Heart pounding, knot in your stomach, tight chest, brain disconnected, can’t remember anything…..Can you relate to those symptoms?Perhaps when waiting to be introduced as a speaker? Or sitting in reception before an important job interview? When we are under stress...

The Cat that Growled

“Grrr” “Grrr” I stopped abruptly as I entered the kitchen. Standing still I looked cautiously around me. None of my dogs around. No strange dogs. “Grrr”…”Grrr”. The sound was coming from the washing machine. The machine stood in a narrow recess with just a slight gap...

The Second Tragedy

“Pietermaritzburg October 27th – What began as a festive night celebrating the Sharks’ victory over the Blue Bulls on Saturday ended in tragedy after four young people, including two local matric pupils, died in a horror accident on the N3 in the early...

Kairos Time

Kairos Time Comments Being a person who believes in synchronicity, it is no accident that the two banks I have banked with have now taken slogans that describe my approach to life.“make things happen” and then “inspired, motivated, involved” In 1976, before Soweto...

Healthy GI

Healthy GI Comments Butter is bad for you. Butter’s better than margarine. Red meat’s bad – eat soya. Most soya is genetically modified. You don’t know what problems that might cause. Advice on what is or isn’t healthy to eat is highly confusing and contradictory. But...