Authenticity has a price

Authenticity has a price

Last week I wrote a blog post that detailed a very painful part of my life (R.I.P. Doormat Diana). My decision to write it was to help me be authentic to myself and hopefully help just one other person who was going through a similar situation. In the post I used very...
R.I.P. Doormat Diana

R.I.P. Doormat Diana

Have you ever noticed that when your life gets flushed down the toilet in one area, all the other areas of your life tend to follow eagerly into the sewer system? I have been through some really tough times throughout my life but the experience where I had my heart...
You Honour People by Allowing Them to Rescue you.

You Honour People by Allowing Them to Rescue you.

We have all heard the expression “It is more blessed to give than receive”.  The reasoning behind this is the person doing the giving receives something of far greater value back. It could be a feeling of being needed and wanted that so many of us desire. It could be...
A delicious fantasy – became reality

A delicious fantasy – became reality

Yesterday morning I met a client at Clearwater Mall in Johannesburg. Once our meeting was done, I walked off trying to find the entrance where I had parked my car. Not being familiar with this particular mall, I ended up getting a little lost. As I was trying to...
And now the work starts.

And now the work starts.

I was enthralled and overwhelmed at the same time at the sheer magnitude of information available on the forum. I spent hours and hours that first day just reading every single thread in the main forum. Then I went wandering around the other sub-forums and got a feel...
Decisions based on Pain

Decisions based on Pain

I was reading a blog post this evening by someone who told a story about a young woman who was desperately unhappy with her life, her career and her relationship. The author mentioned that although she was not happy with her life, she would not make the decisions...
Surviving

Surviving

For the next few years I barely made a living doing people’s books for them. It was dull, boring and mind numbing work but it kept me from drowning. I hated every minute of it. Every now and then, I would think about starting my own business again but I would crush...