I aspire for a fulfilled life that does not require for me to switch off from any one of my roles but be able to move through each responsibility I have with fluidity.
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Art of Balance
Search for: Art of Balance career / home / Relationship / Self-care Art you in? I’ve been invited many times to speak on the concept of balance. I think when people look from outside in, they see this person who has it all figured out. As I type this,...
10 Tips For Starting Your Own Side Hustle
1. Analyse your time usage and where you can steal time or cut down activities to invest that time back into your side hustle Before deciding to start a side hustle, it is important to assess your schedule and look for moments in your day that can be...
Trust Your Gut: Gut & Liver Health
My Story I’ve always been one to listen to my body and allow it to cue me towards good health and function. But lately, no matter how much I tried, eating healthy, fasting, drinking plenty water, moving more… you name it, my body was just not happy. I was feeling...
Fallacy or Fact: Working From Home Is Productive
This past year was atrocious to the whole world and at the moment, no one wants to revisit the memories created during the height of the COVID19 pandemic. Nevertheless, that painful period educated many of us. We learnt new words like ‘Zoom dysmorphia,’ ‘Comorbidity,’...
Feb Editor’s Note: Growing in Love Where You Are Planted
Olwethu’s February Editor’s Note.
Feed My Tribe X Art of Superwoman
This love was sparked by my mother and grandmother, who taught me that cooking and food is a wonderful bridge to healing. I believe that our relationship with food is intertwined with mental well-being, a philosophy that lives through my everyday life as well as my sens…
A Review of Sihle Bolani’s Book ‘Nah, keep your strength’
AoS dives into Sihle Bolani’s latest offering ‘Nah, keep your strength’ – a personal and prophetic exploration of how inherited trauma informs how we show up professionally and privately. A tear jerking introspective must read!
Review: Take Your Place, You Belong
Today we are reviewing “Take Your Place, You Belong” written by Karen Theunissen with illustrations by Miriam Mathosi. It is a children’s book exploring friendship and identity. It is a tool to help children discuss issues about race and discrimination.
African Literature Series: African authors offer something for everyone
When trawling big South African bookstores, one could easily conclude that African people have little to no interest in publishing books. Alternatively, African readers would seem to have no appetite for African stories. Our books are very briefly displayed in...
My Coily Crowny Hair by Zulaikha Patel
Afros! We’ve seen a surge of movements across the globe, interrogating and challenging the plight of struggles black people have been fighting against for decades. Unlike previous generations, today, we are at liberty to voice out injustices and express our...
7 Lessons I Learnt From Shoe Dog For Business Growth
I recently finished reading Shoe Dog and was truly inspired to keep my head down and do the work as I'd also like to casually bump into my acquaintances Bill Gates and Warren Buffet as I leave the movie theatre in Palm Springs one day... So here are my 7 key...
Here’s why you need to read Women Who Run With The Wolves
There are two lessons from this book that I’d love to share and I hope will get you to purchase it and read it: Bluebeard & Vasalisa The story of "Bluebeard," where Clarissa, the author, challenges us as women to keep alive our curiosity and not allow our...
Teaching Children About Black History
Contrary to some beliefs, Black History Month isn’t just an American concept, but South Africans also celebrate it in the month of February. In America it is due to Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass’ birthdays but in South Africa it is held in February because...
Book Review: The Colours That Blind
The Colours That Blind is a novel set in modern Zimbabwe but also takes a journey back into time with Tumi, a young man living with albinism. Tumi takes us on a time travel journey with of forgiveness, interracial and intergenerational relationships and healing. As he...
