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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.
National Savings Month Series: What’s Your Excuse For Not Saving? (Pt 2)
If a fortune teller drew you closer to their crystal ball, laying out a picture of what your financial future looks like, would you be impressed? Well I guess some of us would be hoping she makes up a glorious future and sells us dreams because reality is well… bleak....
More Than A Number’s Game
Someone once said, there is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise and as we celebrate National Chartered Accountants Day, which originates from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), celebrating their 73rd Anniversary today, we bring...
National Savings Month Series: Here’s The Topic That You’ve Been Avoiding: Saving! (Pt 1)
Growing up, my parents always told me about saving money. Without revealing my age, R5 when I was in school could get me two packets of small chips, sweet iceblock, and bubblegum. My dad gave me R5 as pocket money, and he always told me to save at least R2 from the R5...
Ladies, Let’s Normalize Being The Breadwinner
If this blog post was published in the 1950s, it would raise some eyebrows mainly because of how traditional beliefs were hammered into shaping perspectives and observing the hierarchy that defined gender roles. The typical stereotype for women to take care of...
Keeping Your Own Purse In Your Relationship Part 2
Ladies, let’s talk. While we might agree that there’s some progressive changes in the perceptions and lived realities of power dynamics in relationships today, when it comes to finances, we do experience some form of limitations. In most instances, it is the woman...
Keeping Your Own Purse In Your Relationship Part 1
Historically, women are not expected to be financially independent in their relationships. It’s often a taboo that they would have an amount of money kept away for themselves and be able to exclude it from a relationship, especially when married in...
Hi! My Name Is… And I’m A Shopaholic 2.0
… let’s continue from where we left off shall we? Oniomania, a new word we learnt from last week’s Womenomics blog post about the financial implications of being a shopaholic, which Financial Advisor, Sheila-Anne Robey simply defined as the act of being a consumer...
Hi! My Name Is… And I’m A Shopaholic
I’ve always been a huge fan of romantic movies (as predictable as they are). The anatomy of how the main elements of the storyline highlight the instant connection, and chemistry of a romantic couple, promising a ‘happily ever after’ ending, always manages to steal my...
New Wave of Women, Redefining the Meaning of Generational Wealth
Just a few years ago, I discovered a gem from an old, dusty pile of books my dad keeps in the garage. The title was quite familiar as I was pretty sure I had seen or heard someone talk about it before. Paging through the book out of curiosity, I picked up paragraphs...
Purview of Side Hustles Through the Experiences of Women
Having multiple streams of income has never been more crucial than it is today. Olwethu Leshabane mentioned during the recording of an upcoming interview on The Sit Down with Olwe2lesh, that she doesn’t remember a single day when her mother ran out of money, because...
What stage is your money maturity?
Resetting Africa: Olwethu Sits Down with Nigerian Presidential Candidate, HRH Malik Ado-Ibrahim and HRH Adama Ado-Ibrahim by Olwethu Leshabane | 27th April 2022 | Art of Superwoman Magazine, Lifestyle, The Sit Down Lifestyle, The Sit Down Podcast, The Sit Down...
Nothing Bad Happens When Women Have More Money
It may be considered a superpower, but in fact it is within a woman’s nature to work in a boundaryless way that benefits everyone within their sphere of interaction. I personally don’t believe enough research has been done in the nature of how women work and their...
Career Planning & Career Realities in 2021
The Career Plan I would complete my quantity surveying four-year qualification in record time, then go into the work world and work for 2 years then go on to study further, start my property investment business and start a family. That was the plan. I have mentioned a...
