by Olebogeng Pooe | Jun 28, 2022 | Careers, Lifestyle, Mental Health
Like many of you, I awoke on Sunday morning to the harrowing news of the passing of 21 teenagers at the Enyobeni tavern, in East London. I couldn’t help but reflect on the moment reality hit and the log-like lump of grief sunk into the pit of my stomach as I...
by Olebogeng Pooe | Apr 15, 2022 | Lifestyle, Mental Health
There is no denying the fact that most if not all of us are oscillating between the feeling of numbness and collectively holding our breath one news headline at a time. From navigating a global pandemic, racial uprisings, looting, the #EndSARS protest, the recent...
by AoS Writer | Mar 30, 2022 | Art of Balance, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Mental Health, Wellness
March is known as Human Rights month in South Africa. Typically when we talk about Human Rights we tend to focus on violations that occurred during the Apartheid era glossing over current Human Rights infractions that need our urgent attention. It also happens to...
by Neo Leshabane | Jan 31, 2022 | Man Cave, Mental Health, Wellness
After finding all kinds of excuses, despite knowing the necessity and benefits of getting trauma counselling, I finally made a commitment to myself to go on a proper healing journey towards the end of last year and have since done so. A couple of therapy sessions in,...
by Olebogeng Pooe | Jan 31, 2022 | Mental Health, Wellness
Our voices are our most powerful tool. So why do we weaponize them against ourselves with harmful self-dialogue? We pinch and prod ourselves whilst scrunching our noses and hurling insults at ourselves and yes, especially at the beginning of each year! We’ve...
by Olwethu Leshabane | Jan 13, 2022 | Lifestyle, Mental Health, Relationships
So, we’re back to work, school drop offs, getting our lives in some kind of routine, and setting new resolutions and targets for the year. Hectic! I knew it would happen, but I didn’t anticipate it kind of happening so fast. Though I do feel much better about the...