Category: Change moments
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I’ve got 50 Kids, and They All Love Playing Rugby
Being a surrogate supporter means pitching up and cheering for 50 kids with the same amount of enthusiasm and bias that you would your own little ones. It means getting up at 5am on a chilly Saturday to pile into the back of a seatless Avanza, squeezed inbetween apples, sandwiches, chips rugby balls, cones and…
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Don’t Miss Our Latest Iris Session About Bringing In Extra Cash
Before you reach out for that credit card – there’s no reason this winter has to be your winter of discontent! There are many ways to stay financially afloat, and David O’Sullivan will be unpacking ways to bring in extra cash for your household in our next Iris Session.
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How You Can Avoid Financial Armageddon This Year
I would love to find the household whose living expenses only increased 6.3% over the last year. What I do know is that our household expenses have increased on average by at least 10%, if I take into account the rise in the price of petrol, electricity, school fees, medical aid contributions and our monthly…
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Why Being Retrenched Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
I made a purposeful decision: this retrenchment will not define me or my career. I would not give it power over me. I would not succumb to fear. I would instead choose how to react and I would be in control of my emotions.
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What I’ve Learned About Life While Looking for a Job
Looking for a new job is scary. It’s mentally and emotionally exhausting. It gets difficult to keep a clear sight of what you want for your life when fear messes with your internal compass.
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Food is a Time Machine That Whisks Us Back to Our Childhood
The aroma of ghee or butter melting on a hot pan tends to take me to this place – my mother’s kitchen in Pietermaritzburg, on the days we didn’t have bread in the house when she’d make a stack of rotis, or in my father’s words: “hand-made bread”.
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Like Rugby, Starting a Family is all about Playing The Bounce
You have those long hours of preparing for this game-changing moment and then you realise that despite all your best efforts, you might be thrown a few curve balls that mean you’ll have to play the bounce. And then of course, don’t forget those important feeds!
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I Don’t Want to be the Dad Who Went Missing in Action
Aah, the complexities of the modern family. Being divorced – pretty happily, most of the time, but sometimes nostalgically too – means I see much less of my children than I’d like, or perhaps they’d like.
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Beauty is in the Eye of the HR Department
Even in 2016, when we’re at the top of the food chain and have access to so much information, we are still in an era that celebrates a certain type of beauty. A perfectly symmetrical face and a tiny waist are celebrated more than a PhD.