Tag: love
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Breakdown vs Breakthrough: How trauma can change your life
Tragedies and accidents can trigger stress, anxiety and depression; or they can be a catalyst for positive change. How can you manage the process to bring positive results out of negative events?
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Let’s hear it for those friends who can light up your darkest day with a call
True friends, the kind who make you feel like family, are worth holding on to, even as you follow your separate paths over the years
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I still love you, rugby, even if I don’t know who’s playing who this weekend
It’s not you, rugby, it’s me. What will it take to put that old spark back in our relationship, now that the dazzling days of the World Cup are just a distant memory?
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Love is a gift that lives in my garden
It’s a place to sit and contemplate, to dwell on memories of loved ones and days gone by. But more that, the handmade wooden bench in the garden is a symbol of the healing power of love
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Love is letting go of the luxury of being alone
My aunts were loud and bold until their husbands came in then they would have to quickly change their demeanour. It could never be me.
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The stupid little things that make me fall in love with you
I’ve written many columns on how much I love my husband, some so schmaltzy that I can’t even bear to link to them. Now I’ve been commissioned to write another: on falling in love, repeatedly, with the same person.
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My Little Lunchbox Notes of Love
Turning your lunchboxes into acts of love needn’t to be difficult. A little note, a sliced-up pear, or a treat from the sweet aisle that’s probably not in the recommended food group. But please, don’t pack your loved ones beetroot sandwiches.
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Letshego Zulu on love, fear, and the stranger who helped her cope with losing Gugu
In a candid chat with Ruda, Letshego opens up about memory, family, and the friendship of a faraway stranger who helped to lead her back to the light after the loss of her husband, legendary racing driver Gugu Zulu.
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Love is Letting Go and Moving On
Moving was quite possibly the most exhausting thing I’ve done in years. It’s doubly exhausting when you have the emotional component of a divorce attached.
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Hi everyone, meet my, um, er, significant something-or-other
In a world where old traditions and old attitudes are subject to change, deciding what to call the partner in your life can be a tough call, writes Jennifer Leppington-Clark.