Tag: pressure
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Thank you Rihanna, for setting me free to be myself
Reliving the memory of a wild night, I’m dancing to a different tune.
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Life in a women’s shelter taught me the meaning of hope and grace
In seeking refuge from the world outside, we found a way to be ourselves.
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How I learned to love the pressure that turns a flower into steel
Working in a busy newsroom humbled and empowered me.
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What I learned about life from five nightmare weeks in a neonatal ICU
My baby’s birth was traumatic, but it strengthened both of us for life.
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How I found a new me on the day I got hopelessly lost in Spain
It was a day of panic and pain, but it led me in the right direction.
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A procrastininja’s guide to getting things done, eventually
Some of us, in a world where every day presents a fresh opportunity to put things off until tomorrow, are amateur crastinators. Some of us are pro. Here’s an expert’s guide to conquering the most pressing of all work habits, right now, and not a moment later
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My nightmare battle against my daughter’s matric burnout
She was completely and utterly burnt out: seeing a psychologist weekly, on anxiety meds under supervision of a psychiatrist, seemingly permanently chained to her desk often to the early hours of the morning.
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Do I Really Need Another Baby in my Life? Maybe, baby.
Changing my mind on marriage took about six years of tea and a lot of courage, but it still hasn’t prepared me for the next big question that’s been cropping up now and then: “So, are you going to have a baby?”
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The question you need to stop asking, because it hurts
It’s the question that begins with ‘So’. And even when it’s asked with the best of intentions, it can come across as thoughtless. Especially when the answer is that you simply don’t know. By Hila Jonker