Category: Change moments
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How to have a happy holiday when you work from home
For a freelance home-office worker, it can be a challenge to balance your own work routine with the holiday needs of your stay-at-home kids. Here’s how to do it, and stay sane in the process. By Cath Jenkin
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When, oh when, will my husband learn to read my mind?
Let’s face it. Sometimes, marriage can be a chore. Other times, it can be several chores. When you’re looking for a little help around the house, it would be nice if your spouse could put some basic telepathy into practise. After all, isn’t that what a happy marriage is all about? By Mary B
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Home is where the heart & soul is
What does it take to turn a house into a home? More than fancy furniture, more than a big garden with a pool, it takes people to make the memories that make you feel at home. Add a piano and a singalong, says Mandy Collins, and you’ve got a perfect recipe for happiness.
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From hero to zero – and back again!
It takes courage, confidence, and a certain degree of craziness to leave a comfortable management position for the ups and downs of freelancing. But if you get it right, you don’t just get to be your own boss. You get to be your own hero. By Cath Jenkin
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An easy way to stop your marriage from exploding
We all fight. It’s simply in our nature as creatures of conflict. And sometimes, we fight about the pettiest things – toothpaste tubes, toilet seats, unfixed garage doors – that can quickly escalate into the biggest things. So take a deep breath and try this proven advice for getting out of an argument, and getting…
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5 On-the-Money Ways to Get That Raise You Deserve
You work hard for a living. You know what you’re worth, and you can prove it by pointing at the results. So why, then, is it still so difficult to negotiate that raise you’ve earned with your own blood, sweat, and tears? Try these tips when the time is right, and you could be smiling…
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Tying the knot challenges: Some common themes
Many of our Change Agents have written about the challenges they’ve had to face since tying the knot or making a permanent, long-term commitment with their partners. In the running up to our “Things to talk about before you put a ring on it”-Connection Session with Power 98.7 FM, we would like to highlight some…
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Rapelang Rabana, Evangelist of Mobile Learning
Meet the restless young entrepreneur who has become a leading light of education on the move in the world’s most upwardly-mobile continent
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Dear Well-Meaning Grownups, Kindly Respect My Kids!
A message and a plea to all baby-picker-uppers, hair-rufflers, smoochers and ag-shamers. Sometimes, babies and toddlers just want to be left alone. And be careful…sometimes, they bite! By Kagiso Msimango
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The Liberating Joys of Living Your Life in Limbo
Between countries, between homes, between opportunities and possibilities, lies a web of chaos, confusion, and un-knowingness for an expat family on the move. But if you settle into the groove and take each uncertain moment as it comes, living the in-between life can be its own best reward. By Lucille Abendanon