Category: Change moments
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Being an Adult Means Buckling Up, Screaming, & Enjoying the Ride
I laughed at how contrived I had become and how much fun I had missed out on in my life, I laughed at how it was over so quick, at how alive I felt and how I wanted to do it all over again.
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Join the Change Moment Challenge!
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Why the World Would be a Better Place if We Let Our Teenagers Run It
There’s something about the ‘in-betweenness’ of being a teenager that allows them to see things quite clearly, writes Mandy Collins.
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The Transformative Power of Pi
“For many years, I walked the path of not identifying with or fitting in with being assigned and treated as male,” says Pi Delport, a trans woman. “I was ‘other’, I was weird, I felt unable to talk about it to anyone.”
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Why Rugby Rage Needs a Whole New Card
Should red cards not be kept for the thugs who go out to intentionally maim another player via a punch, head-butt, or eye-gauge?
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How Amore Bekker trekked her way from sheep shearing to stardom
Hetta Bekker was invited to tell her story about her stint as a sheep shearer on radio, and that led to an audition that she passed with flying colours, even if she later had to change her name to Amore for her big break.
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Women of SA, Let’s Talk About Those Leopard-Print Undies
I recently had a meltdown when I realised that a business women’s monthly dinner event was titled ‘Dress for Success’.
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Why I Want My Daughter to Grow Up to be a Ninja
I’ve signed us up for a self-defence class after hearing about it on a Facebook parenting group. I didn’t hesitate. This is essential.
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The Power of Winning Ugly, in Rugby & in Life
A cliché you often hear in rugby is ‘winning ugly’, which means getting a result despite being off your best.
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The Sheer Joy of Watching My Daughter Learn to Fly
I watch, support and learn where I can, having recognised many years ago that despite calling her ‘our girl’ or ‘my daughter’, these children do not belong to me. I am simply privileged to care for them until they fly away one day.