Month: October 2025

How Families Cast Their Children in Roles They Never Auditioned For

You know that feeling when you’re stuck in traffic on the N1, and everyone’s playing their part perfectly? The taxi driver is weaving through lanes, the Sunday driver crawling in the fast lane, the aggressive BMW tailgating everyone, each person locked into their role like it’s written in stone. Now imagine your

Escaping the Grip of Codependency

Are you stuck in a never-ending cycle, trapped on a treadmill that won’t stop? You pour every ounce of energy into making those around you happy, but the emptiness inside only grows. If this hits home, you might be caught in the grip of codependency: a silent epidemic that entangles millions without

How to Make Your Values Play Nice Together

Values: Part Four of a Five Blog Series The practical art of orchestrating multiple values so they enhance rather than undermine your life Bongiwe sits in her principal’s office, staring at the letter in her hands. It’s her dream job offer—head of curriculum development for an innovative charter school network. Everything she’s

When Values War: Your Complete Guide to Impossible Choices!

Values: Part Five of a Five Blog Series Why value conflicts are actually growth opportunities—and the toolkit for making decisions you won’t regret It’s 2 am, and Michael hasn’t slept. His best friend of twenty years asked him to lie to his wife about where he was last weekend. Not a harmless

Why Your Favourite Value is Sabotaging Your Happiness

Values: Part Three of Five Blog Series How over-relying on one “good” value creates unexpected problems—and why you need a portfolio approach. Meet Bongani, the achievement machine. Twenty years of climbing every ladder—valedictorian, cum laude, youngest VP in company history. His LinkedIn reads like a success masterclass. His wife left him two

The Three Hungers Your Soul Can’t Ignore

Values: Part Two And why most people are unknowingly starving at least one of them What does success truly mean in a world where appearances can be deceiving? Meet Thembi, a 35-year-old marketing director who, by all external measures, has “made it.” With a six-figure salary, a corner office, and an impressive