Koleka Putuma’s latest poetry collection inspired both a reckoning with our own traumas, an awakening to and acceptance of the courage that is possible and the ability we all have to access it, as well as a celebration of the women that came before us. MORERO bookclub read the collection in February and held aContinue reading “Hullo, Bu-bye, Koko, Come In: a review”
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do not choose the lesser life
A poem do not choose the lesser life. do you hear me. do you hear me. choose the life that is. yours. the life that is seducing your lungs. that is dripping down your chin. Nayyirah Waheed, nejma
What will you do when…?
Imagine this: Your career is on an uphill trajectory You are demolishing all the goals you set yourself Your mental, emotional and physical health are thriving You are in a place in your life filled with abundance Time yourself for 3 minutes and just imagine this. How would it feel like? How long did itContinue reading “What will you do when…?”
The brave thing to do is…
There are many instances that present an opportunity for bravery. These can either be in the workplace, in our personal lives or in our relationships with other people. Bravery is setting boundaries when necessary. It is saying no to what is not right for you so that you can say yes to what makes yourContinue reading “The brave thing to do is…”
‘Yes, please help me’ – leaning on others to build emotional resilience
In her book titled Rising Strong, Brené Brown demonstrates how asking for help is a critical part of emotional resilience, an insight she arrived at after interrogating her discomfort with seeing people begging. There are those of us for whom the work that needs to be done is learning to ask for less help andContinue reading “‘Yes, please help me’ – leaning on others to build emotional resilience”
Women’s month: In her own words – Mama Winnie’s time in prison
On 9 August 2020, South Africa celebrated woman’s day – a public holiday reserved for the commemoration of the same day in 1956 where almost 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country’s pass laws. To celebrate the contribution of these women, we are shining a more nuancedContinue reading “Women’s month: In her own words – Mama Winnie’s time in prison”
A hierarchy: from financial security to freedom
We did quite some reading on financial security and what we have found is that there is an inherent hierarchy from financial security to freedom. The image below captures our understanding of this hierarchy. The first important caveat to note is that if you do not currently live within your means (i.e. you have badContinue reading “A hierarchy: from financial security to freedom”
Meditations on career security
The meditations are intentionally about career security because it is anchored in freedom. Career security is about our ability to create or land and maintain jobs that align with our interests and skillset irrespective of the financial position of an employer or the economic context. In contrast, job security is about not losing a specific/currentContinue reading “Meditations on career security”
Career security: Maslow’s (non)hierarchy of needs
Maslow’s model for motivation is the most popular aspect of his main contribution to society: pioneering a shift away from psychopathology and a focus on what is wrong with people to looking at how human potential can be fulfilled (Maslow, 1943). Two major criticisms of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs have been: 1. it is incompleteContinue reading “Career security: Maslow’s (non)hierarchy of needs”
Unearthing one of the ways we stand in the way of our expansion
Let us begin with an affirmation: I have the capacity to hold space for multiple states of being in the same body…without any judgement. Embedded in this affirmation is a recent insight I have come to as protests erupted against the killing of black people, mostly in the United States but also here at homeContinue reading “Unearthing one of the ways we stand in the way of our expansion”
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