by Michele Marius | May 11, 2022 | Inspiration
Do you remember how as a child shadows could be really scary? And how the shadows formed by your own fingers could be used to represent various objects or animals? It is important that we do not live our lives in the world of shadows, where reality is distorted. If we...
by Michele Marius | May 10, 2022 | Inspiration
It is very tempting to bask in the glory of our current success and become complacent with our life or career. Sometimes we are not quite sure how we arrived at such a favourable spot, and we are unsure if we will continue to be ‘lucky’. So, we are reluctant to accept...
by Michele Marius | May 9, 2022 | Inspiration
As we emerge from childhood, we begin to appreciate that life is not a fairy-tale. There is no fairy godmother, who will appear and resolve our difficulties by magic. We begin to realise that our goals and aspirations can only be achieved by our own efforts. And the...
by Michele Marius | May 8, 2022 | Inspiration
We all want to be happy. But ‘happiness’ almost never falls into your lap just for your asking. Sadly, due to fairy tales, novels, movies and many other works of fiction, in which the hero and/or heroine “lived happily ever after”, we have been fed a diet that...
by Michele Marius | May 7, 2022 | Inspiration
It is behaviour that we see time repeatedly in women. Whenever there is a decision to be made, they are more inclined to seek the approval – or at the very least, the consensus – of others. Although that characteristic tends to be lauded for being more inclusive and...
by Michele Marius | May 6, 2022 | Inspiration
It could be argued that over the past several years, what we think of as beautiful has been changing. With regard to people, and women in particular, the aesthetic has become very pronounced and very dependent on cosmetics. For example, make-up is no longer being used...