After a year of stepping back, I've learned that boundaries aren’t walls. They're about protecting your peace and choosing yourself.

Since I haven’t really worked in about a year, I’ve had some time to reflect on some things.

I'm in a weird place.

I fell in love with this story when my dear friend, Christa Grobbelaar, told it to me. I'm very excited to get to share it with you!

Do you know who you are? Do you know what has happened to you? Do you want to live this way?

And, while my body was losing its battle, I was somewhere else.

In the chaos around me, had a moment to think about how utterly isolating the Covid experience was.

As this story is quite long, I have decided to break it up into three easy-to-digest parts. If you missed Part 1, you can read it here....

How do you take the monumental complexities of a life-altering happening and fit it into actual words, never mind a somewhat coherent story?

Die Afrikaner hou sy genade slegs vir dié wat soos hy klink en soos hy lyk.

In liefdevolle herinnering aan Réne Botha (31 Mei 1938 - 16 Desember 2023)

Die lewe het 'n manier om ons op snaakse maniere op 'n nostalgiese paadjie af te lei - veral in Desember. Of dit nou is omdat Desember...

How to be happy? This recipe is guaranteed never to fail. You don’t even need to follow all the steps – a select few should do the trick.

I was seven years old when I knew that I was different.

In the life of a litigation attorney, 'weltschmerz' is the name for that gap between what you thought this would be, and what it really is.

You are allowed to limit the time you spend with certain people and further, to only do so when you feel up to it.

Thoughts about self-doubt in a career in law, and how I found my balance.