Mar 4, 2021
Since the beginning of 2021 I have had a number of clients requesting assistance with burnout and this does not surprise me at all. Why? Well, it doesn’t surprise me because burnout is a condition, or as the WHO defines it: a “workplace phenomenon,” that...
May 15, 2020
While most of the talk for the past 2 months has been negative, I have started to realise a change. I have started hearing people talking about what they are going to miss when the lockdown is over. I have heard people expressing anxiety about things returning to...
Apr 14, 2020
Why is there a cigarette ban in South Africa? I am writing this article as both an ex-smoker and a professional that works in the field of mental illness. I am looking for someone that can justify the cigarette ban in SA during the covid-19 pandemic The ban on...
Mar 23, 2020
Suicide rates have never been higher in the world than they are today and this was before the covid 19 pandemic. In 2019, the WHO released figures indicating that one attempt is successfully completed in the world every 40 seconds. So this is 90 every hour if my...
Mar 21, 2020
Just 2 weeks ago I was talking to some friends about how life will never be the same again. We need to be looking instead of back, I said. This was precipitated by hearing the news that two other friends had recently suffered the sudden, unexpected loss of their...