Celebrations and food – they go together, don’t they? In our home they do! On New Year’s day when talking on the telephone to my mother, she asked us what we planned eat for the day. She was a little taken aback when I told her I planned to cook…
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Wisdom From Iyanla Vanzant
I first came across Iyanla Vanzant when I happened to pick up a book of hers in 2006 – Yesterday, I Cried: Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving. I’ve been reading her off and on via her website and watching her on Oprah’s Lifeclass. Iyanla’s no-nonsense style and ‘telling…
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The Tall Poppy Syndrome
A few months ago, I wanted to start a project and was told by some ‘friends’ that it was a waste of my time. I went ahead anyway. I realized then, and I see it even more clearly now as the ‘tall poppy syndrome’. It’s the habit of putting down…
