We do have a choice and we do have a voice

WhatsApp heard our voice and postponed their proposed policy update but why should this matter and are we not being too sensitive over our private information?

To WhatsApp or not to WhatsApp, what’s the Big Deal?

Is there a viable, alternative model for giving third parties access to one’s private data without losing control over it? Indeed, there is. Since there are already mature, viable alternatives that are built around our sensitivity for privacy and anonymity, I urge you to join me and make the switch while WhatsApp wriggles awkwardly under this self-inflicted scrutiny. Momentum for change doesn’t always come around as nicely as this has.

Coronavirus, now like The Day of The Triffids

This new phase of coronavirus brings home the sad reality of this virus with mounting reports of the death of those whom we know and cherish. At times like this, we must forge new alliances and depend on strong support systems.

Making the switch from being consumers led by the nose to becoming activists for a sustainable planet

Isn’t it time we take stock of our lockdown experiences and realise that we can indeed survive quite well on a lot less? Isn’t it time to position our priorities differently, focussing more on sustainability and simplicity, while enjoying the riches of family and friends rather than believing that life only has meaning when we satiate our addictive consumptive cravings and carry on raping our mother?

A free hypnosis session to help alleviate COVID-19 lockdown anxiety

Anxiety levels are on the increase during #lockdown but here is a free hypnosis session to help you cope. I am a registered hypnotherapist and have been in practice for nearly 20 years. Enjoy!

Week three #lockdown, a time of incapacitation, pointlessness and weariness. What’s happening to me?

We, here in South Africa, are in week three of #lockdown and I find myself unable to engage in any meaningful task, even though I have much to do and plenty of time in which to do it. Why am I feeling like this?

#Scuffensing

I don’t know about you but I am saturated by the tsunami of information that bombards me about #coronavirus and #lockdown so let me teach you something quite pointless, futile and irrelevant to break this trend.

Things will return to normal – but what will the new normal be?

Countries around the developed world scramble to rescue businesses, recover financial markets and stop their citizens from falling into poverty as the #coronavirus #pandemic sweeps across the globe. Yet, is this the #newnorm we ought to be seeking? Nature rapidly awakens us to the devastation we have caused to this planet but are we ready to embrace a radically different new norm today?

No Lindt bunnies for Easter?

Prince Charles, Boris Johnson and the Health Secretary are infected with COVID-19. Donald Trump appears to favour economic buoyancy over American lives. What does the future hold, post-coronavirus?

The first day of lockdown – what now?

Now that we are in the first day of lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, we must begin to think differently. Here are a few suggestions to help you get through this confinement.