What is happening in the Life of Author Kim Vermaak
This week, I came across two sides of the pendulum swing with women. We just celebrated International Women’s Day. I started my day reading beautiful and inspiring messages from both men and women, celebrating the immense power and influence of women. Two of my book coaching clients are women who had the courage to change […]
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Image by M W from Pixabay How are you building your life? It is a question that I wish I had asked myself when I was younger. When my children were younger, I would often tell them the story of the three little pigs who built their houses of straw, sticks, and bricks. We think
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Image by DGSstudios Pixabay This year is about levelling up for me, but I know that as human beings, when we try to do that, our brains fight back. It’s this little thing called Cognitive Dissonance. It often stems from our belief systems about ourselves. Our brain has a security system that allows people, vehicles
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Image by Bogumir from Pixabay What constitutes home for you? After the upheaval of the last few years with many people being displaced, it made us wonder how we define home. Of course, those who are regular readers of my new letter will know that we have recently moved. I have finally settled in enough into our
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Image by Bogumir from Pixabay I’d wager that medieval kings and queens had some pretty colossal problems. If someone with a bigger army and better strategy than you wanted your land, they could come in and take over your kingdom. Have you ever woken up wrestling with a problem? Unless it is a scene for a story,
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I am a cat person; I admit it. Not the sort that would choose a cat over a human for companionship, but rather a woman who has a deep compassion and soul connection with these beautiful, intelligent creatures. I can not let the sadness over the last few weeks overtake me or else I would
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Hippocrates is the first person credited with having the belief that diseases occurred naturally, and not because of superstition and gods. He believed that disease flourished because of environmental factors, diet, and living habits. Two weeks after my fall, I am wondering if there is a procedure to remove the emotion of frustration. Of course,
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One old use for vinegar Hippocrates and his contemporaries favoured included oxymel, which was a remedy for persistent coughs. They made this ancient medicine of honey and vinegar. I officially joined the tribe of hobblers after I fell down the stairs on Sunday morning during one of South Africa’s notorious blackouts. Now, six days after
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If you know of someone who is suffering with mental health issues, reach out to them and also to organisations who can help. Too often, people live in silent shame and don’t get the help they need. As a child, I grew up listening to “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”, a 1969 song by
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The news of Britain’s longest reigning British monarch Queen Elizabeth II had rippled through international media just hours after her death on Thursday 08 September 2022. Where were you? I remember where I was when Princess Diana died. In the parking lot of my local methodist church. I had moved from Port Elizabeth and my
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