Life Trove

I have spent much of my life accompanied by a quiet, persistent shadow: Imposter Syndrome. Even when I was at the top of my class at school,...

A few years back, my housemates Matt and Sharmista asked if they could get a puppy. In a moment of spectacular lapse in judgment, I said yes...

Dearest Aimee Oh there is so much beauty and profound truth in what you say !! Yes, it's so easy to get lost in thinking and talking abo...

Chris did a great job on his speech on such an important topic!  Both Aimee and I were there to watch and support.  I feature in the speech...

Dear Eve This is an email out of the blue to say thank you for being the wonderful healer that you are.  Coming to see you back in 2002 wa...

This poem was inspired by the helplessness I felt with Investec managing my money badly (causing my wealth to seep away) but their being unc...

Niggling fear like a worm that wriggles, and hisses like a snake. Shivers in my heart in the deep of the night. Burgeoning.  Out of contr...

They laugh and joke out there; the unselfconscious fun of the free; their cheery voices mingle and jovial banter flows. All the time,  I...

I experienced my first depression at the age of 17 when I was in Std 9 at school.   It started with a sudden attack of doubt as to whether I...

When I was 14 (in Std 7 at school), I did my school work on a pine desk in my room that had a lift up lid. At some stage, for some reason, I...

"For every day that there is sunshine, there will be days of rain, it’s how we dance within them both that shows our love and pain....