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Portfolio pieces #2_Women's Health "High Five Yourself"

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Women's Health Main Feature, November 2014 

Portfolio pieces #1_Women's Health "Get The Winning Edge"

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  Women's Health Sporting Feature, April 2015 

Portfolio Pieces #4_Independent Education "South Africa Needs More Artisans"

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Every portfolio piece has a story to it. When I was asked to write this one, about the dire need for artisans in South Africa as the world transitions to 4IR, I was in a phase where I had little chance to wear my journalist hat. This important piece was published in Independent Education's winter edition: Independent Education, Winter 2024 

Portfolio pieces #9_Design Indaba "Various"

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Here are a few of the articles I wrote recently for Design Indaba. It's always a pleasure to venture, from time to time, out of the realm of business writing and into that of the arts... https://www.designindaba.com/articles/creative-work/african-consciousness-illuminated https://www.designindaba.com/articles/creative-work/pointed-polish-giant https://www.designindaba.com/articles/creative-work/cable-me-home https://www.designindaba.com/articles/interviews/colour-word-free-language

Portfolio Piece#6_The Specialist Forum "What does 'duty of care' mean in medical malpractice?"

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What does "duty of care" mean in medical indemnity insurance? Here's a piece on the topic,  on behalf of Natmed Medical Defence,  as published in The Specialist Forum. To view a reader-friendly version, please visit: https://medicalacademic.co.za/issues/2022/specialist-forum/october. The Specialist Forum, October 2022   

Portfolio pieces #8_All4Women "Trauma releasing exercises (TRE) can help you destress"

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TRE is a stress and trauma-releasing modality that works by means of activating a shaking or vibrating mechanism that releases muscular tension, calming down the nervous system … (Article by Vanessa Rogers) According to Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) founder,  Dr David Berceli , most other modalities used to treat and release trauma fall down in that they are employed by guiding you to do something consciously. With TRE, however, an autonomic response is evoked in the body i.e. the nervous system takes over in order to generate the mechanism by which you will tremor. Also, adds Dr Berceli, “When the body is shaking, it is inducing pleasure thereby making pleasure hormones available.” The difference between shaking the body on purpose and allowing the autonomic nervous system to take over, is that in the latter case the shaking happens from deep within the core. But when we  make  ourselves shake, it is usually the muscles in the limbs that are controlling the movement, wh...