Forget the Seminar, Have a baby.
Posted by Guest Contributor in Uncategorized on 04. Nov, 2009 | 1 Comment
I am a big personal development advocate. I have personally found that the more I invest in self awareness, discovery and growth the better my life becomes. I have in books, courses, therapies, techniques and teachers. However, my best returns came from having a child. These are the 5 my baby has been great for [...]
Phenomenal Women – JoziKids
Posted by Laura in Real Life on 22. Sep, 2009 | 1 Comment
Merle is the founder of Jozi Kids. She is also mom to two children, Marvin who is nearly 12 and Lerato who is 7.
Work
Where and why was Jozikids conceived?
I have 2 beautiful adopted children who I was determined to find a way to integrate into my work life. I had worked as a radio [...]
Phenomenal Nerd – Sheena
Posted by Laura in Real Life on 01. Sep, 2009 | 3 Comments
The Blogger:
I pounced onto the online scene about five years ago after a friend, Tertia Albertyn, introduced to the world of blogging. I fell in love with the idea of being anonymous, spewing my opinions out there and actually having people read them and respect what I was saying. For the first time in my [...]
Phenomenally Positive Cherylann
Posted by Laura in Real Life on 18. Aug, 2009 | 4 Comments
Cherylann is an online and mobile media rockstar, social media explorer, blogger, career coach, cup cake eater, open minded, eternal optimist, social creature, believer in love…
On work
When you were small and people asked you what you wanted to be – what was it?
I wanted to be in advertising – I always loved the movies where [...]
Phenomenal Ms ExMi
Posted by Laura in Real Life on 11. Aug, 2009 | 6 Comments
Todays Phenomenal Women is the fabulous ExMi. She is currently a stay-at-home-mom to her 2 year old son. She recently started a little home-business called Body Thrills.
ExMi lives in Joburg with her boyfriend and kid.
On staying home
What was the main reason for staying at home?
Probably to finish my studies. When I fell pregnant I’d initially [...]
10 women who inspire me
Posted by Laura in Real Life, Uncategorized on 10. Aug, 2009 | 4 Comments
I am surrounded by some very strong women. Women who teach me, guide me, support me, encourage me and women who amaze me with their resilience and strength.
So in honour of Womens Day (which was yesterday) I am sharing the 10 women who inspire me.
1. Tessa – I met Tess about 6 years ago. We [...]
Phenomenal Women Websites – So Close
Posted by Shayne in Real Life on 08. Aug, 2009 | 3 Comments
If today is the first time you are hearing of So Close – where have you been?
So Close is the blog of Tertia Albertyn – famous once infertile now mama to 4yr old twins, Adam and Kate, and her newest addition 12 week old Max. It has documented her journey through infertility to conceiving naturally, [...]
Phenomenal Women – Earth Mommies
Posted by Laura in Real Life on 04. Aug, 2009 | 2 Comments
Introduction
Earth Babies is like one of our own children that we have watched grow, and as with our own kids, we have watched its ‘personality’ emerge, far exceeding our expectations. We are two moms that started an amazing little company for people looking for a more natural approach to birth and parenting. We knew before [...]
Phenomenal Women: Catherine Jenkin
Posted by Laura in Real Life on 28. Jul, 2009 | 7 Comments
About Cath
I am the IT and Quality Assurance manager for HIV-911 – a referral network and data collection centre that focuses on collecting and disseminating information on HIV/AIDS related service providers across SA. In that, i am a freak because I’m a chick that works in IT (this always shocks people) but, more importantly, I [...]
Sue – Forging ahead
Posted by Laura in Real Life on 21. Jul, 2009 | 10 Comments
Our Phenomenal Women today is Sue Rutherford. She is the founder and owner of The Forge Web Creations .
She lives in Cape Town with her two teenage boys and in her spare time is an avid reader.
Working from home
How long have you been working from home?
I’ve been working from [...]
