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Just 21 km

Graham, our Run Zone club chairman, has a thing about the word “just”. A typical conversation with him after a club or time trial run would go like this: Graham: “Well done! How far did you run?” Me: “Just 5 (or whatever other distance) km today.” Graham: “It is never JUST 5 km! Well done!” […]

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Oop en eerlik
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Oop en eerlik

Wil jy jou huwelik red? Hê ‘n oop en eerlike gesprek met jou man of vrou. Wil jy gehoor word? Wees oop en eerlik. Oop en eerlik. Dis amper asof dit as antwoord verskaf word op elke verhoudings krisis. Om oop en eerlik te wees is vir my soos om iemand in jou huis, jou […]

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Droom
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Droom

Ek vind drome fassinerend. Veral die wat ek nog so duidelik die volgende oggend kan onthou. Sulke drome laat my met iets om oor te mediteer die oggend wanneer ek gaan draf en iets om uit te pluis oor baie dae daarna. Ek hou van dink en rasionaliseer – so dit val so reg in […]

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This is me
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This is me

Who am I? I always start answering this question by saying that I am a software engineer, a happily married mother of four, an avid runner and the author of two books. That is more or less the order these things occurred in: software engineer, married, mother, runner, author. But those are things that I […]

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Introspeksie
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Introspeksie

Ek wil jou iets van introspeksie vertel: dis nie maklik nie. Dis nie ‘n antwoord of iemand wat sê daar is jou probleem, en wanneer jy dit weet dan kan jy daarop ‘n pleister gaan plak en dit word gesond nie. Nee. Introspeksie is moeilik. Dis ure lank in jou eie geselskap sit en dinge […]

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3d book display image of Eighty Kilos of Shame

Interested in how I lost my emotional weight?

“Once a fattie, always a fattie.” Right? Can you recover from obesity? Is it possible to maintain a weight loss of eighty kilograms?

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