Tag: Healthy weight

When a logo says it all

As Cape Town is World Design Capital at the moment, it made even more sense to engage a professional to create a logo to represent my newest passion – a support group for people with Type 2 Diabetes who are also committed to reducing the …

Shed fears and phobias as you shed weight

I’ve started a support group for people with Type 2 Diabetes who want to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. We’ve had just two meetings but already I notice how similar the experiences of others in the group have been to mine. Even though I’ve …

Discovering your power to go it alone

The newly formatted Discovery Magazine is out now. The Winter/Spring issue is a smaller format than before but it remains a good read. There’s a piece on the Power of Reinvention and they have included my story as an example of how you can change …

Eating local in Prince Albert.

We spent the weekend at Bid Huisie in Prince Albert. It is one of the most charming towns I have visited.  I try to be a locavore whenever possible and buy things to cook that are made or grown within the area that I’m eating them. …

Perfect food – fuel and delicious

JP cooks salmon and broccoli better than most restaurants. He sears it both sides in a very hot pan with a bit of butter and olive oil and then cooks it skin-side down for four minutes with a lid on, seasoned with lashings of Ina …

A Hero’s Journey to Madagascar

When I attended the ManKind Project’s New Warrior Training Adventure in March 2002 I did so as I wanted to be brave. I gave myself the animal-totem name Brave Lion as I felt that I had wimped out of much in my life. Attending that …