Psychologies Workshop: Dr Helgo Schomer on Stress Management

 Dr Helgo Schomer was the 2nd speaker at the Psychologies Workshop I attended on Saturday, 28 July in Cape Town at Groot Constantia. The first time I met Dr Schomer was after hearing him on 702/Cape Talk when he was a regular on the Tim Modise show before Tim resigned to run communications for the […]

Psychologies Workshop: Marc Kahn on Emotional Intelligence

 This past Saturday, I attended the first-ever Psychologies Magazine Readers’ Workshop at the beautiful and picturesque Groot Constantia. I had only picked up one copy of this magazine and enjoyed most of it. It’s exactly my cup of tea. One thing that bothered me, though, was that this magazine is aimed at women. And I […]

The Impact of Social Networking on the Value of Information

 Last week, I was invited to present a lecture at the University of Johannesburg by the Department of Information & Knowledge Management, where I am an alumnus as well as currently registered for my Master’s degree in Information Science. Contact Andrea Ferreira if you would like to be added to their list for similar seminars […]

Robert Bly explains the way to meet the Wild Man aka Iron John

 This book is a must-read for any man living in the world today. And for any mother who wants to know what to do with her son, most especially if she is raising him as a single mother. This strikes a real chord with me because I grew up with a single mother. And I […]

Ugly Betty now in South Africa is an Ugly Role Model

 Driving around Johannesburg, I’ve noticed several huge billboards advertising the new show on M-NET, Ugly Betty. The reviews are all positive in the South African media, like this one by Tashi Tagg. And this is to be expected because we live in a politically correct country, or some would say world. Now I have not […]