My Apologies!
Please accept my apologies on the current look and feel of this site – we were recently hacked, and our backups lost. In the meantime, we have had to change the theme of the site while we tweak the settings of our usual design – this means the site may be slightly awkward to navigate for the moment, but we are working diligently to rectify the situation. In the meantime, I hope this doesn’t detract from the awesome content you should find on here.
Read MoreCan you still be pregnant after passing a clot?
*Warning – Graphic Post* I went for a scan at 9w5d, and was blessed to see a little fetus in there, wriggling around and heart beating beautifully. We came home, thrilled and relieved. That night, while on the toilet, I felt my cyclogest slipping out. It didn’t worry me until I noticed the bright red blood on the toilet paper. What I had thought was my pessary was actually a giant 10cm clot, half the width of my palm. I freaked out There had been no warning at all – no spotting, no cramping, nothing to indicate I was about to miscarry! I took the clot...
Read MoreCan you get over loss?
I went to a party last night to celebrate the birthday of my mom’s best friend. The people who were at the party either knew her or knew of what had happened to my mom. I had an inkling of what it might feel like to be famous – people feel they know me rather intimately, with a bond of friendship, when I don’t know them at all. It is a little disconcerting, and something I’ve learned to live with after my publicly sharing the story of my miscarriages, and the miracle of Joshua’s birth after my 7th miscarriage. The Question One lady who I had not yet...
Read MoreRethinking my discomfort zone
I’m the type of person who will jump out of my comfort zone before I’ve even given it a second’s thought. Brave? I’ve been told so, but to be honest, the resulting anxiety that it raises within me tells me otherwise. Take, for instance, the other week. There was a gap in the COMENSA Events line-up (COMENSA is the governing body for coaches & mentors in South Africa). I am on the regional committee, and was involved in their Research and Definitions committee, editing a survey of the state of coaching in South Africa, and they had yet to release the results...
Read MoreMy dream
I was asked this morning “what is your dream”. I thought about it a bit, and then started to reply. As is usual for coaching questions, the first answer that came to mind was a bit vague. It entailed an emotion rather than any visible state or action, and it went back to my earliest declaration of intent, when I was 5 (I was a rather morbid child) and contemplating what I’d like written on my tombstone. I want to make a difference. As I thought a little more about it, I asked myself “How do I want to make a difference?” and then I had to...
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