In the last of a three-week MYD Heart and Let’s Talk Psychologists series on communication, we highlight communication between parents and children in times of turbulence. Dr. Anina du Toit, a certified Clinical Psychologist who often works with children of all ages, gives parents practical tools on how to talk to their children in the time of COVID-19. The entire world …
How Mariane’s ‘Aha’ moment led to the creation of jobs for many visually impaired women In 2014, Mariane Akwenye founded Nomad African Spa with the obvious goal of providing a restorative environment for clients, but she went much further and also created a powerful healing environment for her staff. The combination is authentically African, and award-winning, with Nomad African Spa …
With Mental Health Awareness Day coming up on 10 October, the world is gearing up for “40 seconds of action” to raise awareness towards the scale of suicide around the world. In Namibia, suicide has become the number cause of death with a 2018 Ministry of Health report putting the rate of deaths from suicide at one per day. To …
This episode of MYD Heart features trendsetter, comedian and creative, Sibongile Tshabalala. Never one to box herself into one description, ‘Sibo’ as she is affectionately known, is also an avid writer and blogger. She shares her tips for how to achieve self love through introspection. “I have rediscovered the love that I have for spending quality time with myself, so …
Michele Gregan, a Nia dance instructor in this segment of MYD Heart shares some tools on loving yourself and loving your body. Nia, a fitness exercise movement program combines elements of martial arts, the healing arts and dance arts for a therapy fitness program that uses music to heal the body. “For me what’s so amazing about Nia and especially …
THE TRIBE: Son of the Kalahari and lover of a Beautiful world – Elemotho takes us far and wide in this two part interview. He shares stories on his journeys throughout the world and talks being the first and only Namibian artist to win the RFI France 24 Discoveries Award. He shares his passion for story telling and his passion …
We are all prone to forming expectations, especially when we’re in a relationship. Sometimes, though, what we expect and what we get don’t line up. “We probably cannot exist without forming expectations of our partners, but it is when our expectation subconsciously becomes an inflexible (unrealistic / irrational) demand, when it clashes with reality, that we become distressed.” says Heid Burmeister-Nel, …
“This foundation not only creates a greater sense of balance, but it will also help you recover much quicker in the inevitable times of imbalance.” Life is a balancing act; one is which we are striving to achieve our goals while still balancing all of the areas of our lives. Balance within all the chaos of our lives not only …
There’s a lot to say about having balance in your life, but how often do you hear someone reiterate the importance of having good body balance? We’re talking about being able to stand on one leg – THAT balance. Not often, and yet it’s extremely important. Benefits of Balance in Kids As children, balance seems to come easily, but as we get …
Finding balance in life isn’t easy, and trying to obtain balance in a relationship is no simple task either. Balancing work with love, love with other relationships in your life, and life’s little domestic issues that will inevitably crop up with the passion needed to sustain a long-lasting relationship. We asked Windhoek-based psychologist, Heidi Burmeister-Nel for her take on what …