A New Brand(t) of Family

5 LOW CARB LUNCHES TO LOVE Shrimp ceviche article and image credit: Heather Christo  https://heatherchristo.com/2015/03/24/shrimp-ceviche-stuffed-avocados/ Desk lunches can look sad as hell. There’s simply nothing inspiring about reheated cabbage bredie and there are only so many boiled eggs you can eat before becoming the office pariah. I usually suffer from serious #lunchenvy and will pop down to the local lunch spot for my daily fix. But I’m tired of paying 80 South African Ronds for a salad. I discovered that I was spending up to R2400 per month on breakfast and lunch and that’s excluding the occasional bottled water, coffee, Coke and 3pm bag of nuts and chips! With the cost of living, it’s just ridiculous to spend that much. Also, I’ve also had it up to here with pies every day. Literally up to here – carbs have left my tummy so bloated that it starts below my neck now. So, I’ve compiled a few low-carb lunches that you can assemble at your desk, or...

THE ART OF ENJOYING THE  NOW... DEALING WITH PTSD PART 2 Enjoying. Life. Oh brother, if we all knew exactly how to do this we would be perfectly happy all the time – harmoniously singing in the streets as part of some choreographed musical, all magically knowing the lyrics and dance moves. One of the symptoms of PTSD is ‘loss of interest in previously enjoyable activities; a social isolation and emotional detachment’. So during my last therapy session I gave myself some homework. As a writer, your mind is trained to focus on keywords in conversation and in everyday life. You listen and build ideas on the keywords that stand out for you. Keywords that stood out for me while listening to myself unload on poor *Cara were “fear”, “control” “anxiety”, and “guilt”. I came to a realisation during our chat: This stormy veil of anxiety, fear, guilt and control was covering my eyes and prevented me from enjoying so much of my life and hence, prevented my family from enjoy...