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In my first article, we learned about what social enterprises were and highlighted some I admired. The second article focused more on the impact social enterprises make. This is the third and last article of the series and I’ll explore if social enterprises are to stay or are they...
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In my first article I shared with you what social enterprise is and highlighted some I admired, in particular TOMS and Thankyou.™. In this second article I’ll focus more on the impact social enterprises make. My last article in our series of three will explore whether I think social enterprises...
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When I started my company I knew I wanted to have a social cause attached to it. I wanted to contribute in a way that would help others where I could. To me, this was a no-brainer. Inspired by other companies, I decided to donate a percentage of sales...
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“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives” – Annie Dillard “Nothing haunts me like the things I didn’t buy” – this phrase, often shared on social media by companies in the business of selling things, presumably to persuade customers to buy more and buy now,...
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My year has begun very slowly so I decided it was time to do something about it. Since I started a Bullet Journal late last year, I’ve been inspired by all the wonderful designs and spreads that have been done by other “Bullet Journal Junkies” (as we are called). I thought if...
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See that girl hovering just a bit behind that group of girls, wanting to join in, smiling and trying to laugh at the same time with that group…but just failing to be included. See that girl watching that mother drive off with a carload of girls, whom she thought...
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Following my previous article, I have had many people saying that yoga isn’t really something that they thought about doing. I’ve heard everything from both ends of the spectrum. From “it’s too hard” to “it’s too easy for me” or “I like to work hard and sweat not just relax and stretch”...
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Rushing around in my usuallly unfocused haze one Wednesday in April, a message dropped into my WhatsApp from a dear friend reminding me that she’d got tickets for us to see the new National Geographic documentary about Malala Yusuf Zai. Malala is the teenage girl who survived an assassination...
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From a young age I have always loved any sort of sport and exercise so when it was time to go to university, it was a no brainer that I chose a degree in the science and management of health and fitness. Following university I worked in health clubs designing and managing their fitness...
In my first article, we learned about what social enterprises were and highlighted some I admired. The second article focused more on the impact social enterprises make. This is the third and last article of the series and I’ll explore if social enterprises are to stay or are they...
In my first article I shared with you what social enterprise is and highlighted some I admired, in particular TOMS and Thankyou.™. In this second article I’ll focus more on the impact social enterprises make. My last article in our series of three will explore whether I think social enterprises...
When I started my company I knew I wanted to have a social cause attached to it. I wanted to contribute in a way that would help others where I could. To me, this was a no-brainer. Inspired by other companies, I decided to donate a percentage of sales...
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives” – Annie Dillard “Nothing haunts me like the things I didn’t buy” – this phrase, often shared on social media by companies in the business of selling things, presumably to persuade customers to buy more and buy now,...
My year has begun very slowly so I decided it was time to do something about it. Since I started a Bullet Journal late last year, I’ve been inspired by all the wonderful designs and spreads that have been done by other “Bullet Journal Junkies” (as we are called). I thought if...
See that girl hovering just a bit behind that group of girls, wanting to join in, smiling and trying to laugh at the same time with that group…but just failing to be included. See that girl watching that mother drive off with a carload of girls, whom she thought...
Following my previous article, I have had many people saying that yoga isn’t really something that they thought about doing. I’ve heard everything from both ends of the spectrum. From “it’s too hard” to “it’s too easy for me” or “I like to work hard and sweat not just relax and stretch”...
Rushing around in my usuallly unfocused haze one Wednesday in April, a message dropped into my WhatsApp from a dear friend reminding me that she’d got tickets for us to see the new National Geographic documentary about Malala Yusuf Zai. Malala is the teenage girl who survived an assassination...
From a young age I have always loved any sort of sport and exercise so when it was time to go to university, it was a no brainer that I chose a degree in the science and management of health and fitness. Following university I worked in health clubs designing and managing their fitness...
My journey started 5 years ago when we decided to move to Singapore. For me, it was the wildest (craziest) thing I’ve ever done in my life. I left...
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I’m writing this article as a practitioner and not a teacher and it has been a long time coming. Not because I haven’t wanted to put pen to paper....