Category: Wellness

I’ve crumbled under the social media frenzy and am starting to blog seriously.  I’ve written many things over the years, but we will now call it official “blogging”. I am proudly Gen X and think it totally absurd when someone posts their breakfast content on Facebook!  Really – please get a life. However, I am a huge fan of Google, You-tube and Google maps to name a few.  I even did some statistic tutorials on You Tube while doing my doctorate at UCT (to the disgrace of a few stiff upper lip academics), but it worked and was really cool. I have a low key approach to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest – the rest I don’t really know about neither do I care.  Our website is being revamped and I have a new service provider (a topic for another blog…but thanks Fransie…you are doing great so far!).  New content apparently is king for SEO (until the next big thing) and it was suggested as part of our digital strategy. There are however 2 more major reasons:

1)      I love what we do in sensory intelligence and am passionate about our brand.  Although still an emerging concept, it is such a fundamental part of who we are and how we live.  It is real, practical and easy to implement. It is fully based on neuroscience but I will make it applicable to work and life.  I will share learning and insights acquired through our interactions with clients, colleagues, providers and friends.

2)      I am seriously opinionated about most things and not shy to share them.  I think it is a combination of being late forties, having written a book, done a doctorate, survived a cancer journey with my husband (he is fine now), raising two boys (12 and 8) and starting a business from nothing in 2002.  I think it helps that I was born and raised in Namibia – a very desolate yet solid place that gave me some seriously good roots.

So, happy reading.  If you enjoy it, great! If not – please move on to the next thing as life is way too short and precious.  As always – live life sensationally!

We are surrounded by millions of sensory messages on a daily basis.  There is always so much to do in so little time.  Our schedules are crazy and we battle to filter through all the noise of the modern world.  Time has certainly become the most precious commodity.  I always ask – how do we cope with it all?  Can we go slower or do less?  I don’t know is the real truth.  Juggling different roles and trying to do it all do create frustration, resentment and fatigue, just to name a few.  (Read my previous blog on Business trio). The bottom line that it is not good for our family lives, health, wellbeing, productivity and creativity.  One solution that does work is to get away on a regular basis and COUNTERACT!  This blog was written in my head while trail running on my brother’s game farm in Namibia last week.  We spend a blissful 9 days away from it all.  No TV, no cell phone reception, no technology, just being in nature surrounded by nothingness.  It was yet another sensory discovery for me:  I could again hear what quiet sounds like; distinguish the earthy smell of soil and bush; see the clear (and clean) sky.  At night it was blacker than usual and the stars were bright and shiny.  It was a bit surreal.  Hence my word – COUNTERACT – I think this is possible the best way to try and balance it all.  We work hard and tackle life by the horns daily – but then move out/away and rest hard.  Go look where we were www.africasafarilodge.com.na!  It is a great place to counteract – we owe it to ourselves and the people we love.  We also unpack work stress in depth in our corporate wellness workshops while giving practical strategies to improve performance;  https://sensoryintelligence.com/online-workshops/.  As always – live life sensationally!