Becoming A New Season: I Had To Run
Busisiwe Dhlamini
Running. That’s all I have been doing these last couple of months. The Winter season demanded me to…
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This blog space is made up of articles, features, short stories and poems that express and showcase various life experiences and journeys.
The Never Ending Story Of A Lineage
The responsibility to contribute to the healing of your lineage doesn’t mean that your Ancestors didn’t do the…
Tell The Past Where You Are Now Better
Go back to the parts of you that experienced losses and pain; update them on your victories and…
The Job Proposal That Shifted My Spirit
Years ago, I discovered a company that felt, to me, like it would be awesome to work at.…
Being Beautiful Is A Choice
I’ve chosen to be beautiful. I stopped waiting for beautiful to arrive and I stopped trying to achieve…
A Message From 2023
A message to you, from 2023 We don’t have to hit this road running just…
Tie Your Laces
While taking a walk, my laces are undone and I have to pause to tie them. Again. I…
How I Met My Voice & Created BeautifulMess
I posted it in 2009 according to Facebook, but I’m sure I wrote it far earlier than that.…
I’m Not Afraid Anymore
There’s very little that I am afraid of anymore. This is no longer my ego’s hard speech,…
Pain Became Medicine: Noentla Khumalo’s Story
Thokozani! As some of you know, we recently shared news about Umsebenzi WeThongo – an African ancestral retreat…
