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"A word after a word after a word is power."
- Margaret Atwood
Don’t Mom like me: the journey of parenting with a twist
It’s international Bontle day today!✨✨✨ On this day, 12 years ago at 20:35, I gave birth to a bouncy baby girl. I will sum up my birth...
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Mar 73 min read
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Dancing to the same tune in marriage
A deep passion for witnessing and experiencing solid family structures exist in our society has long been entrenched in my heart. This...
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Feb 204 min read
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The Unexpected Price Tag: Exploring the Cost of Befriending the Unknown
The cost of befriending the unknown by taking a leap.
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Feb 52 min read
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My 2024 Reading List
The biggest misconception about life is wanting to achieve something but not putting in the work to actually see it come to fruition. We...
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Dec 30, 20244 min read
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When God’s timing disrupts your plans
What joy is it when your plans get disrupted by the move of God?
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Dec 2, 20244 min read
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Reasons why you should screw it and just do it: lessons from my July reads
Greatest lessons from my July reads
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Jul 21, 20243 min read
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Things you need to know this July
Things you need to know this July
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Jul 13, 20242 min read
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An unexpected journey: The Adventures With Bontle story
The untold story of one of Africa's youngest authors.
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Jul 7, 20244 min read
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6 valuable lessons to seal first half of the year
I’m sure you’ll agree “time goes by real fast” is an understatement of a phrase. I can’t believe today is officially the beginning of the...
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Jul 1, 20244 min read
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Gratitude amidst a mayday season
9 years ago on this day, 1 May, my family and I were getting ready to take a dreadful trip to the homelands to go bury my darling mother....
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May 1, 20244 min read
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Want your power back?
Before we go any further, think about the walk of your life and what's in your heart, and then ask yourself these questions: Do I walk...
Refilwe
Feb 23, 20224 min read
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Thinking of giving up?
We’ve all enthusiastically started out on something and just when we hit what seems to be the first stumbling block, we are so...
Refilwe
Feb 17, 20223 min read
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Growing pains
When we set goals, we do so from a deep yearning of wanting to be more than what we are presently.
Refilwe
Feb 9, 20223 min read
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What in the balance?
New year, same old. Same old. Right? Not entirely! As the year progresses, holidays over with back to school and work pressures mounting,...
Refilwe
Jan 24, 20224 min read
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Why are you so assumptious?
An assumptious person makes a lot of assumptions, period. The Oxford Dictionary defines assumptions as: “a thing that is accepted as true...
Refilwe
Jan 10, 20223 min read
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Are you an active participant in creating the life you want?
“You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.” - Elizabeth Gilbert It’s that time of the year when...
Refilwe
Jan 2, 20222 min read
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Sizing up God
Most times it is because we are afraid that we are just big dreamers but nothing will really come to fruition. We label our dreams as ...
Refilwe
Dec 9, 20213 min read
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Cultivating a winning mindset
Is what's on your mind holding you from achieving your goals?
Refilwe
Nov 1, 20212 min read
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Pruning season, OUCH!
Ever wondered why the pruning #season can be so harsh and aggressive? When trees and plants get pruned, I can only imagine how naked and...
Refilwe
Sep 13, 20214 min read
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10 lessons from Andy Andrews’ The Little Things: Why you really SHOULD sweat the small stuff
Ever picked up a book and as you read through the preface and introduction, you start thinking twice about picking it? Well, this was me...
Refilwe
Jun 29, 20212 min read
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Unlearning
For as long as I can remember, I've struggled with insecurities. I've struggled with this feeling of not being enough. Not quite good...
Refilwe
Apr 3, 20211 min read
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