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Beauty vs Intelligence - Mutually Exclusive?

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The unwritten rules on what it means to be a woman are ever-evolving, and creating walls between us – between women and women, and women and men. The walls went up quietly at first but they are becoming more intrusive. At the heart of the stirring is this: Which is more important? Beauty or intelligence – and should we be referring to beauty at all. Th[...]

Sink or Swim - My Journey into Therapy (Part 1)

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I perched on the edge of a beige chair, staring at a beige collection of files, lining the purposefully nondescript beige walls. Inevitably I would be greeted by a therapist that almost seemed like a Dickensian character match for this office - beige suit, blank personality, indifferent gaze. My friend once dressed as a guru, sat cross-legged on the lounge f[...]