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It’s Not Them, It’s Your Attachment Style
Why do you keep attracting the wrong partners? This powerful post unpacks how your attachment style shapes your romantic relationships — and how healing is possible.
Karen Zimelka
2 min read


Unseen Influencers: How AI and Social Media Are Shaping Your Teen
Let’s be honest: most of us don’t fully understand what our teens are up against when they scroll through their phones. We might complain about screen time or worry about their sleep, but few of us realise that something far more powerful is working behind the scenes. And it's not just influencers or peer pressure. It's artificial intelligence.
Karen Zimelka
3 min read


WhatsApp Groups and the Hidden Threat of Pornography Exposure: What Every Parent Needs to Know
In recent months, alarming reports have emerged about children being added to WhatsApp groups where pornographic and violent content is shared openly. While many parents in South Africa see WhatsApp as a safe way to keep in touch, it is increasingly being misused by predators to circulate harmful material, often before adults realise what’s happening.
Karen Zimelka
4 min read


Why Emotional Intelligence is Every Leader’s Competitive Edge
In an era marked by rapid change and unrelenting demands, one quality has emerged as the quiet superpower of effective leadership: emotional intelligence.
Many organisations have invested heavily in systems, processes and technical
Karen Zimelka
2 min read


Addiction and Attachment: What We’re Really Reaching For
For many people, addiction is not simply about substances or behaviours. It is about longing. It is about the ache for something dependable, soothing, and present. Beneath the alcohol or the food or the screen lies something much older and more tender. A need that was not met. When we begin to view addiction through the lens of attachment, something softens. Something makes sense.
Karen Zimelka
3 min read


Lost in the Feed: Understanding Teen Social Media Addiction
It starts innocently enough. A few minutes on TikTok between classes. A quick scroll through Instagram before bed. A WhatsApp voice note that turns into a two-hour chat. But for many South African teens, those moments of screen time have quietly turned into something more concerning—compulsive, even addictive behaviour that is affecting their mental health, academic performance and ability to form real-world relationships.
Karen Zimelka
3 min read


Your Inner Child Is Not a Memory — It’s a Voice Still Waiting to Be Heard
Your inner child is not a weakness. It is your guide to healing and authenticity. Listening is the first act of love. Healing begins from there.
Karen Zimelka
2 min read


Why Are We So Lonely?
We live in the most connected time in human history, yet so many of us feel painfully alone. The loneliness epidemic is no longer just a poetic expression. It is a real and growing public health concern. Studies show that chronic loneliness can be as damaging to our health as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. It increases the risk of heart disease, depression, anxiety, cognitive decline, and even early death.
Karen Zimelka
2 min read


When Sensitivity is Actually Survival
There are people who can feel a shift in the energy of a room before a single word is spoken. They notice the subtle flicker in someone’s tone or the way silence stretches a little too long. They are often the peacemakers. The fixers. The ones who hold everything together while pretending it’s effortless.
And very often, they are labeled as too sensitive.
But what if it’s not sensitivity?
What if it’s survival?
Karen Zimelka
2 min read


Social Media, Self-Harm, and Suicidality in Our Schools: Let's Talk
We live in a world where silence can be deadly. Every day, young people navigate a digital landscape that shapes how they see themselves,...
Karen Zimelka
2 min read


Why Anxiety Isn’t Just in Your Head
Anxiety is often misunderstood.
People say “it’s all in your head” as if anxious thoughts can be switched off with enough logic or positive thinking. But if you’ve lived with anxiety, you know this isn’t true.
Karen Zimelka
2 min read
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